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GBS Community invited to "pay it forward"
A rich culture of giving has been a long-time tradition at Glenbrook South and this holiday season, GBS students and staff want to inspire a movement of good deeds.
From Monday, December 8, to Friday, December 19, GBS Key Club is challenging all students, parents, teachers and neighbors in the Glenbrook South and Glenview communities to complete random acts of kindness for others. Whether it's holding the door, giving compliments, allowing cuts in line, smiling at strangers or donating extra change, any act of kindness that is witnessed or received can be tracked on Twitter and Facebook through the hashtag #GBSRAK. "Key Club believes everyone has the power to make a difference in the lives of others every day," said Key Club sponsor Josh Koo. "No matter the size of the act, what is most important is the heart behind the act. We encourage everyone to step out of their comfort zones and do something to promote happiness in Glenview and spread joy to others this holiday season." Key club student leader Lori Steffel said she is most excited to see all the creative ways people decide to spread kindness. While it is championed as a GBS initiative, she said she hopes the kindness spreads outside of the school into the community. "I think this campaign will carry great weight and sentiment. Many people, myself included, love the idea of challenging themselves in this manner, but simply don't have the motivation or reason to do it. We would like this event to be that motivation," Steffel said. "I think everyone will take something away from this." "Most neighborhoods or communities do not have campaigns like this, so it is really special that we are having one," agreed sophomore student leader John Schurer. "RAK is a way to bring our community together and to show how good hearted people can be."
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December
3 - Sophomore Safe Passage,
7 p.m.
5 - Battle of the Bands,
7 p.m.
10 - Winter Sports Assembly
12 - Dance Show, 7:30 p.m. Auditorium
15 - Board of Education Mtg., 7 p.m. @ GBS
16 - Late Arrival, 10 a.m.
Winter Choral Concert,
7:30 p.m.
Dec. 20-Jan. 4 - Winter Break - No School
January 2015
8 - Senior College Finance Night, 7 p.m.
12 - Reserved Snow Day (School in session if "Snow" Day has occurred prior)
Board of Education Mtg.,
7 p.m. @ GBS
14 - Junior Parent Night II,
7 p.m.
19 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, No School
20-22 - Semester Exams
22 - Incoming Freshman Parent Curriculum Night,
7 p.m.
23 - Glenbrook Institute Day, No Classes
24 - North Shore Jazz Festival
26 - Board of Education Mtg., 7 p.m. @ GBN
27 - Winter Play - Identity Crisis, 7 p.m. Lyceum
28 - Winter Play - Identity Crisis, 4 p.m. & 7 p.m. Lyceum
30 - Sophomore Parent Coffee, 7:30 a.m.
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Winter Break begins Dec. 20
Friday, December 19, is the last day of school before Winter Break begins. Classes resume on Monday, January 5.
Please note, the schools and offices will be closed Wednesday, December 24 through Friday, December 26 and Tuesday, December 30 through Friday, January 2.
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First semester final exam schedule 
First semester final exams begin at Glenbrook South on Tuesday, January 20.
Information regarding changing of exams and make-up exams are available on the GBS website.
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GBS welcomes our new Titans - Class of 2019
Incoming Freshman Parent Curriculum Night: January 22, 7 p.m.
Incoming Freshman Night: February 4, 7 p.m.
Welcome new Titans! Event details will be mailed to families of 8th graders in January.
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Friday, December 12, 7:30 p.m. in the Watson Auditorium.
The Glenbrook South Annual Dance Show "Allegro" will feature performances by Orchesis Dance Club, De La Cru, Titan Poms and Latino Heat and Contemporary/Jazz, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Pointe, Tap, Latin & Bollywood dance styles.
Tickets are $5 for non-reserved seating. Tickets may be purchased in the Student Activities Office beginning December 1.
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Senior College Finance Night
Thursday, January 8, 7 p.m., Watson Auditorium
This first College Finance Night program is for Glenbrook South and North parents of our Senior students. The program will offer two options: "FAFSA Completion" presented by Jerry Cebrzynski, Director of Financial Aid, Lake Forest College, and "Everything You Need to Know about Financial Aid" presented by Ruth Pusich, Director of Financial Aid, Elmhurst College.
There will be a College Finance Night for Junior Parents offered on March 26, 2015.
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Wednesday, January 14, 7 p.m., Watson Auditorium
"The College Search" program is designed to educate parents on how to help their students make appropriate college choices. Parents will meet in small groups according to their child's counselor and then in larger groups to discuss topics such as admissions criteria, a calendar for college selection, college visits and resources available at GBS. There will also be an optional session about highly selective schools at 8:45 p.m.
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GBS presents "Identity Crisis" as winter play
Tuesday, January 27, 7 p.m., and Wednesday, January 28,
4 & 7 p.m. in the Lyceum
This year's Glenbrook South winter play, "Identity Crisis," features a collection of comedic one-act plays written by Tony Award-winning playwright Christopher Durang.
