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Passionately speaking, junior Lori Steffel participates in a Model UN meeting by presenting information about her role in the clubs leadership board. Steffel is an avid member of Model UN along with numerous other clubs at South. Photo by Alexandra Sharp

Steffel aids others in leadership roles, strides to succeed

By Chaerim Park and Spencer Wells, staff reporters
April 27, 2016

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...

Standing on the third base line, Kay Sopocy, varsity softball coach, smiles while clapping her hands during a game against Evanston on April 12. Sopocy is finishing off her 24th year of coaching for the GBS softball team.

Sopocy retires after 24 years as South coach

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...

Room decoration reflects teachers, sparks student productivity

Savera Zulfiqar, staff reporter
April 19, 2016

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...

Illustration by Jini John

Students find support in grief counseling group

Hannah Buchband, staff reporter
March 11, 2016

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...

COILING TO THE TOP: Using stoneware clay to create a coil pot, senior Alex Remeniuk works on a piece of pottery he hopes to finish in time for the AP Art Show. Remeniuk was able to further his passion for pottery through winning South’s William H. Schreiner Memorial Arts Scholarship, which brought him to New Mexico for a pottery class.

Remeniuk uses scholarship to pursue passion for pottery

Aakash Bhojwani and John Park
March 11, 2016

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...

LATE-NIGHT LEARNING: While snacking and socializing, students seeking to be politically informed watch CNN coverage of ìSuper Tuesday,î the first round of presidential primary elections. The event, held in the SAC, was hosted by Young Democrats Club on March 1.

New Illinois law increases young voting pool

Cassidy Foronda, staff reporter
March 11, 2016

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...

PERFECTING THE PLAN: Discussing the upcoming preparations for Key Clubís new social entrepreneurship, Senior Leader Madeline Shechtman strategizes with other members and leaders.

Key Club received grant to kickstart social enterprise project

Maeve Plunkett, staff reporter
March 11, 2016

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...

Graphic by Jacqueline DeWitt

French classes extend reach to Togo, broaden geographic outreach

Eliza Schloss, staff reporter
March 11, 2016

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...

SPOTLIGHT ON SIRVATKA: Entertaining the audience of the 2015 GBS Variety Show, choral director Marty Sirvatka sings Frank Sinatraís ìIíve Got You Under My Skin.î Sirvatka was recently awarded the Mary Hoffman Award for music education. Photo courtesy of Emily Tu

Sirvatka recognized for music education

Alex Ladan, staff reporter
March 11, 2016

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...

PROFICIENT PATEL: Practicing a speech after school, senior Maya Patel emphasizes her point with hand gestures. Of all the GBS Speech Team members, Patel was the only one to advance to the State tournament, which was held in Peoria on Feb. 19-20.

Speech team qualifies for regionals, Patel for state

Lauren Benson, staff reporter
March 11, 2016

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...

South students explain dietary choices

Brigid Murphy, Staff Reporter
February 29, 2016

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...

Wysocki modernizes new Shakespeare Club

Joey Sewall, staff reporter
February 16, 2016

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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