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Award Winning Advisor: Leading her Yearbook students, Yearbook Advisor Brenda Field speaks to students about the progress of this year’s edition of Etruscan. Field is the 2017 recipiant of the Journalism Education Association’s (JEA)  H.L. Hall National Yearbook Advisor of the Year.

Field wins JEA National Yearbook Advisor of the Year

Imra Tajuddin and Mary Grace Reynolds
February 9, 2018

The Journalism Education Association (JEA) named Brenda Field, GBS yearbook adviser, as its 2017 H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year. She will be formally recognized April 14 during the JEA...

OUTGOING O’MALLEY: Sitting with his students, Mathematics Teacher John O’Malley helps freshman Sabrina Penepacker with her work. O’Malley received the Illinois Promising New Teacher of Mathematics Award for his creative and interactive method of teaching.

O’Malley recognized with new teacher award

Molly Stryker, asst. news editor
February 9, 2018

Mathematics Teacher John O’Malley received the Illinois Promising New Teacher of Mathematics Award at the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ICTM) conference on Nov. 30, 2017 according to Phil...

Graphic by Rachel Nwia

U.S. History, English classes collaborate in American Experience

Chaerim Park and Noah Walch
February 9, 2018

American Experience is a new course that combines Junior English and U.S. History, says Stacy Flannery, social studies teacher. Starting in the 2018-2019 school year, this class will be available to all...

South students seek internships to prepare for careers

Sam Weinberg, staff reporter
January 20, 2018

With academic pressure mounting and workplace competition on the rise, South students are pursuing a wide variety of internships in the Glenview area from which they hope to not only gain valuable work...

ASL students host deaf storyteller Peter Cook

Katherine Schurer, staff reporter
January 10, 2018

South ASL students hosted Peter Cook, world-renowned deaf storyteller, on Nov. 17 and Dec. 1 in the SAC for the third time in the last 5 years. They have been actively fundraising for this event since...

Key Club hosts annual GBSRAK to spread positivity

Anne Ribordy
December 23, 2017

This year, Key Club’s Random Acts of Kindness (GBSRAK) campaign, which took place from Dec. 11 to Dec. 22, added new projects to appeal to a variety of different audiences, Katheryn Woo, Key Club co-administrative...

LADIES AND LEAVES: Examining a plant in the greenhouse, seniors Riley Gunderson, Victoria Fedorko and Tess Flores work to aid the plant in its growth. Gunderson, Fedorko and Flores are members of the GBS Horticulture team which competed in the National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Convention and Expo, with sophomore Laura Schonken earning a silver medal in nursery landscape and the overall team winning a bronze medal.

Horticulture receives third at Nationals

Dany Herrera, staff reporter
December 22, 2017

The GBS Horticulture team participated in the National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Convention and Expo and placed bronze as a team with one silver individual medal from sophomore Laura Schonken. According...

Titans Helping Titans assists fellow students in need

Titans Helping Titans assists fellow students in need

Mary Grace Reynolds, co news editor
December 22, 2017

The implementation of Titans Helping Titans (THT), a program created to spark a sentiment of compassion and service- oriented awareness among fellow GBS students, has proved seamless and continues to showcase...

Graphic by Rachel Nwia

Angles unites with Youth Services for Pride Youth Program

Sheila Fogarty, staff reporter
December 22, 2017

Youth Services of Northbrook and Glenview recently merged with Angles—an organization for sexual health, identity and education—to create Youth Service’s Pride Youth program. In years past, Youth...

KATE THE GREAT:   Smiling as she works, sophomore Kate Stack spends time after school in the MakerSpace to improve a robot. This year, Stack was awarded a $10,000 grant from Infosys, which she gave to the Glenview Public Library to foster engineering interest in the community.

Stack’s passion for engineering goes beyond classroom

Chaerim Park, staff reporter
December 22, 2017

Sophomore Kate Stack has explored the engineering field through various means such as South’s Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Glenview’s Got STEAM, and Epi-Spot. Earlier this year, Stack received...

Administration jump-starts identity initiative

Administration jump-starts identity initiative

Imra Tajuddin, co-news editor
December 22, 2017

Starting this school year, identity will be the organizational focus for the faculty and staff, according to Principal Dr. Lauren Fagel. The initiative is designed to help students feel secure in their...

Illustration by Sophia Lau

Administration strives to improve South’s accessibility

Isabella Albrecht
December 22, 2017

In an effort to make South more accessible to students with physical disabilities, the administration is looking to add several new features to the building. The most recent was the installation of a push...

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