The acts will include "The Actor's Nightmare," about an actor who finds himself mistakenly performing in scenes he doesn't know, and "'dentity Crisis," about a woman recovering from a nervous breakdown who becomes confused by the switching identities of her family and psychiatrist. Both shows' twisted scenarios and themes about fitting into the world are sure to get audiences laughing.
The show runs Tuesday, January 27, and Wednesday, January 28.
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Registration opens for Titan Tots program
The Titan Tots Preschool program will open enrollment for the 2015-16 school year on Monday, February 2, 2015. Spaces are available in their programs for three- and four-year-olds. The unique preschool program is led by several GBS teachers, supported by high school teachers-in-training and provides low teacher-to-student ratios, high-quality care, and a stimulating, nurturing environment that addresses children's social, emotional and cognitive needs.
Children must be three years old by September 1 and toilet trained.
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Glenbrook musical announced: "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
The Glenbrooks are going corporate this spring as students from GBS and GBN don their best suits for a musical performance of the award-winning classic, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." Performances will be held at GBS from April 29 to May 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Watson Auditorium.
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Eight Titans signed Letters of Intent
As part of National Signing Day on Wednesday, November 12, a record-setting eight Titan student-athletes signed Letters of Intent with colleges and universities.
At the ceremonious signing event, Glenbrook South Athletic Director Steve Rockrohr congratulated the athletes' parents and coaches for their commitment to athletics.
"This accomplishment is a testament to your athlete's success and your dedication played a big part of that," Rockrohr said. "We know these students will continue to uphold the Titan spirit wherever they head next."
The athletes are:
Wesley Blodig - Boys' Volleyball - Sacred Heart University
Kaily Bruch - Girls' Soccer - Carnegie Mellon University
Kelly Cordes - Girls' Swimming - Fairfield University
AnneMarie Emme - Girls' Tennis - University of Minnesota
Autumn Koh - Girls' Lacrosse - Naval Academy
Jonathan Salomon - Boys' Swimming - University of Wisconsin
Fitzpatrick Stadler - Baseball - Arizona State University
Katherine Wells - Girls' Swimming - University of Iowa
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Nominate an outstanding alumnus for recognition
GBS is seeking nominations for the 2015 Distinguished Alumnus Award. To be considered for this award, the alum must be renowned in his or her profession or must be a good citizen who has made a special contribution throughout the community, country or world.
Please send or email your suggestion by February 14 to:
Dr. James Shellard, Assistant Principal of Student Activities
Glenbrook South High School
4000 West Lake Ave., Glenview, IL 60026
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GBS Oracle wins Pacemaker Award
The GBS student journalists have made headlines of their own.
 The 2013-14 volume of The Oracle was honored with the coveted Pacemaker Award by the National Scholastic Press Association, the highest honor a high school publication can receive. The student-newspaper publication was one of only six newspapers in the entire nation in its division to receive the honor, which was a program first.
Last year's school newspaper was produced under the leadership of editors-in-chief Julia Jacobs and Camille Park, both graduates of the class of 2014.
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Each month, this section features a piece of student-created work. This month's article is from
an October edition of Glenbrook South's student-run newspaper, The Oracle. A new edition of The Oracle is distributed approximately every month and can be found in newsstands throughout the school or on its website.
Clubs fight cancer for Kocian
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Photo Credit: Marley Hambourger
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Madison O'Brien, co-editor in chief
Cure Club, Japanese Club and South's community collaborate to support science teacher Linda Kocian in her fight against Multiple Myeloma.
Through out the last week in October, South's community came together to fundraise for science teacher Linda Kocian. Kocian was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a type of blood cancer that affects plasma cells, near the end of this past summer. Cure Club, Japanese Club, TV and much of the student body worked together for many fundraising events in order to contribute to Kocian's medical expenses.
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Glenbrook Academy hosts information session
The Glenbrook Academy of International Studies will host a curriculum night for incoming freshmen and their parents on Wednesday, December 10, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Lyceum at GBS.
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"Night of Theatre" date announced
For its third annual year, the Glenbrook High School Foundation will host an evening celebrating theatre, music and students - old and new.
The Foundation's "Night of Theatre" dinner theatre benefit will be Saturday, May 2. The evening includes a 5 p.m. dinner at Glenbrook South and a 7:30 p.m. premium ticket to a performance of the district-wide Glenbrook musical, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Foundation, launched five years ago to raise funds to expand student and teacher programs, resources, scholarships and grants.
Tickets for a "Night of Theatre" will go on sale before general seating in February.
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Foundation seeks GBS alumni
The Glenbrook High School Foundation is seeking information for alumni who graduated between 1982 and 1989.
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