Woodridge Park District 68 will be kicking off the Halloween season by transforming Hawthorne Hill Woods into a spooky trail to host their annual Haunted Forest Walk on Oct. 20 and 21. The walk will take...
For the last few years, students around the country have enjoyed dancing under the stars at their homecomings, but this year at DGS there will be a roof over the dance.
Director of Student Activities...
Students sit should-to-shoulder in the large gym and wait. They talk quietly and scroll on their phones in anticipation of what's to come. As the introductory video about the guest speaker ends, the gym...
DGS will be hosting their Red Ribbon Week activities the week of Oct. 10. Red Ribbon Week is the nation's largest drug prevention campaign that provides resources, advocacy and awareness about the drug...
On Saturday, Oct. 7, the DGS Marching Mustangs will be hosting their 20th annual Music Bowl competition. The music bowl is a marching band competition, as well as a DGS band fundraiser, where bands from...
The DGS Fine Arts department will be hosting its annual fall choir concert on Oct. 3, 2023. The concert will be held in the Performing Arts Center on the main stage. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show...
The daily routine is back in full swing at DGS as students and teachers are getting used to new policy changes: the green passes, the new phone policy and the new signs about attendance in every classroom....
Jack Pastore, Head Copy Editor
• September 28, 2023
On Sept. 12, 2023, DGS had its annual ALICE training. ALICE stands for alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate. This serves as training in the event that an active shooter comes to a school.
The...
On Wednesday, Sept. 6 DGS students were given the option to apply for two leadership opportunities–Principal Student Advisory Council and Mustang Way Access Leaders. All grades are encouraged to apply...
The annual ninth grade play at DGS will be hosted in the studio theater on Friday, Sept. 22 and Saturday, Sept. 23. The play follows ninth grade students as they navigate their way through their first...
On Sept. 11, DGS Student Board Representative senior Nahla Mokkath addressed and updated the board on events going on so far in the 2023-2024 school year.
Mokkath began her update by touching on curriculum...