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Helping Hands: Booster Club members, Dana Ward (left) and Jenny Gitelson (right), helped students buy clothes for homecoming. The shop was set up in the SAC, where students could pick out their outfits.
Building a community of kindness
Peyton Frye, Mia Koster, Paulina Mietus, and Nathan Weeks October 4, 2024

As the leaves begin to fall and the temperature begins to drop, everyone needs warm clothes, and South organization Titans Helping Titans (THT)...

Bird Eye View:  Math Teacher Joe Karlovsky (left) and English Teacher Phillip Ralston (right) sit inside the box during the South Varsity Football game versus Lake Zurich while commenting live on the game.
Voices of football
Kate Rogula, asst. editor • October 4, 2024

High above the John Davis Titan Stadium, tucked inside the press box at the top of the bleachers, a team...

Design and photos by Maia Weissman and Molly Tomcyzk
Breaking the language barrier
Molly Tomczyk and Maia Weissman October 4, 2024

Your heart pounds in your chest as you step into class. Carefully, you slip into a seat in the back,...

ASSISTANT IN ACTION: Sophomore Kenneth McCarthy, TA for Honors Geometry, helps teach the
students. The students attentively watch McCarthy as he explains how to solve a proof.
Photo by Andrew Collaku.
Helping hands in class
Maia Weissman, co-features editor • October 4, 2024

Not sure what to expect, junior Irmuunzaya Byambatsogt stepped into her freshman English class for the...

Security doubles down
Security doubles down
Meredith Bill, asst. editor • October 4, 2024

In order to improve safety and stop unauthorized parking, new parking lot regulations,

ESL furthers knowledge
ESL furthers knowledge
Anna Ivanov, co-sports editor • October 4, 2024
Due to an influx of multilingual students over the past three years, District 225 has implemented a Multilingual
BIENVENIDOS!: Students from high schools Tháder and Gabriel Miró from Orhiuela, Spain smile for a photo with South exchange students.
The Spanish students visited South and embarked on several trips to and around Chicago in September. The Spanish group stayed for 10 days, and
participated in many South activities, including Homecoming.
Spaniards take on South
Mia Amatangelo, Nora Blumberg, Kimberly Castelino, Madeline Kim, Zoya Mirza, and David Schleicher October 4, 2024
In late September, students from South and two public high schools in Spain, the Instituto de Educación
Disconnect to reconnect
Disconnect to reconnect
Olivia Richards and Meredith Bill October 4, 2024

By passing laws that ban student cell phones during class time, school districts across

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DYNAMIC  DIVING: Coach Mike Schulewitz is seen critiquing and instructing varsity freshman diver, Alexis Tsou. By visualizing and rewatching dives, Schulewitz helps his divers improve their skills with constructive criticism. 					                              Photo by Anne Sullivan Beltran
Divers jump into season with new coach
Peyton Knorr and Amani Saudye October 4, 2024

South's Girls Diving Team jumps into the season with their new diving coach, Mike Schulewitz. Having...

Navigating the in-between of academics, athletics
Julia Szmajda, Kiera Egan, and Violet Gonzales October 4, 2024

When the 2024 Paris Olympics were ongoing, many sat glued to the television waiting for the greatest...

Next generation Titans
Bailey Baker, co-sports editor • October 4, 2024

Out of a vivacious sea of faces come deafening sounds of whistles and hollers. The sea repeats itself...

Flag football gains momentum
Anna Ivanov, co-sports editor • October 4, 2024

After being officially sanctioned by Illinois High School Association (IHSA) in Feb. 2024, flag football...

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Scrolling into darkness
Scrolling into darkness
Editorial Board October 4, 2024

Sitting in a dark room, hunched over his phone screen, junior Jack Rahija finds himself enthralled in a headache of bright colors and confusing...

LEARNING TO LISTEN: Fourth graders from Mvita Primary School in Mombasa, Kenya, build math and public speaking skills through interactive games and a debate.
Forming connections in Kenya
Zoha Suteria, co-opinions editor • October 4, 2024
Campaigning digitally
Campaigning digitally
Jonnie Devine, asst. editor • October 4, 2024
The AI takeover
The AI takeover
Ellory Moran, opinions editor • October 4, 2024
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A&E
A senior's guide to auditions
Erin Walker, a&e editor • October 4, 2024

From plays featured during the fall, spring, and winter to the annual Glenbrook Musical,

Creativity in Music Production
Creativity in Music Production
Phoebe Mann, Assistant Editor • October 4, 2024
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
Reese Foxman, asst. editor • October 4, 2024
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