Homecoming 2016
For a school and community that is so steeped in tradition, homecoming is an extremely
special time for Glenbard West. Homecoming gives us a chance to honor and celebrate our
distinguished alumni as well as showcase the talented students that currently attend Glenbard
West. Our Student Council works diligently to plan an exciting and action-packed week for
students. This year's Homecoming theme is Candyland. When walking through the halls
you can feel the energy and see the school spirit as students dress for theme days, prepare
for the parade, decorate the hallways, and our famous woodchucks build the bonfire. We
welcome our alumni back for the weekend's festivities and expect our students to show their
overwhelming support at all the events. Throughout Homecoming week Student Council
hosts activities before, after and even during the school day. This year all the activities will
be tied to Candyland some of these activities include spirit games during lunch, prize
give-a-ways, "candy-grams" which are messages students can send to friends and much,
much more.
One annual event is the Hallway Decorating where various clubs and activities are assigned a
section of the school to decorate. During Hallway Decorations each club will help transform
the halls of West in to magical Candyland; their efforts help to get the entire building excited
to celebrate Homecoming. Additionally, staff judges visit each section and award a club a
prize for the most spirited and best decorated.
Students also have spirit days that Student Council plans and organizes. This is a great and
easy way for all students to get involved with the Homecoming Festivities. Below are the
themes:
Monday, October 3
Spirit Day: America/USA Day
Tuesday, October 4
Spirit Day: Hawaiian Day
Wednesday, October 5
Spirit Day: Sports Jersey Wednesday
Thursday, October 6
Spirit Day: Throwback Thursday (ie Jr high gear)
Friday, October 7
Spirit Day: Glenbard Gear
Weekend Timeline:
Friday, October 7
Pep Rally in Biester Gym at 6 p.m.
Come support our activities and athletic programs at the Homecoming Pep Rally. The
Glenbard West cheer, dance and step teams will perform to get everyone in the spirit and
ready for the Bonfire.
Bonfire - Duchon Field after the Pep Rally
The prestigious Woodchucks will be hard at work building the annual bonfire. They
cannot wait to see the school and community come together!
Saturday, October 8
Booster Pancake Breakfast - Cafeteria -7 to 11:30 a.m.
Homecoming Parade - Main St. - 10 a.m.
This family friendly event showcases the best of Glenbard West past and present. Arrive
early to get a good seat along the route.
Alumni Tours - 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.
The tours allow alumni to revisit the very hallways they walked as students. They
provide a trip down memory lane as well as showing off some of the recent additions
and improvements made at West. Meet in front of the Main Office. Use Circle Drive
entrance.
Varsity Football Game - Duchon Field at 1:30 p.m.
Homecoming Dance - Biester Gym from 8 to 11 p.m.
Clubs, activities enrich students' high school
experience
The beginning of the school year is a great time for students
to get involved in clubs and activities, which help them
explore interests and develop skills, tap into their creative
side and make friends and lasting memories.
What are your fondest memories of high school? It's likely
those memories are of times spent with friends in afterschool activities.
Dr. David Larson,
Superintendent
Glenbard West's comprehensive education includes a multitude of clubs and activities
that empower students to develop leadership skills, character and an appreciation for
the value of service. There is a direct correlation between academic achievement and
involvement in extracurricular activities. Our Board of Education goal is that by
2017-18, 80% of our students will participate in activities or athletics, an increase
from a 71% participation rate in 2015-16.
Glenbard West has a club and activity that should appeal to everyone. There's
everything from the Dance Team to Forensics to a Habitat for Humanity chapter, to a
S.T.E.M. Club and much more. A complete listing of activities is available under the
Students tab at glenbardWesths.org.
Our students' talents, work ethic, service to others and character impress me. These
traits shine in clubs and activities. Clubs and activities enrich students' high school
experience. I encourage you to review Glenbard West's various activities and discuss
a new opportunity with your student. It can be daunting for some students,
particularly underclassmen, to try something new. Encourage your son or daughter to
pair with a friend and check out a club or activity. They will find that in a short time
they have new friends and a new rewarding experience.
