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From Playbook To Textbook: Nabolotny comes to Prospect

From Playbook To Textbook: Nabolotny comes to Prospect

November 7, 2018

By Shannon McGovern, Staff Writer Shrieking voices and stampeding feet echoed throughout the streets of University of Illinois’ campus. Thousands gathered together in the streets of Champaign, IL to...

senior aims to help environment by selling 'eco kits'

senior aims to help environment by selling 'eco kits'

October 30, 2018

By Kate Hyland, Online Editor-in-Chief Senior Danny Weiler has started selling ‘eco kits’, or packs full of small items that are environmentally friendly, to Prospect students as a way to help save...

Late school nights become more common in high school

Late school nights become more common in high school

October 9, 2018

By Mackenzie Noelle, Executive Features Editor It was 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 3., when I was woken by the kids’ mom I was babysitting for in her middle child’s bed. Since the six-year-old boy...

Melanie Monnich: new dance gym teacher, Orchesis coach, and assistant Dance Team coach

Melanie Monnich: new dance gym teacher, Orchesis coach, and assistant Dance Team coach

October 8, 2018

By Marissa Provenzale, Staff Writer It was the last night of a sold-out show. Melanie Monnich's family sat lost in the sea of people, while she gracefully whirled about the stage as her black...

Double Trouble: Life of a Twin

Double Trouble: Life of a Twin

September 13, 2018

By Manisha Panthee, features editor   When South Middle School social studies teacher Mrs. Cronin called out Jessica Kowalczyk’s name during attendance, she yelled “present” with a giggle. The...

new teacher q and a: Spanish teacher talks traveling

new teacher q and a: Spanish teacher talks traveling

September 12, 2018

By Kate Hyland, Online Editor-in-Chief Sarah Wysock, spanish teacher Q. How long have you been a teacher? A. This is my third year as a teacher. I worked for two years at Evanston Township High School,...

Dowling leaves 34-year legacy of female leadership

Dowling leaves 34-year legacy of female leadership

May 18, 2018

By Ayse Eldes, Editor-in-Chief Principal Michelle Dowling attributes her emphasis on student prioritization to her extensive classroom experience. She not only was a department head at Hersey High School...

WiSTEM provides opportunities to learn from fieldworkers

WiSTEM provides opportunities to learn from fieldworkers

May 2, 2018

By Elizabeth Keane, staff writer When junior Suzanne Harms noticed the Women in STEM program sponsoring countless female scientists, she knew it was something she wanted to be a part of. “They...

Inside North Korea's Meth Empire

Inside North Korea's Meth Empire

March 20, 2018

By Anthony Romanelli, executive opinion editor  Faced with a new round of sanctions that hit the country earlier this year, North Korea is short on ways to make money. Now in a period of economic...

Prospect parent shares journey to America

Prospect parent shares journey to America

December 8, 2017

By Amanda Stickels, online editor-in-chief It was December in Chicago, as junior Christian Figueroa’s father, José, stepped out of the plane in 1989. Snow was falling. Since he grew up in El Salvador,...

Anonymous apps have both negative and positive impacts

Anonymous apps have both negative and positive impacts

December 7, 2017

By Grace Givan, executive entertainment editor  Six times a day, junior Christian Figueroa gets compliments via the anonymous app TBH, an app that polls each person’s friends to give compliments...

Classes work in grade-boosting opportunities

Classes work in grade-boosting opportunities

November 9, 2017

By Ayse Eldes, copy editor  Six times each semester, English teacher Teresa Buczinsky takes her Creative Writing classes to the community room for their bi-weekly Coffee House readings. This...

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