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D214 announces new superintendent

D214 announces new superintendent

Brooke Michalczyk, Online Editor-in-Chief April 25, 2023

The search for District 214’s new superintendent has come to a close. Thursday, April 14, the board introduced Scott Rowe, current superintendent of Huntley District 158, to the public. Rowe’s contract...

Photo courtesy Creative Commons.

Knights for Consent informs students, plans SAAM activities

Tessa Trylovich, Managing Editor April 17, 2023

The month of April is national Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). Prospect High Schools’ Knights for Consent Club is bringing awareness to this topic from April 24-April 28. T-shirts will be sold...

The group of all of the Prospect exchange students poses in front of The Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Paris, France. (Photo courtesy of Cate Murawski)

Prospect heads to Paris

Mina Bandic, Reporter April 14, 2023

After a 7-hour flight, senior Natalie Pearson, along with 10 classmates and two Prospect French teachers, Ashley Brown and Jenna Sanstead, arrived at their final destination: Paris, France. Students applied...

Photo courtesy of The Blazer.

Willow Project approved, plans in action

Amanda Feinberg, Editor-in-Chief April 12, 2023

On March 13 the Biden Administration approved the Willow Project — an oil drilling plan by ConocoPhillips to extract 600 million barrels of oil from Alaska’s North Slope in the National Petroleum Reserve,...

Along with Spanish teacher chaperones Ryan Schultz and Cindy Pak, the fourteen seniors and on the 2022-23 Spanish Exchange Trip — Mia D’Onofrio, Kiera Cullen, Wiktoria Tofilska, Isabel Klimowicz, Maia Johnson, Sara Maggio, Marina Makropoulos, Emilia Toporkiewicz, Josie Garkisch, Matthew Johnson, Kate Seyer, Ella Mitchell, Luke Wittenborn, Zach Greenwell and Adrian Marincas — pose in front of a fountain in Barcelona, Spain. Spanning from March 22-31, this year marks the first time Prospect has traveled abroad in an exchange program since the COVID-19 shutdown in March of 2020.

Cosmopolitan connections

Justin Peabody and Ella Mitchell April 9, 2023

Leaving the Barcelona Airport, senior Isabel Klimowicz was immediately engulfed with warm sunshine and clear blue skies, her surroundings dotted with palm trees and framed by majestic mountains towering...

Courtesy of Mary Robinson.

Coins for a Cause

Justin Peabody, Copy Editor April 3, 2023

$172,956.42. That’s how much money freshman Mary Robinson and a team of fellow students, friends, and neighbors raised via a 7-week fundraising campaign called Student Visionaries of the Year, established...

Kremers first place photo features her stepsister standing in front of a window. (Photo courtesy Kate Kremer)

Prospect sophomore wins first place in District-wide photo contest

Emma Letzig, Online Editor-in-Chief March 23, 2023

For 46 years District 214 has showcased the artwork, the talent and the creativity of the students in the District 214 Arts Unlimited Celebration. A tradition started by Richard Calisch in 1976 has stuck...

Photo courtesy of Creative Commons

Pebble in the road: SVB bank closure

Elijah Clesen, Sports Reporter March 15, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed on March 10th 2023, making it the largest bank closure since the 2008 financial crisis caused by the housing market. However, this is a different scenario  Founded...

Prospect Prom Information 2023

Prospect Prom Information 2023

March 13, 2023

The Prospect High School Prom will be held on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at The Belvedere Banquets in Elk Grove beginning at 7pm and concluding at 11pm.  It is open to both juniors and seniors. The Prom Google...

Students and community members hand-craft fleece-tied blankets such as this one to donate to children in the hospital.

The fabric of our lives

Justin Peabody, Copy Editor March 12, 2023

Every year, Prospect students, their families, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, sports teams, District 57 students, and a myriad of other community members flood the cafeteria with fabrics and scissors. They...

Block schedule remains for 2023-2024 school year

Block schedule remains for 2023-2024 school year

Matthew Niemczyk, KnightTV News/Features Director March 8, 2023

It is now official, A/B block schedule will be staying for next school year. Before the end of first semester, staff voted on whether to continue with the block schedule or to return to the eight period...

Iranian-American Harvard student speaks out about current protests

Iranian-American Harvard student speaks out about current protests

Ella Mitchell, Editor-in-Chief March 8, 2023

Last semester at Harvard, Iranian-American graduate student Ciara Moezidis co-organized a “die-in” — a demonstration where people lay on the ground playing dead as a symbolic statement — in solidarity...

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