WANTED: Seniors With A Message!
Graduation is approaching! This year during the graduation ceremony, one senior (in addition to the Valedictorian and Salutatorian) will have the opportunity to address their classmates, families, and faculty with a memorable message.
Inspire, wow, laugh, cry, reminisce, advise, offer, or send off - choose your message and propose a speech!
It is time to select a student speaker for this year's ceremony. Speech submissions should be no more than 5 minutes in length, double spaced, typed and submitted by Thursday, March 23.
Students who submit speeches will be sent an invitation to perform the speech to a faculty committee. The faculty committee will select the senior orator to represent the Class of 2017 at graduation.
If you have questions, please stop in the Main Office.
5Essentials Survey
This is a reminder that the 2017 Illinois Parent Survey opened on Nov. 16, 2016. The survey window will close on Jan. 30, 2017, so please plan survey administration accordingly.
Click HERE for the parent survey.
MHS currently has 6% parent responses and will need 20% for parent responses to be included in the school report card.
If you have any questions, please call 5Essentials Client Services at 1-866-440-1874. Thank you in advance for your participation.
2017-2018 Year at a Glance Calendar
The 2017-2018 school calendar has been approved and released! Click HERE!
Class of 2021
Everything you need to know about Freshman year at Mundelein High School. Welcome Future Mustangs! Click HERE!
Tech Campus Promotional Video
The Lake County Tech Campus has many programs for students to earn both high school and college dual credit. View the new video produced by Tech Campus students!
Recognition
Coach Parola named the IHSBCA Class 4A Area Coach of the YearTodd Parola was named by the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association as the Class 4A Area Baseball Coach of the year at the IHSBCA Coaches Association Luncheon held on Friday, January 20. This is quite an honor for Coach Parola, the Mundelein Baseball Program and Mundelein High School. We are proud of Todd and want to congratulate him on his receiving this honor. Way to go Coach Parola.
Jazz groups earn group and individual awards at Northshore Jazz Festival
Mundelein High School’s Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Orchestra each earned superior ratings at the Northshore Jazz Festival held at Glenbrook South High School Jan. 21. The Jazz Orchestra took first place in their class as an AA second jazz ensemble while the Jazz Ensemble placed second in their class as an AA jazz ensemble.Freshman Alto Saxophonist Garrett Munz was recognized at the event as an outstanding soloist.
In other band news, Junior Trombonist Karl Kirkpatrick has been selected as an All-State Musician this year. He will represent Mundelein High School at the Illinois Music Education Association Conference in Peoria January 26-28.Andy Sturgeon and Jerald Shelato direct the instrumental music program at MHS.
1976 Alum Inducted into the Lake County High School Sports Hall of Fame
1976 grad Tami Haukedahl was inducted into the Lake County Sports Hall of Fame Saturday January 21 at the College of Lake County Sports Complex.
A 1976 graduate of Mundelein, Haukedahl was a rare six-sport athlete, participating in cross country for two years, track and field for four years (team captain for three years), tennis and softball for one year, volleyball for three years and basketball for four years (team captain for two years).
After high school, she attended Drake University from 1976-77 on a full athletic scholarship (one of the first full rides for a woman back then), participating in basketball and track and field. She then transferred to Illinois State University and earned a degree in criminal justice in 1980. She played basketball and was on the track and field team all three years for the Redbirds, was a scholarship athlete and was captain of the basketball team her senior year, when the Redbirds finished eighth in the WNIT (the Women's National Championship back then, just before the Women's NCAA Tournament started)
Activities
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Mundelein High School will hold Parent/Teacher Conferences Wednesday, February 8. The first session will take place from 2:10 to 4:30 p.m. on a walk-in basis. No appointment is needed for these 10-minute meetings.
The second session will be from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. by appointment only. Parents and guardians may begin making appointments online at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, February 3. The registration will continue, 24 hours a day, until noon on Tuesday, February 7. The online address for appointments will be available on the homepage of the school’s website beginning February 3.
During the conference period, parents may also pick up their children’s progress reports for the first four weeks of Term 3.
Students will be dismissed at 1:40 p.m. on February 8. A late start is scheduled for February 9 with student attendance beginning at 9:25 a.m.
Cafeteria News
Try our seasonal promotion on January 26th and 27th . We will be offering a Spicy Quinoa Cobb Salad Shaker!
These will be found in our grab in go section in our cooler. We will also be offering Broccoli Cheese Soup on Thursday January 26th!
And remember to stop by and enjoy a Hot Chocolate with mini marshmallows.
Movies at CLC
Four highly acclaimed international films will be presented for free on Friday nights by the College of Lake County Center for International Education. The Spring Semester films are “Winter Sleep” Feb. 3, “The Lobster” March 3, “A Touch of Zen” April 14 and “Dheepan” May 5. For details, click HERE!
Mundelein Theatre to present unusual twist on Shakespeare
Mundelein Theatre is putting a modern twist on one of William Shakespeare’s most enduring and
The play will be presented in the Mundelein High School Auditorium on February 2, 3 and 4 at 7 p.m. An after-school matinee is also set for February 3 at 3:45 p.m., which is free for MHS students. Tickets are a recommended donation of $5 for students and seniors and $7 for adults. Since the production will be staged on a 200-seat onstage thrust configuration, ticket reservations are recommended, and are available at www.mundeleintheatre.org. Tickets can also be purchased at the door 30 minutes prior to each performance.