Athletic Department News-
West has had a great start to the school year with so many student athletes involved. Once
again, we have over 750 student athletes involved in fall sports who are constantly striving for
success in the classroom and on the playing fields. We are very appreciative of the entire West
community that supports all of our programs. We have a constant schedule of home events
throughout the fall, so please check the most current schedules at
http://il.8to18.com/glenbardwest.
Many of our teams are off to outstanding starts.
Girls' Golf- District 87 Champions
Boys' Golf - Glen Oak Invite Champions
Boys' Cross Country- 4th Place at Fenton Early Bird Invite
Girls' Swim- Coop with South, next meet 9/28 at York
Girls' Cross Country-Lake Park and Hinsdale Hornet/ Red Devil Invite Champions
Girls' Volleyball- 2nd Place Wheaton North Invite, current record 12-3
Girls' Tennis- 3rd Place at Downers South Team Tourney
Field Hockey- Gateway Classic Pool Champions
Boys' Soccer- IMSA Tourney Champions, current record of 5-1-2
Football- Current record 4-0
Thank you once again to the West Boosters who support all of our students at West in
academics, athletics, and extracurricular activities. Please look to sign up and participate in
some way at the upcoming Oktoberfest on October 15th. More information can be found at
www.gwboosters.com.
Please note the weekend of October 8th on your calendars. This is Homecoming at West
and we look forward to showcase our teams and school that represent pride, tradition, and
excellence.
Tentative schedule for Athletic Events October 8th
9:30 a.m.
Varsity Field Hockey vs. Naperville North at Memorial Field
11:15 a.m.
Sophomore Football vs. Oak Park River Forest at Duchon Field
1:30 p.m.
Varsity Football vs. Oak Park River Forest at Duchon Field
Go WEST!
College Application Information School Counseling Department
The School Counseling Department is excited to kick off college application season with
several events for our upperclassmen. First of all, as of the date of this newsletter, we have
over 150 college representatives that have scheduled appointments to talk to Glenbard West
students at the high school. Please encourage your child to sign up for some colleges of
interest through Naviance. These are excellent opportunities for students to not only gather
more information on numerous colleges right at school, but also to get a face to face meeting
with the admissions representatives for specific colleges in which they may be applying. In
addition, it is important to note that the FAFSA application date for financial aid has moved
up by three months this year and becomes available October 1, 2016! Financial aid for college
is on a first come first serve basis, so the earlier you file the better. There will be several
workshops in the District to assist with this process if needed.
For seniors, School Counselors met with all their students on September 7th to review a
detailed college application checklist and discuss the steps for requesting transcripts and
letters of recommendation through Naviance. In addition, we reviewed the time frame for
admissions testing, essay writing, scholarship applications, and financial aid. The following
day School Counselors began meeting with Seniors in small groups to walk them through
the Naviance and Common Application college application process. We encourage all
parents of seniors to have a discussion with your child regarding the meetings with their
counselor and work with your student on their Naviance account to complete the Parent
Input Form in order to share information to be included in letters of recommendation.
For Juniors, counselors continued the developmental process of college preparation by
visiting English classrooms towards the end of September to work with students on college
research and developing their activity resumes in Naviance. In addition, we will hold our
annual College Night on October 5th at 6 PM. We invite all juniors and their parents to
join us as we convene in the auditorium for a welcome prior to dividing into several breakout
sessions throughout the building. We will hold 3 different sessions with the following
options to choose from; 1) Admission to 2- and 4-year colleges with a senior student panel,
2) College admission test informational session, 3) Financial Aid with Ruth Pusich from
Elmhurst College, 4) Naviance Tutorial for Parents, 5) Admission to Highly Selective
Colleges with Tricia Blumenthal from Vanderbilt University.
Emergency School Closings or Important Announcements
If Glenbard West must close for any emergency, you will be contacted by an automated call
using the telephone number and/or email address that we have on file in PowerSchool. In
addition, there will be announcements on our website and local radio stations may make an
announcement.
We will also use our automated calling system for other important announcements during the
school year, so it is extremely important that you have the right phone number and/or email
address on file in PowerSchool.
