Thursday, October 22, 2020

Mustang News - October 23, 2020

 Announcements



Calendar update 

Friday, October 23, Parent-Teacher conferences - No School for students

Monday, October 26, Meet the Mustangs - Presentation to 8th grade students and families

Wednesday, October 28 – Yellow Schedule - professional development for MHS staff postponed

Tuesday, November 3 - Election Day - No School

Wednesday, November 11 – Yellow Schedule – Virtual Veterans Day Recognition during school day


Results from Hybrid Parent Survey
As of Monday, October 19, the results for parent choice to hybrid or 100% remote learning model is:
  • 926 or 46% for 100% Remote
  • 1092 or 54% for Hybrid
As of Wednesday, October 21, a return to a hybrid learning model has been postponed.  Click HERE to read more.

Recognition

Activities


No public Veterans Day event for MHS this year; alumna to speak to students

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mundelein High School will not hold a public Veterans Day ceremony this year. For the past few years, MHS has hosted an event that draws hundreds of area veterans and their families for a formal ceremony which also included breakfast and lunch for the honorees. Patriotic songs played by MHS bands and sung by the choirs added to the solemnity of the event. MHS has always held school on Veterans Day to help educate the students about the contributions members of our military make to our society.

Zaneta Adams - Class of 1995

An MHS graduate and army veteran will be the keynote speaker this year as the ceremony will go remote. Students will view the recorded speech in their English classes and a video will be available soon after for public viewing. The speaker, Zaneta Adams, is an MHS Class of 1995 alumna and is currently the Director of the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency. She was chosen in 2017 as a Distinguished MHS Alumna. Adams was severely injured while preparing to go to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom and was told she would never walk again. Her grit and determination allowed her to recover and, after serving in the military, she worked as an attorney and is president and founder of Women Injured in Combat (WINC). She has earned US Army Medals, the US Army Reserve Warrior Citizen Award, Law School Great Deeds Award, Black Women’s Political Caucus member, and recognized in the Fall 2017 edition of Distinguished Attorneys magazine.

Chris Lagioia, social studies/world studies department chair, has organized the event.



College & Career Center

College representatives from across the nation are coming (virtually) to MHS to meet YOU! You can look at a list of upcoming visits by going on Naviance. After you log into Naviance click on the “Colleges” tab at the top of the screen and select “Colleges Home”. Scroll to the bottom of the page where it says “College Visits” and click on “Show More”, then find and click on “Register” to attend the visits of your choice. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn more about college life on multiple schools’ campuses. The more you know about the schools you want to go to, you’ll be able to stand out among the crowd of other college and university applicants.

If you want to see what’s new for 2020/2021, come visit us @


Connect with us!

Website: https://www.d120.org/activities/college-and-career-resource-center/

Instagram: mhsccrc

Twitter: @mundycollege


Athletics


Girls Swim/Dive

Mustangs took 3rd place at Saturday’s Conference invite and ended up 4th overall using the regular season and invite formula! New pool and NSC record in the 100 Breast for Adry Kasemets.


Nice job to the Lady Mustangs Diving Team Friday at the Conference Diving Meet.

They brought home some hardware and Thank you to Diving Coach Melissa Sethna


Girls Diving conference medalists_ 1st pl Tori Weaver, 2nd pl Kate Kirby, 6th pl Lillian Scardicchio and 7th pl Kylie Poutre

Girls diving taking home hardware_ Rayna Carreathers and Alison Bogenski

Girls diving_ Coach Sethna, L. Scardicchio, A. Bogenski, J. Allore, E. Mishler, T. Coleman, R. Carreathers, T. Weaver, K. Poutre and K. Kirby

Girls Diving 4th pl Elle Mishler

Girls Cross Country

The Mustangs Girls CC team took 6th at the Varsity level Saturday at the NSC CC Championship. 

7 Lifetime PRs, 4 Season PRs. A great day overall! The Mustangs had 1 All-Conference runner in Jocelyn Gomez finishing 19th in the Varsity race.


Boys Cross Country

Saturday our boys CC team took 6th at the NSC Conference meet.  Missing our #3 and #4 men hurt, but our guys were able to rally enough to beat Zion-Benton.  Nathan Clapp led the way with his 12th place, All-Conference finish.


Girls Tennis

The mustangs competed in IHSA Sectional tennis in some very windy conditions this Saturday. Mustangs did well and had a state qualifying player in Alexis Hyde. Congratulations.

Senior Alexis Hyde - Girls Tennis participates is IHSA Sectionals at Stevenson




Girls Tennis rainbow


Photos from the Week

Maintaining a smiling face, Brenda Carrillo Ambriz '21 said she remains optimistic after taking her SAT on Oct. 14. "As tired as I may be," Carrillo Ambriz said, "I think I did the best I could on this step toward my college future."

Break in the chaos: Molly Maresh '24 eases her stress with short walks with team mates. Maresh '24 said, "I'm keeping my mental health up by playing sports to socialize and see people."

Finalizing her decisions, Jacqueline Atilano '21 visits St. Xavier University in Chicago. Jacqueline commented, "The school made me feel so welcomed and definitely eased a lot of stress I had towards my college planning.

During these stressful times, Nichole Lomillo '22 takes time to de-stress with music after school on Oct. 14. Lomillo said, "Playing my ukulele always helps me relieve stress. Music calms me."



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