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Argonne National Laboratory: South students research how carbon affects climate change.

Students, scientists participate in ESRP

Sarah Park and Mae Kuchimanchi
December 22, 2023

Exemplary Student Research Program (ESRP) is a co-curricular program allowing South students to participate in college-level research at the Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois, Jeff Rylander,...

Search and Seizure Policy updated

Search and Seizure Policy updated

Sarah Park, Jame Sewell, and Ava Meder
December 22, 2023

Changes to South’s Search and Seizure policy, which has been in place since 2014, were approved by the D225 Board of Education, Principal Dr. Barbara Georges said. All Board of Education policies are...

Like Christmas Morning: Elementary school students at John Hayes Community Academy open their presents provided by Secret Santa Inc. The charity aims to deliver presents to students all across the Chicagoland area. Photo courtesy of Jack Conlon

South family brings holiday joy

Sarah Park and Arwa Ghomrawi
December 22, 2023

Secret Santa Inc, a non-profit gifting organization founded by senior Jack Conlon’s family in 1994,  is embarking on another year of bringing joy to disadvantaged kids during the holiday season, Jack...

Green Vision: Gold 4 APES students visit Intrinsic Landscaping on a field trip to understand how to be sustainable on a large scale. Pavics classes also traveled to The Grove, to learn about the history of the plants used in the living wall.

APES students propose living plant wall

Jessica An, staff writer
December 22, 2023

In South’s AP Environmental Science (APES) classes, each unit is integrated with a real-life application to help students learn, APES Teacher Lisa Pavic said. On Dec. 6, Pavic’s APES classes presented...

In other news: CosMc’s Launches

Riley Shankman, managing editor
December 22, 2023

McDonald’s new alien-themed take-out chain, CosMc’s, began its testing phase in Bolingbrook, IL, earlier this month. CosMc’s is a beverage-focused, take-out-only restaurant inspired by the nostalgia...

Learning opportunity: In front of an audience of AP Gov students, Mitchell Holzrichter and Chris Comstock discussed gerrymandering. They presented in the lyceum.

Lawyers present gerrymandering

Sarah Park and Allie Sukhman
December 22, 2023

In order to get an accurate world understanding of gerrymandering, South’s AP United States Government and Politics (AP Gov) class listened to Mayer Brown lawyers Mitchell Holzrichter and Chris Comstock...

New changes set for 2024-2025

New changes set for 2024-2025

Allie Sukhman, Asst. news editor
December 22, 2023

District 225 approved a necessary project to upgrade the Building Automatic System (BAS), which will be coming to South in the near future, Casey Wright, Associate Principal for Administrative Services,...

Languages speak volumes

Arwa Ghomrawi and Mae Kuchimanchi
November 17, 2023

Each fall, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) holds the World Languages Expo, a professional development event attended by approximately 7,000 educators, according to the...

Group Effort: Geometry in construction students work together on their tiny home, which is aiming to be finished at the end of the 2024/2025 school year. The Geometry class places a strong emphasis on teamwork and collaboration, Frydman said.

Students helping students

Sarah Park, news editor
November 17, 2023

Since the creation of the Geometry in Construction class seven years ago, students have been renovating extra space under the bleachers, Brian Schmalzer, Geometry in Construction Teacher, said. This year,...

Model U.N. at Stanford: Souths Model U.N. team poses in front of Stanford Universitys Auditorium after the awards ceremony. Although they did not win Best Large Delegation, they enjoyed a weekend full of team bonding, great food, debating, and learning in the bright California sun.

Model U.N. attends Stanford conference

Sarah Park and Riley Shankman
November 17, 2023

Model United Nations (Model U.N.) placed second at the Stanford Model United Nations Conference (SMUNC) in California on Nov. 10-12, junior Iris Do, Model U.N. publicity chair, said. South students also...

Collaborating to compete: Debate students (left to right) Sarah Kwon, Anugraha Khishore, and Kylie Sutton work together to prepare for the upcoming Glenbrooks Speech and Debate Tournament.

Dynamic debating duels

Olivia Richards, asst. news editor
November 17, 2023

Up to 3,000 students will travel to South from around the world for the Glenbrooks Speech and Debate Tournament on Nov. 18-20, Alyssa Corrigan, Director of Debate and Social Studies Teacher, said. At...

Music puts a pep in students’ step

Sarah Park, news editor
October 22, 2023

Since her freshman year in student council, Claira Paul, Appointed Junior Representative, has strived to bring music to South’s hallways. After receiving positive reactions to the music during Homecoming...

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