New Trier to Receive New Energy Source

The environmental science curriculum at New Trier High School will see an enhancement in the near future. By fall of 2011, New Trier will have a wind turbine system in place on the Northfield campus, funded by a grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation. The Foundation has agreed to fund 90 percent of […]

High School Textbooks: Avoid the Sticker Shock

For many parents, the cost of high school textbooks makes us long for the day when we complained about the cost of 6th grade school supplies.   Do high school textbooks cost a lot? Yes. But are they as much as urban legend would have you believe? Chances are you have a friend with an […]