Blanket drive seeks to support cancer patients
January 14, 2016
By Mike Stanford, copy editor Walking into Lion’s Park Elementary School on Oct. 8, second grader Lauren Graver, her twin sister Emma and her mother Amy were surprised when they saw the staff wearing turquoise blue shirts. They had their backs to the Gravers, so the family could see “#LaurenStrong” p...
"17,000 calories, 1 bond."
November 24, 2015
By Lauren Miller Seniors Griffin Snead, Eddie Brown, Ryan Morton, Alex DiCristafano, Jacob Arndt, Jack Bellows, Alex Morikado, Cole Dahlstrom, Chris Haddad and Joey Caputo along, with junior Greg Bersch, celebrated Friendsgiving in their own way during sixth hour lunch Tuesday, Nov. 24. Each member...
BattleBots more than building robots
November 7, 2015
By Montaser Takrouri BattleBots is about more than just constructing robots. It includes engineering, technology, design, teamwork and a lot of hands-on work. "It is amazing how much work we do with our hands. I mean, that was the reason why I joined," freshman Jake Cullotta said. Cullotta, junior Ra...
Currently Peaking more than just a band
November 6, 2015
By Alyssa Duetsch (@alyssaduetsch) Currently Peaking is a student band that won PGT this year. The three members have been friends for years and their rehearsals never get boring. ...
Prospect actors look beyond school stage
November 5, 2015
By Anna Indelli (@amiindelli) Senior Natalie Carioti didn’t expect much when she submitted an audition tape to the IHSMTA competition being held by Broadway in Chicago last summer. The video she had sent in was from a summer show she participated in, and Carioti didn’t think it was some of her best work. However, a couple we...
Immigrant student takes advantage of opportunities
November 3, 2015
By Erin Schultz (@erischultz) Silvio Icka is a junior at Prospect whose family immigrated to the United States from Albania around seven years ago. In those seven years, Icka has become interested in art, literature and learning different languages. ...
Knightimes 2015 recap
October 16, 2015
By Erin Schultz (@erischultz) 10,080 minutes. 604,800 seconds. 164 hours. 5 days. 1 week. This. Is. Homecoming. ...
Students find passion, creativity in coding program
October 11, 2015
By Caroline Binley (@carolinebinley) There’s a new foreign language program growing at Prospect. No, it’s not Chinese. It’s Java … and Swift, and HTML and CSS. According to computer science teacher Frank Novak, 70 students participated in the computer science program two years ago. That number ros...