Student Recognition
National Merit Semifinalists
Hailey Ardell
Emma Erickson
Will Farley
Jacob Kelleher
Amrita Rajesh
Duncan Williams
National Merit Commended Students
Paige L. Dickson
Jack Hennessey
Julia Ilhardt
Britta Johnston
Annamarie Lombardo
Abdullah Mazher
Timothy Nielsen
Willa Ostroff
Annie Pasterz
Riley G. Pieper
Abigail M. Reichman
Katherine P. Snow
Suha Surapaneni
Andrew Swiston
Kevin Warmolts
Payton M. Wright
Annie A. Zhu
AP Seminar and Research Certificate
Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher
in AP Seminar and AP Research
Paul Bischoff
AP Capstone Diploma
Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher in AP
Research and or four additional AP exams of their choosing.
Katharine Armstrong
Rafaela Brosnan
Madeline Howard
Abigail Ratkovich
Elsah Boak
Katharine Goleash
Karin Kiker
Nathaniel Sauers
Karla Bonic
Ian Hirsch
Cassie Kim
Geoffrey Shellady
Mathew Springer
Sarah Swiston
Alexandra Weston
AP International Diploma
Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on five or more
AP Exams in three or more subject areas.
Timothy Nielsen
Tiffany Powell
National AP Scholar
Granted to students in the United States who receive an average score of at least
4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.
Soha AbdurRahman
Rafaela Brosnan
David Dabrowski
Victor Granata
Julia Ilhardt
Heshaam Latifi
Krishna Patel
Tiffany Powell
Eric Shanahan
Sarar Swiston
Amelia Benich
Richard Church
William Dedmond
Madeline Howard
Karin Kiker
Alexander Lettenberger
Kush Patel
Abigail Ratkovich
Anna Stephan
Karla Bonic
Arno Curtis
Patrick Doyle
Mario Hoxha
David Kucher
Meredith Miscinski
Peter Piatek
Kevin Schnur
Andrew Swiston
AP Scholar with Distinction
Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP
Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.
Soha AbdurRahman
Diana Andrade
Umar Azfar
Katherine Bassett
Elizabeth Blevins
Rafaela Brosnan
Robert Bystry
Jonathan Altman
Katharine Armstrong
Jeremie Rose Barbosa
Amelia Benich
Karla Bonic
Madeleine Burt
Margaret Carr
Israa Alzamli
Emily Asselmeier
Allison Barry
Shannon Berneche
Keith Briones
Fiona Byrne
Yimei Chen
Justin Chhoeun
Courtney Cosby
Arno Curtis
William Dedmond
William Delany
Patrick Doyle
Elizabeth Fagan
Dominick Ficarella
Lauren Glavin
Lisette Gonzalez-Flores
David Gruba
Jack Hennessey
Elizabeth Howard
Julia Ilhardt
Arylan Kamath
Michael Kellenberger
Karin Kiker
Samantha Krolick
Heshaam Latifi
Marion Lewandowski
Hailey Malone
William May
Sean McHale
Timothy Nielsen
Sean O'Brien
Kush Patel
Tiffany Powell
Amrita Rajesh
Abigail Reichman
Brenden Ryan
Maxwell Schmidt
Abigail Shaver
Geoffrey Shellady
Lily Stachowiak
Suha Surapaneni
Sarah Swiston
William Tran
Kevin Warmolts
Emma Winans
Payton Wright
Annie Zhu
Richard Church
Jessica Crane
David Dabrowski
Erin Delany
Paige Dickson
Joseph Elger
Will Farley
Nathan Fischer
Katharine Goleash
Victor Granata
Asra Habibullah
Landon Hershey
Madeline Howard
Claudia Jackert
Katherine Karp
Fahad Khan
Cassie Kim
David Kucher
James Leonard
Owen Loftus
Maryjoy Maltizo
Abdullah Mazher
Meredith Miscinski
Samuel Noland
Willa Ostroff
Peter Piatek
Amanda Predki
Abigail Ratkovich
Caitlyn Reick
Isabella Salafatinos
Kevin Schnur
Emma Shaw
Mathew Springer
Sydney Steger
Elaine Swatek
Mohammed Syed
Abbey Trippel
Kevin White
Gabriella Wind
Michael Yangas
Michael Zybko
Alexi Cornella
Owen Crawford
Mathew Dabrowski
Sarah Delany
Henry Doyle
Emma Erickson
Claire Ficarella
John Fruit
Nicolas Gonzalez
Spencer Green
Paige Hardy
Kellen Hinchey
Mario Hoxha
Britta Johnston
Jacob Kelleher
Taskeen Khan
Kyler Kotsakis
Theodore Larsen
Alexander Lettenberger
Nicholas Lombardo
Christa Matundan
Mary McDermott
Eric Neumann
Ellen O'Brien
Krishna Patel
Justin Pierce
Maha Qureshi
Madison Ratkowski
Michael Ruby
Nathaniel Sauers
Eric Shanahan
Megan Sheline
Bennett Sproat
Anna Stephan
Andrew Swiston
Megan Torti
Marin Walor
Hannah Wilgenbusch
Gabrielle Winter
Daniel Zeboski
AP Scholar with Honor
Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP
Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.
