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Social snapshot
1. NSCDS’s Xas Morgan makes U.S. National
Team
2. New Trier, Loyola athletes make college
decisions
3. ‘Communicating the human condition’:
Winnetka filmmaker shares story of public
radio legend Joe Frank
4. Police Reports: $2,000 in jewelry reported
stolen from Winnetka home
5. Winnetkans raise money to send Chicago
youth to camp
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16: “We’d like to thank Jack from Saints Faith Hope
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“Ms. Brody’s class celebrated Valentine’s
Day with a party yesterday. Students shared
sweet messages with each other. #WE36
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@Winnetka36, Winnetka Public Schools posted on
Feb. 15
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From the Editor
Vowing to never forget
Jacqueline Glosniak
jacqueline@winnetkacurrent.com
Tragically, Feb. 14,
2018, will now be
remembered as
another unfortunate date
in American history in
which a school shooting
occurred, ending the
lives of innocent children
and adults simply going
about their days doing
something this country
promotes as one of the
best things about it — the
freedom to an education.
While seven minutes in
any ordinary day usually
fly by, surely, the seven
minutes of gunfire and
terror felt like an uncertain
eternity for those
trapped in the classrooms,
hallways, closets and
bathrooms of Marjory
Stoneman Douglas High
School in Parkland, Fla.
And now, for the rest
of their days, the families
of the deceased and the
thousands who survived
the horror will feel pain
caused by the cruel violence
inflicted upon them
by a mentally unstable
person wielding a firearm.
In news reports, Parkland
has been described
as a town considered
beautiful, safe and
comfortable — a South
Florida gem for raising a
family and living life the
way it was meant to be
lived.
Many of the same
words were used to
describe Winnetka in
the days following the
devastation following
Winnetka’s own school
shooting incident on
May 20, 1988, when a
deranged Glencoe woman
opened fire at Hubbard
Woods School, injuring
five students, killing
8-year-old Nick Corwin,
and later, injuring nearby
Winnetka resident Philip
Andrew.
“How could this have
happened in Winnetka?”
people continued to ask.
“Why did this happen?”
“How can we prevent
this from happening to
Winnetka students and
schools across America?”
In the 30 years leading
up to the horror at
Hubbard Woods, a school
shooting was something
unheard of. But in the 30
years following, school
shootings have seemingly
become commonplace.
Alongside fire drills, students
now practice active
shooter drills.
Think about how disgusting
that is.
While new families and
children of Winnetka may
not have even realized
this incident occurred, the
Winnetkans of yesteryear
did their best to ensure
life would continue to go
on in town in the matter
in which it was intended
to. A park was named
after Corwin, and over
the last three decades,
Winnetka has continued to
be a sought-after Chicago
suburb to move into and
raise a family in. An idyllic
place along the shore,
suburban perfection,
old-fashioned community
values. It would seem that
Winnetka has fully healed
from its nightmare.
How Parkland will ever
return to its original state,
I don’t know. But what I
do know is that the teens
who are speaking up and
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refusing to accept this
as the norm are heroes.
Much like Winnetka’s
Andrew has dedicated
his life to speaking out
against gun violence,
those Parkland youths
are becoming beacons
of hope and catalysts for
change for a better tomorrow.
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