September 30, 2019

Glenbard North Bulletin

STRIVE: Need help with your homework? Don’t understand the material in your classes? If you answered yes to either of these questions, STRIVE, our after-school tutoring program, is here to help you. STRIVE is right after school in Room 2100 Monday through Thursday. Teachers will be available to help you with your homework and to study. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Jungmann or Ms. Mahoney.

School Counseling: Seniors, it’s almost College Application Week! Do you need help with college applications and financial aid? An ISAC representative and School Counselors will be available on October 7-9 in the cafeteria during all lunch periods to assist. There will be prizes and raffles for free t-shirts!

Hispanic Heritage Month: As we continue to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at GBN, we would like to recognize the next two outstanding Hispanic leaders:

Raffi Freedman-Gurspan
Raffi Freedman-Gurspan is a Honduran transgender rights activist. She is also the first openly transgender person to work as a White House staffer and the first openly transgender legislative staffer to work in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Gurspan also served as a policy adviser for the National Center for Transgender Equality.

Pablo Alvarado
Named one of TIME’s 25 most influential people in America, Pablo Alvarado is often called the Çesar Chavez of day workers. Alvarado works tirelessly as director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, helping to both unify and strengthen its member organization and assist day laborers in their ability to mobilize and organize.

Movie Club: Do you like watching movies? Do you like talking about movies you’ve watched? Then join the Glenbard North Movie club. Interested students should attend an informational meeting this Thursday after school in room 2-243 or contact Mr. Carey in the social studies department.

BSA: BSA will meet this week on Thursday after school at 2:45 in room 1454. All are welcome. Hope to see you there!

Boy’s Swimming: If you are interested in joining the Boy’s Co-op Swim Team this year, there will be a mandatory meeting at Fountain View Rec Center on October 10th at 4 p.m. We will be discussing the season and meeting the coaches. If you cannot make the meeting, please contact Coach Witteveen.

TCD Field Trip: Attention Sophomores and Juniors! Come explore the Technology Center of DuPage (TCD) on Wednesday, November 13th. Get a head start on college and careers through opportunities with TCD as an elective and explore, your talents in Auto Technology, Cosmetology, Multimedia, Nursing or 16 other programs of choice. For program descriptions go to www.tcdupage.org/programs. See your school counselor to sign up!

Girls Gymnastics: The Girls Gymnastics season is just around the corner. We will be having our first meeting this Wednesday, October 2nd, at 3 p.m. in the Gymnastics gym. All experience levels are welcome, so come out and join us! Learn a layout, get stronger and have fun! We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday.

Women’s Empowerment Club: Women’s Empowerment Club will meet on Thursday, October 10th after school in room 1219. We will talk about shirts, upcoming events, and take a yearbook picture. Check our Schoology group for updates.

The North Current Student Newspaper: Have you ever wanted to see your work published? If so, the North Current, Glenbard North’s student newspaper, is the place for you! Join us for our next meeting on Wednesday, October 2 after school in Room 2235. We are always looking for writers, photographers, and artists. No experience is necessary and all students are welcome. It’s never too late to join. See Ms. Buck-Castaneda or Ms. Pierce for more information.

The Write Place: Feeling spooky, GBN? Have a good scary story that will terrify your friends? Spooky season is upon us and to start the season off right, The Write Place is once again holding a contest for the best two sentence terrifier. Your two sentences can be about anything from Urban Legends to your own creative horror. The winning terrifier will receive a gift card and a special spooky gift from The Write Place! Submit your terrifier by scanning the QR code on our promo signs hanging on any bulletin board around the school or the sign outside The Write Place. Let’s get spooky, GBN!

Athletic Boosters: Letterman Jackets are back. We will have a Herff – Jones Rep available during all lunch periods on October 2nd to assist with sizing questions and orders. Order today, to get your jacket before the winter holiday season at https://tinyurl.com/y2gndpe.

Theatre: Direct from the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction files comes Lanie Robertson’s The Insanity of Mary Girard, a dramatic re-creation of the real-life story of a Philadelphia woman who spent the last 25 years of her life in a mental institution. In 1790, when Mrs. Stephen Girard becomes pregnant by another man, her husband has her declared legally insane. Now, Mary sits in a chair as the “Furies” dance around and impersonate people from her past, present, and future. By the end of this haunting and highly theatrical piece, she has grown rather convincingly into her diagnosis. The Insanity of Mary Girard is an indictment of men’s treatment of women and society’s treatment of the mentally ill. Performances are October 2nd, 3rd, and 5th at 7:30 p.m. in the Livingston Auditorium. Tickets are $5 and are available at the door and online at www.glenbardnorthhs.seatyourself.biz. Please note: Seating is general admission for this show.

National Technical Honor Society: STEM is a fast growing field and interested by many students. Join the National Technical Honor Society to be part of this field. Come to the computer lab (1565) on Thursdays to learn more about different fields, competitions to participate in and the competition North will be running this October! See Mr. OBrien for details.

Woods Club: Interested in coming to learn how to make your own projects, carve designs or more about woodworking? Please come to North’s Woodshop every Tuesday at 2:45-4:00 to learn more. Talk to Mr. OBrien if you have questions!