Glenbrook Student Shine

I couldn't be prouder this week of all of our Glenbrook students as they showed off their hard work and talents these past couple of weeks.   Below are just a few examples of some of the hard working success stories of these bright young people that we are proud to call Glenbrook Hawks! A special congratulations to their parents who must be extremely proud! What wonderful talent and hard work their children have shown.


Future Problem Solving Teams

Coach Ellen Smith, 4th Grade IGNITE teacher, headed down to the State Future Problem Solving Bowl this year with 2 teams.  There were 35 teams that were invited to the state bowl which was held on April 21. Congratulations to both Glenbrook teams who had an outstanding showing!

Prior to the competition, the teams had to research the problem of identity theft. At the competition the teams had 2 hours to use the 6-step process, without the help of their coach, to solve the presented scenario. The teams then had 3 hours to prepare a persuasive oral presentation of their solution.  

 This is the 3rd year in a row that our 6th grade team has been invited to the state competition Congratulations to Danyl Sulemanjee, Arjun Sivasankaran, Kush Patel and Mann Sheth. This year they placed 3rd in the oral presentations!

Our 5th grade team celebrated their 2nd year at the state competition. This year they had a fantastic showing winning 5th place in the oral presentations and 5th for the overall written competition. This is a huge feat when competing against 35 teams! Congratulations to Shaanu Singh, Arav Patel, Saranya Ganne and Sarayu Manne.

Those Who Excel


Each year our Elgin Teachers' Association honors 6th, 8th and 12th graders who have excelled in multiple areas. These are students who work hard, volunteers, lead others and exhibit strong character traits. We are so proud of the 4 students who are our Those Who Excel Winners. Congratulations!

Sabrina Gomez, Jade Martinez, Natale Perez, Rainielle Seriosa




Winners with their teachers:Mrs. Jackie Jagielski,Mrs. Laura Chandler-Roth

Mrs. Jennifer Bury and Mrs. Paula Diaz-Blanco.




Art Is Elementary


Each year Elgin State Bank hosts an Art Show to display the fine young artists across School District U-46. This year several of our students were chosen to participate. Their art work can be viewed at the bank which is located at 50 Tyler Creek Plaza in Elgin. The viewing hours are Monday - Friday from 9am-5:00 pm and Saturday from 9-12:00pm. Congratulations to all of our wonderful artists!

Pheobe Lee-Kidd (Mrs. Jagielski 6th Grade)

Emelia Rodriguez (Mrs. Dauksavage - 5th Grade)

Alexis Serrano (Mrs. Dimitrakis - 5th Grade)

Christopher Palafox (Mrs. Pico - 1st Grade)      

Raegan Fehlhafer  (Mrs. Vargas - 2nd Grade)

Isabella Acosta (Mrs. Berenson - 1st Grade)

Emmily Porquillo (Mrs. Diaz-Blanco - 6th Grade)

                                                           Nathan Taylor (Mrs. Dauksavage - 5th Grade)

Maya Tyburowski (Mrs. Dauksavage - 5th Grade)

Jimena Soto (Ms. Lucas - 5th Grade)

Jacqueline Lateano (Mrs. Gustafson - 3rd Grade)

Aashni Patel (Mrs. Smith - 4th Grade)

Elizabeth Klingaman (Mrs. Tucci - 2nd Grade)

Congratulations again for all of the students who work so hard to do their best. Way to go Glenbrook Hawks!