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ETHS Foundation gets record $1.5M gift from alum

Evanston Township High School students will receive support in and out of the classroom this school year thanks to a $1.5 million gift from Class of 1975 alumnus Henry Engelhardt.

By Bill Smith on August 3, 2020 - 4:08 pm

D65 parents get more time for critical choice

Parents of the 8,000 students in Evanston/Skokie District 65 schools now have a few more days to make a crucial decision. School officials originally gave parents until today to sign

By Jeff Hirsh on July 31, 2020 - 7:21 pm

Students from China may be barred from NU

Hundreds of students from China, as well as visiting researchers and professors from that country, may be blocked from attending Northwestern in person this fall.

By Jeff Hirsh on July 30, 2020 - 4:58 pm

ETHS teacher develops program to help kids with e-learning

With the reality of more remote learning staring parents in the face, the fear of how their children will cope with school on the computer can be very real.

By Jeff Hirsh on July 28, 2020 - 8:52 pm

Faculty to quiz NU officials about return to classes

Northwestern University plans to hold a series of virtual town hall meetings, where faculty members can ask questions about policies for the reopening of school in September. Associate Professor Lois

By Jeff Hirsh on July 10, 2020 - 5:47 pm

ETHS alums plan food drive at school

Three Evanston Township High School alums are planning a food collection and distribution event at the school on Saturday, July 18. Grace Sarkor says she and Parker English and Margaret

By Bill Smith on July 8, 2020 - 3:39 pm

NU backs foreign students facing new restrictions

Northwestern University has issued a strong statement backing its international students in the wake of a Trump administration order which could force some out of the country, and prevent others from entering.

By Jeff Hirsh on July 8, 2020 - 6:44 am

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‘Black Lives Matter’ painted on street at ETHS

Members of the Evanston Township High School basketball team spent the day today using yellow road marking paint to add a giant Black Lives Matter sign to the Dodge Avenue

By Barbara Freeman on July 3, 2020 - 5:55 pm

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D65 asks parents about school reopening options

Evanston Skokie District 65 is surveying parents about how school should open this fall - - back to the old normal, a partially new normal, or continuing with what became

By Jeff Hirsh on July 1, 2020 - 8:07 pm

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NU drops on-campus housing requirement

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Northwestern University for the coming academic year is dropping its requirement that first and second year undergraduate students live on campus. The class that

By Bill Smith on June 27, 2020 - 7:12 pm

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School leaders react to state reopening guidelines

“It’s a great day to be a Wildkit.” That’s how Evanston Township High School superintendent Eric Witherspoon ended an email sent this week to parents, students, and staff at

By Jeff Hirsh on June 25, 2020 - 8:58 pm

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Report: NU offers pandemic-related buyouts

Northwestern University is reportedly offering about 4,000 staff members buyouts and hopes that 150 to 200 workers will accept the deal designed to reduce the school's costs as it copes

By Bill Smith on June 23, 2020 - 2:09 pm

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Day care centers reopening, but face ‘funding crisis’

For day care centers, this is definitely not just another day. Those centers may be starting to reopen, but the head of Evanston’s Early Childhood Council says “we’re looking at

By Jeff Hirsh on June 18, 2020 - 7:07 pm

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NU goes ‘tests optional’ for Class of 2025

Students applying for the 2025 class at Northwestern University will not be required to submit an SAT or ACT score, university officials announced today. The temporary test-optional policy for the

By Northwestern News on June 18, 2020 - 6:38 pm

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NU pledges campus police review

Northwestern University officials have pledged to review the operations of the school's police department as part of a broader response to national concerns about violence and discriminatory policies impacting marginalized

By Bill Smith on June 16, 2020 - 1:18 pm

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District 65 considers four reopening scenarios

Evanston School District 65 will consider four options for the return to school this fall, incoming superintendent Devon Horton said at a board meeting Monday night. In addition to an

By Jasper Davidoff on June 9, 2020 - 2:00 pm

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E-learning inevitable in E-town this fall

Most schools are used to dealing with A, B, C, D and F. This fall, Evanston Township High School will also be dealing with E … as in E-learning Superintendent Eric Witherspoon

By Jeff Hirsh on June 9, 2020 - 10:58 am

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Beacon names new head of school

Evanston-based Beacon Academy, an independent Montessori and International Baccalaureate high school, has hired Marja Brandon as its new head of school She will succeed Beacon’s founding head of school, Jeff Bell,

By Evanston Now on May 29, 2020 - 9:33 pm

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Northwestern cautiously moves toward fall reopening

Northwestern University officials today unveiled a six phase plan that -- if all goes well -- could lead to reopening the campus for regular classes this fall. The plan, outlined

By Bill Smith on May 22, 2020 - 11:30 pm

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New principals named for King Arts and Haven

The Evanston District 65 School Board Monday night named two new principals -- Amber Henderson at the King Literary and Fine Arts School and Christopher Latting at Haven Middle School. They'll both

By Bill Smith on May 19, 2020 - 7:08 pm

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