Coming into her freshman year, current junior Lori Steffel says her expectations centered around grades. Soon, she realized a new world of extracurriculars at GBS, spurring new goals for her high school...
Kay Sopocy, varsity softball coach and assistant athletic director, is retiring next year after 24 years at South. According to Sopocy, it was fitting for her to finish her career here at South and believes...
Aside from teaching their respective subjects, teachers at South become interior designers for their classrooms. Often spending more time at South than they do at their homes, teachers utilize classroom...
The cycle of life is inevitable; it happens naturally, often it ends without warning or precaution taken beforehand. This is the case for many students at South who have suffered the loss of a close family...
According to senior Alex Remeniuk, he took his first ceramics class at South thinking it would be an easy course. Little did he know that his first class would send him on a journey filled with challenges...
The passage of a law that amended prior Illinois voting requirements makes it possible for 17-year-olds to vote in the state’s primary elections on March 15, as long as they are 18 by the general election...
Key Club received a $500 grant from the We Day organization, a group that celebrates and promotes service, to start a social entrepreneurship (S.Ent), which is scheduled to begin at the GBS book sale for...
Halfway across the world in remote West Africa, Togolese students are receiving the work of South students. French classes, led by Matthew Bertke and Catherine Klahn, recently created projects and wrote...
Marty Sirvatka, Music Department instructional supervisor, won the Mary Hoffman Award of Excellence in recognition of teaching in music education.
According to music teacher Andrew Toniolo, the teachers...
Speech team members competed in all 14 events at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Regional Tournament on Feb. 6 at Warren Township High School, according to Nancy Schultz, new team head coach.
Seniors...
When one hears the word “diet,” weight loss regimens often come to mind. However, around South many students practice diets, and they vary from the typical expectation.
According to senior...
To be or not to be in Shakespeare Club? That is the question. English teacher Robert Wysocki has decided to take the new position of sponsor of Shakespeare Club.
Wysocki aims to reboot the club and...
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