The complete list of speakers is below:
Hector Rasgado Flores , associate professor, Chicago Medical School-Rosalind Franklin University Herbert Juarez, assistant vice president, Mundelein Community Bank Luis Fuentes: Real Estate Broker Fred Kliora, deputy sheriff, Lake County Sheriff's Office Esteban Montesdeoca, business owner, La Laz Bakery Myra Morales-Gaytan, assistant dean for academic services and programs, University Center of Lake County Maria Nava, deputy sheriff, Lake County Sheriff's Office Amaro Ruiz, staff sergeant, United States Marine Corps Cynthia Vargas, communication manager, Lake County States Attorney Sully Vega, registered nurse, Advocate Condell Hospital
Announcements
Greetings from the yearbook staff
We are hard at work on the 2018-19 yearbook, and we always appreciate your support of the work we are doing. Here is some information we thought you should know regarding this year’s yearbook.
Save $5 until Sept. 30: The 2018-19 yearbook can be pre-ordered through MHS via the school bookstore or online until September 30, 2018, for $50. Please do not purchase a yearbook more than once. If a duplicate order is paid for online, MHS will not refund the duplicate payment. https://goo.gl/QJ8vbK
Starting October 1, 2018: All yearbook sales will need to be made through the Jostens website (the publishing company of our yearbooks). The cost at this time will be $55. https://goo.gl/BrhqoW
Last year’s yearbooks: There are still some 2017-18 yearbooks for sale. These can be purchased for $60 through the school bookstore. If you have not yet picked up your 2017-18 yearbook, please do so ASAP. See Ms. Olson at the bookstore.
Senior Portraits: Seniors must be photographed and have their yearbook image selected by October 20, 2018, to appear in the yearbook. They may call the Visual Image Photography studio to schedule an appointment at 847-499-9300 or at vipis.com.
Senior Baby Ads: These are now available for purchase. A flyer should have gone home with your senior via his or her English class. These can be created and ordered through jostensadservice.com for $50 by April 26, 2019.
Retakes: Didn’t like your original picture or missed the other portrait days? All underclass students can take or retake their portrait pictures on Wednesday, October 30, at the school. Seniors can take a Yearbook only portrait at school on Tuesday, October 17.
Recognition
National Honor Society to induct new members at MHS Sept. 25
The Mundelein High School chapter of the National Honor Society [NHS] will induct new members into their organization in a ceremony to be held in the MHS Auditorium at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 25. The new inductees were chosen by a faculty selection committee based on the four principles of NHS, namely character, scholarship, leadership and service. Nancy Toland and Jennifer Fallon serve as advisors to NHS.
The following seniors will be inducted:
Kathleen Cory, Rosibel Gomez, Kelly Grabowski, Liam Guivitan, Hannah Losoff, Daisy Perez, Jessica Reisman and Thea Vogt.
Juniors chosen for induction include Damia Ali, Tanner Anderson, Mia Arnoux, Josie Bank, Emily Bauman, Kavana Belagur, Elise Bernett, Dillon Blake, Angela Bowes, Kylie Brua, Kira Buckner, Ryan Burns, Caitlin Carmody, Ashley Carrier, Olivia Cartland, Alyzza Chow, Christina Dimarakis, Paige Ekstrom, Sophia Feijoo, Josh Fergen, Nickie Figueroa, Kate Fladhammer, Morgan Frank, Madigan Franzen, Grace Friello, Parker Geary, Tyler Green, Stephanie Gutierrez, Megan Hansen, Anthony Heelan, Alexandra Hevko, Colin Hogan, Samuel Jeon, Nishi Shah, Audrey Kafka, Kendall Klatt, Daniel Kotovych, Camden Kowalski, Ahmad Koya, Ian Lau, Derek Lee, Caitlin Mathews, Elyna Mellen, Justin Mjoen, Peyton Montei, Caitlin Morey, Amanda Muench, Garrett Munz, Alexis Naddy, Sydney Naddy, Hailey Negley, Nicole Nowicki, Leslie Osorio, Ricardo Osornio, Sarah Parduhn, Sahil Patel, Mathew Pawlowski, Wendy Perez, Alexis Reyna, Allan Rodriguez, Bradley Rossbach, Luke Roswick, Jessica Sanchez, Joey Scheuer, Yianna Schneckloth, Claire Schoenfield, Zachary Scott, Teagan Sheffer, Audrey Shiro, Marta Sikora, Maya Skowronski, Aleksandra Skutrik, Izak Sosa, Hannah Stanley, Mackenzie Stewart, Tavkar Taneesha, Eva Tejada, Brooke Testin, Colin Wade, Ryan Wilson, Lauren Young, Irene Nikitas.