Hailey Ardell
Kathleen Blyth
Alyssa Carlson
Ryan Coleman
Rebecca Dala Cruz
Justin Dittburner
Soraya Batty
Kezia Marie Briones
Leah Carter
Rebekah Karis Crail
Davis Dikker
Katherine Dorsey
Paul Bischoff
Shayne Burns
Maxwell Carter
Waverly Del Valle
Katherine Dillman
Harris Droessler
Anna Enright
Sean Farmer
Emma Goebbert
Lindsay Graham
John Mermiller
Eric Horvath
Louis Jiricek
Robin Kelly
Hannah Laing
Cameron Lilly
Sean Maloney
Rachel Mulcrone
Kaitlyn Ohrnstein
Corinne Payne
Allison Perry
Karla Rojas
Andrew Ruffo
Francesca Sailer
Abigail Simon
Katherine Snow
Sydney Taylor
Maria Valdez
Michael Walker
Melissa Yim
Gabrielle Evans
Carolyn Ford
Grace Goebbert
Colin Griffin
Ian Hirsch
Briana Hryhorysak
William Kalivas
Kolin Kennebeck
Maria Landi
Rudy Litavsky
Ashley Mathew
Olivia Mullenax
Kevin Pallikunnel
Nicholas Peraino
Simon Peterson
Michael Rossy
Jacob Ryba
Max Savino
Samantha Skirvin
Mauro Spadavecchia
Grant Tecson
Grace Wagner
Claire Wild
Amber Zayed
Hiba Farid
Mariana Galiga
Allison Gould
Kilian Hammersmith
Clare Hoerster
Sarah Jacobo
Kyle Keane
Avery Kiker
Paige Lane
Madisson MacIsaac
Yanni Mihalopoulos
Lydia Nesslar
Annie Pasterz
Stephanie Perez
Joseph Riley
Asha Rowland
Michael Saguto
Avery Scott
George Smith
Kevin Tarczon
Michael Tran
Kathryn Wagner
Duncan Williams
Adam Zybko
AP Scholar
Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams.
Emaad Ahmed
Sean Baker
Nicole Berneche
Elsah Boak
Taylor Bradfield
Jennifer Burns
Sarah Cholewinski
Laine Cohen
Lauren Daggett
Joseph DeGrace
John Dugan
Luke Evangelista
Alexa Fausey
Jack Fiegl
Elijah Fortenberry
Charlotte Graham
Austin Green
Caleb Hadley
Erin Hernandez
Ryan Holm
Molly Hughes
Jack Kelly
Kathryn Kenwood
Kathryn Kostolansky
John Liptak
Andrea Aldrete
Allison Ball
Kathleen Bertoia
Paul Bonokollie
Riley Braselton
MaryClaire Carlson
Grant Clampitt
Kelly Condon
Jake Dayton
Matteo DiMarco
Jonathan Eichin
Cate Fanning
Luke Favia
Julia Filmer
Brianna Gasca
Kathryn Graham
Samantha Gregory
Nicholas Halford
Francisco Herrera
Andrew Howard
Samuel Huhta
Jenna Kelly
Eleanor Kitcheos
Tyler Kraus
Catherine Lombardi
Muhammad Anwar
Amy Banach
Emmett Billings
Sophie Bouton
Clayton Burket
Jack Chandler
Nicole Clapp
Cailey Cranny
Justin Debs
Nicholas Diver
Parker Esposito
Amad Farooq
Megan Fawcett
Eaton Ford
William Gibson
Angela Green
Adam Grimm
Elliot Hamilton
Rachel Hoder
Max Hufnagle
Hannah Jackman
Aaron Kemp
Hannah Klonowski
Sean Lapano
Annamarie Lombardo
Samantha Lucero
Michael Maganini
Ethan Marchetti
John McDonnell
Elle Menzel
Abigail Moody
Ebad Maqtader
Elizabeth Nelson
Hallie Park
Tyler Pathradecha
Amanda Posegay
Carl Raczka
Isaac Reynoso
Diana Rivera
Aldrin Roman
Camaryn Sapienza
Christina Sedall
Taylor Spencer
Connor Strait
Michael Tillman
Kimberly Truong
Jacob Valdick
Kaela Villafania
Emma Walsh
Kate Wyant
