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Senior backpacks at Prospect

Kaia Mavradas, Features Reporter September 25, 2024

Senior backpacks are a right of passage for seniors. Their graduating year go out and buy childhood backpacks to reminisce their childhood on their last year of high school. Since 2021, it has been a very...

Alumni Annie Simon transforms lives of amputees

Alumni Annie Simon transforms lives of amputees

Amanda Feinberg, Editor-in-Chief September 18, 2024

When reflecting on her proudest moments, Annie Simon also recalls her least proud moments, which both go hand-in-hand. While working with an above-knee amputee, Simon had to engineer a prosthetic that...

Alumni colonel Tim Ward is recognized for his achievements at the homecoming assembly

Alumni Tim Ward shares love of flying

Stella Palm, Editor-in-Chief September 18, 2024

From as early as he can remember, Timothy Ward knew that he wanted to fly. In high school, Ward was on his way to a swim team event that required him to travel by plane.  All Ward could think about...

Old senior traditions continue making new memories

Old senior traditions continue making new memories

Alyssa Kowols and Leanna Kewarkis September 18, 2024

  The rest of the story is in the Issue 1 Prospector newspaper.   Students gathered in the stands at George Gattas Memorial Stadium to cheer on the Knights in the homecoming game against...

How Car-Dependent Suburbs Speed Us Toward Disaster

How Car-Dependent Suburbs Speed Us Toward Disaster

Sage Gilliland, Copy Editor September 18, 2024

I wheezed in exhaustion as I meandered through Elmhurst Street’s pathetic excuse for a sidewalk. Wherever I looked, there were cars. Behind me? Yep. In front of me? Sure. Above me? Why not? At this point,...

Pandemic Pandemonium

Pandemic Pandemonium

Alice Kelsey and Kainaat Siddiqui September 18, 2024

The emergence of Monkeypox (Mpox) has caused concern for some members of the Prospect community, as some are on edge because of their experiences with the lockdown of 2020 from the Coronavirus (COVID-19)...

Young Life shapes youth

Young Life shapes youth

Molly Mundt, Features Reporter September 18, 2024

 In the summer of his freshman year, junior Bryant Powell was talking to junior Brooke Neri when she mentioned that she was in Young Life, a Christian youth group, and that they were meeting at one of...

Overstimulating, AI-generated images flood the screens of teens young and old.

Online trends grow, effects show

Dylan Maye, Arts & Entertainment Reporter September 16, 2024

The internet has dominated senior Gabby Peterman’s leisure time ever since she was four years old. She can vividly recall the Minecraft YouTube videos she watched as a child from creators like PopularMMOs...

Former English teacher Erik Hammerstrom fist pumps senior Nick Carlucci as he says goodbye to students at the end of the school day. Hammerstrom enjoys his new job as a security guard because he gets to see familiar faces. 

Former English teacher Erik Hammerstrom is back connecting with students in a new found role

Leanna Kewarkis, Executive Features Editor September 11, 2024

After only 65 days of retirement, former Prospect English teacher Erik Hammerstrom decided he wanted to return to Prospect in a different role. Over the summer, District 214 added more security guard...

New dean brings different perspective

New dean brings different perspective

Amanda Feinberg, Editor-in-Chief August 23, 2024

While enjoying her summer vacation, new dean Amy Tucker’s inbox was flooded with emails from various teachers, all of them welcoming her to the school and wanting her to stop by their classrooms. Principal...

Senior letters reveal personal growth

Senior letters reveal personal growth

Dylan Maye, Arts & Entertainment Reporter May 29, 2024

Walking into his brand new HWOC class freshman year, Alex Chengary was already riddled with anxiety about his high school life. Coming into Prospect from a private school and only knowing five people felt...

Taking new direction through the skies

Meg Imherr, Executive In-Depth Editor May 21, 2024

Fresh out of college after attending Western Michigan University for music and math, Prospect foreign exchange host parent Anton Sasmitamanggala was unsure of what he wanted to do next. Previously, he...

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