Effective leadership is at an all-time low at DGN, according to teachers’ responses on the 2023 5Essentials Survey. The principal measure, one of five essentials to a successful school, scored just...

After 19 years of being the German teacher at Downers Grove North, Gunde Burritt has decided to retire. For being only one of the two German teachers, Burritt has put lots of energy and dedication into...

Alone, I sat on my phone during the “Chicago” musical intermission.  “Do you go to school here?” the lady on my left asked. She offered me her concession stand M&Ms, introduced herself...

Despite having no background in journalism, English teacher Elizabeth Levin was asked to take over the Omega when the previous adviser went on maternity leave in 1998. The temporary position became a home...

From the yearly Winter Mosaic concert to the halftime Trojan marching band shows, DGN Fine Arts has never failed to bring the DGN community together. Looking past the teachers and students that make these...

Culture week at DGN was put on during March this year for the first time as a way to broaden student’s knowledge and appreciation for the different cultures within our building. The Purpose: The...

This school year, Marcos Rico was hired as a business C.T.E. teacher, teaching classes like financial accounting and introduction to business. Little did anyone know the impact Rico would create, as he...

From masking policy controversy throughout the COVID-19 crisis to the debate over the graphic novel  “Gender Queer” in libraries, D99 Board of Education (BOE) meetings and the topics they discuss...

According to UCLA Williams Institute School of Law, 1.6 million people identify as transgender in the United States. Out of this number, 300,000 are youth (ages 13-17), and 36% identify as transgender...