Boys Basketball Sectional at GBN

GBN will serve as host to the 2008 Boys Basketball IHSA Regional Tournament.

The schedule of games is as follows:

Mon., Feb. 25
Game 1 at 6:00 p.m.: (13) Arlington Heights (St. Viator) 55 vs. (20) Franklin Park (Leyden) 35
Game 2 at 8:00 p.m.: (12) Glenview (Glenbrook South) 64 vs. (21) Elk Grove Village (E.G.) 56

Tue. Feb. 26
Game 3 at 7:30 p.m.: (4) Northbrook (Glenbrook North) 65 vs. (13) Arlington Heights (St. Viator) 67

Wed., Feb. 27
Game 4 at 7:30 p.m.: (5) Wilmette (Loyola Academy) 57 vs. (12) Glenview (Glenbrook South) 54

Fri., Feb. 29
Game 5 at 7:30 p.m.: (13) Arlington Heights (St. Viator) 64 vs. (5) Wilmette (Loyola Academy) 67

Admission is $4.00 available at the door one hour prior to game time. There will be no advance ticket sales.

Student Art Exhibit

Congratulations to everyone involved in this year's GBS student art show. Special thanks to teachers Amie Elliott, Natalie Inguanis, and Kurt Webb for setting up this show. Hundreds of student artwork exhibits in Ceramics, Drawing, Jewelry, Painting, and Photography were appreciated by all. Our students' talents continue to amaze us.

Thank you to everyone who came to see the exhibition this year.

GBS Swimmers Earn 3rd in State!

Congratulations to our boys' swimming team who took 3rd in the state Saturday, February 23, 2008. Results included:

• Colin Cordes (Sr.) took 2nd in the 100-Yard Backstroke and was the 200-Yard Freestyle State Champion!
• Ben Hengels (Jr.) took 3rd in the 200-Yard Individual Medley and 500-Yard Freestyle
• Dominik Cubelic (So.) took 5th in the 50-Yard Freestyle and 6th in the 100-Yard Freestyle
• Colin Cordes (Sr.), Ben Hengels (Jr.), Chris DeLetto (Jr.), and Dominik Cubelic (So.) took 2nd in the 200-Yard Freestyle Relay
• Colin Cordes (Sr.), Paul Hwang (Sr.), Dominik Cubelic (So.), and Ben Hengels (Jr.) took 5th in the 400-Yard Freestyle Relay

Congratulations to our entire team of dedicated swimmers and coaches which resulted in this outstanding accomplishment.

Brian Robinson, GBS Trainer, is the recipient of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award

The Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award is a prestigious national honor that recognizes members of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) for their exceptional and unique contributions to the athletic training profession. It reflects a lifetime of dedication to the association and to the field of athletic training on the national, district and local levels. Candidates must have a minimum of 20 years as a certified member of the NATA in good standing and have made contributions at the national level. These contributions include leadership and advancement of the association and of the profession nationally. Recipients of the award are the role models for the future leaders in the profession.

Brian Robinson has been an athletic trainer at Glenbrook South for 31 years. His accomplishments include writing guidelines for preventing the spread of communicable and infectious disease in secondary schools. He developed these guidelines, which have recently been shared with media outlets across the country, at the request of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. Mr. Robinson will be formally presented with the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in June at the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposia. Congratulations Mr. Robinson!

GBS Speech Team Takes 3rd in the State:

Congratulations to the GBS Speech team which had an excellent tournament- placing 3rd overall in the team sweeps. Since the 2000 State tournament, GBS is one of only two schools in the entire state to finish in the top 3 at the state tournament in all but one year.

Individually:
Nate Beasley was the State Champion in Oratorical Declamation. He also finished 4th in Prose Reading. This is the second year in a row that GBS has won Oratorical Declamation.

Laura Manning finished 2nd in Dramatic Interpretation and 4th in Dramatic Duet Acting with Patrick Lawrie. Laura is one of the most decorated GBS speech Team members ever, having finished first in Dramatic Interpretation last year and 3rd in Dramatic Duet Acting. On the national level, Laura finished 12th in Dramatic Interpretation as a sophomore, and 3rd as a junior. In two weeks, she has the chance to become a 4 time national qualifier, which is exceedingly rare.

