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Cheryl Hope

Cheryl Hope

Megan Sheqiladze, Staff Reporter
May 23, 2014

English Teacher Cheryl Hope is retiring this year after 27 years of teaching at GBS. Hope taught AP Literature, ELL Transitional English and Creative Writing. She also was a sponsor of Gay Straight Alliance...

Michelle Scheinkopf

Michelle Scheinkopf

Hailey Hauldren, co-features editor
May 23, 2014

After working at GBS for 35 years, Health Teacher Michelle Scheinkopf will be retiring this spring. Scheinkopf began working at GBS in 1979 after attending college at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana....

Students, teachers discuss unfair treatment by teachers

Students, teachers discuss unfair treatment by teachers

Jordan Spalding, staff writer
April 22, 2014

Students spend nearly half of their waking hours at school with teachers. Because of this concentrated time spent together, some South students feel like they have negative relationships with their teachers...

Paranoia aims for fair, friendly competition among students

Paranoia aims for fair, friendly competition among students

Lily Sands, staff writer
April 22, 2014

Paranoia, a Nerf tournament amongst South juniors and seniors, has become an annual tournament for some competition, fun and disruption within the community, according to South students who took part....

Junior wins conference, takes seventh at state meet

Junior wins conference, takes seventh at state meet

Joe Lee & Sam Casey, staff writers
April 22, 2014

Leaping off the diving board, flipping in the air, junior Aaron Ach hits the water aiming for a perfect 10. Ach, member of the South diving team, was ranked seventh place during the state meet this...

McCarthy commits to Villanova, leaves legacy

McCarthy commits to Villanova, leaves legacy

Manny Martinez & Lily Sands, staff writers
April 22, 2014

With a blazing fastball on the baseball mound and quick feet underneath the basket, senior baseball pitcher and basketball center Conor McCarthy plays the game, whether it’s baseball or basketball, with...

New student body president passionate about South’s future

Maggie Flowers and Mary-Grace Noteman, Staff Reporters
April 22, 2014

Junior Jane Brennan was in second grade when her teacher wrote in her yearbook that she would be president someday. Although Brennan is not quite there yet, on March 5 she was elected to be South’s student...

Hooking up: the truth behind the culture

Hooking up: the truth behind the culture

Aaron Ach, Madison O'Brien, asst. news editor, co-features editor
April 22, 2014

Not exactly sure where she is, junior Alison Brook* hops out of her friend’s car and tugs her black purse behind her. Brook’s long blonde hair falls smoothly down her back as she and her friends make...

Remembering Yordy: South’s beloved green thumb as teacher, father, friend

Julia Jacobs, co-editor in chief
April 22, 2014

Jeff Yordy, horticulture teacher and coach, passed away on March 29 from complications following open heart surgery. The surgery, successfully executed 11 days prior to his death, implanted a ventricular...

Famous faces star in lives of South students, families

Hannah Rauh, Rosa Hernandez, Staff Reporters
April 22, 2014

South has been the home to several famous alumni including Patrick Stump and Brian Hansen. Those ties stretch even further with current South students who are related to famous people. Junior Addie...

South students strike interest in kickboxing classes

South students strike interest in kickboxing classes

Mary-Grace Noteman, Staff Reporter
April 22, 2014

Picture this- The Karate Kid, ninjas that kick and punch, or even the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. When people think of kick boxing, these may be some of the things that pop into their mind. But according...

Baetz offers ideas, collaborates as representative in Natural Resource Committee

Baetz offers ideas, collaborates as representative in Natural Resource Committee

Dana Sim, Staff Reporter
April 22, 2014

South students have participated in a number of activities outside of school, including having a job, joining a sports team or pursue their interests in different ways. Senior Lizzie Baetz is currently...

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