While the North Shore takes pride in its excellent public schools, it is sometimes easy to forget that neighboring districts face challenges that seem impossible to surmount. At Waukegan Public…
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Lake Forest High School’s varsity dance team frightened its head coach, Alexis Linton, in the middle of its final-round performance earlier this month at the Universal Dance Association’s National Dance…
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Parker Bondy, the Highland Park High School (HPHS) athlete, trains with a “one-more-rep” mindset. Translation: the sophomore baseball and basketball player likes to go another round after practice, be it…
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Ask Corey Winchester how he thinks he clinched a spot at Northwestern University and you won’t hear a word about admissions essay tutors, expensive private counselors, or a laundry list…
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Audrey Niffenegger has a porcupine near her pantry, two snow white doves behind the settee, and a rabbit on one of many bookshelves. Upstairs in her studio, the pages of…
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Bob Murphy’s face softens. Cracking a warm smile will do that to a visage. A co-founder of the Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund (DMSF) with his brother Jim, Bob Murphy— senior…
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The occasional equivalent of a Sadie Hawkins dance in tennis circles is a mixed doubles tournament. A young woman named Alison—at the urging of her mother, Christine—called an outstanding tennis…
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No matter where you land on the political spectrum, there is no denying that Ruth Bader Ginsburg has left an indelible mark on the zeitgeist. The second woman—and first Jewish…
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