The Fine Arts Festival and Winter Concert is a long-standing tradition of DGS which unites all the parts of fine arts in one large showcase. Junior Hannah Venzon, a cellosit, spoke on her experiences...

The IHSA Legislative Commission is voting to advance eight proposals to the all-school ballot. The official representatives will cast their votes between Dec. 5-18, and the final results will be announced...

Community members of Downers Grove were able to experience the Thanksgiving Grove Express 5K on Nov. 24. Families enjoyed either walking or running the race route; the entire community was able to enjoy...

The 2022- 2023 school year came with plenty of schedule changes, such as the hybrid block schedule and 8- period days. One new change being implemented this year is the access periods on the Wednesday...

For the first time since 2020, students will be able to attend a two-day Snowball event at YMCA Camp Duncan in Ingleside, IL from Nov. 18-19. During the 2020-21 school year, all of the Snowball events...

The midterm election is going to take place on Nov. 8, where four-hundred and seventy seats will be up for grabs across the country, including multiple seats for both the House of Representatives and the...

District 99 has chosen not to renew its subscription to Paper.co Tutoring; a decision that hasn’t been very highly disputed by students of either DGS or DGN. With so few students who truly used the service,...

Many student actors rehearse their lines over and over again to prepare for a show. However, that won’t be the case this year since the fall play will be “Small Mouth Sounds,” a primarily silent...

On Jan. 13, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity Today (SAFE-T) Act. The law includes extensive changes to the Illinois criminal justice system....

School District 66 is facing a series of budget cuts in the 2022-2023 school year. These cuts were made after a referendum was voted against in the community. The cuts include fewer buses, shorter school...

At the Oct. 17 board meeting, Superintendent Hank Thiele presented the 2022 Exhibition of Educational Environments that District 99 received for the North and South high school Master Facility plan projects...

Mustang Way lessons have returned once again for the 2022-2023 school year. With the newly established block schedule comes a new source of time for Mustang Way instruction, this time during students’...