North music department plans talent show

The Glenbard North High School Music Department will present a student talent show at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, in the school, 990 Kuhn Road.

Performers include the Glenbard North Color Guard, the “GeeBees” girls' classic rock band, “GNOMES” classical guitar ensemble, “ACME” male singers, Scottish drums, Irish dancing, and several vocal duets and trios.

Musical selections will range from Bach's “Canon in D” on electric guitar and music from Ben Folds and Johnny Cash.  Selections from movies such as “The Prince of Egypt” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” will also be included. 

“The Referrals,” the school’s new faculty rock band, will also make an appearance.
Tickets are $3 each and are available from any Glenbard North music student or by calling the Glenbard North Music Department at (630) 653-7000.

Local preschool hosting open registration session

Our Savior Preschool will host open registration for the 2007-08 school year at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 10, in the school, 1244 W. West Trail Road, Carol Stream.

Classes are available for children turning 3 or 4 before Saturday, Sept. 1. 

For more information and a tour, call Candi Eichholz at (630) 830-4851 or e-mail office@OurSaviorPreschool.net.

Glenbard choral director assembling men’s choir

Glenbard South High School choral director Stephanie Skizas is looking for 100 good men to join a community men’s choir.

Any level of experience is welcome, and participants do not need to live in the South attendance area to join.

Males ages 3 and up and invited to join.

The choir will sing “Courage Lives” and “Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

Two rehearsals will be held. The first is planned at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 18, and the second at 7 a.m. Monday, March 19, at Glenbard South, 23W200 Butterfield Road in Glen Ellyn.

Music will be provided, and refreshments will be served.  Interested singers may attend one or both of the rehearsals.  

The performance will be 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22, as part of Glenbard South’s choral winter concert.  

If interested, send an e-mail to stephanie_skizas@glenbard.org or call (630) 469-6500, Ext. 4714.  

Lake Park literary magazine receives state honor

Lake Park High School’s literary magazine, Montage, was recently selected to receive a rank of superior in the 2006 state Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines.

Only 11 schools in Illinois of the 497 who entered the competition were selected to receive this highest rating.  The program recognizes students, teachers, and schools for producing excellent literary magazines.  The program’s mission is to encourage all schools to develop literary magazines, seeking excellence in writing and school-wide participation in production.

Editors for the 2006 Montage were Miki Adachi, Majessa Barksdale, Elaine Gustafson and Kyle Poplawski.  Faculty advisors were Carolyn Roys and Mike Kinsella.

Lake Park senior named National Merit finalist

Elizabeth Necka of Bloomingdale recently qualified as a National Merit Scholarship finalist.  She is among 15,000 finalists nationwide being considered as one of 8,200 Merit Scholarship award winners.

The National Merit Scholarship competition will begin mailing scholarship offers to winners through the spring.

Glenbard North auto students excel in contest

Glenbard North High School’s auto technology students placed 10th in the state finals of 2007 Chi-Town Pit Crew contest last month.

The contest challenged the team to be the fastest to tear down a Ford 3.0L V6 engine and reassemble it with the fewest mistakes.

Team members are freshman K.J. Rapata; sophomores Harsh Joshi and Akash Patel; juniors Angelo Borgers and Tom Trac and senior Abe Lopez.

Locals among state scholars at St. Francis

Jason Healy, Emma Marzullo and Caitlin Robinson of Bartlett; Gretchen Clark and Leo Pazon of Hanover Park; and Daniel Hugar, Chelsey McShane and Mitchell Mraz of Roselle were recently named Illinois State Scholars at St. Francis High School in Wheaton.

The Illinois Student Assistance Commission gives the recognition to students in the top 10 percent of the state’s high school seniors.