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Glenbard East High School

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Glenbard East High School
Address
Map
1014 S. Main St.

60148

United States
Coordinates41°51′58″N 88°01′18″W / 41.8662°N 88.0216°W / 41.8662; -88.0216
Information
School typePublic Secondary
MottoRight Attitude Means Success (RAMS)
Opened1959; 65 years ago (1959)
School districtGlenbard District 87
SuperintendentDavid Larson[1]
PrincipalAntoine Anderson[2]
Teaching staff138.42 (on an FTE basis)[3]
Grades9–12
GenderCo-Ed
Enrollment2,275 (2022–2023)[3]
Student to teacher ratio16.44[3]
CampusSuburban
Colour(s)  red
  black
  white[4]
Fight songRams Fight
Athletics conferenceUpstate Eight Conference
NicknameRams[4]
PublicationRamblings[5]
NewspaperThe Echo[5]
YearbookAries[5]
Websitewww.glenbardeasths.org

Glenbard East High School, or GBE, is a public four-year high school located in Lombard, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, in the United States. It is part of Glenbard Township High School District 87. East, on average, draws around 2,500 students from Lombard, and portions of Glendale Heights, Addison, and Bloomingdale.

History

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Glenbard East High School opened in September 1959 with a student body of 525 students and 28 staff members. In the week prior to the school's opening, a tornado or microburst hit the school, causing significant damage. The east wall of the Tower section of the building was sucked out and fell through the roof of the then-unnamed auditorium. The classroom wing was unaffected, but the start of school was postponed for two weeks. When choosing team names during the first semester the school was open, the "Tornadoes" was one of three final choices; the other two were the "Apaches" and the winner, the "RAMS"—shown in caps as an acronym for Right Attitude Means Success. Given the school's location in "the Lilac Village", proposed school colors of lilac (purple, really) and white were not selected; instead the student body chose red, black and white. The first principal was William Rider.

Prior to the opening of Glenbard East in 1959, Lombard students in High School District No. 87 attended Glenbard West High School (then Glenbard High School) in Glen Ellyn. In Glenbard East's first year, school activities and sports were contained in the Glenbard West yearbook, the Pinnacle, in a special section. The first Glenbard East yearbook was the 1961 edition, and named the Aries. The yearbook staff, Aries, works year-round to produce the Glenbard East High School yearbook.

In its first few years, Glenbard East competed in the Interim Conference, comprising mostly newly built suburban schools. Other schools in the conference were Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, Niles West High School in Skokie, Morton West High School in Berwyn, among others.

The school celebrated its 50th anniversary in October 2009, with a display of memorabilia and special recognition to athletes of 50 years during a halftime celebration during a home football game October 2.

In 2011, The Washington Post named Glenbard East one of the top public high schools in Illinois.

Male athletics

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Glenbard East competes in the Upstate Eight Conference (UEC). Glenbard East is also a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), which governs most interscholastic sports and competitive activities in Illinois. The teams are stylized as the Rams.

Female athletics

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  • Competitive Cheerleading:

State Finalists (2014–15 -10th) (2017–18 -9th) [6]

Notable alumni

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Notable staff

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References

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  1. ^ "Glenbard East Principal Named to Assistant Superintendent Post for District 87". Glen Ellyn, IL Patch. January 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "Antoine Anderson named next Glenbard East principal".
  3. ^ a b c "Glenbard East High School". School Directory Information. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Lombard (Glenbard East)". www.ihsa.org.
  5. ^ a b c "Activities Directory for GEHS; accessed 22 June 2009". Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  6. ^ "TourneyWire Cheer and Dance". www.tourneywire.com. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  7. ^ "White House promotion reminds Avila of Chicago roots". Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
  8. ^ "The Hacktivist". Chicago Magazine. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  9. ^ "GAMA | Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2017-02-09. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
  10. ^ "Glenbard District 87".
  11. ^ From the Author: Mary Doria Russell; Random House Publishers; accessed 22 June 2009
  12. ^ "The Seattle Times | Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest".
  13. ^ Mars, Kelli (February 11, 2015). "Johnson Space Center Home". NASA.
  14. ^ Borrelli, Christopher (24 May 2017). "Novelist Timothy Zahn is the man who saved 'Star Wars,' according to fans". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  15. ^ "Glenbard East High School - Administrative Team". www.glenbardeasths.org. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
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