Glenbrook North High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Glenbrook North High School

motto = "We educate for living."
established = 1953
principal = Mr. Paul Pryma
type = Public secondary
grades = 9–12
city = 2300 Shermer Rd.
Northbrook
state = Illinois
country = USA
enrollment = 2,094
campus = Suburban, 72 acres
mascot = Spartans
colors = Green, Gold
yearbook = "Laconian"
newspaper = "Torch"
website = [http://gbn.glenbrook.k12.il.us/ gbn.glenbrook.k12.il.us]

Glenbrook North High School, or GBN, is a public four-year high school located in Northbrook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Northfield Township High School District 225, which also includes Glenbrook South High School.

History

Glenbrook North High School, which opened its doors in the fall of 1953 as Glenbrook High School, serves the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Northbrook, and has grown from 652 to 2,090 students. Glenbrook South High School, the other high school of Glenview High School District 225 serves the secondary students of incorporated and unincorporated Glenview. The two high schools together comprise a district honored both state-wide and nationally for outstanding academic achievements.

Today, Glenbrook North High School, along with Glenbrook South, are noted for their outstanding curriculum and quality of education, having been repeatedly named to a variety of best-in-the-nation lists. For example, as part of the First in the World Consortium, GBN and GBS students scored first in the world in international math & science testing. To congratulate them on their success, then-President Clinton visited GBN, and students from both schools were invited to attend.

GBN has also distinguished itself in athletics. In 2005, the school became the only large-enrollment (i.e. class AA in basketball) high school in Illinois to have won the state championship in each of the big 3 sports, football, basketball and baseball. [Kaye, D. "High School Spotlight," "Chicago Sun-Times", Nov. 14, 2007.]

In late 1985, motion picture director and writer John Hughes, a 1968 graduate of Glenbrook North High School, used the campus for location shooting of the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". For instance, in one iconic scene, Ferris Bueller, played by Matthew Broderick, picks up his girlfriend Sloane Peterson, played by Mia Sara in front of the Glenbrook North High School performing arts building. This building, in fact, is not the main entrance of the school. A number of GBN students were used as extras in the school scenes.

John Hughes' 1985 film "The Breakfast Club" featured a group of kids from "Shermer, Illinois" 60062 (per the opening scene of the film). Shermerville was the original name of the town of Northbrook, where GBN is located, and 60062 is the zip code. The movie features the clash between what were known during the 1970s as the 'sporto' versus 'freak' cultures at GBN. Some think the movie was filmed inside the school, but it was filmed at Maine North High School, which was also used for the interior scenes of Ferris Bueller.

Notable alumni

*Frank Galati, 1961, Tony Award-winning writer, director, and actor
*Don Ohlmeyer, 1962, Television Producer and Former President of NBC
*Doug Rader, 1962, Former Major League Third-Baseman and 1970-1974 Gold Glove Award Winner
*John Hughes, 1968, Filmmaker
*Leah Poulos, 1969, Speed Skating Silver Medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics and 1980 Winter Olympics
*Anne Henning, 1973, Speed Skating Gold Medalist at the 1972 Winter Olympics
*Scott Sanderson, 1974, Former Major League Pitcher and All-Star
*Michael T. Weiss, 1980, Actor [ [http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/District/Publicty/html/GBNGreatAlumni.htm Just Give Me the Facts ] ]
*Charles Wheelan, 1984, Economist
*Sean M. Berkowitz, 1985, Director of the U.S. government's Enron Task Force
*Dave Revsine, 1987, Host of the Big 10 Network
*Chris Collins, 1992, Assistant Coach for Duke University Men's Basketball
*Patrick Misch, 1999, MLB Pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
*Benjamin Agosto, 2000, (attended freshman and sophomore year before moving to Michigan in 1998), Ice Dancing Silver Medalist at 2006 Winter Olympics
*Jason Goldberg, 1992, Mixed Martial Artist Extraordinaire
* [http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/kipnis_jason00.html Jason Kipnis] , 2005, Baseball Player for Arizona State University, recently drafted in the [http://www.mymlbdraft.com/2008/round4/ 2008 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft] as the #135 overall pick by the San Diego Padres
*Jon Scheyer, 2006, Basketball Player for Duke University

Notable faculty

*Vladimir Pyshnenko, current Boys Swimming Assistant Coach, Gold Medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics and Silver Medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics
*Brian James (1990–1995), Former Varsity Boys Basketball Head Coach, Former Assistant Coach for the Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors and Washington Wizards

Hazing incident

In May 2003, Glenbrook North High School gained notoriety after an off–campus, non–school sanctioned event involving students dressed in school colors turned into a major hazing incident that attracted media attention.

The event was a "powder-puff" girls' football game between a group of juniors and seniors. The game took place on Sunday, May 4, 2003, in Chipilly Woods, part of the Cook County Forest Preserve District. There was no playing of football. The hazing began as soon as the junior girls arrived. About 20 junior class participants were sat in the middle of a clearing while they were covered in paint, urine, feces, and animal guts. Some were shot with paintball guns, others were kicked and beaten. After it was over, at least five of the participants had injuries requiring medical attention, including one receiving stitches to her head. [ [http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/05/07/hs.hazing/ "Initiation turned hazing investigated" May 7, 2003 @cnn.com] ]

Thirty-one students — twenty-eight females and three males — were suspended from school for 10 days. They were later expelled. [ [http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/05/12/high.school.hazing/index.html "Principal: School will seek expulsions for hazing" May 14, 2003 @cnn.com] ] Some of the expelled students and their parents filed a lawsuit because they would then be unable to graduate from school. [ [http://www.nbc5.com/education/2199133/detail.html "Suspended Senior Files Suit Against GBNHS" May 13, 2003 @nbc5.com] ] The plaintiffs and the school district reached an agreement where the expelled students would have their diplomas mailed to them provided they dropped the lawsuits and did not make any book or movie deals about the incident. The juniors who participated were suspended but it was lifted when they agreed to counseling and also to not make any book or movie deals. Local law enforcement authorities investigated the hazing incident and filed charges against 15 students for assault and battery. [ [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/20/national/main554773.shtml "15 Face Charges In Hazing Incident" May 16, 2003 @cbsnews.com] ] [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00EFD6143EF934A25756C0A9659C8B63 "Misdemeanor Charges Filed in Teenage Hazing Incident" May 17, 2003 @nytimes.com] ] Two mothers were charged with providing alcohol for the event. All were convicted and the sentences received were light, ranging from probation to community service.

A community–wide task force was established by the Northbrook Police Department Community Services Division after the hazing incident. Their final report stressed the needs for recognizing and preventing hazing incidents.

Debate

Glenbrook North and South host together the largest high school debate tournament held at a high school, with well over 1000 debaters attending, from greater then 30 states, and over 200 schools. This tournament is a octafinal bid to the TOC. In addition to hosting this tournament, Policy teams from Glenbrook North have won the Tournament of Champions 5 times, with 1 second place.

The school has won many other national championships as well in debate.

The school won the triple crown of debate in 2004.

References

External links

* [http://gbn.glenbrook.k12.il.us/ Glenbrook North High School]
* [http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/ Northfield Township High School District 225]
* [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/addressimage.aspx?t=4&s=10&lon=-87.8331784967096&lat=42.110613133538&alon=-87.82945035&alat=42.1106097448781&w=3&opt=0&addr= Microsoft Terraserver satellite image of school campus]
* [http://www.glenbrookdebate.com/ Glenbrook Debate]