Glenbrook High School District is using a new alert service for the 2013-14 school year called School Messenger. This system provides you with important phone calls, emails and text messages for special events at the schools and during urgent situations such as a winter weather closings.  Information that is sent is meant to be timely and relevant to your experience at the Glenbrooks.  

If  you have already successfully enrolled your cell phone(s) in the School Messenger program, no further actions are required unless your number has changed.

Otherwise, an action step is required for parents who wish to receive important school messages (when applicable) via text message:

1.    Text "Yes" to 68453 from the cell phone you wish to receive school text messages on.

a.     Please note the cell phone MUST be listed in the student information system in order to be eligible to receive school text messages.

b.     You must repeat this process for each cell phone you wish to receive messages on.

c.      You will receive a confirmation text message once you have successfully completed the process.

d.     Standard rates via your phone provider may apply.

e.     Participating carriers include: AT&T, T-Mobile®, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Alltel, Boost, Nextel, U.S. Cellular, Dobson

f.      Questions should be directed to rlukas@glenbrook225.org.

"We consider this feature to be an enhancement to the Glenbrook's communication efforts and hope our school community will find it useful," said Director of PR and Communications Karen Geddeis.

Glenbrook North's fall production of Mary Zimmerman's "Metamorphoses" will run from Thursday, October 17 through Saturday, October 19 at the Sheely Center for Performing Arts. Show times are every night at 7:30 p.m.

"Metamorphoses" bring Ovid's tales to stunning visual life. Set in and around a large pool of water onstage, "Metamorphoses" juxtaposes the ancient and contemporary in both language and image to reflect the persistence of narrative in the face of inevitable change. With its emphasis on love, loss, the transforming powers of memory and the imagination, "Metamorphoses" is unlike anything to have hit the GBN stage.

Cast members include: Shiri Aljadeff, Carmen Alvarez, Austin Doughty, Kendall DuPre, Christian Frese, Hannah Godnik, Alex Hultman, Ryan Hultman, Alex Kaplan, Camila Kaplunov, Eliana Kohn, Ed Kuehn, Lesley Levy, Emily Mirochnick, Emma Pfaff, Lucas Prizant, William Rude, Ellie Schnittman, Lexi Seiden, Travis Siegel, Ryan Silins, Katie Snyder, Cami Tokowitz, Alexis Walker, Brooks Whitlock. Student Director: Ramsay Wehr

Glenbrook North's student-run newspaper, Torch, earned All-American recognition from the National Scholastic Press Association for the 2012-2013 school year. This was the fourth year in a row that Torch earned this honor.

Papers that compile at least 3,200 points and marks of distinction in four out of five categories qualify for All-American status. Torch earned Marks of Distinction in the areas of "Coverage & Content," "Writing & Editing," "Photos, Art & Graphics," and "Leadership." Torch received a score of 3,575 out of a possible 4,400 points.

The 2012-2013 Editor in Chief was Sam Aber and the Managing Editor was Zach Hamer.

The all-school Glenbrook Musical "Phantom of the Opera," which premiered to sold-out crowds in 2012, was recently featured on the notable website Broadway.com as one of the top high school productions. It was the only public high school on the list.

In regards to the Glenbrook musical, the website noted "This Glenbrook High School production of The Phantom of the Opera in Northbrook, IL, stars Nathan Salstone as the Phantom, and he's one of the best we've ever heard. Katherine Loiselle as Christine sounds phenomenal, too-and can we talk about the set?

The Glenbrook musical features students from both Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South high schools and premieres with a different production each spring.

For more information or to read more about the recognition, go to: