The Mundelein High School choirs recently raised $564 at their Autumn Concert with the intent of using the funds to make blankets for children at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. In just a couple days, the choir students made 16 blankets. A choir parent also made a special blanket for Noah Baker, the son of an MHS staff member who is suffering from a serious illness.
Roughly $240 not used for the blanket supplies was used as a donation to the Matt and Maureen Baker family toward expenses associated with Noah’s illness.
Choir Co-Director Stevee Bellas coordinated the project along with Co-Director Cory Thompson.
MHS Football has organized a number of fundraisers for students and community members. Please consider attending the last regular season game in the Coral this Friday night and support Noah!
Recognition
Mundelein Band host 8th grade community night. Over 90 students from Mundelein high school feeder schools joined the Marching Mustangs in the stands and on the field at last Friday’s football game. Great job Future Mustangs!
The Mundelein High School chapter of the National Honor Society [NHS] inducted 78 new members at a ceremony on Monday, October 19. Eligible juniors and seniors are selected by a faculty council based on the national criteria of Scholarship, Service, Leadership and Character.
Faculty members Jerri Craven and Nancy Toland serve as advisors to the organization which meets regularly and takes part in leadership, tutoring and community service activities. Current officers are President Darin Chaichitatorn, Vice President Julia Harbison, Secretary Vivian Lee, Service Chairs James Syme and Jenni Nguyen, Events Chairs Jake Breitenreiter and Monika Bowser, and Webmaster Anthony Ko.
New inductees include:
Seniors: Joey Bikus, Nicholas Duncan, Kaci Gray, Zachary Green, Crystal Hernandez, Dylan Horswell, Tyler Marx, Megan Nugent, Lauren Owens, Niki Patel, Caitlin Pieklo, Maximilliano Vidales and Debbie Wood.
Juniors: Sarah Angelbeck, Jake Antenore, Delaney Appelhans, Anna Balla, Sanika Bljawat, Lexi Brown, Ethan Butler, Brendan Callas, Eleanor Ceisel, Aman Cerny, Dustin Clegg, Dylan Cline, James Corbin, Jasmine Cuasay, Gracie Danciu, Michael del Rosario, Anna Desfor, Paige Eifert, Tristan Empalmado, Joselle Escobar, Linden Ewing, Samantha Faruzzi, Allison Faulkner, Jessica Faulkner, Adriana Feijoo, Thomas Ferro, Alexander Frumkin, Jisel Gomez, Sydney Grace, Carmen Gutierrez, Rachel Hansen, Stephan Hatchett, Jacob Horvat, James Lee, Mackenzie Linane, Alex Loding, Tristan Louria, Emily Love, Julia Loverde, Kalli Majewski, Emily Meister, Angel Montero, Nick Oleinik, Sarah Ouimet, Emily Parduhn, Brett Parola, Hailey Prefontaine, Liza Renz, Lucy Renz, Marco Rosales, Emma Roswick, Maya Seskiewicz, Taylor Shanahan, Tania Silva, Samantha Slaughter, Julie Specht, McKenzie Theis, Rachel Tipperreiter, Kenzie Toland, Joseph Van Belleghem, Steven Van Belleghem, Emily Vastis, Julia Vicik, Kaitlyn Watkins and Tyler White.
College & Career Resource Center
Upcoming College Rep Visits
Colorado State University Tiffany Dallas Fri October 23, 2015 11:30 AM
Boston University Lauren Kudisch Fri October 23, 2015 12:00 PM
Loyola University Chicago Julie Murphy Tue October 27, 2015 9:00 AM
Coe College Kelsey Tardrew Wed October 28, 2015 10:00 AM
Robert Morris University, Lake County Erin Ginn Thu October 29, 2015 10:30 AM
Activities
Temas Latinos
Temas Latinos is an academic club that has variety of activities to offer students, such as field trip to colleges, interest inventories, scholarship information, as well as ongoing discussion about the students’ career choices. We work closely with a liaison from the College of Lake County. This group also Participate in community service. A minimum of 20 community service hours are requested. For more information please contact Aracely Lawrence; alawrence@d120.org.
Winter Clothing Drive
The clothing drive will be held on Friday, November 6 from 5:00-6:30 in the MHS cafeteria. The purpose of the clothing drive is to help members of our Mundelein community who may come from warm climates and therefore don't have the winter clothing that they need. Items are sold for .10 (children's items) and .25 (adult items). Any member of the community who is need of winter clothing is encouraged to attend and choose from the donations. Any donations that staff or community members would like to make can be dropped off to the staff workroom, starting on Monday, October 19.
Book Club
Book Club will begin Wednesday, October 28. We will meet starting at 7:10 in D24. Our first book will be “Mrs. Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs, but students are welcome to attend and discuss books whether they read it or not.
Athletics
All winter sport athletes can get their white card in the athletic office at this time. Students will need to fill out the paperwork, pay the $75.00 athletic fee and have a current physical on file in the athletic office. If you have any question please see the athletic website or call the athletic office at 847-949-2200 ext. 1340.Fall sport athletes need to turn in their clean uniform and all equipment issued to them at the end of the season to their coach. If an athlete does not do this, a uniform/equipment fee will be added to the student’s school account.
Staff Spot Light
Rahul Sethna – Business Education Teacher / Aquatics Director
What are your hobbies/interests? – Reading, Exercising, Cooking
Insider tip for parents – Our area is what the highest percentage of kids major in college. Most parents all have some background in business. Any of the things we do is current. Have dinner conversations about things we discuss so kids get other viewpoints.
Best part of working at MHS? – Great group of people to work with.
You many not know…I have taught in 3 different departments here and am certified in 4 areas: Business, PE, English, and Econ.
What college/university did you attend? University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign. BS Business Education. U of Phoneix - MA in Curriculum and Technology
How long have you worked at MHS? – 19 years
Who or what inspires you? – Ubuntu- I am what I am because of who we all are.
What is your favorite part of your job? - I love coaching and helping kids achieve their goals.
Good book recommendation? – Double Down: Game Change 2012- Mark Halperin