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Highlights from a Night of ‘Gilded Glamour’: Met Gala Outfits 2022: Bop or Flop?
May 17, 2022
The much-anticipated event is finally here! Most well-known as America’s annual “biggest day of fashion,” the glamorous Met Gala marks a day of celebrating wild, creative, and most notably, expensive fashion statements. Whether it be the fact that all your favorite A-list celebrities walk down...
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Mr. Metzler reflects on his first year at Glenbard West!
May 16, 2022
Jules Giampaolo, Staff Writer
Mr. Metzler is a new staff member here at Glenbard West High School. Despite the pandemic’s isolation difficulties, he was able to connect himself into our loving community by joining the GBW Science Department, taking the lead department chair. Mr. Metzler currently lives in Des Plaines, IL and earned...
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Mr. Saveanu reflects on his first year at Glenbard West!
May 16, 2022
Ayesha Khan, Staff Writer
Mr. Saveanu is the newest coordinator of our wonderful Newspaper- The Glen Bard! He is also an English teacher who teaches Freshman English and AP Lang. Before joining the amazing English department at West last summer, he taught at Oak Park and River Forest High School. His favorite part about teaching...
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This year really flew! Congratulations to the class of 2022!
May 13, 2022
Work Force Bennett Schumacher Austin Braun Patrick Greenleaf Oswaldo Araos Gap Year Sara Andrade Timothy Bjerke U.S. Marine Corps Mateusz Sakaluk U.S. Air Force Marcel Slowikowski U.S. Navy Joi Jones Jalen...
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Book Reviews
The Perfect Retelling for Fans of Shakespeare: Chloe Gong’s These Violent Delights Duology, A Spoiler Free Review
May 12, 2022
Amy Tran, Staff Writer
The Perfect Retelling for Fans of Shakespeare: Chloe Gong’s These Violent Delights Duology, A Spolier Free Review If you’re a fan of YA fantasy books, there’s no doubt you’ve heard the buzz surrounding Chloe Gong’s These Violent Delights duology. Since their release in 2020 and 2021, the...
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Ukrainian and Russia: here’s what’s happening

May 12, 2022

"Peace on our continent has been shattered," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said. Russia and Ukraine have always been at their ends, tensions rising and falling...

West expands engineering courses, Science teacher encourages students to enroll

Shahid Khatib, Staff Writer

May 9, 2022

Glenbard West offers one engineering class and plans to add an additional course in 2024. Students currently in the course and teachers alike invite all students to register,...

What’s up with the masks?

Hamid Ali, Staff Writer

April 21, 2022

With the new mask-optional protocol put forth by the district this last February, there have been varied responses amongst the student population of Glenbard West. As we’ve...

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What’s up with the masks?

Hamid Ali, Staff Writer

April 21, 2022

With the new mask-optional protocol put forth by the district this last February, there have been varied responses amongst the student population of Glenbard West. As we’ve seen the pandemic take its tragic toll over in...

Ramadan 2022 Has Arrived

Musa Ajmeri, Editor

April 21, 2022

On the night of April 1st, the new moon was sighted, which marked the beginning of Ramadan in 2022. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar where Muslims around the world have the religious obligation to fast from...

Reflecting on her first semester at Glenbard West

March 23, 2022

and expressing her hopes for the future: Mrs. Monique Godziszewski After previously working at Bolingbrook High School for four years, Mrs. Monique Godziszewski (Mrs. G) joined the English department...

Teenagers Need to Sleep More and Here’s Why

March 11, 2022

How many hours of sleep do you get each night? If it’s not between 8 and 10, you are part of the 70% of teenagers that don’t get enough sleep. Between schoolwork, sports, and jobs, it can be difficult...

The Chicago Public School Shutdown, and what it Teaches Glenbard West

January 19, 2022

Chicago Public Schools, or CPS for short, includes a whopping 340,658 students and 636 schools, making it one of the largest school conglomerates in the United States. Recently, the grouping of schools...

Meet Glenbard West’s New Librarian

November 11, 2021

Ms. Alicia Hollander is the Elliott Library’s newest Head Librarian. Previously an English teacher at Glenbard North, Ms. Hollander joined the West staff this year and brings her experience and passion...

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