Doug Holt is running for the District 202 school board. He believes the board should measure its progress toward goals, proceed carefully with the Earned Honors restructuring and collaborate with District 65.
McGaw YMCA CEO Bill Geiger is running for his first term on the District 202 school board. He will advocate for closing the achievement gap, educating students for 21st century demands and collaborating with District 65.
All after school activities will be canceled in District 65 on Tuesday, Feb. 26, due to the snowstorm, Supt. Hardy Murphy announced.
Evanston Township High School District presented the awards to 38 students.
John Benson, a math teacher at ETHS for more than 30 years, recommends his former student Andy Bezaitis for election to the District 202 board of education. "We need leaders like Andy," Benson writes.
Among the improvements slated at Evanston Township High School District 202 are a bike path extension and better lighting.
One incumbent and three new challengers are running for four spots on the Evanston-Skokie District 65 board of education. Find their answers to our questions here.
Two incumbents are running against four new candidates in the race for four spots on the District 202 Evanston Township High School board of education.
Attorney Suni Kartha is running her first campaign for election to the District 65 board. She stresses the importance of preparing for a possible shift of pension costs from the state to local school districts, while keeping cuts away from the classroom
Casey Miller has long experience formulating policy at the federal level and is running his first campaign for the District 202 board. He stresses closing the achievement gap, improving career readiness and fiscal responsibility.
Current board member Deborah Graham stresses forward-thinking financial management, increased access to the arts, better preparing students for careers and improving coordination with District 65.
Former Haven teacher Claudia Garrison is running for the District 65 school board. She stresses the importance of financial reporting, addressing low teacher morale and increased transparency from the administration.
Electrical engineer Andy Bezaitis is running for election to the ETHS District 202 school board. He stresses the importance of goal-setting, adult figures for students, extracurriculars and cooperation with District 65.
A group of dancers will be hosting a series of workshops at Evanston Township High School with the theme of promoting nonviolence.
The National Merit Scholarship Program named 12 Evanston Township High School students as 2013 finalists in the competition for a college scholarship.
Graham is running for a second term on the District 202 School Board.
Multiple forums are scheduled in February and March with candidates for school board in District 65 and District 202.
The computer-based model predicts brain cancer growth to quickly show if therapy is effective.
Several area wrestlers qualified for state at a sectional tournament in Park Ridge this past weekend.
Students who will be five years old on or before Sept. 1, 2013, may register for kindergarten in District 65 beginning Feb. 26.
A new basketball coach brings enthusiasm to a program while issues of attendance remain for Northwestern University Athletics, marketed as "Chicago's Big Ten Team."
After someone wrote a homophobic epithet in the snow in front of Evanston Township High School, Superintendent Eric Witherspoon said the act "could be construed as a hate crime."
The Robert W. Galvin Foundation is honoring Mary B. Galvin, wife of former chairman and CEO of Motorola Inc., with a gift to Northwestern University.
The Wildcats and the Chicago Cubs have entered into a five-year marketing agreement. No game dates have been scheduled.
The Evanston-Skokie School District 65 school was given the honor for sustaining high academic performance for three consecutive years.
Members of the city council approved the addition of a second police officer at Evanston Township High School, who will serve as a school resource officer.
The League of Women Voters of Evanston recently announced the winners of its annual Constitution Contest, which asks kids to tell what the Constitution means to them.
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Evanston Township High School officials report that there the number of students who are taking AP classes and the diversity of those students has risen over the last few years.
Paperwork gaffe costs candidate; write-in campaign considered
The Evanston Township High School choir performed at the White House during a trip to Washington, D.C., earlier this December.
Westboro Baptist Church came to Evanston in 2010 to protest on the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah. Now, the group says they will protest outside Sandy Hook Elementary, claiming, "God Sent the Shooter."
Following a mass shooting in a Connecticut elementary school that left 27 dead, as well as three recent shootings in Evanston, District 65 Superintendent Hardy Murphy said local schools are 'on alert.'
Evanston Township High School Supt. Eric Witherspoon released a statement on Thursday, Dec. 13, after two fatal shootings and one shooting that left the victim critically injured.
Along with a handful of other high schools and colleges in Illinois, Evanston Township High School will participate in the Humane Society’s “Meatless Monday” campaign.
The ‘Chicago Sun-Times’ recently ranked Illinois elementary, middle and high schools based on students’ average scores on state achievement tests in 2012.
Lydia Collins, who graduated from Evanston Township High School this spring, is two months into a fellowship in Ecuador with the program Global Citizen Year.
Twelve students at Evanston Township High School were named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship competition; 31 other students were also recognized.
The school district reported that a stranger chased a student while she was walking from her home to the bus stop near Washington Street and Brown Avenue Thursday morning.
Chris McDermott, who began her eleventh year as principal of Lincoln School this September, announced that she would retire at the end of the month.