Wilmette won’t be getting a longer public school-based kindergarten program. Wilmette School District 39 board members accepted a staff recommendation recently to table a study … Read more ›
Schools
Board expresses support for corporate naming rights policy at New Trier
A policy change that allows individual or corporate donors to possibly get naming rights for new facilities at New Trier High School appears to be … Read more ›
Resident: No appeal anticipated in school referendum lawsuit
A lawsuit challenging the wording of a successful tax rate increase referendum in Wilmette School District 39 has likely run its course, according to Herb … Read more ›
New Trier vendor gets new lease on lunch
New Trier High School is giving its food vendor a second chance after it apparently offended the palates of students and staff by providing an … Read more ›
From the community
SFX Students in Wilmette Win State Science Honors
Three St. Francis Xavier 7th graders were awarded medals at the 2012 Illinois Junior Academy of Science State Fair. The fair was held in Assembly … Read more ›
Chicago Scholars change Lake Forest College
Four years ago, Lake Forest College had three times as many student applicants from abroad as from Chicago Public Schools, located about 30 miles away. … Read more ›
Committee recommends allowing corporate naming rights at New Trier
With the likelihood of major capital projects looming in the future, New Trier High School is considering a policy change to allow naming rights as … Read more ›
From the community
French Cancan is a big hit at the Spring Show
WINNETKA, IL. (May 4, 2012) – On Saturday, April 28th, the French School held its 9th annual Spring Show at the Winnetka Community House. Students … Read more ›
From the community
First Ever Bike to School Day May 9
Wednesday, May 9 will mark the first ever “Bike to School Day.” The national event is being coordinated by the National Center for Safe Routes … Read more ›
New Trier student is challenging Wilmette’s chicken ban
Zan Fisher doesn’t remember much about Cincinnati, where her family lived until she was 5. But she remembers the nine chickens the family kept in … Read more ›
