Linda Matsumoto, D65 paraprofessional, becomes first AAPI educator to win Reg...
Over the past two years, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 educator Linda Matsumoto has led at least 16 workshops deconstructing stereotypes and diving into history surrounding the Asian American...
View ArticleDistrict 65 Caregivers of Color & Our Village group protest school board...
About 15 Evanston/Skokie School District 65 parents, teachers and students marched two and a half miles through hail and rain Saturday to oppose recent pushback to anti-racist District 65 curricula...
View ArticleParsons, Rolewicz, Piekarz and Anti win election to serve on D202 Board of...
Evanston voters elected Monique Parsons, Liz Rolewicz and Leah Piekarz to serve four-year terms on the Evanston Township High School District 202 Board of Education on Tuesday. Current school board...
View ArticleSalem, Wilkins and Hernandez win D65 Board of Education election
Omar Salem, Mya Wilkins (Kellogg ’06) and Sergio Hernandez Jr. won the three open positions on the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education Tuesday in a tight five-way race. Salem,...
View ArticleEvanston voters brave the rain to cast ballots in municipal election
Residents sprinted from the parking lot into Robert Crown Community Center to cast their votes Tuesday, using books to shield themselves from golf-ball-sized hail and torrential rain. Despite a severe...
View ArticleSuperintendent Devon Horton to leave District 65 for Atlanta-area job
Superintendent Devon Horton is set to leave Evanston/Skokie School District 65 after being named the sole finalist in Georgia’s DeKalb County School District superintendent search, a District 65 news...
View ArticleSchakowsky visits Evanston, announces $1.1 million grant to childhood...
When U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) visited Evanston Tuesday, she didn’t come empty-handed, bringing a check worth $1.13 million for local childhood development nonprofit Family Focus. The money...
View ArticleHandgun magazine leads to lockdown at Lincolnwood School
Content warning: This article contains discussions of firearms. Lincolnwood Elementary School went into lockdown after a student brought a handgun magazine into the building Tuesday morning, according...
View ArticleDistrict 202 Board of Education discusses revising racial equity, student...
The Evanston Township High School District 202 Board of Education is currently revising its districtwide goals. On Monday, the board reviewed community feedback on these new goals while the dean’s...
View ArticleGeorgia school district approves job offer to District 65 Superintendent...
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton will depart Evanston to lead Georgia’s Dekalb County School District after the DeKalb County Board of Education approved his appointment...
View ArticleLand Use Commission OKs new 5th ward school plans after discussion of...
The Evanston Land Use Commission voted 5-2 to recommend the proposed 5th Ward K-8 school plans after discussing parking availability, traffic congestion and new green spaces at Wednesday’s public...
View ArticleD65 to hold healing space Tuesday night following Clark Street Beach shooting
Content warning: This story contains mentions of death and gun violence. Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will host a community-wide healing space Tuesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the...
View ArticleETHS names gym after former coach, athletic director
Evanston Township High School dedicated a second-floor gym to Shirley Nannini, a former ETHS physical education teacher, co-athletic director, and tennis and badminton coach Friday night. ETHS held a...
View ArticleDistrict 65 dedicates moment of silence to Jacquis Irby, discusses project plans
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education members acknowledged the victim of the Clark Street Beach shooting and discussed budget plans at their Monday evening meeting. District 65 Board...
View ArticleStudents and parents speak out against gun violence at council meeting
Content warning: this story contains mentions of gun violence and death At Monday’s City Council meeting, students and parents urged the city and nation to take action against gun violence after a...
View ArticleResidents discuss racial injustice in Evanston schools at community talk back
Local nonprofit STEM School Evanston hosted a community talk back at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center on Wednesday to discuss the findings of a research study funded by Northwestern regarding...
View ArticleDistrict 65’s native plant sale supports ecosystem, local schools
The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Parent Teacher Association Equity Project held its second annual Native Plant Sale on Saturday. Over the course of three hours, people flowed into the district’s...
View ArticleDistrict 65 community says goodbye to Devon Horton, board discusses...
At Monday’s school board meeting, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 parents and teachers extended their appreciation to Superintendent Devon Horton, who will be leaving the district to head Georgia’s...
View ArticleNarishea Parham named director of Joseph E. Hill Early Childhood Center
The Evanston/Skokie District 65 School Board approved Narishea Parham, current assistant principal of Dewey Elementary School, as the next director of the Joseph E. Hill Early Childhood Center at its...
View ArticleTeachers at ETHS embrace ChatGPT
Teachers at Evanston Township High School see ChatGPT as an opportunity to rethink assessments and help students understand new technology, according to David Chan, director of instructional technology...
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