West Chicago welcomed French teacher Laurie Van Gorp in the language arts department earlier this year. Van Gorp always enjoyed taking French in school, despite not speaking it at home. A year-long...

The English department welcomed Jennifer Ward in August 2024, bringing her on board to inspire and engage students with fresh lens on literature. Ward grew up in the Wheaton area and found her passion...

West Chicago Community High School welcomed business teacher Carlye Fatum into the WEGO family for the current school year, and just one month in, business teacher Fatum is looking to make a difference...

District 94 recently welcomed a new superintendent, Dr. Kurt Johansen, who is ready to paint a bigger, better picture for WEGO and intends to have a “super” impact on the kids with whom he has the...

Laurie Mentgen is a new ESL teacher at West Chicago Community High School this year. Mentgen started her initial search for a teaching job near her home, which led her to West Chicago Community High...

The Acceleration Placement Act (APA) took effect in most public school districts in Illinois at the start of the 2024-25 school year. This legislation aims to provide students with access to more challenging...

WE-GO Disc Golf Club is ready to throw some serious shade - forehand and backhand - as it meets for the first time this year on Sept. 9. Last spring, Steve Brown, an avid disc golf player, recognized...

Folders, pencils, binders, scissors, pens, and notebooks. All are items found on yearly supply lists given out to students at the start of each school year, but they have faded away over time. Instead,...

Everybody struggles with body image. Women, men, girls, boys, old people, and young people; with social media on the rise, battling with body image gets increasingly more difficult, especially in teen...

At the local level, issues stemming from poverty hit close to home. While DuPage County is one of the richest in the state, approximately 12.1% of West Chicago's population lives below the poverty line...

The EOS lip balm of 2014. The aluminum USA water bottle of 2015. And the glass nails of 2015. All trends have come and gone. Likewise, many trends have flown in and out during the 23-24 school year:...

Emerging from the ground, once every 13 years and another every 17 years, is a cicada brood. A brood is essentially "A family of young animals produced at one hatching or birth". However, it's been at...