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Glenbrook North High School

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    • 2300 Shermer Road, Northbrook, Illinois, United States of America
  • Telephone Numbers: 847-272-6400
  • Official Website: [2]
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Glenbrook North High School, which opened its doors in the fall of 1953 as Glenbrook High School, serves the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Northbrook, and has grown from 652 to 2,138 students. Glenbrook South High School, the other high school of Northfield High School District 225 serves the secondary students of incorporated and unincorporated Glenview. The two high schools together comprise a district honored both state-wide and nationally for outstanding academic achievements. Today, Glenbrook North High School, along with Glenbrook South, are noted for their outstanding curriculum and quality of education, having been repeatedly named to a variety of best-in-the-nation lists. For example, as part of the First in the World Consortium, GBN and GBS students scored first in the world in international math & science testing. To congratulate them on their success, then-President Clinton visited

In 1985, motion picture director and writer John Hughes, a 1968 graduate of Glenbrook North High School, used the campus for location shooting of the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. For instance, in one iconic scene, Ferris Bueller, played by Matthew Broderick, picks up his girlfriend Sloane Peterson, played by Mia Sara in front of the Glenbrook North High School performing arts building. This building, in fact, is not the main entrance of the school. A number of GBN students were used as extras in the school scenes. John Hughes' 1985 film The Breakfast Club featured a group of kids from "Shermer, Illinois" 60062 (per the opening scene of the film). Shermerville was the original name of the town of Northbrook, where GBN is located, and 60062 is the zip code. The movie features the clash between what were known during the 1970s as the 'sporto' versus 'freak' cultures at GBN. Some think the movie was filmed inside the school, but it was filmed at Maine North High School, which was also used for the interior scenes of Ferris Bueller. The stars of the movie, however, did attend classes at GBN for a short time, in order to get a flavor of high school life. As child actors, they had little exposure to public school.

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