Phil Culcasi will be taking over the role of Math Department Chair beginning during the 2023-2024 school year. Culcasi will be filling the vacancy left after Jacob Giblin was promoted to Associate Principal....
Maya Homberg, Copy Editor-In-Chief
• February 28, 2023
On Feb. 10, 2023, the DGS Royalty Steppers performed at the spirit week assembly. To recognize the steppers further, Principal Arwen Lyp featured the team in the D99 Board’s “Student Perspectives”...
A school board meeting was held on Feb. 6 where the school board came together to discuss test and grade-related statistics, and considered new ideas to help benefit overall student performance.
The...
Maya Homberg, Copy Editor-In-Chief
• February 8, 2023
On Jan. 10, 2023, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law an assault weapon ban that specifically prohibits the sale of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and rapid-fire devices.
As mass shootings...
On Jan. 6-10, Athletes Committed to Excellence (ACE) will host spirit week. Each day will have a dress-up competition and activities during the lunch periods. On the 10th, an assembly will be held where...
Umoja, Athletes Committed to Excellence (ACE) and DGS activities are partnering up to plan activities for February to celebrate Black History Month. Highlights include Blue Cup and root beer float sales,...
Current math department chair Jacob Giblin will become Associate Principal of Curriculum and Instruction at DGS starting in the 2023-24 school year, stepping in for the soon-to-retire Georgia Hash.
The...
Forty-five minutes trapped in an elevator, two encounters with the fire department, missing instruments and more, how an annual field trip challenged DGS bands more than musically.
“Everything that...
Students will feel like they are gazing at the Aurora Borealis at the "Northern Lights" themed Winter dance on Feb. 25. This will be the first indoor dance since 2020.
Tickets will be $25 if purchased...