Evanston Roundtable
Winners of VFW Essay Contest Announced
Amy Milner, a Humanities teacher at Roycemore, offered feedback on the value of the program. She wrote, “We were looking for competitions for our students, as there is a lot of evidence that students benefit from writing to a real audience and for an actual purpose. … It is an opportunity to have their writing read by someone other than their teachers. It is an opportunity to potentially be recognized or earn scholarship money. Finally, it is an opportunity to connect with our community. … I see it as an opportunity for my students academically and as critical thinkers.”
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Winter Mini Courses Focus on Creativity at Roycemore
After the successful launch of new online Summer Camp courses earlier this year, Roycemore School has decided to keep the fun going with weekend/evening mini courses starting in January. Families wondering how to keep kids engaged during the winter months will be happy to learn that four virtual options will be available this winter for students in 4th through 12th grades. These options are open to Roycemore students as well as students enrolled at other schools.
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Evanston Student Nominated for #SheInpiresMe Award
Roycemore School Senior, Chyna Cannon, has been selected as a youth finalist in the Chicago Red Stars, #SheInspiresMe contest. Propelled by her community service work and social justice advocacy, her candidacy made it to the final stages of this annual award that highlights women who inspire and uplift their community.
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Scholarship Opportunity for Evanston Students at Roycemore School
New Eisner Scholar Sierra talks about her experience with a small school, “Roycemore has provided many new opportunities for me especially because of the smaller class sizes. I know this is said very often in favor of this school, but the teachers know you as an individual. It helps them understand you as a person and what you need, and your teachers can choose different focuses of the curriculum to better suit the class.”
Evanston Roundtable
A High School Senior´s Success with a Sudsy Goat
A few weeks ago the manager at the RoundTable received an email asking if the paper might like to follow up on a story covered a couple of years earlier. The author of the letter, Alex O’Koon, currently a senior at Roycemore School, owns The Sudsy Goat Bath Co., a soapmaking company. Alex wrote in his letter, “I thought it might be interesting to write about how I’ve adapted during this time and how I’ve met the needs of customers during a pandemic.”
