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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


The board will deliberate on the specifics of the K-5 plan in the future.

District 65 board decides to limit new 5th Ward school to grades K-5

October 24, 2023

The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education decided on a K-5 plan for the new 5th Ward school on Monday night. The school was originally intended for students in grades K-8, but D65 board...

900 block of Michigan Avenue ‘secure’ after incident involving ‘emotionally disturbed individual,’ EPD says

March 18, 2023

The Evanston Police Department said the 900 block of Michigan Avenue is “secure,” following an incident in the vicinity involving an “emotionally disturbed individual” that prompted Evanston schools...

Artist Jayda Cochrane stands in front of her piece, a pair of crying eyes on a blue and gray background.

Resilient Evanston Youth art showcase highlights youth experiences

May 10, 2021

When Jayda Cochrane, an eighth grader at Chute Middle School, was assigned a quarantine-inspired project in her media arts class, she wanted to capture the struggles she had with mental health during the...

Nichols Middle School, 800 Greenleaf St. Parents of Nichols students sent a letter to administration concerned with high enrollment rates.

Nichols Middle School parents urge district to address high enrollment rates, overcrowding

May 12, 2019

The cafeteria is so overcrowded at Nichols Middle School that a student eligible for free-and-reduced lunch brings food from home, said Julie Cutter, a parent of a sixth- and eighth-grader at the school. “He...

Evanston Organizes: Officer and Gentlemen Academy rallies community around youth

Evanston Organizes: Officer and Gentlemen Academy rallies community around youth

March 8, 2019

Growing up in a single-parent household in Chicago’s south suburbs, Evanston Police Department Officer Adam Howard lacked a positive male figure. To him, being a role model for Evanston’s youth is...

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