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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


Families have been protesting the district’s June decision to close down the school after this academic year for the past few months. Some signs the protesters carried featured messages in both English and Spanish; “la lucha sigue” translates to “the struggle continues.”

‘We pick here’: Bessie Rhodes community continues protesting planned 7th, 8th grade closures

October 29, 2024

Juana Vazquez, who has a seventh grader at Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies, said her daughter, Destiny, has high anxiety around not seeing her friends or teachers.  Destiny Vazquez’s anxiety...

One woman in a red shirt claps, another holds a sign saying “Stronger United!” and another holds a sign saying “We teach, we care, be fair!”

District 65 board discusses meeting with Bessie Rhodes parents, proposals for deficit reduction plan

October 29, 2024

As Evanston/Skokie School District 65 administrators and board members walked into the Joseph E. Hill Early Childhood Center on Monday, more than 100 teachers in the District 65 Educators’ Council gathered...

The City-School Liaison Committee members sit in a square of tables.

City-School Liaison Committee discusses Guaranteed Income Program, Wraparound Evanston

May 8, 2024

The City-School Liaison Committee discussed the Guaranteed Income Program, summer education, repurposing of assets and the emerging Wraparound Evanston program at its Wednesday evening meeting at the Joseph...

Three people talk to each other.

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 community members meet new superintendent

April 17, 2024

About 200 Evanston/Skokie School District 65 community members attended a welcome reception for newly appointed Superintendent Angel Turner at the Joseph E. Hill Education Center Tuesday evening. Turner...

The side of a red brick building with bushes in front of it, blue windows and lettering that reads: “Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Joseph E. Hill Education Center.”

Narishea Parham named director of Joseph E. Hill Early Childhood Center

May 22, 2023

The Evanston/Skokie District 65 School Board approved Narishea Parham, current assistant principal of Dewey Elementary School, as the next director of the Joseph E. Hill Early Childhood Center at its Monday...

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