Mustang News: Enjoy A Wonderful Winter Break!

With winter break beginning today, the MHS staff wishes each family a new year full of family, food and great memories! Hopefully, this will be a restful two weeks. Mustang News will resume in January.

Recognition

National Honor Society sold 287 candy canes this past week. The money raised was all donated to the #Bakerbrave fund. Students sold the canes during lunch periods and delivered them to students during homeroom.

Activities

Orchesis

Orchesis is a dance club opened to all MHS boys and girls, no experience is necessary.
The club puts on 4 shows during the school year along with Dance Clinics for the youth in our community.

Triathlon Club

Triathlon Club is a new club offered to all students who want to train for a triathlon. Students do NOT have to compete but it is highly encouraged. Students will be given the opportunity to practice swimming, biking (indoors and outdoors) and running separately and also in combinations. The goal for this school year is to host an indoor tri as well as an outdoor tri at the end of the school year.

Recycling Club

Recycling Club is open to all MHS students. Just a half-hour of your time Tuesdays and Thursdays can make a huge difference in doing something good for the environment and keeping our school looking great. The club can be used to record community service hours as well. Anyone can join anytime, just come to room B147 right after school any Tuesday or Thursday, or email Mr. Battista for more info at TBattista@d120.org.

Athletics

Dance Team

Congratulations to Mundelein High School Dance Team who took 1st place at the Lake Zurich Dance Competition this past Saturday, December 12. The dance team under the direction of Coach Melissa Schaefer has placed 1st two times in the last three competitions that they have been in. Great work ladies.

New Athletic Director

The Mundelein High School District 120 Board of Education has hired Troy Parola to replace Perry
Wilhelm as MHS Athletic Director. Wilhelm will retire from the District June 30 and Parola will begin his new post July 1.

Parola currently works as Athletic Director at Lakes Community High School in Lake Villa, a position he has held since 2005. His previous experience includes seven years at MHS as a physical education and driver education teacher from 1998 to 2005. During that time he also coached football, wrestling and track. Other experience includes teaching at Grayslake High School for four years and Health/Physical Education Department Chair at Paxton Buckley Loda High School in Paxton, IL.

Parola holds a bachelor of science degree in education from Millikin University and a master of arts degree in educational administration from Northeastern Illinois University.

"I look forward to working with the students, parents, faculty, coaches and community of Mundelein. I am very honored and excited that I have been given the opportunity to lead the Athletic Department at MHS,” Parola explained. “Each and every day we will strive to provide a positive and productive experience for all students during their time at MHS."

“We are happy to welcome Troy Parola back to Mundelein High School in a new role as athletic director,” said Anthony Kroll, principal. “We look forward to the leadership he will provide for our coaching staff and student athletes.”