Student support groups have been created in response to recent world events and stresses that have been affecting students and staff lives. Invitations are sent via email and cover topics from coping with stress to processing recent violent attacks and killings. “We know that many people may be experiencing feelings of pain and sadness, and we are here to support our students,” Superintendent Dr. Hank Thiele said in an email sent out to the District 99 community April 13. “Members of our...

Hey, students. This is a series of news updates by me, Omega Editor-in-Chief and District 99 Board of Education Student Representative Sam Bull, that is designed to inform you, the DGN student body, of the most relevant changes, decisions, and updates from the most recent Board of Education meeting. In other words: this is exactly what you need to know from every Board meeting. A short and sweet Board meeting tonight consisted mainly of saying goodbye to two retiring Board members and welcoming...

The English office is just about the last place at DGN you’d associate with the word “dangerous,” but before the actions of Michelle Briones, that’s exactly what it was.  The junior, who works as a student aide in the English department office, noticed the sharp edges around an IDF cabinet, which holds networking equipment to allow for internet connectivity in that part of the building, jutting out of the wall in the office’s closet.  “I work in the English department as an aide....