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GBN swimmer returns to water after injury

Corinne Shaw, staff reporter
April 7, 2017

Following a severe spinal injury in Aug. 2016, GBN senior Tural Erel was able to recover enough in order to return to the pool on Feb. 3, just in time for the swim team’s Senior Night. According to...

Glenbrooks Begin Study On Grades

Anne Marie Yurik and Sasha Vassilyeva
March 21, 2017

District 225 decided to run a study that restricts student and parent access to PowerSchool during school hours (approximately 7:30-3:30). The study was initially proposed by Ryan Bretag, director...

South outsources redesign of district website with focus on search features

Molly Stryker, staff reporter
March 21, 2017

The District 225 Office of Public Relations and Communications has been working on a redesign of the GBS website for the past year that will be revealed in the near future, according to Karen Geddeis,...

LUNCHIN’ LISA: Sitting down for a lunch break, senior Lisa Krupinski takes her weekly trip to the grocery store. She will be honored at the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) conference in April for receiving the annual Yes I Can Award.

Krupinski receives Yes I Can Award

Mary Grace Reynolds, staff reporter
March 21, 2017

South senior Lisa Krupinski will be honored at the National Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Convention on April 19-22 for receiving the annual Yes I Can Award, celebrating the various accomplishments...

District 225 reveals updated logos, modernizes classic shield design

Isabella Albrecht, staff reporter
March 21, 2017

GBS and GBN presented their new logos at the beginning of the second semester in preparation for the launch of District 225’s new website. According to Karen Geddeis, Director of PR and Communications...

Temporary travel ban prompts discussion at South

Temporary travel ban prompts discussion at South

Anushka Kalra, asst. news editor
March 21, 2017

A new executive order rewriting the original travel ban was signed by President Trump that took effect March 16. In this new directive, Iraqi travelers and any person with permanent residency status-regardless...

The new Course Finder website.

Online course finder promotes class exploration

Jack Davis, Ashley Desserich, Ellie Ruos, staff reporters
March 21, 2017

South introduced a digital course guide at the beginning of the second semester to make class registration more efficient and relevant to students. The five-month renovation process was inspired by...

KEY CLUBIN’ KOO: High-fiving a student from Passages Charter school, Josh Koo, incoming assistant principal of student services, praises a young participant at an Eat ‘N’ Read event. According to his coworkers and students, Koo’s energy and compassion make him qualified to assume his new position starting with the 2017-2018 school year.

Josh Koo named incoming Student Activities Director

Abby Grant, asst. features editor
March 21, 2017

Science teacher Josh Koo was selected to become the next GBS assistant principal of student activities on Feb. 13, starting with the 2017-2018 school year. According to Principal Lauren Fagel, Koo empowers...

Illustration by Ala Jankowski

Text-A-Tip provides emotional support

John Schurer, co-news editor
March 21, 2017

District 225 has partnered with Linking Efforts Against Drugs (LEAD) to provide a 24/7 anonymous text hotline called Text-A-Tip for students at the Glenbrooks. According to Andy Duran, the executive...

A way with words: Junior Gina Kim edits her essay on "comfort women". This essay won Kim the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) award for the First Amendment Freedoms Art and Essay Contest.

ADL recognizes Kim for social justice, heritage

Eliz Akgun, staff reporter
February 14, 2017

This past November junior Gina Kim was the first place recipient of the 2016 First Amendment Freedoms Art and Essay Contest for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in which she was awarded a $5,000 scholarship...

Counting Computers:  Inspecting a computer, Interact senior leader Justin Bifeld examines the donations for the Interact Computer Drive on Jan. 14. Interact leaders noted an increase in this yearís donations in comparison to previous years.

Computer drive donations reach all-time high

Corinne Shaw, staff reporter
February 10, 2017

Interact held the annual Computer Drive on Jan. 14 to collect unwanted computers and medical equipment for donation to the Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Chicago. According to Interact sponsor...

BALANCING ACT: Dance teacher Trisha Moulakelis demonstrates a yoga pose during Dance 1. She will be teaching Dance 2, a new class that is available to take next year.

Newly approved courses add depth to special interests

Chaerim Park, staff reporter
February 10, 2017

The District 225 Board of Education approved new course offerings for the 2017-2018 school year at their meeting on Jan. 23. New courses that will be available include Dance 2, American Sign Language...

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