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District 202 School Board welcomes new member

Tarek Anthony, Staff Writer • August 16, 2021

The District 202 Board of Education appointed Mirah Anti to fill the opening on the school board on June 21. The vacancy on the school board opened up when former board member Jude Laude decided not...

Empathy guides tardy, detention policy changes

Jojo Wertheimer, Digital Content Editor • August 16, 2021

Last March, ETHS announced a variety of substantial changes for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year to support student wellbeing, including revisions to the tardy and detention policy. The changes are a...

Summer 2021 boasts return of in-person concerts

Anika Radhakrishnan, Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor • August 16, 2021

As COVID-19 restrictions ease and the weather gets warmer, summer 2021 has featured a season full of concerts people have been missing for almost a year and a half. Finally, live music lovers can come...

Juneteenth honors Black Evanstonians

Lee Muir, Staff Writer • August 16, 2021

Although this is the 158th year since the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, it was Evanston’s first in-person Juneteenth parade. The parade started at 11am on June 19 at Robert Crown’s newly...

Virtual YAMO takes to the stage

Anika Radhakrishnan, Staff Writer • April 26, 2021

The well-known student variety show YAMO seamlessly blends different forms of art to specifically engage Evanstonians. The beloved, annual show is entirely casted, written, directed and performed by students...

Hybrid learning offers unique experiences and considerations for freshmen, seniors

Jilian Denlow and Cheyenne Edwards • April 26, 2021

On March 13, 2020, ETHS announced that the school would be closed for two weeks due to COVID-19. However, two weeks turned into an indefinite period, as the future of the return to normalcy looked unclear....

Students navigate return anxiety during hybrid transition

Saliha Ansari, Staff Writer • April 26, 2021

After 13 long months of complete remote learning, students now have the option of returning back to ETHS for hybrid learning. While being in the vast building of ETHS is something most students would be...

Justice League faces their biggest challenge yet, itself

Jared Tucker, Staff Writer • April 26, 2021

While it may have improved from the original, “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” is still a major misfire, filled with bad storytelling, lackluster CGI and terrible villains. The first hour of this...

Loyola Academy controversy further exposes white privilege, defensiveness on the North Shore

Jojo Wertheimer and Ingrid Halverson • April 26, 2021

At the end of March, Fox News published an article titled “Chicagoland prep school Loyola shames White privilege in student assignment.” Like many others living in the Chicagoland area, this sparked...

Students, staff react to hybrid return

Jilian Denlow and Sydney Hletko • April 26, 2021

August 17, the first day of the 2020-21 school year, was not the start anyone would’ve hoped for. A few weeks of online learning quickly turned into months, and now, as May approaches, ETHS has finally decided to take the next step, allowing students and staff to break routine and enter the building after many months of learning and teaching behind a computer screen.

COVID-19 affects students’ home lives, access to resources

Eden Drajpuch, Feature Editor • May 5, 2020

Contributors: staff writers Cheyenne Edwards & Tamara Guy, feature facilitator Eli Marshall For some students at ETHS, the outbreak of COVID-19 has shifted both family dynamics and stability at...

Holocaust Remembrance Week resources moved online amidst school closure

Eden Drajpuch, Feature Editor • May 1, 2020

Contributor: Zachary Bahar As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and ETHS’s school closure, previously scheduled Holocaust Remembrance Week activities were moved online. “Planning the event...

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