To add something new to this year’s calendar, the girls from the 2023 senior class participated in their first powder puff game Oct. 30.  While walking onto Carstens field wearing their powder puff shirts, the seniors got into their assigned teams before the first game began.  This returning event hasn’t happened since 2018, persuading 73 girls to sign up this year. The girls who originally organized this event, seniors Ellie Watts and Annie Flynn, were in charge of sending out information...

Thirty-three students from DGN went to Lyons Township High School for a West Suburban Leadership Conference (WSLC) field trip on Oct. 28. DGN students have been attending this field trip for a decade to help the student body become stronger leaders for the school. The retreat is sponsored by Core Training, who invited students from all over the West Suburban Conference schools. The WSLC used to be for just student athletes, but in recent years, they have been opening up to the general population...

In Access periods, Sept 29, every student attempted to log onto the same resource concurrently for the first time, ultimately testing the bandwidth of the Wi-Fi network. According to Director of Technology & Information Services for District 99,  Rod Russeau, a minimal amount of students found success in connecting to the online resource. After this event, the district has eliminated access to BYOD Wi-Fi, prioritizing Chromebook connection before personal devices.  “The recent Access period...