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Hybrid Plan Surpasses Two-Month Mark

Hybrid Plan Surpasses Two-Month Mark

Rose Androwich and Addy Gierstorf November 30, 2020

By Rose Androwich and Addy Geirstorf      This month marked a crucial milestone for Fenwick faculty and students with two months of successful hybrid attendance under their belt.      While the...

Student Book Club Announces Plans for the New Year

Charles Phillips November 30, 2020

    This year, the student book club, with librarian Ms. Tichachek leading, has made some changes to help accommodate many students’ limited free-time, and to adapt to meeting virtually due to the...

Students Strive for Inclusion: Introducing the New DEI Friars Team

Cari Norton November 30, 2020

     The beginning of the 2020-2021 school year welcomed the formation of a new club: the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team (better known as the DEI Friars).      Moderated by Mr. Moland, this...

Friars Welcome New Faculty

Chloe Mika October 19, 2020

    With the start of a new school year, Fenwick welcomed three new staff members: Mrs. Shoffer, Mrs. Jeong, and Ms. Winkler.      Mrs. Shoffer teaches an English I course, three English IV courses,...

Arts Persist Through COVID

Arts Persist Through COVID

Will Chioda October 19, 2020

     While COVID-19 seems to be forcing people apart, the music and theater departments at Fenwick High School are committed to safely bringing people back together. That is, while still maintaining...

Computer Science, Yoga, and Mandarin Classes Added

Computer Science, Yoga, and Mandarin Classes Added

Ava Saunders October 19, 2020

     In an attempt to better address student interests and career goals, the Fenwick administration has introduced a variety of new courses for the 2020-21 school year, ranging from STEM courses to...

Admissions Reports Record Number of Transfers

Admissions Reports Record Number of Transfers

Charles Phillips October 19, 2020

      As towns and school districts in the Chicagoland area began to announce their fall plans--with most public schools opting for full remote learning--thousands of calls have been flooding Catholic...

Ms. Magrady Steps Up to the Podium

Clare Gibbons October 19, 2020

     Last year’s retirement of Fenwick icon Mr. Andrew Arellano marked the end of his illustrious 48-year-long career as the school’s speech teacher. The torch of Fenwick’s speech traditions...

New DEI Committees Combat Injustice

Devan Pietrzak October 19, 2020

     Senior Kira Zielinsky held her phone in horrified disbelief as she scrolled through the dozens of stories filled with her peers’ experiences of racial injustices.     “I felt such anger...

Friars Adjust to E-Learning

Ava Saunders April 20, 2020

COVID-19, or the "coronavirus" as it’s better known, has taken Fenwick and the world by storm. There are currently over 700,000 confirmed cases in the United States. All schools in Illinois have been...

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