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New Trier says ‘Seminar Day’ will go on as planned BY STEVE SADIN DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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o changes will be made to Seminar Day Feb. 28 at New Trier Township High School. Though no official vote was taken at the Feb. 20 District 203 Board of Education meeting, President Greg Robitaille told an overflow crowd of more than 750 people that the day will go on as planned, focusing on understanding today’s struggle for civil rights. “The board has confidence in the administration and the teachers are prepared,” said Robitaille. “The message from the board is Seminar Day will proceed as planned.” The all-day seminar features two keynote speakers who will talk to all students, according to Tim Hayes, an assistant superintendent, who gave an overview of the program. He said students will pick two of 100 breakout sessions featuring a variety of topics before they “debrief in their advisories.” “We want to commit the mind Continued on PG 12
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New Trier’s Emma Jane Rohrer celebrates her bars routine at the state gymnastics meet. P33
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It’s Oscar time, baby
Wilmette mom adds Hollywood flair to family photos BY EMILY SPECTRE DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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ilmette resident Maggie Storino may have been an attorney in her “first life” but now the stay-at-home mother of three is best known for her blog, “Don’t Call Me Oscar”. The blog is an adorable parody of each year’s Oscar-nominated best pictures, featuring her children ages six and under dressed up as famous actors. Since the blog went viral in 2011 — at that time it featured her oldest daughter Sophia at only 4 months old — Storino has been featured in national media such as People, Vanity Fair and the Today Show. Storino started the blog when her sister was covering the Oscars for Vanity Fair. She sent her sister photos of Sophia dressed up as the Best Picture nominees. People forwarded the pictures so many times that Storino loaded them into a blog to keep them organized. Since then, the family spends a lot of time on the project each year, which Storino says gets them through the winter. “Even if someone isn’t in the photo they’re usually behind the scenes trying to get a laugh from the person in the picture,” she said. Continued on PG 12
The Storino family of Wilmette has a unique hobby: dressing up as movie stars in Oscar-nominated roles. Here are Sophia, Sloane, Sadie, and their cousin, Serafina, as characters in “La La Land”. PHOTOGRAPHY BY MAGGIE STORINO
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