"Caden walked out with a sombrero, sparkly silver vest, and an indescribable green patterned shirt,” senior Finn McTigue said, after he and some friends searched for something to wear for the Halloween-themed...

The new 2022-23 schedule has made many changes at District 99. One of these changes was the removal of Friday video announcements and cutting the length of the morning announcements. Students who were...

The Downers Grove Public Library staff announced the cancellation of Drag Queen Bingo Sept. 12 due to threats made against the library. The event was scheduled to celebrate national coming out day with...

Gwen Casten was a beloved friend, sister, and musician who graduated from DGN at the end of the 2021-2022 school year. Gwen passed away the night of June 15. Gwen was an active student who started the...

Overview DGN is home to a variety of sports teams and the roughly 1,401 athletes that compose the sum of every roster. Recently, the athletic department has received both complaints of gender discrimination...

“In the beginning, I was happy to return to normal, but as the year has gone on, we have all struggled to get back to what was normal,” math teacher Joann Purcell said.  As the 2021-2022 school...

Cheerio! The band will be returning to the UK accompanied by the choir this Dec. 27 for the annual London’s New Year’s Day parade. This will be the choir's first time going to London, so a variety...

For the past decade, a Miller sibling has walked DGN’s halls, but as the youngest of six, senior Maeve Miller, prepares to graduate, the era closes. The oldest and only boy, Rowan Miller, graduated in...

There isn’t anything special or unique about Westmont, Illinois, but the town garnered attention the weekend of March 2-5. The relatively new FMC Natatorium was built in 2020 and recently hosted the...

  The end of February marked the annual return of  “Senior Assassin,” a game where hundreds of high school seniors devote hours of their day to hunt their classmates with Nerf guns in an effort...

Last Thursday four basketball teams set foot in the Downers Grove Recreational Center to determine who will be crowned rec league champions. The Wetters, The Comebacks, DC Supremacy and team Eric Baugh...

Many current high school students will remember their elementary school classrooms: the stand-alone desks, hard plastic chairs and perhaps a round table. However, today, there has been a push for a more...