Glenbard North High School

Glenbard North High School
Address
990 Kuhn Road Carol Stream, Illinois, 60188 United States
Coordinates	41°55′41″N 88°08′35″W / 41.928°N 88.143°W / 41.928; -88.143
Information
School type	Public Secondary
Opened	1968
School district	Glenbard Township HS Dist. 87
Superintendent	Dr. David Larson
Principal	Dr. John Mensik
Faculty	187[1]
Grades	9–12
Gender	Coed
Enrollment	2,685[1]
Average class size	23.0[2]
Campus type	suburban
School colour(s)	black      vegas gold
Fight song	Fighting Panthers of North
Athletics conference	DuPage Valley Conference
Nickname	Panthers
Average ACT scores	21.3[1]
Newspaper	The North Current
Yearbook	Aquilo
Website	http://www.glenbardnorthhs.org/

Glenbard North High School, or GBN, and locally referred to as "North", is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Kuhn Road and Lies Road in Carol Stream, 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 South High School, Glenbard East High School, and Glenbard West High School. The North campus is the largest among the four high schools in Glenbard Township District 87, currently serving approximately 2,750 students many who reside in Carol Stream as well as portions of Glendale Heights, Hanover Park, and Bloomingdale.

The use of "GBN" as a reference for the school is not unique to Glenbard North. Many residents in the Chicago area, particularly following athletics, often need to differentiate between Glenbard North and the unrelated school Glenbrook North, which is located in the north suburbs and also commonly uses the shortened form "GBN".

History

Glenbard North opened its doors in August 1968. It was the third of the four Glenbard high schools to open. The first principal of Glenbard North was Raymond Livingston. Burt Weber served Glenbard North as principal from 1971–1989, having the longest tenure of any Glenbard North principal at 18 years. The football field, Weber Field, was named in his honor.

Athletics

Glenbard North teams are called the Panthers. These athletic teams compete in the DuPage Valley Conference. The school's teams also compete in state championship tournaments sponsored by the Illinois High School Association (IHSA).

The school sponsors interscholastic sports for men and women in basketball, cross country, gymnastics, golf, soccer, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. Men may also compete in baseball, football, and wrestling. Women may compete in badminton, cheerleading, swimming and softball. While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school also sponsors a pom team for women, and a district-wide ice hockey team for men.^[3]

The following teams finished in the top 4 of the IHSA State Championship Tournament for their respective sport.^[4]

Activities

• Woods Club
• Yearbook

Notable alumni

• Rick Ackerman was an NFL Defensive Tackle (1982, 84–87), playing most of his career for the San Diego Chargers.^[5][6]
• Billy Corgan is a musician and songwriter best known as the frontman for the Smashing Pumpkins.^[5][7][8]
• Ryan Diem was an offensive tackle for the NFL Indianapolis Colts (2001–2012). He was the starting right tackle for the Super Bowl XLI champions.^[5][9][10]
• Jim Ellison was the lead singer for late 80s–early 90s power pop trio Material Issue.^[5][11]
• Michael Quigley is a United States Congressman, representing the 5th Congressional District of Illinois; a seat he won in a special election to replace Rahm Emanuel.^[5][12]
• Kiele Sanchez is an actress best known for her work on television (Lost, Related).^[5][13]
• Eric Petersen is an actor known for his work as Shrek both on Broadway (understudy) and in the national tour of the musical (Shrek the Musical').^[14]
• Certain members of Carol Stream-based band Gyspy Fly have also attended
• Tony Ramos (wrestler) is an amateur wrestler who won the NCAA Championship at 133 lbs in 2014.

References

External links

• Glenbard_North Official Website
• IHSA.org: Glenbard North athletic and activity records