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District 202 approves $2.5 million expansion of ETHS Arts and Innovation Wing
The District 202 Board of Education unanimously approved a $2.5 million first phase of expansion to the Evanston Township High School’s Arts and Innovation wing at the board’s April 7 meeting. This...
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How tariffs could affect Foster School: Construction mostly unscathed, but...
With the Trump administration imposing nearly universal tariffs on all imports last week, District 65 school board member Biz Lindsay-Ryan asked Director of Strategic Project Management Kirby Callam at...
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District 65 bringing dual language to Nichols, Haven Schools in fall of 2026
This school year is the first in a six-year process in which Evanston/Skokie District 65 plans to bring dual language programs in Spanish and English to local middle schools, expanding the long-running...
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ETHS names new principal
Evanston Township High School District 202 is pleased to announce that Quiana McNeal has been selected as its next principal, beginning with the 2025-26 school year. McNeal, a dedicated educator and...
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NU’s Block Museum names new Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum Curator of...
Kyle Stephan has been appointed Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University. She will begin her tenure in August...
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Percentage of students of color in extracurriculars drops at ETHS, report says
The percentage of students of color participating in ETHS extracurriculars like sports, fine arts and clubs dropped between 2023 and 2024, according to a report presented to the District 202 Board of...
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Trump administration freezes $790 million in Northwestern funding: reports
President Donald Trump’s administration has frozen $790 million in grants and government contracts for Northwestern University, according to media reports.The New York Times was first to report the...
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Northwestern reaches ‘provisional settlement’ in hazing lawsuits with former...
Northwestern University has reached a “provisional settlement” with dozens of former student-athletes who sued the school in relation to alleged hazing and sexual abuse in the university’s football...
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District 65 unveils new sustainability plan
After Evanston Township High School adopted a Green New Deal of its own in 2024, which set specific goals for the building to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and become a zero-waste facility...
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Beacon athletes sweep state honors: Two students named IHSA District 4...
Congratulations to Braedyn Thacker and Luca Adams-Agresti, both from Beacon Academy’s class of 2025, who have been named to the prestigious Illinois Athletic Directors Association (IADA) All-State...
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Land Use Commission endorses Ryan Field sign plan
The Evanston Land Use Commission on Wednesday night gave a unanimous nod of approval for the signage plan for Northwestern University’s new Ryan Field. Yvette Fevurly, the principal for branded content...
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Families weigh school closure criteria at District 65 community meeting
Stacy Beardsley, assistant superintendent of performance management and accountability, talks about the condition of District 65 schools. Credit: Richard CahanAbout 50 people turned out to the Chute...
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Here in Evanston: Closing bells
The number of District 65 K-8 students decreased by more than 1,500 between academic years 2019-20 and 2024-25. The percentage of that decrease is almost double that of school districts to the north...
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Beacon Academy Science Olympiad team shines at state competition
The Beacon Academy Science Olympiad team secured fifth place in Division A for the second year in a row at the Illinois State Science Olympiad, held this past weekend on the University of Illinois...
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Local music roundup: Best bets for April 15-17
Atlanta’s Improvement Movement will rock the house on SPACE on April 17. Credit: Joseph NienstedtIf you are like me, April 15, 2025 is a sad day. All my life, I’ve been paying taxes and right now, it...
View ArticleETHS baseball: Kits can’t close door on Deerfield in CSL South opener
Evanston’s baseball team still hasn’t learned how to win the close ones.Leading three different times Monday at Deerfield — after battling back from an early 6-run deficit — Evanston’s bullpen couldn’t...
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Simone Larson: The reverberating truths Malala still teaches
In Evanston/Skokie District 65, our sixth-graders are learning about Malala Yousafzai. By way of introduction, our class watched her Diane Sawyer interview and then read an excerpt from Yousafzai’s...
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ITA to host Harmony and Healing: Celebrating Music, Mind and Memory on April 22
The Institute for Therapy through the Arts (ITA) and Northwestern University’s Music and Medicine Program will present groundbreaking research on the therapeutic power of music for patients, families...
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District 65 lays off 48 in latest cuts approved by school board
The Evanston/Skokie District 65 school board voted to cut 48 teachers and staff at its meeting on Monday, April 7, according to documents obtained by the RoundTable through a public records request....
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NU grad student workers protest Trump’s actions against universities
Peter Cummings, a fourth-year clinical psychology student, reads off Northwestern University’s Graduate Workers union’s demands on Thursday at Deering Meadow on campus. Credit: Nadia Carolina...
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