As I walked out of the cramped YMCA aquatics office for the first time in early June, done with my first day of swim instructor shadowing, I thought I had everything figured out. I would learn the ropes,...

It’s nothing new that students have a wide array of interests outside of class. From physical activity to recreational games, ETHS offers an impressive list of extracurricular opportunities for all students...

Imagine this: It’s 5th period, and you’re feeling that out of nowhere hunger in the middle of your English class. So, you head down the hall to the vending machines during your break, There’s a colorful...

Evanston’s Guaranteed Income Program, often overlooked because of macroscale projects in Chicago and Cook County, began as a pilot program around 10 months ago, with the first $500 payments sent out...

I bled out of my vagina. For one week of every month. And it’s normal, healthy even. And yet, as I wrote that sentence I still felt a twinge of shame. Behind the bravado of me pushing for open conversations...

When Juliana Zavala, the Girls Flag Football Coordinator for Chicago Public Schools, asked one of her athletes what made her want to give the sport a try, the answer was simple: everyone was starting from...

You’re in the closing stretch of your sixth block class. It’s been five hours since you have eaten breakfast, and you’re feeling very sluggish. To make it all worse, you’re in that class that you...

As the school year starts, it’s no surprise that changes and additions have been implemented into ETHS’ curriculums. One controversial change has been the promotion of the Advanced Precalculus Honors...

Hello everyone, and welcome back to school! Hope you all had a fun and relaxing summer break! Last spring, you all, the student body, voted for a student representative to the ETHS District 202 School...

There’s open space in the middle of ETHS, two courtyards on either side of H-Hall, and teachers love using them for a break from the monotony of linoleum flooring inside the building. In one of the courtyards,...

I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to fully process everything that has happened since Aug. 21, 2019—the day my journey at ETHS began. What I do know, however, is that the lessons I have learned from...