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Collaboration proves there is no ME in ILMEA

Collaboration proves there is no ME in ILMEA

Lorelei Streb, staff reporter
February 14, 2020

The Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) is a well-known organization that holds a competition for talented band, orchestra and choir members. Throughout the three-day-long competition, students...

Illustration by Patsy Carolan

National Music Society honors musically talented students

Lorelei Streb, Staff writer
October 4, 2019

South awards students who excel academically in the National Honor Society. The school also awards students who go above and beyond artistically in the National Arts Society. But what about those who are...

Playing the guitar and singing, junior Emily Patt performs at Rock House before announcing their closure of the cafe and stage in April of 2018. Rock House intends to shut down of the cafe to further develop their music school.

Rock House cafe closes, allows school to expand

Lorelei Streb, staff reporter
May 24, 2019

Junior Emily Patt walks through the front doors of Rock House at 1742 Glenview Road, sad that the cafe has closed yet excited to continue with her music lessons. Open mics at Rock House will always have...

LIGHTING UP THE ROOM:   Performing onstage at the Rock House (from left to right) sophomores Danny McNeela, Sam Collett, Yeon Park, Jeremy Bernstein and Lev Sheinfeld have been playing together as the band Livingroom since August of 2018. In the future the band hopes to possibly record a new single for Spotify and iTunes.

Livingroom band looks towards the horizon

Lorelei Streb, staff reporter
April 22, 2019

All five members of the band Livingroom wait nervously in a room backstage at the Rock House in downtown Glenview. The group discusses how their very first performance as a band is going to go. When it...

Students explore different learning techniques through Dyslexia

Lorelei Streb and Youjin Shon
February 27, 2018

Many students have different ways of understanding and retaining material learned in class; utilizing flashcards or finding a study buddy to pair up with in the library. However, students with Dyslexia...

Math teacher Michelle Steinberg teaching a class. She is one of the group of female math teachers that, for the first time, comprise a majority of the department.

South’s Math department composed of mostly females

Youjin Shon and Lorelei Streb
November 14, 2017

Men outnumber women in most science, technology, engineering and math professions, according to Minnesota State University. However, according to Math Teacher Kathy Coskey, the male to female ratio in...

Bright Beckwith: Smiling in approval of the work of the GBS Model UN delegates, Nyssa Beckwith, social studies teacher, supervises the meetings activity.  Beckwith is the new adviser to the club after Terrence Jozwik retired last year.

Beckwith begins new legacy with GBS Model UN team

Mia Merchant and Lorelei Streb
October 17, 2017

At 7:30 on a Wednesday morning, the ARC buzzes with excitement. The air is filled with the clicking of Chromebooks and humming of busy conversation as the members of Model UN prepare for their upcoming...

South students not immune to teenage driving trends:

Avery Jerva and Lorelei Streb
June 13, 2017

A stale green light hung over the intersection of Waukegan and Lake while John Skorupa, South Driver’s Education Teachers instructed a driving lesson with a South student at the wheel. According to Skorupa,...

South responds to student driving violations

Lorelei Streb and Avery Jerva
May 26, 2017

A stale green light hung over the intersection of Waukegan and Lake while John Skorupa, South Driver’s Education Teachers instructs a driving lesson with a South student at the wheel. According to Skorupa,...

Leaving their mark: South teachers reflect on careers before retirement

Leaving their mark: South teachers reflect on careers before retirement

Table of Contents: Kathy Hargesheimer Paul Zwiercan Chris Valles Carol Buresh Bernice Kirchler Anne White Suzanne Shore Gregory Johnson   Kathy Hargesheimer by...

COLLEGE CHOICES: Faced with the choice of where to attend college, many current high school students get ideas from college fairs, like the one in DuPage, IL shown above. Some students may end up unhappy at their first college and will transfer sometime in the future.

South alumni transfer colleges, offer advice to current students

Lorelei Streb, staff reporter
March 6, 2017

The constant worry of college applications is ripe in some juniors’ and seniors’ minds. What college will be right for them? Does this college meet their educational and social needs? Sometimes when...

American Sign Language fair revealed the deaf’s struggle to be understood

Lorelei Streb, staff reported
December 23, 2016

The American Sign Language class hosted an art fair in the Student Activity Center, Oct. 28, according to Sign Language Instructor, Rosemarie Carsello. Beside each painting in the fair were two students,...

Supervising Silca: Woodworking teacher Stephen Silca provides insight on senior Jeffrey Mitchells woods project. Silca has been teaching woodworking at South for five years.

Silca provides a role model for woodworking students

Ben Olson and Lorelei Streb
December 8, 2016

There are constant sounds of students quietly chatting, discussing the latest project. As students cut, measure and sand through wood, the strong aroma of sawdust hangs in the air. This happens in the...

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