An elite group of young leaders from Chicago’s North Shore were honored at the Winnetka Youth Organization’s (WYO) golden jubilee celebration. Since 1969, the nonprofit organization has opened its doors to all local teens in providing a safe space to explore, express themselves, learn, and grow. Through leadership development programs, mentoring, and volunteer opportunities, WYO […]
Anna Halprin, a longtime Marin County, California resident, and alumna of New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, also happens to be a postmodern dance legend — no exaggeration. Creator, cancer survivor, author, and experimental dancer, Halprin has taught dance to thousands of people for roughly 80 years. Anna Halprin teaches in both her Kentfield studio […]
Anna Halprin, a longtime Marin County, California resident, and alumna of New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, also happens to be a postmodern dance legend — no exaggeration. Creator, cancer survivor, author, and experimental dancer, Halprin has taught dance to thousands of people for roughly 80 years. Anna Halprin teaches in both her Kentfield studio […]
Let’s harvest some sunshine together! Go Green Wilmette is writing to ask you to donate to Habitat for Humanity – Lake County to help raise $20,000 to install solar panels on the home being built by the New Trier High School Senior Class this spring. New Trier students raised the funds needed to cover the […]
One of the greatest aspects of becoming involved in fundraising during high school is that, from an early age, students learn the importance of helping others in need. Many North Shore high schools allow extracurricular student groups to take the reigns when it comes to fundraising. The students end up getting their peers involved and, […]
New Trier High School inducted 11 alumni into its Hall of Honor on March 12 at an event hosted by the New Trier Educational Foundation. Paul O. Zelinsky, distinguished children’s author and illustrator, was among the Alumni Achievement Award honorees. Zelinsky and his peers were chosen because they have personified New Trier High School’s motto: To commit […]
Charmm’d is currently accepting applications for its next Leadership Development cohort. The Charmm’d Foundation, started in 2005 by Sheri Miller, offers leadership development to individuals in schools, local governments and other tax-exempt organizations in three North Shore townships—Lake Forest/Lake Bluff, New Trier and Zion Benton. This program gives community leaders free training—including the Kellogg […]
After grueling weeks of rock, country and superstar medleys, the Dartmouth Aires can still be found competing on NBC’s The Sing-Off. New Trier alum Will Hart is a member of this high-energy 16-man group. He got his a capella start participating in Swing Choir in high school and found out that he was accepted into […]
It’s high school football season. Time to go head to head with old rivalries and cheer on the home team. And that got us thinking… how did schools adopt these crazy mascots in the first place? We opened the history books to find out. Elk Grove High School: The Grenadiers It was the summer of […]
When the earthquake hit Haiti in January 2010, volunteers heeded the call to provide medical care, food and water, and to help them rebuild their lives. But in addition to food and water, Deborah Lazar, a librarian at New Trier High School, says the Haitian people also need access to books. In a country where […]
