Nichols Middle School

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

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...

Blotter: iPhone stolen from middle school girl

March 3, 2019

A woman reported on Friday that a 14-year-old girl’s phone was stolen at Nichols Middle School. The 49-year-old woman who reported the incident said the girl’s gold iPhone 7, valued at $700, disappeared...

Blotter: Woman arrested, charged with DUI among other charges

October 25, 2018

A 62-year-old woman was arrested south of downtown Evanston Wednesday after she crashed her car in the 1500 block of Dempster Street. At 10:20 p.m. on Wednesday, the Evanston Police Department responded...

District 65 social workers discuss inequity in mental health at board meeting

May 11, 2018

Margaret Rothe, a social worker in Evanston/Skokie District 65, said she has never seen the rate of mental health-related hospitalization among middle school students as high as it is now. This year, she...

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