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Evanston to take part in day of service

September 24, 2014

Evanston is making its own contribution to a national community service day by hosting a volunteering event next month. The United Way Evanston Day of Caring, which will be held Oct. 25, is sponsored...

City Council discusses education initiative partnership, plastic bag ban

May 20, 2014

Aldermen authorized further discussion Monday night on whether City Council should support a long-term education initiative called Cradle to Career. Council unanimously voted to send the proposal...

Program aims to familiarize District 65 kids with community issues

May 15, 2014

An educational program that connected Evanston/Skokie School District 65 elementary school students with their surrounding Evanston community finished its pilot run in late April. Called Project Researching...

New D65 superintendent looks to work with Northwestern

April 23, 2014

When Paul Goren takes over as the superintendent for Evanston/Skokie School District 65 in July, he said he hopes to collaborate with Northwestern and other community organizations to create a “learning...

ETHS students read original poetry at Northwestern

April 17, 2014

Evanston Township High School students performed original poems Thursday evening at Northwestern, the culmination of three months of weekly workshops run by NU students. The annual program, titled “The...

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