After four years of late night readings, I’ve done the hard work for you. Here’s the breakdown of which books at GBS are worth the struggle, and which you can just SparkNote. (I’m kidding. You should...
After a day of school, students are accustomed to a doting parent asking how their day went. For senior Lesley Zavala, as early as elementary school, these inquiries were accompanied by her mother encouraging...
One month after the school shooting that occurred on Feb. 14 in Parkland, Florida, South students held a walkout to remember victims of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and press for increased school...
The only thing louder than my childhood dinners was me at my childhood dinners. Cramped around a too-small dining table, my large family would sit and eat. Conversations splintered off into several smaller...
Rising senior Angie Morris was a teaching intern in the Child Development program. She worked with children in Titan Tots and Alphabet Acres, according to Kimberly Kiraly, Child Development coordinator....
South’s newly-created Students Organized Against Racism (SOAR) club created an art display in the Old Pit, accompanied by testimonies from both students and teachers on their personal experiences in...
The lunch bell rings and a steady stream of students walk into a department office looking for teachers to explain incorrect quiz questions, plead for additional points or turn in late work. While all...
The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) at South has increased among the student population this school year, according to Dean Ronald Bean.
The cause of the increase in e-cigarette use is currently...
GBN, GBS and feeder middle school English departments gathered for a professional development meeting about classroom diversity on Nov. 4.
Dr. Tom Kucharski, English instructional supervisor, says...
South’s AP Government and Politics classes organized a debate for Illinois’s 10th District congressional race between Republican incumbent Bob Dold and Democratic candidate Brad Schneider on Oct. 20...
State legislation that required Illinois schools to re-evaluate their disciplinary policies have added amendments since its passage that went into effect Sept. 15.
The law passed on Aug. 24, 2015 and...
GBS is developing a civics course to fulfill Illinois’ graduation requirement, to be made available by the 2017-2018 school year.
According to Jeannie Logan, Social Studies instructional supervisor,...
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