At Sandburg, many students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement (AP) classes to hopefully gain college credit and benefit from taking a college level course. However, as more and more Sandburg...
Sandburg’s woodworking program is surging in popularity and student engagement, according to woodworking teacher Mr. Diorio. For the first time in years, enough students have registered to potentially...
“In my personal opinion, there is no better educator than travel,” says social studies teacher Mr. Drzonek. “It is amazing because you get to see people [and] you realize that people are just like...
Am I in the right place? Students ask themselves as they walk into an old maintenance room with folding chairs. These chairs take the place of desks and make the room vaguely resemble a classroom. “This...
CORE (Cancer Outreach Resources and Education) is an organization focusing on spreading awareness about cancer research through fundraising. The members of this club thrive on helping others, even if it...
Sandburg’s Intro to Engineering class, taught by Mr. Komer, attended the IMTS Show. The IMTS (International Manufacturing Technology Show) is a trade show that showcases the latest manufacturing technology,...
Carl Sandburg High School has upwards of 40 staff members who once graduated as Eagles. These staff members range from Mr. Stramaglia graduating in 1975 and journeying back to Sandburg in 2004, to Ms....
It has gotten to a point where a teacher’s biggest fear isn’t Wikipedia or Google, but finding the entirety of a student's work being made by a robot. Welcome to the massively-debated topic of AI’s...
Students at Sandburg make the decision every morning in the winter of whether or not they should bring a winter jacket to school. In the cold Illinois weather that can sometimes reach as low as -30°F,...
Lockers line the halls at Carl Sandburg High School, but most students don’t seem to use them.
Despite spending their days amongst endless halls of lockers, student’s main complaints are about...
What comes to mind when the word strategy is brought up? War? The stock market? Maybe even, Bloons Tower Defense? While those examples may require strategy, they pale in comparison to the strategy required...
