GROCERY GIFT CARD DRIVE CONTINUES
March 29, 2020
By Olivia Kim, Associate Online Editor-In-Chief It was announced on Sunday that after Prospect community members donated $10,000 worth of grocery gift cards on March 16, the school hopes to continue its efforts in assisting families struggling with food insecurity because of the outbreak of coronavirus....
COLLEGE BOARD ANNOUNCES SHORTENED AP TESTS
Rick Lytle, Online Editor-in-Chief
March 26, 2020
Due to the coronavirus pandemic and school closures around the United States, AP tests will be shortened to 45 minutes and taken online this year. College Board has said that the exam will consist of material that most schools have completed by early March, so not all content will be cove...
Q AND A WITH NEW ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL IRIS DOMINGUEZ
Elizabeth Keane, Copy Editor
March 26, 2020
Q: How did you first know that education was a passion of yours? A: I would have to say that my passion for education stems from my parents. Even though both of them had a limited level of education, they encouraged and empowered me to develop a sense of love for learning. Once it was time for m...
PROSPECT PROVIDING FOOD, CARE FOR FAMILIES
Genevieve Karutz, Executive Opinion Editor
March 16, 2020
Prospect High School is collecting gift cards from Jewel and Mariano's ($25 or $50) on March 16 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. These gift cards will be distributed to food-insecure families affected by the school’s closing during the Coronavirus outbreak. The gift cards can be dropped off at Door 6 at...
Q AND A WITH PRINCIPAL GREG MINTER REGARDING THE CORONAVIRUS SITUATION
Grace Givan, Editor-in-Chief
March 12, 2020
Prospect Principal Greg Minter sat down for a Q and A regarding the current coronavirus situation and its effect on Prospect High School. Co-curricular activities: What brought about the decision for after school activities being cancelled through spring break? "We see school as being an es...
PHS-RELATED CORONAVIRUS UPDATES
March 12, 2020
Coronavirus (officially known as COVID-19) is a flu-like pandemic that originated in Wuhan, China. Since it originated in December, the virus has spread around the globe and has now reached every continent execpt Antarctica. More official information from the CDC is available here. This thread will continue to be updated with more Coronavirus information rela...
FCCLA TAKES 13 STUDENTS TO STATE
Rachel Zurbuch, Executive Features Editor
March 12, 2020
On April 2 and 3, 13 students from Prospect’s Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) are going to state. On February 21, the team went to sectionals at Harper College where students qualified for state. The events range from fashion, cooking, child care and more. In order to q...
Coronavirus leads to cancellation of out-of-country student trips
Alyssa Schulz, Executive Sports Editor
March 6, 2020
97,840. That’s how many people have been infected with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) since just Jan. 22. With this in mind, and an estimated mortality rate of 3.4%, District 214 has decided to cancel all out-of-the-country student trips out of an “abundance of caution”, according to su...
PHS-related Coronavirus Updates
March 3, 2020
A NEW UPDATES PAGE CAN BE FOUND HERE: https://prospectornow.com/22116/news/phs-related-coronavirus-updates-2/ Coronavirus (officially known as COVID-19) is a flu-like pandemic that originated in Wuhan, China. Since it originated in December, the virus has spread around the globe and has now rea...
Coronavirus outbreak threatens spring break exchange trips
Ryan Barich, Executive News Editor
March 1, 2020
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Pictured is a health checkpoint at an airport in Bologna, Italy. Since Jan. 22, the Coronavirus has been vastly present in Italy as the number of confirmed cases has exceeded 1,000, mostly in the northern area of the country. 29 of those cases have turned...
Blanket making at Knots of Love Event
Adriana Briscoe, News Editor
February 25, 2020
When Lauren Graver, sister of sophomore Claire Graver, was first admitted to the hospital at age seven, she received a blanket. “It made me feel at home, and that’s what I want for everyone else,” Graver said in an interview at Advocate’s Children’s Hospital, the hospital she was treate...
Staff attend equity conference, bring up conversation on race
Olivia Kim, Associate Online Editor in Chief
February 24, 2020
All faculty and staff attended a mandatory conference on Friday, Feb. 14, organized by teachers and teaching and learning facilitators Joyce Kim and Katie Page. The topic of the three hour conference was to discuss equity, which was defined at the conference as “what all students need to succee...
