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A Q+A with James Ford

A Q+A with James Ford

Henry Buelow, Executive Sports Editor August 1, 2025

  Q: Where did you go to high school and college?   A: I went to Prospect High School, class of 2015, and I went to North Central College, class of 2024.   Q: What did...

A Q+A with Alexa Tanglis

A Q+A with Alexa Tanglis

Alyssa Kowols, Managing Editor August 1, 2025

  What is your name? “Alexa Tanglis”   Where did you go to high school? “I went to The Willows Academy [in Des Plaines, Illinois].”   Where did you go to...

Teacher Appreciation Week: Michael Higdon

Teacher Appreciation Week: Michael Higdon

Jack Cloney, Digital Managing Editor May 9, 2025

Michael Higdon is a physics teacher at Prospect High School.    Q: “What was your favorite subject while you were in school?”    A: “Junior year I took physics- I’m a physics...

Knight of the Week: Rani Patel

Knight of the Week: Rani Patel

Stella Palm, Editor-in-Chief May 5, 2025

  Q: Why did you join robotics? A: “I joined robotics because I did it in middle school. A lot of my friends from middle school joined robotics … I had a lot of older friends in middle school...

Knight of the Week: Finn Whalen

Knight of the Week: Finn Whalen

Molly Mundt, Features Reporter April 9, 2025

Q: What are your after high school plans? A: I am playing semi-pro soccer in Salamanca, Spain! I will also be doing online college while I play and getting my coachings license on the side, so I will...

Knight of the Week: Anna Niebrugge

Knight of the Week: Anna Niebrugge

Lucy Neumann March 5, 2025

Senior track star Anna Niebrugge kicks off the start of her season by breaking two records at an indoor meet in Hononegah on Feb. 22 and breaking another record the week prior. The reigning state champion...

Physics teacher Mike Welter celebrating his inflatable basketball game victory.

Knight of the Week: Mark Welter

Leanna Kewarkis, Executive Features Editor December 11, 2024

Q: How did you encourage your students to donate? A: “Actually it was mostly [the students], they were really motivated about it. I think maybe there may have been some extra interest after we watched...

Knight of the Week: Leah DeLuca

Knight of the Week: Leah DeLuca

Stella Palm, Editor-in-Chief December 6, 2024

Q: What made you want to join the speech team?   A: “I like to talk a lot, yeah, and I love performing. I'm in theater too, and I thought that speech would be a great way to help build my...

Knight of the Week: Thomas Ringrose

Knight of the Week: Thomas Ringrose

Luke Robinson, Sports Reporter November 7, 2024

Q: When did you start teaching? A: “ I took over as a long term sub for a STEM teacher doing her middle school STEM classes. So it was woodworking, some modular stuff, things like that. At the end...

Knight of the Week: Matthew Lundeen

Knight of the Week: Matthew Lundeen

Peter Radosh, Associate Editor-in-Chief November 1, 2024

Q: What activities are you involved in Prospect? A: I’m involved in the Computer Science Club, the Competitive Coding Club, and I play soccer. Q: What do you love most about the Computer Science...

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