The Physical Education Department revised several past policies including the dress code and grading scale, as well as the mandated use of heart rate monitors, this school year, according to Steve Stanicek,...
CS Upstart is a new computer science education organization created by Nicholas Ermolov, South junior, and Parker Thompson, junior at Charleston County [South Carolina] School of the Arts. The program...
On June 10, several South students taking German will be participating in a foreign exchange in which they will go to areas in Germany and Austria and stay with a host family until July 2, according to...
On April 27, the Advanced TV and Film Production students traveled to Neuqua Valley High School to compete in the 26th annual Midwest Media Educators Association (MMEA) film festival. GBS student films...
South students participating in the French exchange will be going to France from June 9-22 to live with their exchange partners, after the students from Lyon, France visited GBS from April 4-27, according...
In April, the GBS administration implemented an initiative called Welcome Wednesdays in which faculty and staff have the option to greet students at the school’s entrances on Wednesday mornings.
According...
Summer, a word that consumes the minds of GBS students as a time when activities will soon replenish lives. For some students, they wake up beside the mountains of Guatemala, complete chores during the...
The 3rd Annual GBS Gardening Club Great Green Gardening Gathering took place with the help of Key Club on April 5. For two hours, students worked outside on nine projects, and concluded the event with...
On March 12, 1,200 people attended a public forum held by the Alliance to Control Train Impacts on Our Neighborhoods (ACTION) committee at South’s Watson Auditorium to educate, spread awareness and hear...
Each year, GBS and GBN host a fundraiser called Burger Day, a fundraiser to raise money for the Ronald McDonald Foundation, according to junior Ellie Eisenberg.
Initially, the event wasn’t charitable,...
GBS Prom will be held on a Saturday this year, instead of a Friday as it has been in years past, according to Principal Dr. Lauren Fagel.
The reason the administration decided to change the day was to...
In an attempt to reduce costs in school districts, Illinois passed a new legislation in Aug. of 2017 changing the budget for Illinois schools, according to the Chicago Tribune. One component of the law...
