The official site of the Torch, the student-run newspaper at Glenbrook North High School.

Torch
The official site of the Torch, the student-run newspaper at Glenbrook North High School.

Torch
The official site of the Torch, the student-run newspaper at Glenbrook North High School.

Torch

Joyce Ng, Executive Advertising Editor, News Editor

Joyce Ng (‘26) is the Executive Advertising Editor and a News Editor and has been a member of Torch since her sophomore year. Previous positions: News Editor (24-25), Staff Writer (23-24).

 

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Senior Mike Eichstadt rehearses at Glenbrook School of Rock on Sept. 2. Eichstadt has been playing bass guitar for the school’s show team for four years and has performed at Summerfest three times.

Senior shreds Summerfest stage

Joyce Ng and Charlotte Cohen
October 4, 2025
Paws to destress

Paws to destress

Joyce Ng, News Editor
May 24, 2025

Outrunning fast fashion

Ashley Ahn and Joyce Ng
April 12, 2025
Deputy superintendent R.J. Gravel (left) meets with superintendent Charles Johns in the main office on Jan. 31. Gravel is scheduled to assume the role of superintendent on July 1, 2025.

District appoints new superintendent

Joyce Ng and Nikhil Mitra
March 1, 2025
Neel Gandhi, Student Association Executive Board President (left), talks with a Jewel-Osco customer about donating to Charles D. Owen High School. The Student Association raised over $4,000 from customers shopping at Jewel-Osco and Sunset Foods.

Students rally support for hurricane relief

Joyce Ng and Hannah Yoon
December 21, 2024
Turn on Torch Tunes

Turn on Torch Tunes

Joyce Ng, News Editor
November 9, 2024
Sophomore Olivia Park decorates a window at Paint the Town for Mental Health Advisory Board. Both the SEL survey and the Mental Health Advisory Board seek to support student well-being.

SEL Benchmark data drives district decisions

Joyce Ng, News Editor
October 8, 2024
The no hoods policy requires students to keep their hoods down at all times while in the building to remain identifiable. The policy was implemented after an incident in the district within the past six years. Photo illustration by Kaitlyn Lu

Uncovering the no hoods policy

Joyce Ng and Nicole Rogoff
April 13, 2024
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