At midnight on March 4, the first round of senior assassins commenced. The game entails students assembling into small teams and “hunting” other groups with Nerf guns in hopes of winning a $2,000 grand...

As many students may have noticed throughout the course of this school year, when a personal cell phone is connected to the D99-BYOD Wi-Fi network, certain apps are blocked. Some of these apps include...

Cicadas are going to be buzzing around the southeast and midwest regions starting in mid-May. This will be the first time since 1803 that both groups of cicadas, Brood XIX and XIII will be out at the same...

Book bans have been sweeping across the country, stirring up controversy in and out of the classroom. According to the American Library Association, 2023 saw a 20% increase in the amount of attempted book...

The DGS speech team talked their way into a second place finish at the IHSA state speech tournament on Feb. 17. The tournament was hosted in Peoria, IL at the Peoria Civic Center and took place over...

On March 15-17, the DGS Orchesis dance company will “Dance the Night Away” during their performance at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Orchesis is a no-cut dance company at DGS that focuses on all dance...

On Saturday, Feb. 24, DGS will open its doors to students sporting masquerade masks and dressed in green, purple and gold. Gussied up in dresses and suits, students will attend the annual winter dance,...

Screams erupted from the crowd as stomps and claps bounced off the walls of the auditorium during the DGS’s Royalty Step Teams first annual Royal Stomp Down. The competition was hosted on Feb. 3 and...

With January and February comes cold temperatures, icy roads and a lot of snow. Because of this, District 99 prepared to have e-learning days in case the weather prevented students and staff from being...