Samuel Lukins
Ellen Maloney
Kate McDermott
Bridget McGregor
Adam Miller
Claire Morawski
Jack Murphy
Sean Nickoley
Alexander Passi
Ryan Paul
Kellyn Powers
Michelle Rawls
Matthew Rindler
Zoha Rizvi
McKenna Rose
Andrew Scheller
Benjamin Serrato
Quinn Spiech
Concetta Syracuse
Jason Torres
Alexys Turmac
Brenda Vazquez-Hernandez
Tess Viola
Timothy Waterman
Gabriella Zaffer
Zachary Lutz
Marygrace Maltizo
Ian T. McDonald
Esteban Mendoza
Christopher Minnec
Connor Mullins
Sharon Murrey
Jennifer Orozco
Michael Paterakis
Riley Pieper
Katie Quain
Camden Repking
Michael Rivas
Margaret Rohrer
Zayd Saeed
John Schoenfeld
Matthew Shoub
Christian Stout
Corrina Szabo
Brenda Toscano
Claire Tylke
Juan Villa
Derek Wang
Alexandra Weston
Grace Zemenak
Staff Recognition
INSPRA Award Winners
The Illinois Chapter of the National Public Relations
Association's Communications Contest is the only
award program in Illinois that honors high quality
school communications that promote a school
district's mission and message.
Student Planner - Castle Keys
Chris Mitchell, Assistant Principal for Student Services
Wendy Rosario, Assistant to APSS
Glenbard West Clubs and Activities Handbook
Chris Mitchell, Assistant Principal for Student Services
Wendy Rosario, Assistant to APSS
Glenbard Professional Growth Programs guide
Lorie Cristofaro, Jeff Feucht, John Healy, Rebecca Sulaver and Joan Witkus
DATES TO REMEMBER
September
26
29
PLC Early Dismissal - 1:52 p.m.
Fall Band Concert - Aud. - 7:30 p.m.
October
3
5
7
8
10
11
12
17
20
21
PLC Early Dismissal at 1:52 p.m.
Freshman Orientation 1:52 - 2:35 p.m.
College Night - Auditorium - 6:00 p.m.
Homecoming Pep Rally/Bonfire 6 p.m.
Booster Pancake Breakfast - Cafeteria - 7 to 11:30 a.m.
Homecoming Parade - Main St. - 10 a.m.
Homecoming Dance - Biester Gym - 8 to 11 p.m.
NO SCHOOL - Columbus Day
NO SCHOOL - Institute Day
AMP Meeting - Choir Rm. - 8 p.m.
PLC Early Dismissal at 1:52 p.m.
Fall Choral Concert - 1st Methodist Church - 7:30 p.m.
Booster Meeting - Library - 7:30 p.m.
End of 1st Quarter
Look for information on how to sign up for Parent/Teacher Conferences in
the next Principal's Newsletter October 3, 2016.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital
World/ Raising Digital Natives
Speaker: Devorah Heitner PhD
Glenbard West7:00 p.m. Auditorium
Monday Oct 17, 2016
FAFSA (Bring Necessary Forms) Spanish and English
Financail Aid Completion Assistance
6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.
AND Study Skills Seminar and Strategies to Succeed:
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Glenbard North
Glenbard West High School
[email protected]
http://www.glenbard.wesths.org
Glenbard West High School, 670 Crescent Boulevard, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
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