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🌱 Patch AM: 5 Skokie Students Named 2027 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

Also, don't miss Midnight Circus In The Parks on the Skokie Patch calendar

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Hey there, Skokie! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Five Niles West students earn prestigious National Merit semifinalist honors
  • What's changing when Skokie's Illinois Holocaust Museum reopens this October?

Also on today's calendar: Midnight Circus In The Parks and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 74 and low of 64 degrees.
  • Sunday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 69, low: 59.
  • Monday: Windy with showers around, with a high of 68 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 5 Skokie Students Named 2027 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists (patch.com) — Skokie families have reason to celebrate as five local Niles West High School students were named semifinalists in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program, placing them among the top one percent of seniors nationwide. These students will now complete detailed applications covering academics, activities, and leadership, with finalists to be announced in February and scholarship winners chosen next spring.
   

• Walking, standing, or sitting (juf.org) — Skokie residents can look forward to the Illinois Holocaust Museum's Skokie campus reopening in October with improved accessibility and updated educational spaces, with group tours starting in November. In the meantime, Experience360 and related exhibits are running at the museum's temporary State Street space, alongside several fall Jewish cultural events in Chicago and a staged reading at Northwestern.
   

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  • North Suburban YMCA Invites the Community to Its Annual Trunk or Treat on October 18 —North Suburban YMCA Read on Patch
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🗞 Nearby News

Evanston

  • Evanston-Skokie District 65 Proposes $20M In FY28 Cuts, Closing 2 More Schools (patch.com)
  • Evanston Police Investigate Suspicious Incidents Involving Juveniles At Community Center (patch.com)

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Wilmette

  • 2 Injured After Semi-Trailer Spills Steel Beams On Edens Expressway (patch.com)
  • 3 Wilmette Students Named 2027 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists (patch.com)

Ok Skokie! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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