The student news site of Downers Grove North High School

DGN Omega

Menu
  • March 173/12/21 - Girls' Varsity Basketball win a share of WSC
  • March 173/13/21 - DG gymnastics conference champions
  • March 173/14/21 - Boys' Varsity Basketball conference champions
TWO-WEEK BREAK: the girls varsity basketball team returned to play March 2 against Hinsdale Central—their first game since Feb. 16.

Girls varsity basketball resumes after COVID-19 outbreak

Sam Bull, Editor-in-Chief
March 8, 2021
COMMONS PROGRESS: a slide of images from Superintendent Hank Thiele's March 1 presentation showing the work done on the commons in recent weeks.

Bull’s Board Corner: March 1

Sam Bull, Editor-in-Chief
March 1, 2021
WORKING TOGETHER: Support staffers spend time constructing and organizing students' saliva kits.

Month of kindness: recognizing jobs around the school, their fight against COVID-19

Maggie Ward, Feature Editor
February 27, 2021
WELCOMING STUDENTS: Beginning second semester, the doors of DGN have been inviting students in through a hybrid schedule everyday. Unfortunately, only 65% of students are choosing to participate.

DGN wants you back

Maggie Ward, Feature Editor
February 17, 2021
A Nov. 2 study* conducted by the Pew Research Center shows that 89% of Trump supporters and 91% of Biden supporters said they disagreed on basic facts, and another Pew survey, this one from Nov. 6, reports that four out of five Trump and Biden supporters disagree not only on policy but also core American values and goals.

Addressing the elephant (and donkey) in the room: Capitol insurrection spurs larger discussion over nature of political conversation in school

Sam Bull and Kate Gross
February 8, 2021
THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: two young men hold a sign reading

Staff Editorial: Black History Month renews our fight to prove that racism is not political

Staff Editorial
February 6, 2021
WIDENING THE GAP: The difference in unexcused absences have been historic between DGN and DGS mostly due to the difference in student population (2,159: 2,730 as of 2020), but as both schools see an increase in student absences, the gap grows larger.

On the decline: attendance, grades, motivation, focus

Maggie Ward, Feature Editor
January 29, 2021
HOME SWEET HOME: Junior Mia Chen prefers learning at home, which she says greatly reduces her stress

Remote learning advantages, hybrid detriments sway DGN students to attend school virtually

Nicholas Hanscom, In-Depth Editor
January 26, 2021
BACK AND FORTH: A conversation between Jessica Spahn (12) and a physics tutor. Spahn explained that the tutor kept telling her to convert to polar coordinates although she was using the coordinates given in the problem's description.

Paper showing early mixed results for students

Sam Bull, Editor-in-Chief
January 25, 2021
Students, staff express mixed views toward online course registration process

Students, staff express mixed views toward online course registration process

Nicholas Hanscom, In-Depth Editor
January 20, 2021
BROTHERLY LOVE: Blinded by rage, spell check got the best of me here. Regardless, everyone has experienced this feeling of helplessness: opening the ice cream and seeing this sad excuse for a dessert. It has happened far too many times in the last two months to me. For legal reasons, this text was a joke.

Calling all college kids: time to go back to school

Maggie Ward, Feature Editor
January 12, 2021
Mrs. Schwarze was recognized for her achievement at the Dec 14 school board meeting

DGN’s Janice Schwarze awarded Dupage County Principal of the Year

Jake Morgan, Sports Editor
January 1, 2021
Load More Stories