Recognition
MHS senior named National Merit Scholarship finalistMundelein High School senior Nathan Cartland has been named a finalist in the National Merit
Scholarship Program as announced by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation [NMSC]. All finalists will be considered for National Merit Scholarships to be offered in 2018.
In March, NMSC will begin mailing scholarship offers to winners and to their high school principals. The offers will be made through July. Scholarship recipients will join more than 330,000 other distinguished young people who have earned the Merit Scholar title over the years.
Business Incubator
Our Business Incubator student group, ConnectBZ, was invited to present at the Business Appreciation Breakfast this morning. The event was hosted by the Village of Mundelein, Mayor Steve Lentz, the Village Board Trustees, the Mundelein Business Alliance (MBA), and the Economic Development Commission (EDC). There was a great turnout and many local businesses were in attendance. The students showcased the features of the smartphone application they developed with seed money provided by the MBA. The group outlined the benefits of the application for MBA members - gives consumers more incentive to shop locally, MBA members will be able to better connect with local consumers, expand the membership of the MBA, create a greater business to consumer connection, help unite the business community, and create economic expansion in Mundelein. We applaud our student’s high level of professionalism on the delivery of their presentation.
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| ConnectBZ members: David Olechno, Kevin Garcia, Kaleb Carlson, Houston Tran, Daniel Bronfeyn |
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| MHS Business Incubator students pitched their app to attendees of the Business Appreciation Breakfast this morning |
Activities
Join the A+Team
The A+Team is a new umbrella organization for fundraising at MHS. The A+Team is for parents, students, coaches, club sponsors, staff, and alumni who represent MHS Academics, Athletics, Arts, Activities, Associates, and Alumni. Please join our first organizational meeting on Monday, February 19 at 7pm in the MHS Auditorium.
Casino Royale Winter Dance Sat., Feb. 24
Tickets on sale online through Wed., 2/21. Come join the sights and sounds of Vegas-- dance to the DJ and enjoy activities like Karaoke, bingo and a magician.
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| Winter Dance: Freshmen Grace Wonderlich and Reyna Dodd get ready for Casino Royale Winter Dance Sat., Feb. 24. |
Calendar Corrections and Updates!!!
Spring Testing
Please note, MHS will host spring testing on April 10, 2018. 11th grade students will take the SAT and 10th grade students will take the PSAT. 9th and 12th grade students will not have school on this day.
In order to facilitate the improvements to Parent/Teacher Conferences, the spring conferences have been changed. MHS will NOT hold conferences on March 6. March 6 will be a regular attendance day. Rather, conferences will be moved to March 8 and 9.
March 8 Thursday
Students are dismissed at 11:25AM. Teacher work time from 12:30pm til 3:25pm.
P/T conferences will run from 4pm until 7pm.
March 9 Friday
No school for students
P/T conferences will run from 9am - 2pm.
The total number of conferences will increase from 27 to 38 possible conference times.
Athletics
Boys Swim/Dive
Mundelein got the NSC meet off to a great start when senior Kyle Ehemann won diving with a score of 336.85. It was the first time the mustangs have produced conference champs in both girls and boys diving. Maggie Franz also won the event in November. It’s definitely a big shout to our diving coach, Bill Owens. He’s done a great job with them. They’ve been real steady and consistent,” said Coach Sethna. Junior Jake Garcia was one of many who dropped a ton of time Saturday, finishing with a sixth-place medal after dropping 12 seconds in the 500 free(5:12.15). Garcia also dropped two seconds on his first leg of the 400 free relay, where he paired with Logan Bradshaw, Jack Long and Patrick McInerney to touch in 3:34.90. Sethna said Matt Alore, Shane Stanley, Cale Sethna and Jeff Coudreau were fully tapered for the meet. (Daily Herald)
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| Kyle Ehemann-diver |
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| Kyle diver with coach |
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| Chris Hill |
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| Jake Garcia 6th place 500 free |
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| 200 free Kim-Bradshw-Geary-McInernay |
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| Coach Sethna and Coach Gates |
Wrestling
Mustangs will send 3 wrestlers to state. Dane Durlacher, Reese Durlacher and Logan Kvien.
Second-ranked Dane Durlacher (Mundelein, 41-0) started a run of ten state qualifiers in the first six weight classes by capturing the 106-pound title. A freshman sensation from Warren, Joel Vandervere (120, 39-2), added to the title run shortly thereafter.
"Now it gets not only fun, but it's the best time of the year," said Durlacher, who topped Warren's Sawyer Nash 5-0 and placed fourth at state a year ago. "And this time around, I'm going to Champaign with the idea of bringing back a state title." (Daily Herald). Best of luck Mustangs!
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| Dane Durlacher, Reese Durlacher and Logan Kvien |
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| Going to State! Go Mustangs! |
Gymnastics
Mustangs will send two girls to State this weekend. Amanda Muench & Emma Hallin both will be competing on Beam. Best of luck Mustangs!
Basketball-Girls
The Mustangs wrapped up their season for 2017-18. Varsity started Regional play beating the Bisons of Buffalo Grove then falling to Warren the next night. With new head coach Greg Dorgan in charge, he had this to say: Mustangs finish 11-20, 4-10. Thank you seniors, we fought until the very end. Our future is very bright!
College signings
Mundelein had two more athletes commit to continue their education and sports participation at the collegiate level. Please congratulate Nick Pawlicki who will be attending Lake Forest College playing football and Myah Strokosch who will be attending University of Wisconsin-Parkside playing soccer.
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| Nick Pawlicki - Lake Forest College |
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| Myah Strokosch - University of Wisconsin-Parkside |
College and Career Resource Center
Feb. 24: CLC offers free STEM Day for girls in grades 7-12Girls in seventh through 12th grade who want to explore careers in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) are invited to the College of Lake County’s seventh annual STEM for Girls event Saturday, Feb. 24. For more information, visit https://tinyurl.com/y95c5mp9.
Photos from the Week
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| Using her time wisely on Tuesday, Feb. 13, Vivian Venegas ‘18 works on her homework during her lunch period in the Math Lab. Throughout the week, Venegas and friends spend their lunch period to get ahead on their work. Photo taken by Sydney Blackmer |
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| To celebrate Black History Month, Diego Lyles '18 reads a passage about Thurgood Marshall during the morning announcements on Feb. 12 in the main office with John Paul Reyes '18. He is a member of Black Student Union, which is a club that has been selling carnations during lunch and giving tidbits of black history everyday during the announcement. Photo taken by Jessica Franzen |
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| Looking on helplessly, Daniel Haller '18 and Allan Rodriguez '20 perform the winter play, Figments, on Feb. 12. Their final performance took place that monday after a snow storm caused the show dates to be rescheduled. Photo taken by Katie Staroszczyk |
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| JOUR4: On his way out from FCA on Tuesday, Feb. 13, Jack Hiegel '18, grabs some snacks and juice after the meeting. Every Tuesday morning, Hiegel attends the meetings and spends time in fellowship with the other members. Photo taken by Myah Strokosch |