By Larry Gavin and Mary Helt Gavin An article that appeared in The Daily Northwestern on March 2 quoted Devon Horton, Superintendent of School District 65, as saying that an […]
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D65 School Board Members Plan to Review Policies in Light of Contract with Sagebird Consulting LLC
On December 1, 2020, District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton signed a contract between the District 65 School Board and Sagebird Consulting, LLC, located in Louisville, Ky. The agreement provides that […]
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ETHS Reopening: We Must Trust the Data – and Each Other
A century ago, American communities grappled with another deadly pandemic, The Spanish Influenza. Then as now, leaders failed to provide accurate information about the disease, leaving Americans isolated and ill-informed […]
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Evanston Township High School Students Plant Trees in the Evanston Community to Counteract School’s Paper Usage
By Sarah Parisien Evanston Township High School is one of the 85 schools to be working with Tree-Plenish to plant trees in the community to foster sustainability in schools. Tree-Plenish […]
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Students in Summer Lift Program Advance With One-on-One Instruction
A joint District 65/202 summer literacy program heading into its third year has seen strong improvement in student reading levels, in both the 2019 in-person sessions and the 2020 remote-instruction […]
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Young Voices of Evanston
As part of a unit on writing Opinion pieces, Kingsley fifth-graders wrote reviews on a topic of their choice related to 2020. Here are some of the reviews, by students who chose […]
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March 5: A Tight Deadline for ETHS Hybrid Learning Choice
Families have only three days left to indicate their preference for hybrid learning at Evanston Township High School. Superintendent Eric Witherspoon announced on March 1 that ETHS would implement hybrid […]
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ETHS Could Transition to Hybrid Learning Model in April
Evanston Township High School officials sent a letter to ETHS families on March 1, saying the high school expects to transition to a hybrid learning model after students return from […]
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COALITION TO REOPEN EVANSTON SCHOOLS CALLS ON DISTRICT 202 TO CREATE MEDICAL ADVISORY GROUP
Lauds Dr. Horton’s leadership in creating group for D65; cites Witherspoon’s January pledge To protect the health of Evanston Township High School’s students, teachers and staff – especially the most […]
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Four Profiles of Resilient and Creative Young Evanstonians During the Pandemic
Despite the pervasive uncertainty, isolation, and disruption that Covid-19 has caused, there are considerable lessons of resilience and creativity in the community. Many young Evanstonians, still mindful of safety, […]