Lauren Ingebrigtsen, 2014 graduate traveled to Kenya for a service trip with an organization called Matanya’s Hope July 7 to Aug. 28.
Ingebrigtsen had been a member of South club STAND for Peace for...
On Sept. 26 at the home football game against Maine South, GBS attempted to break two world records established in the Guinness Book of World Records.
These records consisted of the most “selfies,”...
Students taking Algebra 2 and/or students who are enrolled in Junior English will be required to take the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) test this spring.
The...
Cure Club is preparing to host the annual Relay for Life event to support the American Cancer Society June 6.
Prior to the event, Cure Club is organizing a ‘Hope Week.’ Ellie Britton, Cure Club...
Launched in December of 2013, Yik Yak is an application that iTunes ™ describes as a “local bulletin board”. This new form of social media allows users to anonymously view and post comments to a...
South’s Peer Group Program will be expanding next year by adding classrooms, teachers and senior leaders, according to Joy Cooper, Peer Group coordinator.
Peer Group started in the 1970s as a transition...
Interior construction projects are set to take place at South over the summer to maximize classroom space as a result of the transition to the block schedule and growing enrollment, according to Principal...
Tara Tate, head debate coach, will retire from her 11 years’ leadership of the nationally-recognized South debate team at the end of the school year.
‘TARA TATE IS SOUTH DEBATE’
According...
This year, South began the “1:1” technology initiative when non-seniors received a Samsung Google Chromebook. The Board of Education, with the help of technology specialists, is currently deciding...
The Power of One Award will be presented to Matthew Whipple, social studies teacher, by the Illinois Holocaust Museum on April 24.
This award is given to one person every year, and this custom began...
Senior Carolyn Kelly won a National Gold Medal in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for her short story “The Harvard Hopeful’s Handbook.” Kelly will receive her award at Carnegie Hall in June.
Kelly...
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...
