The Trapeze

Thrift shop to promote sustainability

Kitty DeHaan, Contributor • April 4, 2023

Students and teachers participating in Environmental Club at Oak Park and River Forest High School are working to promote their latest sustainability project: a thrift shop. The thrift shop will operate...

Science Olympiad headed to state

Alexis Kohn, Staffer • April 3, 2023

Oak Park and River Forest High School’s Science Olympiad team is going to the state tournament this year, to be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on April 22. This is the...

Board OKs 6 new security jobs

Clara Ware, Staffer • April 3, 2023

The District 200 school board voted unanimously to approve hiring six more security guards after dozens of teachers attended a March 9 board meeting wearing red “solidarity” shirts to support the measure.

Students walk out to protest sexual assault

Max Friedman, Mary Andolina and Macy Shunmugam, Editor-in-Chief, News & Opinion Editor, and Contributor • April 3, 2023

Oak Park and River Forest High School students walked out of classrooms on Friday, March 10 to demand greater awareness and action around sexual assault following an in-school field trip for seniors about sexual assault, empathy and consent.

Parker requests more security

Clara Ware, Staffer • March 7, 2023

Principal Lynda Parker presented the District 200 School Board with a request for 14 additional security guards during the Feb. 23 board meeting, citing concerns about leaving certain doors and hallways...

Empty Bowls celebrates 20th anniversary

Max Friedman, Editor-in-chief • March 7, 2023

Three years ago, my freshman eyes took in the hundreds of earthen bowls that speckled the lobby. Oak Park and River Forest High School was holding the 17th annual Empty Bowls charity event, organized...

Senior Dhillon honored for bacteria research

Alexis Kohn, Staffer • March 7, 2023

Senior Nadya Dhillon has been named a Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar for her research into how to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria that tend to form on surgical devices. This is the first...

Research course wins big

Elianna Casselle, Staffer • March 6, 2023

Junior Emily Porrez and senior Nadya Dhillon won first and third places at the 47th Annual Junior Science and Humanities Symposium for the Chicago region.

D200 School Board Candidates face off at forum

Clara Ware, Staffer • March 6, 2023

Funding for Project 2, the proposed renovation of athletic facilities, was among the most hotly contested topics at a forum for District 200 school board candidates held Feb. 16 at Dominican University.

OPRF to pilot AP African American History course

Sadie Collins, Staffer • March 3, 2023

Teachers and administrators at Oak Park and River Forest High School expressed confidence that, despite recent controversy, the new Advanced Placement African American Studies course will provide our students with a rich and meaningful learning experience.

Event Preview: Black History Month

Raquel Mcgee, Co-sponsor. Black Leaders Union, Contributor • February 13, 2023

BLU is proud to partner with other organizations and the Student Activities to bring a variety of ways to commemorate Black History Month. There are four weekly themes (Fashion Designers and Inventors,...

OPRF opts not to start schooldays later

Max Friedman and Gabe Kedziora, Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor • February 13, 2023

After much deliberation, Oak Park and River Forest High School has decided a later start time is not feasible, and the current start time, 8 a.m., will remain. OPRF drafted two possible bell schedules...