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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Evanston housing and grants administrator Sarah Flax speaks at a Monday council meeting. Aldermen approved an agreement with Evanston Township High School to formalize a housing education partnership.

Council approves partnership with ETHS housing education program

May 1, 2018

Aldermen approved Monday an agreement with Evanston Township High School to formalize a partnership between the city and a housing education program. The program — Geometry in Construction — is...

An Evanston Township High School student-made home, 2142 Dewey Ave. ETHS students in “Geometry in Construction” built the house as a way of providing affordable housing to Evanston residents.

ETHS hosts open house for latest student-constructed home

October 3, 2017

Evanston Township High School teachers, students and community members gathered Tuesday to tour the latest house built by the school’s “Geometry in Construction” class. The public could view the...

Construction workers lift and transport the first floor of the home built by students in the Evanston Township High School course, Geometry in Construction. The entire home was two-stories and approximately 1,500 square-feet.

Evanston Township High School construction class relocates home it built during course

June 14, 2016

Teachers, students and Evanston residents gathered at Evanston Township High School on Monday morning to observe the Geometry in Construction program move its newly constructed home to a permanent location...

D202 Board of Education approves capital improvements projects

January 14, 2015

The District 202 Board of Education on Monday unanimously approved the district’s capital improvements projects for 2015 and the proposed five-year capital improvements plan. Projects at Evanston...

Evanston Township High School students have started to construct a two-story house in the school’s parking lot. The project is part of a class in which students learn geometry through hands-on experience and build affordable housing for a family with low income.

ETHS construction class hopes to build on last year’s results

October 19, 2014

Evanston Township High School is offering a class for a second year in which students work to build an affordable house for a low-income family. The course, called Geometry in Construction, teaches...

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