“It is not unusual to take Shakespeare’s plays out of their original settings and place them in different eras and time periods,” said Jonathan Meier, the play’s director. “I think placing the play in a modern day hospital setting gives the play additional poignancy.” The concept has the patients at the hospital performing the play after most of the staff of the hospital has gone home for the evening. “The students took the characteristics that they developed when analyzing their Midsummer characters, and used that information to create their hospital characters. It was a really enlightening process.”
Leading the cast are Dan Haller (Lysander), Halli Carpender (Hermia), Robbie Iraburo-Cochran (Demetrius), Payton Cousins (Helena), Emily Parduhn (Titania), James Haller (Oberon), Colin Nacion (Puck), Kayla Raye (Bottom), Brianna Moderhack (Quince), Ryan Story (Flute), Jenna Panos (Snout), Mackenzie Haith (Snug), Natalie Williams (Starvling), Thomas Ferro (Thesius), and Claire Bullington (Hippolyta). Completing the cast are Sydney Litka, Jasmine Cuasay, Annie McGrath, Kate Fladhammer, Ellie Mellen, Kimberly Barr, Emily Saunders, Josh Saunders, Abby Smith, Bella Canela, Hannah Weiss and Joey Salit. Brenden Paul is the stage manager and Maddie Martorana and Ginny Zundel are the assistant directors.
MHS to host “Opportunity Coalition” to address perceived gaps
Faculty, staff, school and district-level administrators, Board of Education members and community leaders from Mundelein, Round Lake and Wauconda will gather on Saturday, Feb. 4, from 8:45 a.m.
According to MHS faculty member Andrew Hirshman, grant coordinator for the NEA, “Recent research in this area supports conceptualizing traditional achievement gaps more as opportunity gaps, which we plan on reducing.”
Following the presentation by the two NU professors, each community team will brainstorm three projects, ranging from community outreach work to projects dealing with instructional practices.
US Seventh District Congressman Brad Schneider and Illinois State Representative for the 59th District Carol Sente are serving as ex-officio members of the community coalitions.
“We are fortunate to have legislators who are so focused on issues of equity in education,” Hirshman explained. “Our coalition members will share lessons learned directly with both of them as they represent our communities in Springfield and Washington DC,” he said. Schneider will attend and share his thoughts regarding the state of opportunity in education.
College and Career Resource Center
Visit the CCRC website for resources regarding college planning and financial aid including scheduled college representative visits and scholarship information: http://www.d120.org/academics/ccrc/default.aspx
Check the College Counseling Blog for articles about college planning: https://mhscollegecounselor.wordpress.com/
Follow our College Counselor on Twitter: @mundycollege
Scholarship Deadline Next Wednesday!
Next week Wednesday is the final deadline for submission of the Century 21 Kreuser and Seiler scholarship ($1,000) application! This scholarship is guaranteed to go to an MHS student, so chances for a student to receive the scholarship are quite high! The only requirements are that the student plans to attend an accredited 2 or 4 year institution in the fall of 2017 (they do not yet need to have confirmed their enrollment) and answers the essay question, “How do you exemplify entrepreneurial spirit and work ethic?” Experience holding a job and/or volunteering will benefit a student applying for this scholarship.
Students can find the complete application form in their Naviance account. Parents can access the form by logging in to the “Guest” account. Simply click the “Naviance” link on the left hand side of d120.org, click the “I’m a guest” choice on the upper right, Enter as a Guest, click the Colleges tab and select the “Scholarship List” link.
Find more local scholarship opportunities, Click HERE!
GAP Year Fair at New Trier High School this Saturday, 12-3pm
Occasionally students will elect to take a year to expand their knowledge or opportunities in a variety of ways after graduating from high school and before beginning their studies at college. There are many reasons that a student may consider this path and a variety of programs that exist to support these students. This Saturday New Trier High School is hosting a fair where families can get information from numerous programs that offer different possibilities. Click HERE for more information if you are interested.
Athletics
Girls Dance
Congratulations to the Varsity dance team taking 3rd place at Sectionals which advances them to state this weekend. Mundelein will perform at 6:17 and can be viewed on the nfhsnetwork.com/associations/ihsa or travel down to the US Cellular Bloomington, 101 S Madison St, Bloomington, IL 61701
Road Trip
United Center – Bulls WIN!!! Thank you for all the student and parent fans for joining the Boys basketball team, cheerleaders and winter guard this past weekend. Many fond memories for a lifetime.
Co-ed Cheerleading
Co-ed Cheer will be traveling to Belvidere High School for Sectionals this Saturday. Cheer time is 5:15 p.m.
Travel out to support the team. 1500 East Ave, Belvidere, IL 61008. Good luck team.
Photos from the Week
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| To prepare for her AP Photography portfolio, Jessica Marvin '17 takes pictures in the MHS photography studio on January 26. Photo taken by Marina Hamm. |
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| Matthew Pawlowski '20 and Alex Heraty '17 talk before the FBLA Area Competition on January 21 at Warren Township High School while James Corbin '17 is excited to compete in Global Business. Photo taken by Sydney Szalinski. |
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| After school, Kathryn Carpender '19 heads to a lights rehearsal on January 25 to prepare for the upcoming show choir competition season. Photo by Jessica Franzen. |
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| Swimming the 100 yard breaststroke at the MHS pool on Jan. 19, 2017, Benjamin Staroszczyk '18 pops out of the water to breathe during his event to continue swimming at his pace. "I get a song going in my head that has the right beat and that really helps me pace myself," said Staroszczyk. Photo by Kyle Ehemann. |
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| In hopes of presenting well, Liam Guiritan '19 prepares for the final time before his Sales Presentation at the FBLA Area Competition at Warren Township High School on Saturday, January 21. Photo by Sydney Szalinski. |