The Evanston Land Use Commission voted 5-2 to recommend the proposed 5th Ward K-8 school plans after discussing parking availability, traffic congestion and new green spaces at Wednesday’s public hearing...
Principal Carlos Mendez has big plans for Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School — on a global scale, in fact.
Rhodes’ new top educator wants to teach his students Mandarin Chinese, send them to study...
Cerebral palsy has not stopped Aaron Holzmueller from developing his athletic talents.
The seventh-grader represents the track team of Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School at district meets, participates...
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, sixth-grader Zhang Yichi packed toiletries for homeless people in Highland Park with his fellow classmates.
Unlike most of his other classmates, Zhang just arrived in...
The majority of Evanston/Skokie District 65 schools landed in the top 10 percent in the Chicago Sun-Times’ annual ranking of Illinois public schools.
Five schools were ranked in the top 100: Dewey...
