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2026-27 stadium upgrade, renovation

2026-27 stadium upgrade, renovation

Peyton Knorr, co-news editor
April 17, 2026

South and North are renovating John Davis and William Lutz Stadium, with construction projected to begin in the spring of 2027 and to be completed in August, 2027, Dr. Kimberly Ptak, Director of Operations...

VEX Robotics earns spot at Worlds

VEX Robotics earns spot at Worlds

Peyton Knorr, co-news editor
April 17, 2026

South’s VEX Robotics Team brought four robots to compete at the IHSA State Championship against 48 other schools from across Illinois, Caspar Chen, VEX Robotics Team Programmer, said. The robot, TitanTron...

Celebrating the life of Lilly Bova

Celebrating the life of Lilly Bova

Kami Shames, asst. editor
April 17, 2026

Sophomore Lilly Bova always lit up whatever  room she was in, one of her closest friends, sophomore Madilynn Mendoza, shared. When Bova, Mendoza, sophomore Laila Milanovic, and their other friends were...

Surveillance monitoring at South

Surveillance monitoring at South

David Schleicher, Asst. Editor
April 17, 2026

District 225 is testing three different classroom management platforms that will allow teachers to view students’ browsers from their laptops, open and close tabs on the students’ computers, and send...

Infographic by Mady Yap

2026-27 calendar approved

Olivia Richards, co-news editor
April 17, 2026

The D225 Board of Education has finalized the calendar for the 2026-27 school year, with notable changes during Election Day and the removal of the 8-period day before first semester  final exams, according...

In Other News: Issue 6, 2026

In Other News: Issue 6, 2026

April 17, 2026

Iran War accelerates The two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran’s three-month conflict came after President Donald Trump posted on X that “a whole civilization would die” if Iran failed to...

Academic Level Changes
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Photo Illustration by David Schleicher

New academic levels finalized

Olivia Richards, co-news editor
April 17, 2026

Following an update in how classes are assigned point values on the Grade Point Average (GPA) scale in 2025, D225 is finalizing and ironing out the new system of academic levels, which was started with...

Staff reduction for 2026-27 school year

Staff reduction for 2026-27 school year

Julia Szmajda, staff writer
April 17, 2026

Due to a projected decline in enrollment for the 2026-27 school year, Glenbrook District 225 will experience reductions in staffing through attrition, a process in which retiring staff will not be replaced...

Quest features food showcase

Quest features food showcase

Emily Browne, Assistant editor
April 11, 2026

Quest, pitching to South teachers and staff members in order to highlight their food catering options, held a meal showcase in the food court on April 10. Quest Food Services is the food management...

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