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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

As the leaves begin to fall and the temperature begins to drop, everyone needs warm clothes, and South organization Titans Helping Titans (THT) is here for that, Mark Maranto, Assistant Principal of Student...

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 of commentators narrate the play-by-play of a South football game. These unseen voices capture every...

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, head pounding with nerves as you await class to begin. Scrawled on the white board are the words “In-Class...

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 first time two years ago. As a sophomore, she had a much better idea. And this year? The class is...

Accelerating through education

Accelerating through education

Reese Foxman, Staff Writer
May 23, 2024

Glenview offers many places to take driver’s education classes, including Adam’s School of Driving, Viking Driving School, Fresh Green Light, and South’s in-school program.  Sophomore Alejandra...

Dojo Mojo: Kaled sports her PUNOK uniform in a promotional shoot. Because of Kaled’s win record, she receives free gear as compensation for wearing their merchandise when competing. Photo courtesy of Jesus Larroche.

Martial artist has the chops

Audrey Reid and Libby Trapp
May 23, 2024

Standing center stage in a foreign country, junior Ella Kaled readies to make her first move. Twelve years of training in martial arts led her to be selected, for the second year in a row, out of several...

Sundae Sundays:  Local ice cream shop, Dairy Bar, serves ice cream to a long line of Glenview customers on a spring afternoon. South students like Kathleen Hiltebrand work at the Dairy Bar along with other high school students.

The scoop on parlor jobs

Molly Tomczyk and Amani Saudye
May 23, 2024

A single bell rings above the door, and as you walk across an old, red doormat, a cool breeze of vanilla hits your face. To your left are tables with chess boards and a wall of freezers stuffed with milk...

Array of Art: Wilson’s VisAbility Exhibition portrayed vibrant colors, splattered across canvases in various designs. The artist’s reception attendees sauntered through the Glenview Public Library taking in the collection.

Abstract art, concrete impact

Molly Tomczyk, co-a&e editor
May 23, 2024

Jazz music rippled through the crowded lobby of the Glenview Public Library on a Thursday evening; colorful paintings adorned the walls, creating a gallery of senior Emmett Kyoshi Wilson’s acrylic-painted...

Ramadan encourages balance of fitness, fasting

Ramadan encourages balance of fitness, fasting

Sydney Gold, Caroline Peters
April 30, 2024

Participating in a sport is physically and mentally exhausting for all athletes. However, if you are fasting during Ramadan, the Muslim holiday that took place this year from March 10 to April 9, it can...

Evolving Passover Celebrations

Reese Foxman and Emma Winer
April 30, 2024

Sophomore Sienna Gilles’ family gathers around the dinner table laughing, smiling, and enjoying each other’s presence. As the conversation continues, she awaits her favorite food: the Charoset, a dish...

Eastern European Club

Eastern European Club

Kyla Wilkinson, staff writer
April 30, 2024

Wednesdays after school, the tight knit Eastern European Club members gather into room 2107 to bond over their shared experiences and culture. The club shines a spotlight on a new Eastern European country...

Stacking Up: Senior Shiza Dawood has her own system for putting returned books back on the shelf. She organizes each book by their colored tag -- each color indicating a different genre -- and puts books back on the shelves by genre.

Get to know Glenview libraries

Meredith Bill, opinions editor
April 26, 2024

South’s library serves as both a bustling center of collaboration, and a serene space for concentration, managed by a team of dedicated librarians and students. The student librarian lab aids are manage...

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