Lea Hirsch finished 3rd in Original Oratory for the second year in a row. Her speech was regarded by many coaches as one of the best speeches in recent memory in the state.

Ellie Schott barely missed advancing to the final round in Humorous Interpretation. What makes her accomplishment extraordinary is that she had only been competing with her piece for 2 weeks.

Thank you to our students and coaches who demonstrated excellence and proudly represented GBS and District 225 with class and dignity.

GBS Swim Team Wins Sectional:

Glenbrook South High School scored 295 points this past weekend to win their Sectional Tournament held at GBN.

• Senior Colin Cordes won the 200-Yard Freestyle, and also won 100-Yard Backstroke.
• Junior Ben Hengels took first in the 500-Yard Freestyle and took second in the 200-Yard Individual Medley.
• Sophomore Dominick Cubelic took first and junior Chris DeLetto took second in the 50-Yard Freestyle. Dominick also took first in the 100-Yard Freestyle.
• Sophomore Woody Lord and freshman Adam Klosowiak took third and fourth in diving respectively.
• Ben Hengels, Colin Cordes, Dominick Cubelic and Chris DeLetto won the 200-Yard Freestyle Relay
• Ben Hengels, Ben Johnson, Paul Hwang and Colin Cordes won the 400-Yard Freestyle Relay.
  

View full results at this IHSA link. We wish this outstanding team luck at the state meet!

Colin Cordes Named Athlete of the Week

Colin Cordes has had a great season and a great week. At the Central Suburban League South meet on Saturday, he set conference records while winning in the 100 and 200-meter freestyle, was part of the winning 400-meter freestyle relay team, and set a conference record in the 50-meter freestyle with his leadoff leg on the 200-meter freestyle relay.

According to the Press Release, "On behalf of Chicago Region Toyota Dealer Association, Toyota, Chicago Tribune, Chicagosports.com, and WBBM we would like to congratulate the athlete, athlete’s parents and the school for having COLIN CORDES selected as Toyota High School Athlete of the Week." Read the entire Press Release.

Thank you to everyone who voted!

GBS Students on CBS Morning News

Logan Cascia and Tommy Carroll were highlighted on the CBS Morning News on February 13, 2008. The movie "AnaTommy" recently won 2nd place in the My Hero competition and was recognized by the Chicago International Film festival. Click on the linked picture below and then use the "Top Vidoes" pull down menu to chose "Morning News." From there navigate through the pages until you can chose link pictured below to view this clip:

Congratulations to Logan and Tommy! Click on this "AnaTommy" link to view the film.

Phylea Anderson and Family Highlighted in Sun Times

On Friday, February 8, 2008 Phylea and our girls' basketball team won the conference by defeating New Trier 39 - 36. On Monday, February 11, 2008 Phylea Anderson and her family were highlighted in an article in the Sun Times.

The article, Discipline & maturity - Two qualities not easy to find are not hard to spot in Phylea and Lawrence Anderson by Tina Akouris shares insight into this committed and talented young lady and her father who currently serves in the military.

Please take a moment to read about her family and her plans on majoring in secondary education. Someday she wants to, "return to Glenbrook South as a teacher." "'This school has shaped who I've become,' she said. 'Many of the teachers and students have helped me along the way. This is a great school, and the people are genuine.''' As the article states, "So is she."

Congratulations to Phylea and her family.

Schedule Update

All after school activities and athletic practices and contests have been canceled for Wednesday, February 6, 2008. Incoming Freshman Orientation Night has also been canceled and rescheduled for next Wednesday, February 13th at 7:30 p.m. The Incoming Freshman Academy Information Night scheduled for Wednesday, February 13th at 7:00 p.m. will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Lyceum. The meeting will conclude in time for families to participate in the orientation meeting scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

For the remainder of today, we will follow an abridged schedule in which the remaining periods (4 through 8) will meet for 35 minutes. There will be no open lunch. School will be dismissed at 2:00 p.m. For those who normally take the bus, bus routes will be running.

The schedule for the remainder of the day will be:
Period 4 10:45 a.m. -11:20 a.m.
Period 5 11:25 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Period 6 12:05 p.m. - 12:40 p.m.
Period 7 12:45 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.P
eriod 8 1:25 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.