Glenbard South High School

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Glenbard South High School

Established	1972
Type	Public secondary
Principal	William Leensvaart
Faculty	100
Students	1,453
Grades	9–12
Location	23W200 Butterfield Road, Glen Ellyn, Illinois USA
Campus	Suburban, 43 acres
Colors	Red, White, Royal Blue
Mascot	Raiders
Website	www.glenbard.net/Glenbard_South

Glenbard South High School, or GSHS, locally referred to as "Glenbard South" or "South," is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Butterfield Road and Park Boulevard in the Southwest corner of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Glenbard Township High School District 87, which also includes Glenbard North High School, Glenbard East High School, and Glenbard West High School.

1 History
2 Academics
3 Athletics
4 Activities
5 Notable alumni
6 External links

[edit] History

Glenbard South was the fourth, and final, of the Glenbard high schools to be built. It opened its doors for the 1972-73 school year. The most notable accomplishment of Glenbard South was an appearance of the school newspaper on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for misspelling their slogan, "if it's to hard to do, then it's not worth doing" This year marks the last year of principle Leensvaart's authority, as he is retiring next year(for 2007).^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Academics

In 2005, Glenbard South had an average composite ACT score of 24.0, and graduated 96.3% of its senior class. Glenbard South has made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.^[1]

The staff is comprised of 100 teachers, of which 94% hold an advanced degree.^[2] The average class size is 23.3.

[edit] Athletics

Glenbard South competes in the Western Sun Conference. Its mascot is the Raider. In 2001, Glenbard South won the Illinois state championship for Boys Cross Country.

Boys Sports
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cheerleading
- Chess
- Cross Country
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Soccer
- Swimming, not!
- Tennis
- Track
- Wrestling

Girls Sports
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Cheerleading
- Chess
- Cross Country
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Softball
- Soccer
- Swimming, no actually we don't have swimming, yes!
- Tennis
- Track
- Volleyball

[edit] Activities

Glenbard South's Math Team took first place in the state of Illinois among schools with 1,000 to 1,999 students in 2006. In 2007, the Math Team won first place at the Western Sun Conference. Their Mock Trial team was second place in the state of Illinois in 2006, with many regional victories. The Glenbard South Chess team was first place in the state of Illinois in 2006, and their Science Olympiad Team, in their first year, took fourth place in the state of Illinois in 2006.

Cheerleading
Chess
Forensics
Individual Events
Math Team
Mock Trial
Music-Instrumental

Music-Organization
Music-Vocal
Pom Pon
Scholastic Bowl
Science Olympiad
Student Council

[edit] Notable alumni

Ryan McPartlin, 1993, Actor
Diosdado Mondero, 1984, Artist
Tom Krieglstein, 1999 All-USA Academic First Team from USA Today
Eboo Patel, 1993, founder, Interfaith Youth Core
Amy Lynn Svoboda, 1985, US Air Force Captain, killed in 1997 training mission
Mark Rose and various other members of the band Spitalfield ^[3]
Marcus Lovett, 1982, Broadway Actor, Professional Voice
Alexandra Patsavas 1986, Music Supervisor, Soundtrack Producer, Grammy nominee for Grey's Anatomy Volume 2
Aniket Panjwani, 1980, Brigadier general of United States Army