Anathea Carrigan, Opinion Editor
May 6, 2021 • No Comments
Two groups of actors and directors presented to English teacher Christine Himmelfarb’s Music and Literature classes for virtual panels on April 19 and 27. These actors were part of a previous Court Theatre production...
William Tan, Reporter
April 30, 2021 • No Comments
With over 140 families from both the Laboratory Schools and Hyde Park, the new group Families for Antiracism is dedicated to creating an inclusive community where families can come together and advocate for anti-racism. “We...
Pennington, Bickham to lead Student Council
April 30, 2021
In an election April 30, students gave a vote of confidence to three of their peers with long histories in student government...
Later start time put on consideration
April 27, 2021
In the first weeks of May, the high school and middle school will embark on a process to consider adopting a later school...
BRAVE conference to facilitate conversations on racial, ethnic identity
April 27, 2021
Students can sign up for this year's Becoming Racially Aware and Valuing Ethnicity conference that will take place on May...
Teachers go extra mile to maintain equity
April 26, 2021
When hybrid learning was announced in January, math teacher Julia Maguire began to brainstorm how to give in-person and remote...
Having just passed the one-year anniversary of distance learning, the effects it is having on the nation’s high schoolers can be seen in the increase of suicide attempts....
As the Midway sees it… With 23 weeks of distance learning, a sharp pivot and seven weeks of hybrid learning, the 2020-21 school year has been an experiment...
During the pandemic, the struggle with weight has inched its way into the lives of countless people, with reports from the American Psychological Association (APA) showing...
Phones, purses, jewelry — and now surgical masks. The pandemic has taken many things from us, but one thing that it gave us was a new accessory...
Crisp but age-yellowed comics, gently lit by warm lights, hang on the walls of a darkened hallway. At the end is a statue of a superhero, and behind it lurks a costume-covered mannequin. “Marvel:...
The results of the 2020 health and wellness survey revealed that nearly 40% of all U-High students indicated that they were not exclusively romantically or sexually attracted...
Until March of 2020, assessments were taken with pen and paper and under a time limit and with the watchful eye of a teacher. But, with the transition to distance learning,...
Last year, Maya Atassi rode the train every day from her home in the west suburbs, feeling a sense of independence as the train surged along...
