Schools

Playing Catch Up

by Mitch Hurst • October 13, 2021

Last time The North Shore Weekend caught up with Matthew Pietrafetta, CEO of Academic Approach, he said we wouldn’t know how much students were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic until…
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With many private schools well into their second consecutive year of in-person learning, and with school activities such as sports teams and clubs restored, school administrators tell The North Shore…
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Virtual Value

by Mitch Hurst • June 11, 2021

The Music Institute of Chicago celebrated 90 years of innovation, access, and excellence in music education as it welcomed more than 450 viewers to its 90th Anniversary Virtual Gala on…
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Keys to the C-Suite

by Monica Kass Rogers • April 14, 2019

Shepherding students through their experience at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart, head of school Meg Steele keeps her eye on every aspect of development. Social, emotional, intellectual, academic—the spheres…
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Success by 6

by Elaine Doremus • March 25, 2019

Twelve years ago, a baseline assessment showed that only 6 percent of the children in Waukegan Public Schools had the skills needed to be successful in kindergarten. Today, based on…
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Post-er Boys

by Bill McLean • March 14, 2019

They walked toward an exit, in silence, in a hallway at Glenbrook North High School, their basketball season now history after only two playoff games. New Trier High School’s boy…
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Business Teacher Bullish on Theater

by Bill McLean • January 31, 2019

The Schaumburg High School senior gymnast wanted to hit the stage in the late 1970s, not the mats. He aimed to land his first role, not a dismount off the…
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Rainn Wilson to NT Grads: Don’t Be An Idiot

by Adrienne Fawcett • June 4, 2018

New Trier Township High School alumnus Rainn Wilson, known to millions as Dwight K. Schrute on the U.S. version of The Office, implored his alma mater’s Class of 2018 to…
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Wescott Music Teacher Bids Adieu

by DNS Contributor • May 30, 2018

NORTHBROOK More than 700 Northbrook/Glenview School District 30 staff members, students, alumnus and families celebrated Wescott School music teacher Bill Vaananen’s last musical performance with “An Encore with Mr. V”…
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LFHS Incubator Class Nears Pitch Night

by Emily Spectre • May 28, 2018

A group gathers in a corner conference room to discuss the challenges of how to bring its business idea MeltWell, a throat lozenge in the form of a thin strip…
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