DGN Omega

Chromebook costs for 1st repair

December 13, 2017

As of the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year, the first time repair of a student’s Chromebook is no longer free. Although the costs for the second and third repairs remain the same, the fee for the first is now $25. According...

Allegations leave students with questions

December 13, 2017

Student group forms to instill diversity within school

December 13, 2017

Bill requires free feminine products in bathrooms

Sidney Lee, Editor in Chief

December 13, 2017

As students and staff walked into the women’s restrooms at the beginning of November, they noticed new feminine hygiene dispensers displaying the word “free.” Wondering if it was true, some turned the knob to discover that...

ALL EARS FOR THE SPEAKER: Snowball attendees at Washington Community High School listen to Harris speak about his foster care story.

FACT CHECK: Students Question Speech’s Accuracy

December 12, 2017

Students named to the Illinois All State musical

Isabelle LaBianco, News Editor

December 11, 2017

Last June, senior Jack Cannan and junior Ellie Banke were selected to participate in the Illinois All-State musical, “Big Fish.” Banke was cast as the female lead, Sandra Bloom, and Cannan is on stage crew. The show will be...

DGN hosts Veterans’ Day assembly

Bella Cotterell, Photography Editor

November 14, 2017

Students spell out ‘ONE’ on Carstens Field

Natalie White, Editor-In-Chief

November 10, 2017

On Nov. 1, students poured out of their seventh period class to form the word "ONE" in order to show unity at DGN. This goes along with the theme generated by Prinicpal Janice Schwarze and the Student Advisory Council "Individually...

Omega earns multiple design and writing honors

Bella Coterrell, Photography Editor

October 10, 2017

For five years in a row, The Omega earned Quill and Scroll’s International 1st place award, and for the past two years, The Omega won Quill and Scroll’s highest honor: the George H. Gallup award. The student newspaper is...

MAKE UP WORK: An unnamed student poses for a staged photograph in the testing center.

Testing Center closure causes confusion

October 10, 2017

‘The Pulse’ seeks student voices

Sarah Baran, Social Media Editor

October 10, 2017

In an effort to hear more student voices, Principal Janice Schwarze implemented a program this year she calls “The Pulse of DGN.” “When you come we’re trying to get the ‘pulse’: what people are talking about, worried...

Downers Grove library board member dismissed

October 10, 2017