When the COVID-19 pandemic began its reign of terror across the country, everything came to a pause. Classes switched to online, and clubs, sports, and other activities were postponed with no discernable...
Last year, the popular wellness getaway program, Snowball, was canceled a day before quarantine. This year, despite alternate circumstances, the event continued in a virtual capacity.
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When OPRF senior Paige Braun walked into her Best Buddies orientation in sixth grade, nerves overcame her, and the butterflies immediately started fluttering.
“I had never met somebody with...
On March 19, The Trapeze and ASPIRA hosted a forum with the six candidates running for four spots on the D200 School Board. The two-hour event consisted of four sections of questions: Academics, Pandemic,...
During this turbulent and stressful year, athletic events were hit hard. Games and seasons of various sports were canceled, and many athletes were robbed of their season. With the cancellation of athletics...
False Publication is an emerging rap and hip hop, student-led music group based at OPRF whose perseverance, dedication, and passion throughout the pandemic are inspiring during a time of fear and uncertainty....
“Chicago's Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City” provides detailed and personal accounts of one of America's worst disasters and the unprecedented recovery that followed....
OPRF has hired Nicole Ebsen to be the next athletic director, replacing John Stelzer, who is retiring. Ebsen, who will start on July 1, has experience in multiple positions, including the athletic and...
Shortly after the OPRF Science Olympiad team finished in fifth place at Regionals in March of 2020, qualifying for the Illinois Science Olympiad State Tournament for the first time in school history, the...
Climate change has reached across the world, leaving no one unthreatened by its drastic and quickly approaching effects. Young people have no escape and must face the realities of science, whether it is...
OPRF’s speech team prides itself on its community. So when the IHSA announced their season would go forward, albeit via Zoom, Head Coaches Patt Cheney and Lynette Welter felt extremely lucky.
“We’re...
Calvin Roe, News/Opinion Editor
• February 23, 2021
As a kid, OPRF alum Neal Rothschild would grab his daily Chicago Tribune during breakfast and flip open to the sports section. With the pages spread out across the floor to have the optimal space to...
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