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| CERT Member and MHS Staff Member Lynn Dowell with food pantry donation. |
The Mundelein Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), at their meeting Wednesday, September19, 2018, collected non-perishable food for the Mundelein High School food pantry. The CERT Team collected more than 100 food items for the pantry. The CERT Team is a community based emergency preparedness team and responds to local emergencies as well as providing services to community events such as first aid tents, traffic control, parking assistance and educational materials. The team will be assisting with traffic control at the Mundelein High School Homecoming Parade October 5. The CERT Team challenges the Mustang family/community to support the food drive at the September 28 game so that the food pantry is well stocked for the winter months.
Activities
Students can take a leading role in American democracy when they register to vote. MHS is offering voter registration during all lunches on National Voter Registration Day, next Tuesday, September 26. Voter registrars will sign up eligible students -- those who are 18 and those who will be 18 by election day. Two forms of identification are necessary; one with a photo, second with proof of address. Get ready for the election on November 6!
Girls Basketball to host Pancake Breakfast with raffles
The Mundelein High School Girls Basketball teams will host an all you can eat pancake breakfast on Saturday, September 29 from 6:30 am to noon in the Mundelein High School cafeteria. Cost per person is $5 and all proceeds will benefit the MHS girls’ basketball program.
Also on tap during the breakfast will be a Chicago Bulls Tickets raffle and a 50/50 raffle.
Hoptoberfest Mustang Charge 5k
The Hoptoberfest Mustang Charge 5k is a chance for 3 local small business (Game Changing Performance, Center for Wellness, and Tighthead) to give back to the community that has been so instrumental in their growth over these past years. All proceeds go to Mundelein High School!
https://www.gamechangingperformance.fit/hoptoberfestmustangcharge5k
Mundelein High School Homecoming set for October 1-6
Mundelein High School will host a number of special activities during Homecoming Week which begins Monday, Oct. 1. The Student Leadership Organization which oversees Homecoming activities is looking for more participants for the parade and more convertibles as well. Anyone who can help out is asked to contact Cynthia Henrichs at 847.949.2200, Extension 1004 or email her at chenrichs@d120.org. The parade takes place on Friday, Oct. 5, beginning at 3:30 p.m. All students and area residents are encouraged to take part in the week-long celebration.
Activities during Homecoming Week include Powder Puff football games beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3; Senior Girls Night that same evening from 8 p.m. to midnight; an assembly featuring the crowning of the King and Queen on Friday, Oct. 5 beginning at 12:50 p.m. followed by the parade at 3:30 p.m. and then the freshman game at 5 p.m. and varsity game against Libertyville at 7:30 p.m.
The parade will head west on Division from the Village Hall, north on California and west on Hawley to the high school.
Special note to area residents: a fireworks display will take place during halftime of the varsity game between 8:30 and 9 p.m.
Homecoming Week will conclude with the dance, Evening in Paris from 7 to 10 p.m. and with the Distinguished Alumni Awards Banquet at the DoubleTree in Mundelein beginning at 6:30 p.m. Reservations for that event will continue through Sunday Sept. 30. Visit the website at www.d120.org and click the shopping cart in the top right corner.
Dress up days are as follows:
Monday, Oct. 1: Dress-up Day is “PJ Day”
Tuesday, Oct. 2: Dress-up Day is “Twin Day”
Wednesday, Oct. 3: Dress-up Day is “Meme/Vine Day”
Thursday, Oct. 4: Dress-up Day is “Hawaiian Day”
College & Career Center
First Generation College Bound Student Series
First generation college-bound students are eager to learn about the college application process! Join us on Tuesday, September 25 during 4th period in B105 to explore career options.
