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Onward House party: Patricia Haben (left) and Kathy Coskey (right), Onward House Sponsors, present a plaque to Mario F. García (center), Executive Director of Onward House, celebrating 50 years of collaboration.

Golden Anniversary

Sarah Park, news editor
April 25, 2024

Onward House, a service club based on tutoring children in Northwest Chicago, celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, Kathy Coskey, Math Teacher and Onward House Co-Sponsor, said. To commemorate the...

In Other News: IL considering ACT

Olivia Richards, asst. news editor
April 25, 2024

Illinois is considering switching from the SAT to the ACT for all high school students, Chalkbeat Chicago reported. The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), the body that governs all public education...

South transitions to Zoom Phones

Sarah Park, news editor
April 25, 2024

Embracing a modern communication system, South is replacing their landline service with Zoom phones, Ryan Manly, District 225 Technology Services Manager, said. The Zoom phone will allow teachers to receive...

In Other News: Protesters block O’Hare

Olivia Richards, asst. news editor
April 25, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protesters blocked the lanes of Interstate I-190 leading to O’Hare International Airport on April 15, these protests were part of a much larger string protests for “economic blockade...

Intro to StuCo

Intro to StuCo

South students have elected the 2024-2025 Student Council (StuCo) Executive Board: Claira Paul as the Student Body President, along with Chelsea Jacob, John Albrecht, and Iris Do as Student Body Vice Presidents,...

Class in session: Students from the Block 4 Language Assisted (LA) Biology work together to make vocabulary photo cards. Next year, the two LA Science classes will be reorganized into three Multilingual Science classes.

Accessible Sciences

For the 2024-2025 school year, Language Assisted (LA) Science will be reorganized into Multilingual (ML), Science Teacher Josh Koo said, and Physics, Chemistry, and Biology ML will replace Physical Science...

In Other News: Migrant healthcare limited

Riley Shankman, managing editor
March 22, 2024

Illinois programs that provide healthcare to undocumented and some documented immigrant residents will be affected by changes that could result in many thousands of individuals losing their health insurance...

In Other News: TikTok turmoil

Olivia Richards, asst. news editor
March 22, 2024

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that forces TikTok’s Chinese Owners, ByteDance, to either sell the app, or have it be banned in the U.S., The New York Times reported. The representatives...

Speechapalooza: Speech Team members (top row, left to right) junior Sean Fallon, freshman Vihaan Iyengar, senior Justin Kim, senior Eric Nardulli, sophomore Madelaine Meyer,  sophomore Anne Sullivan-Beltran, junior Alexandra Lehene, sophomore Olivia Jurado, senior Gianna Barash, senior Anya Azara, senior Gabriel Blumenfeld, (bottom row, left to right) freshman Shayna Fitzershtein, sophomore George Abraham, freshman Alexandra Gorodovsky, and freshman Megan Kay competed at the Speechapalooza competition with the code “Fall Out Boy”.

Speech Team goes gold

Libby Trapp, staff writer
March 22, 2024

It is 6:15 a.m. on a Saturday morning when the bus rolls to a stop, allowing South’s Speech Team, all suited up, to crowd in. Though tired from the early start, nervous energy hangs in the air as the...

SchooLinks scheduled to replace Naviance

Tyler Chaiket and Phoebe Mann
March 22, 2024

Starting the 2024-2025 school year, District 225 will implement SchooLinks as a better solution to assist with College and Career planning, Ryan Bretag, Director of Teaching and Learning said. The website...

Who will it be?

Who will it be?

Sarah Park, news editor
March 22, 2024

To promote student voting, especially in the primaries, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL 9th District) and staffers from Sen. Laura Fine (D-IL 9th District) and Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz’s (D-IL 17th District)...

Sophomores Phillip Yong (left) and Austin Rudd (right) modify their team’s robot, C-3POE, in anticipation of the State competition.

VEX competes at State

Sydney Doffin, staff writer
March 22, 2024

For the very first time, South’s VEX Robotics team guaranteed themselves a spot at the Illinois VEX Robotics High School State Championship: Over Under, where students will compete with their robots...

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