November 2020
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.”
October 2020
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.”
August 2020
Evanston student designs health screening app
“You’ve probably answered health-screening questions before entering a public building. With children returning to school, a new invention makes the process easier and faster.”
August 2020
Parents seeking alternative to e-learning
“Sylver and Galvao were happy with Roycemore’s small classes (the school only has 213 students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12), and Sylver said she and her husband were “impressed with how Roycemore had thought out” education in a pandemic, with plans to switch to e-learning in case the spread of COVID-19 intensified in the community. In fact, about a quarter of Roycemore’s families have opted for remote learning from the start.”
August 2020
Some north suburban private schools with in-person classes see enrollment bump as parents ‘figure out the best option for their children’
“At Roycemore School in Evanston, officials will be welcoming 217 students in pre-K through 12th grade for the start of the new school year, Head of School Adrianne Finley Odell said.”
August 2020
My Dream For The World
“I have a dream as big as a Syrian refugee child would have once dreamt. I have a dream as bold as Martin Luther King Jr once had. I have a dream as simple as what most innocent people hope for. I have a dream that the countries of the world would share a strong bond together, that the planet will be united with no conflicts in doing so. I dream that no-one should be excluded. I dream that peace would spread throughout the world healing the minds of the terrorists that bring terror into the hearts of innocent people.”
August 2020
Local student designs COVID wellness app
“It started as a summer project. 17-year old Ephriam (“Effie”) Zimmerman, a rising senior at Roycemore School in Evanston, has been designing apps since junior high. He even founded his own company … as a high school freshman..”
August 2020
Roycemore debuts new online class options for flexible learning
“Building on a range of fall enrollment options, Roycemore is opening their online classes to part-time students enrolled at other schools.”
July 2020
Virtual Town Halls Scheduled by Roycemore School for July 22 & 23
“Roycemore School has seen an increase in interest by local families seeking on-campus options for next school year.”
July 2020
What Will School Look Like This Fall? That Depends On The School
“Many other schools, like Roycemore, a small independent school in Evanston, are looking at a hybrid model that combines in-person and remote learning. They’re also considering offering online only or in-person only options based on parent preference.”
June 2020
School leaders react to state reopening guidelines
“Because Roycemore is small, Odell says they can do more than what state health minimums require.”
June 2020
Roycemore’s Head of School Shares Campus Re-Entry Plan
Roycemore plans to offer 3 different enrollment options this fall, along with personal learning plans individualized for each student.
June 2020
Pandemic alters summer camp plans
Roycemore, which is offering its Camp Griffin and Inspiration Factory camps, will ask campers to enter through the same door each day. Lunch will take place in individual classrooms instead of the cafeteria, and campers will receive bag lunches instead of hot meals as usual.
Courtesy & photo Illustration of Emma Ruck
May 2020
In-person camps prepare for a socially distant summer
Evanston’s Roycemore School has already developed a COVID-19 task force, where officials weigh parent feedback and safety guidelines to develop programming.
April 2020
Water Cooler chat with Adrianne Finley Odell
Life has changed for our students during this shelter in place. In this episode of the #WaterCoolerChats, Annette Patko owner of Bordeaux Studio checked in with Adrianne Finley Odell Head of School for Roycemore. Roycemore School has come up with many creative ways to be in contact with their students. Have you seen our other ‘water cooler’ chat interviews? We enjoy checking in with our Evanston community of business owners, email us at info@evchamber.com to request a spot.
April 2020
Roycemore Faculty “Go The Distance” with Remote Instruction
After the sudden closing of Chicago private and public schools, leaving a couple of days to plan for remote learning, Roycemore School faculty were already uniquely prepared to shift to a customized and flexible instruction style. Their transition was seamless when it began on March 17.
March 2020
How Gen Z Learns
“Roycemore School in Evanston has always prided itself on personalized learning… ”
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February 2020
Roycemore School lets high school students experience college
“One of the most interesting of those opportunities is Roycemore’s NU Option program.”
January 2020
Roycemore’s Short Term Lets Students Study what They Love
“Students are given the opportunity to do an intensive study on a topic that is of particular interest to them. ”
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January 2020
What Turns Kids Punk?
“Verböten also played basement parties, a dance at Roycemore, and a battle of the bands at New Trier overloaded with Rush cover bands.”
November 2019
Not by Rote: 6 ways Schools are Moving Beyond the Test
“‘When students have (power) over their learning, it is deeper and longer lasting,’ says Adrianne Finley Odell.”
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November 2019
Roycemore Hosts a ‘Creative Jam’
“A tournament-style event that challenges students to prototype a software design solution for a real-world problem.”
November 2019
Sara McGuire at Roycemore School
“When I started here at Roycemore, we had the annual fundraiser event. At the end of it, we did something I never have done before, a paddle raise. We start at the $5,000 level and people raise their paddles, and as we get going further down, and more and more people are raising their paddles. We get to $100 level and I look around the room and the entire faculty body that’s there is raising their paddles. It was this huge moment of, ‘I’m in a place where everyone is all in, and it was this overwhelming sense of belonging and community in that moment…’ ”
November 2019
Meet Roycemore’s Head of School, Adrianne Finley Odell
“Roger Sosa our Executive Director sat down with Adrianne Finley Odell this week in an interview about the Roycemore school.”
Photo by Heidi Randhava
October 2019
Kids’ Guernica, a Message of Peace at Roycemore
“Roycemore School in Evanston is among the schools that are participating in the project by creating murals on “Guernica” size canvases…”