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GoGuardian software made its way to students’ chromebooks this year in an effort to monitor and maintain appropriate chromebook usage during online tests and quizzes. In short, “GoGuardian is a classroom management tool that helps students stay focused when learning online,” explained District 88 technology head Chuck Syperski. The software effectively enables “communication” between students …
Palestinian terrorist organization, “Hamas,” attacked the Israeli-Gaza border on Oct. 7 of this year, sparking the current Israeli-Palestinian war. The conflict has been a long time coming, and is one of five wars that has occurred between the nations. Disputes over the land have continued for thousands of years between the various religions that occupy …
Every year around late October and early November, I hear arguments about when it is socially acceptable to listen to Christmas music. I hear people say that it ruins the holidays that come right before it such as Halloween and Thanksgiving. On the other side, I also hear about people who simply like Christmas music …
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AT has added a new program to student computers, GoGuardian. GoGuardian is an educational tech company that was founded in 2014 and is Los Angeles-based. The GoGuardian program allows schools to monitor student activity through many different means. GoGuardian enables teachers to monitor student screens and close unwanted tabs. A program like GoGuardian can help …
Thanksgiving is objectively the worst holiday among holidays such as Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and even Labor Day. From the current Thanksgiving traditions to the foundation of its existence, the holiday is lousy. The history behind Thanksgiving is quite horrific. While we were fed a wonderful story about the Pilgrims and Natives coming together for …
The Girls Bowling team has just started its season but there is already much reason for excitement. With considerable success last season after reaching state and placing 14th in the entire state, there are many expectations for the team to continue going upward with their results. Many of the players from last year were underclassmen …
Capping off a festive International Week, AT hosted its annual International Fest; Kicking off a week celebration of all different cultures culminating in one community here at AT. To celebrate, International Fest held its own spirit week and put up decorations all around the school. Events on each of the days consisted of pajama day, …
High school music students throughout Illinois can audition from October through February to participate in the Illinois Music Education Association’s series of events, which includes District choir, orchestra, band and jazz concerts/festivals throughout the state. Among AT’s selected musicians are Krishna Mistry, a junior who qualified for the senior Orchestra in Viola, Keegan Sampey, a …
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The implementation of a therapy dog at AT has been around for some time now, spanning all the way back to when Principal Andrews was a teacher at AT. “We brought in a therapy dog in different situations depending on if there was a student death, faculty death, whatever it might be,” said Andrews. Following …
AT Theatre introduced an interesting Fall production last night in the auditorium which continues tonight and will have a double showing tomorrow. The Play That Goes Wrong is a worldwide hit London-based production, developed by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre company. The play has gone on to win awards such …