After a nine year break from coaching, Tara Tate, Social Studies teacher, returned to the position of Debate Director last month. Tate had previously stepped down from the role in 2014 following her pregnancy,...

My mom went to Yonsei University, one of the most elite colleges in South Korea, and has a PhD in Musical Arts. She’s one of the smartest people I’ve ever met. And yet, she still asks me to make...

Due to a fire in the Woodshop and a simultaneous burst pipe in the ceiling near the Student Activities Center (SAC), school was cancelled after Block 1 on Dec. 2, Principal Dr. Barbara Georges said. Responding...

HEART. PINKY. These seemingly unrelated words are always my first choices in Wordle, The New York Times’ hit brain game, where users attempt to guess the word-of-the-day. Serving as a time killer for...

Ben Hussmann, beloved Social Studies Teacher for 33 years and recently retired in 2023, passed away on Oct. 30. He leaves       behind his wife Kristen and daughter Katie. Hussmann’s loss still resonates...

When Stacy Flannery, Social Studies Teacher, was informed she had won the Distinguished Teacher Award, it was the last thing she expected. Having worked at South for 29 years, Flannery was honored, but...

In a tragic car accident, South lost one of its very own Titans, senior Marko Niketic. 21-year-old Tae Young Kim, a South alum, was charged in Niketic’s death. Kim has been charged with two...

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...

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...

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)...

In the five years since I have seen my relatives in Korea, I feel like I’ve missed an irrecoverable amount of birthdays, anniversaries, and gatherings shared with them: key moments that make a family...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Grit Lab, a new guided learning class, is now available to South students for the 2023-2024 school year, Principal Dr. Barbara Georges said. A renewal of guided study, Grit Lab gives students the opportunity...

Maine South High School’s football program will forfeit nine wins in the 2022 season and will be placed on a one-year probation next year following District 207’s self report on their use of ineligible...

Stacy Wolfe and Dr. Laura Cummings were promoted as of Feb. 27, an email from District 225 to staff stated. Cummings is the new Director of Student Support, and Wolfe is the Instructional Supervisor and...

After removing subjects criticized by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the pilot course (AP) African American Studies, the College Board released the official new curriculum, reported by Anemona Hartocollis...

South alumni Omar Shoreibah, Tommy Casey, Noah Collins, Michael Cunningham, and Josh Patt won the Short Form Fiction award for their video Free Time, and Shoreibah won for Film Editor at the National Academy...

“Hey, hey, hey, it’s FCCLA!”  This cheery slogan is no doubt familiar to many South students, as it rings out over the morning announcements to remind club members of their weekly Thursday meetings. FCCLA...