SELC grad Amil Dravid contributes to Northwestern's AI Research Detecting Covid on Chest X-rays
Recent GBS SELC grad Amil Dravid puts his experiences to work on Covid-related research. Read more at Forbes. (Jan 2021)
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SELC Students Earn Top Science AP Scores
On average, SELC students earned top AP science scores:
AP Physics - Mechanics 4.9
AP Physics - Elec & Mag 4.9
AP Chemistry 4.5
AP Biology 4.3
AP Environmental Science 4.3
(November 2019)
Double Awards - Kate Stack
Congratulations to Kate Stack for being named an Affiliate Award Recipient for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing. Kate has also received an internship at University of Chicago for eight weeks to complete a project regarding cancer research for summer 2019! (March 2019)
Digital Electronics Art
Using a small microcontroller 'trinket' and programmable LEDs, our juniors in Digital Electronic used their Arduino programming abilities and construction skills to create desktop artistic multicolored light displays! (December 2018)
Retired Colonel Speaks about Leadership & Perseverance
In September 2018, retired Colonel Jill Morgenthaler, spoke to our SELC students about leadership and persistence. Her unique experiences, ranging from a showdown with Saddam Hussein to saving an American engineer from a Soviet kidnapping, translated into a host of timeless lessons. (Sept 2018)
Congressman Schneider Celebrates SELC @ GBS
In early 2018, the SELC students were excited to share some of their projects with U.S. Congressman Brad Schneider. (February 2018)
SELC Students Perform Next-Generation Nb-based Rechargeable Battery Research with Argonne Lab scientists
Several SELC students created this poster highlight x-ray absorption experiments at Argonne National Labs (June 2020)
SELC Students Present Poster at Argonne's Advanced Photon Source User's Meeting
Several SELC students created this poster which they presented at Argonne's APS User's Meeting. (May 2019)
Formation of our First SELC Student Advisory Board
The SELC Student Advisory Board formed this fall! Got ideas to share? Communicate them with our students team: Brandon Attea, Phillip Augustynowicz, Kristen Castelino, Matthew Dale, Nicholas Ermolov, Elizabeth Finley, Danny Gemignani, Tomoki Imura, Jenna Kim, Kevin McGough, Aria Patel, Michael Polinski, Mykyta Solonko, and Clara Wawrzyn. (November 2018)
Women in STEM Breakfast
Several of our sophomore girls participated in the Women in STEM Breakfast in February, 2018. Read more from the Chicago Tribune article here... (February 2018)
GBS: PLTW Distinguished High School for 3rd Year in a Row
Few high schools across Illinois have received the PLTW Distinguished School award. Congrats to GBS on receiving this distinction for the third year in a row!
GBS: One of Four Illinois Distinguished High School
Glenbrook South's PLTW program was one of four Illinois high schools to receive the "Distinguished" designation. Only 64 high school in the nation received this honor. (November 2019)
SELC Grads Doing Great Things
Lucas Pauker, SELC graduate (class of 2018), is currently an undergrad at Stanford and recently published a paper in the American Astronomical Society on machine learning titled Predicting Solar Flares Using Time Series Analysis. (November 2019)
Exemplary Student Research Program @ Argonne
A dozen SELC sophomores and juniors are participating in a research experiment at Argonne National Laboratory this year. Student are work with scientist Dr. Carlo Segre and are studying the atomic structure of chromophores using the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne. The team looks forward to presenting their research both at Argonne as well as at the GBS MakerFaire in May 2019. (December 2018)
Nick Solonko Create 3-D Models of Historic Grove Buildings
Junior Nick Solonko created exact scale model of various buildings at The Grove made using 3-D printers after he and other engineering students visited the Grove, took building measurements and studied old blueprints. (November 2017)
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