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  • March 20Girls varsity soccer vs Lyons Township on 3/21 at 6:30 p.m.
  • March 20Girls varsity softball v.s. Lyons Township on 3/23 at 4:30 p.m.
  • March 20Boys varsity baseball vs Metea Valley on 3/25 at 11:00 a.m.
  • March 20Freshman track conference on 3/23 at Morton
  • March 20Boys varsity volleyball vs Wheaton Warrenville South 3/20 at 5:30 p.m.
  • March 20One act plays on 3/24 and 3/25 at 7 p.m.
  • March 20Orchestra concert on 3/22 at 7 p.m.
  • March 20DGS and DGN vocal recital on 3/21 at 7 p.m.
  • March 5Proviso West Track and Field meet canceled due to weather. March 3
  • March 5D99 community celebrates girls gymnastics state championship. March 1
The student news site of Downers Grove South High School

Blueprint
The student news site of Downers Grove South High School

Blueprint
Ema Paskevicius

Ema Paskevicius, Copy Editor

Senior Ema Paskevicius is a Copy Editor in her first year on the Blueprint staff. Alongside her passion for writing, Paskevicius has been a part of the DGS dance program for all four of her years in high school. Paskevicius is also in the process of making the DGS yearbook this year, and is a Mad Dash and Blue Crew Leader.

Outside of school, Paskevicius enjoys traveling and spending quality time with friends and family. A trip she tries to take every summer is visiting her grandparents and cousins in her second home, Lithuania. A few of her other hobbies include indulging herself in horror and teenage drama movies, dancing and spending time outdoors.

Paskevicius can’t wait to finish her senior year off strong and strive for greatness as she steps into the next path of her life.

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The best six ways to prompose to your bae

Ema Paskevicius, Copy Editor
April 21, 2022

Your guide to spending spring break from home

Ema Paskevicius, Copy Editor
March 28, 2022

March 2022

Anika Brown, Kassem Ossman, Gwendolynne Royle, Emma Fudacz, Owen Atseff, Sydney Richardson, Samantha Bachara, Faith Nelson, Michael Piotrowski, Casey Muzykansky, Abigail Culcasi, Nora Joy, Sally Lichner, Ema Paskevicius, Savanna Martinez, Claire Valenti, Jake Hahn, Kristin Weidner, Annie Metherd, Allison Scherquist, Lily Myszak, Abigail Durkin, and Ava Lafin
March 24, 2022
Rex Orange County performs his 2019 Pony album at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on Jan. 27, 2020. This was one of his last live and in person performances before COVID hit.

Rex Orange County breaks through with new album ‘Who Cares?’

Ema Paskevicius, Copy Editor
March 15, 2022

February 2022

Anika Brown, Kassem Ossman, Gwendolynne Royle, Owen Atseff, Sydney Richardson, Samantha Bachara, Michael Piotrowski, Emma Fudacz, Faith Nelson, Ema Paskevicius, Sally Lichner, Nora Joy, Abigail Culcasi, Casey Muzykansky, Annie Metherd, Kristin Weidner, Claire Valenti, Savanna Martinez, Jake Hahn, Abigail Durkin, Ava Lafin, and Allison Scherquist
February 25, 2022
Junior Kathryn Snouffer flips her team to the top.

Girls gymnastics team tumbles above and beyond

Ema Paskevicius, Copy Editor
February 9, 2022

January 2022

Anika Brown, Kassem Ossman, Gwendolynne Royle, Emma Fudacz, Nora Joy, Abigail Durkin, Ava Lafin, Sydney Richardson, Faith Nelson, Sally Lichner, Annie Metherd, Michael Piotrowski, Claire Valenti, Jake Hahn, Casey Muzykansky, Allison Scherquist, Ema Paskevicius, Savanna Martinez, Abigail Culcasi, Lily Myszak, Kristin Weidner, Owen Atseff, and Samantha Bachara
January 24, 2022

November 2021

Anika Brown, Kassem Ossman, Gwendolynne Royle, Emma Fudacz, Lily Myszak, Nora Joy, Ava Lafin, Abigail Durkin, Sydney Richardson, Faith Nelson, Sally Lichner, Annie Metherd, Michael Piotrowski, Claire Valenti, Jake Hahn, Casey Muzykansky, Allison Scherquist, Ema Paskevicius, Savanna Martinez, Abigail Culcasi, Kristin Weidner, Owen Atseff, Samantha Bachara, Emily Mordaunt, and Justin Muller
December 1, 2021
Coach Miller and the DGS varsity boys basketball team huddle and strategize their next plays.

Coach Miller dribbles into a new position

Ema Paskevicius, Copy Editor
November 30, 2021
The dumpster fills up quickly with all shapes and sizes of pumpkins. As a way to properly dispose of these pumpkins, residents acted sustainably by bringing them to the pumpkin drive at DGS.

Downers Grove community hosts pumpkin compost drive

Ema Paskevicius, Copy Editor
November 12, 2021

October 2021

Anika Brown, Kassem Ossman, Gwendolynne Royle, Emma Fudacz, Lily Myszak, Justin Muller, Nora Joy, Ava Lafin, Abigail Durkin, Sydney Richardson, Faith Nelson, Sally Lichner, Annie Metherd, Michael Piotrowski, Claire Valenti, Jake Hahn, Casey Muzykansky, Allison Scherquist, Ema Paskevicius, Savanna Martinez, Abigail Culcasi, Kristin Weidner, Emily Mordaunt, Owen Atseff, and Samantha Bachara
October 20, 2021
Students pass a ton of open parking spaces in the staff lot, trekking what feels like a mile to their cars in the senior lot.

The senior parking lot: Why it’s a problem

Ema Paskevicius, Copy Editor
September 21, 2021
Senior Giovanni Torrijos looks sharply out onto the field, keeping the ball steady in his hands. Before the throw-in, he contemplates where the ball would be played best.

Varsity soccer takes on Hinsdale Central

Ema Paskevicius, Copy Editor
September 7, 2021
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