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MORE FINALS WILL BE A DIFFERENT FORMAT THIS YEAR

Olivia Kim, Editor-in-Chief November 30, 2020

This year, from Dec. 11 to Dec. 18, teachers will be giving finals to students. Teachers were given the choice between a project based final, a traditional exam final, a unit test or no final at all.  Associate...

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COVID-19 RESTRICTS BLACK FRIDAY

Kevin Lynch, Editor-in-Chief November 23, 2020

Black Friday, arguably the biggest shopping day of the year, will kick off the holiday shopping season on Nov. 27 this year, and despite the ever-changing situation with the coronavirus, expectations are...

PHYSICS CLASSES RETURN TO SCHOOL FOR IN-PERSON LAB

PHYSICS CLASSES RETURN TO SCHOOL FOR IN-PERSON LAB

Olivia Kim, Editor-in-Chief September 29, 2020

The first lab with students present in the building took place on Sept. 25 and Sept. 29. The Physics classes decided last week, along with Minter, to bring students back to Prospect to complete a lab.   After...

ARRIVAL OF HOMESTAYING SPIRIT WEEK

ARRIVAL OF HOMESTAYING SPIRIT WEEK

Marina Makropoulos, Online News Editor September 23, 2020

In the light of the new fall season, the Associated Student Body at Prospect has announced the arrival of a new spirit week. It is called HomeStaying week, and it will be taking place throughout the week...

PROSPECTS GOT TALENT ADAPTS DURING PANDEMIC

PROSPECT’S GOT TALENT ADAPTS DURING PANDEMIC

Joey Delahunty, Executive Online Editor September 23, 2020

Every fall, the Fine Arts Department holds the school’s annual variety competition Prospect’s Got Talent (PGT). In past years, the show filled the theater with guest judges from staff, audience voting...

New weekly COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in suburban Cook County. This is the main metric being used to determine which stage of school D214 is in.

D214 RELEASES RETURN-TO-SCHOOL METRICS

Rick Lytle September 13, 2020

District 214 released metrics to determine which stage of reopening the school district is in. The main metric is new weekly cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 people in suburban Cook County as reported by...

NATALIE DEL PECIO TO BECOME NEXT ITALIAN TEACHER

Charlie Dahlgren, Managing Editor May 6, 2020

Natalie Del Pecio’s life would never be the same after a seemingly insignificant opportunity turned into an important realization that opened her eyes to the world of education. At the time, Del Pecio...

ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODY STREAMLINES STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODY STREAMLINES STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Olivia Kim, Editor-in-Chief April 30, 2020

Since the Student Council sponsor of 26 years Lyn Scolaro is retiring this year, Assistant Principal Frank Mirandola, Scolaro and Underground Sponsor Chris Cirrincione took the time to reexamine the system...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker

ILLINOIS STAY-AT-HOME ORDER EXTENDED THROUGH END OF MAY

Kevin Lynch, Editor-in-Chief April 29, 2020
Governor J.B. Pritzker announced in his daily briefing Thursday that he plans to sign an extension to the stay-at-home order...
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ILLINOIS SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR REMAINDER OF ACADEMIC YEAR

Rick Lytle April 17, 2020

Governor J.B. Pritzker announced at his press conference today that Illinois schools will remain closed for the remainder of the academic year. The announcement comes as Illinois registered its highest...

MINI LIBRARIES SERVE MOUNT PROSPECT

MINI LIBRARIES SERVE MOUNT PROSPECT

Adriana Briscoe April 9, 2020

About five years ago, a new trend started to spread throughout Mount Prospect: little free libraries. The idea behind these libraries is that for every book people put into the library, they can take a...

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