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| First Gen Group |
Website: https://www.d120.org/resources/student-success-resources/ccrc/
Instagram: mhsccrc
Twitter: @mundycollege
Athletics
Boys Cross Country
This weekend we split our squad up, with the varsity going to California to run in the Woodbridge Classic Invitational, and the rest of the team running at the Warren Invitational. There were great performances at both meets, let's look at the highlights.
At Warren-In the F/S race, Nathan Clapp led the way as the team took 9th, without top runner Elian Salgado. Nathan took 13th overall with a PR of 17:21. Aaron Hernandez was next in 55th place, also with a PR of 18:41. Diego Gonzalez was 3rd in with a 90 second PR, taking 67th in 19:07, right in front of Andrew Brizzell, taking 68th in 19:08. Leighton Eddy closed out the scoring, taking 138th in 20:51.
In the JV race, Dylan Debord had a 40 second PR, running 21:55.
In the varsity race, Matt Olorvida led the squad to a 13th place finish. Matt took 12th overall, with a new PR of 16:20. Talk about rising to the challenge! Aaron De Lara took 76th in 17:59. Daniel Nieto also had a big PR, taking 83rd in 18:10. Jeremy Hernandez was next in, taking 89th in 18:19. Jacob Perraud and Colin Hogan closed out the race, finishing 11th and 125th, in 18:58 and 20:34. I will attach a file with all our Warren times below.
At Woodbridge our guys showed they deserved to run with the elite teams in the nation, taking 16th out of 32 teams in the Sweepstakes Division, which also featured quite possibly the top team in the nation, Great Oak. Dillon Blake led the way, taking 27th place overall in the fantastic time of 14:38- not only a 24 second PR, but 14 seconds faster than any Mundelein runner ever over 3 miles. Robert St. Clair was next, also under 15 minutes, taking 64th in 14:59. The next 3 runners in all had huge PRs of at least 40 seconds- really unusual at the varsity level. Carter Schorr ran 15:16, Trevor Werner ran 15:25, and Sean Finerty ran 15:43. Dario Carrillo ran 16:01, but in doing so had maybe the most impressive performance of all. Dario got knocked down at the first turn, getting spiked in the face, upper thigh, and calf. Dario picked himself back up and re-engaged, regaining contact with the rest of the team. When he went by me the first time at about the 1200m mark I had no idea what had happened, but I could see the determination in his face. This is what cross country is all about.....
Whether we ever get the chance to go to California again, the experience and confidence we gained was worth it. This week we get to take what we learned and apply it at the Palatine Invite, another high quality meet. Hope to see you all there.
Girls Cross Country
Great day at Warren invite today! 2 in the top 20 at the F/S level, 1 in the top 20 in the Open, and 2 in the top 30 at Varsity level! Varsity also took 6th as a team! Plus 15 Season PRs with 5 additional Career PRs! Girls are looking stronger and faster every day!
