With the return of normalcy at DGS, the students and staff warmly welcome the 2022 spirit week accompanied with an assembly on Friday. Since the start of the pandemic, the guidelines have prohibited the...

The Future Medical Professionals of DGS club is in it's trial year after being conceptualized and put into action by junior Sarah Illimoottil. This new club aims to bring together all students who...

Retiring principal Edward Schwartz has won a Principal Recognition Award through Illinois Directors of Student Activities (IDSA), and will be receiving it on April 7 at the IDSA conference. The prestigious...

DGS welcomed young adult author Adi Alsaid on Wednesday, March 16 as a guest speaker for certain English classes. The school librarians and students had the opportunity to meet Alsaid and attend an hour-long...

On Monday Feb. 28, 2022, District 99 moved to “mask optional” following an Illinois Supreme Court judges’ decision to deny Governor Pritzker’s appeal following a restraining order to the governor's...

With The World Runs on Respect Week coincidentally falling on the same week as District 99’s first week of mask optional, DGS faculty and staff are trying to keep the message of respect the focus for...

Schools across the nation have felt the effects of substitute shortages this school year, and DGS is no exception. Whether it be a math teacher filling in for Personal Fitness, students having the same...

Starting on Monday, Feb. 28, DGS students will have the option to not wear a mask to school for the first time in two years. This new policy is a result of a decision by the District 99 school board after...

On Feb. 28, students will no longer be required to wear masks in school. On Monday, Feb. 14, the District 99 Board of Education held an emergency meeting to decide what the district’s new policy would...