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| GCC Warren Invite 6th place finish at Warren Invite |
Girls Volleyball
Mundelein varsity hosted Highland Park and won the 3 set match in exciting fashion.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1040765956707045376
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| Great student crown cheering on girls varsity volleyball vs HIghland Park. Mustangs win as it was the most exciting game of the season so far. |
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| GCC Warren Invite 6th place finish at Warren Invite |
Football
It might be tough to get to 34 this season.But Mundelein running back Shawn Patrick will find the end zone quite a bit. He seems to have a knack for it.Patrick scored 34 touchdowns last season as the quarterback of Mundelein's freshman team that went 6-3."We could tell last year that Shawn was going to be special," Mundelein coach Larry Calhoun said. "It's hard to get a handle on him and he knows how to find (the end zone). He's going to be a good weapon for us at this level." On Saturday afternoon, Patrick was just that, showing that he can make big plays as a varsity player too. And at a position other than quarterback. Patrick scored 3 touchdowns to lead Mundelein to a big 48-6 North Suburban Conference win over host Waukegan. With the victory, Mundelein improves to 2-2 on the season and 1-1 in the league. Waukegan drops to 0-4 (0-2). On the game, Patrick rushed for 94 yards on just 10 carries. Also the Mustangs' backup quarterback, Patrick ran the offense late in the game and completed a pass for 10 yards. It was a familiar position for him. "I liked getting to play a little quarterback. That was fun," Patrick said. "Playing quarterback last year was fun. I probably score more at quarterback. "But I'm not that tall. I'm 5-6, 5-7. So it's harder to play quarterback up here (at the varsity level) than it was on the freshman team. I'll do whatever I can (to help the team) up here on varsity." Patrick got Mundelein on the board quickly after a Waukegan turnover on a fumble. He scored on a 6-yard touchdown run just three minutes into the game.The Mustangs scored their second touchdown off another Waukegan fumble, this time on a 36-yard run by starting quarterback Isaac Wellman. On the game, Mundelein scored 3 touchdowns on 5 of Waukegan's lost fumbles.
"Turnovers, turnovers," Waukegan coach Jonathan Hadnott said with dismay. "It's hard to recover from that right there. When you spot a team that many points, I don't care what level you play at, that's a tough bounce back right there." By halftime, Mundelein had built a 34-6 lead. The Mustangs also got a pair of touchdown passes from Wellman. He hit Eli Daugs for a 40-yard touchdown and Atade Syam for a 1-yard touchdown. And just before halftime, Edder Rebollar picked off a Waukegan pass and returned it 40 yards for a touchdown. Waukegan's only score came just before halftime on a 38-yard pass from Giovanni Quinones to Mishaun Riddle. "We're strong and we can make plays, but we just don't focus enough and that's why we make so many (turnovers)," Quinones said. "And it does (build on itself). Sometimes people think we're going to turn the ball over before it even happens. We've got to change our mindset." The only scoring in the second half was 2 touchdowns by Patrick. It set up a running clock for Mundelein's biggest win of the season. "I'm excited," Patrick said. "I see great things ahead for us. This is a really good group of guys."
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| Issac Wellman |
Baseball
Congratulations to Jared Dorfman who announced he will be furthering his academic and athletic career at Illinois College next fall.
Mustang Alumni - We would love to connect with you! Please reach out to our new Alumni Committee Chair, Tim Wilson, at Tmwilson813@gmail.com with your info! We can't wait to hear from you!
Photos of the Week
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| Kick off to Hispanic Heritage Month! |
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| Varsity Girls Volleyball honor their teachers at Monday's game. |
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| New gate to the field installed and small set of bleachers moved to west end zone. Much more space for movement and buying your Mustang Gear! |
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| Bleachers moved to west end zone |
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| New stairway installed from new parking lot. Retaining wall installed to improve aesthetics and clear walkways. Concessions building repainted too. |
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| Retaining wall installed to improve aesthetics and clear walkways. |
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| Record crowds to hear from Hispanic professionals in the Hispanic Professional Career Cell this week. |
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| Students talk with presenters of the Hispanic Professional Career Cell about opportunities. |
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| With sponge in hand, Elizabeth Heraty '21 washes a car on Saturday Sept. 15 in the annex parking lot. This is her second year on the varsity tennis team and they decided to raise money by having a car wash and selling cookies with lemonade. Photo taken by Rosibel Gomez |
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| During her sixth period, Stephanie Rivas '19 looks through a microscope for her Honors Anatomy class on Tuesday, Sept. 18. All Honors Anatomy classes have been researching cells and tissues for their new unit. Photo taken by Claire Kim |
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| In an athletic stance, Gillian Paul '19, Maggie O'Donnell '19 and Hana Fakhoury '19 wait for the serve from Highland Park High School on Friday, Sept. 14. After three well played matches, Mundelein came out victorious. Photo taken by Sydney Szalinski |
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| Practice makes perfect for Matt Olorvida '19, as he practices the trumpet before school. Olorvida is in the marching band as well as Jazz Ensemble. Photo taken by Lindsay Nootbaar |