Announcements
Parent Teacher ConferencesMundelein High School Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences will be held on Wednesday, March 13.
Students will be dismissed at 1:40 pm on March 13.
Conferences will run from 2:10 pm – 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm.
All conferences are 10 minutes in length.
The conference scheduler will be open March 4 at 8:30 am through March 10 at 10 pm
Please click on this link: https://www.pickatime.com/client?ven=11603212
Friday Focus
Immunization requirements
To the Families of All Incoming Freshman,Per the state of Illinois all incoming freshman are required to provide a State of Illinois School Physical (not a sports physical) and to show proof of having the first dose of the Meningococcal conjugate vaccine(MCV4). Please note Meningococcal B is NOT required and cannot replace Meningococcal (MCV4) vaccine.
To the Families of All Incoming Seniors,
Per the state of Illinois all incoming seniors are required to show proof of having the second dose of the Meningococcal conjugate vaccine(MCV4). Please note Meningococcal B is NOT required and cannot replace Meningococcal (MCV4) vaccine. Toward the start of the new school year, vaccine supplies tend to run out.
Please have this done sooner than later to avoid the possibility of your child being excluded from school.
Senior Baby Ads
Senior Baby Ads (a yearbook recognition ad) are a great way to commemorate student achievements and important milestones.
Senior should have received a flier about when and how to purchase senior baby ads for the school yearbook earlier this year.
If you are interested in making this purchase, please be aware that the deadline is April 26. A ⅛ page colored ad is $50.00.
All sales go through our yearbook publishing company, Jostens. See their website for more information at:
https://www.jostens.com/yearbooks/yearbook-ads.html
Please do not contact or send material to the school, as Jostens manages the school’s yearbook ad sales.
Additionally, if you have not yet pre-ordered the 2018-19 book, please do so by placing the order through Jostens: https://goo.gl/jwQJdB
Thank you for your support of the MHS yearbook!
Recognition
Poetry Slam Team earns honors at Adler Music and Arts Center
Members of the Mundelein High School Poetry Slam Team took part with a number of other schools at the Young Blood Spoken Word and Pop-Up Art Show at the David Adler Music and Arts Center in Libertyville on March 3. Several members of the group earned honors for their work. Team members include Raegan Duym, Isabelle Jurasz, Meghan Mathys and Rose Rosell.
Mathys won first place with her poems, “Little Girl” and “Mary Moe.” “Little Girl” is a piece about innocence and the voices that try to knock girls down. “Mary Moe” is about imagination and the unlimited opportunities a young girl can have when she dreams big. Her poem ends listing the names of powerful women who have made a difference in the world, past and present.
Jurasz took second place with her poem, “An Apology to My Mother.” The piece focuses on her dual identity. She begins the piece ashamed of her Philippine heritage and ends awakened and apologizing to her mother for trying to hide her culture.
“Her mother was in the audience and had never read the piece before,” said Meredith Teuber, advisor to the group along with Krysta Penuel. “When Isabelle ended the piece by looking directly at her mother and apologized to her mother in the language of her heritage, the entire audience was moved, many brought to tears.”
Duym kicked off the show by condemning society’s version of beauty and empowering people to change their definitions of beauty and see all humanity as beautiful. Duym’s imagery highlighted human behavior and groupthink.
Junior earns full-ride summer scholarship to NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Mundelein High School junior, Allan Rodriguez, has landed a summer scholarship to study film at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. The scholarship amounts to about $12 thousand that covers tuition, meals, housing, insurance, weekend events, etc.
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| Allan Rodriguez |
The program is a four-week college course during the summer where students from all over the world go to study film and by the end of the course, they come out with a short film, music video, and a specific project of their own which they then use as their application film when they apply to NYU Tisch School of the Arts for their freshman year. At his young age, Rodriguez already has a lengthy resume.
“While I’ve been fascinated with making videos since I was young, I started fully pursuing my passion when I was in sixth grade,” Rodriguez said. “Since then I’ve filmed many short/Micro films, have become the president of the MHS Film Club and started a production company in which I create ads, promos, commercials, event videos and even music videos for local bands,” he explained.
According to Kent Meister, Rodriguez’s Advanced Media instructor, he’ll have a great learning experience at NYU.
“During the year Allan is able to work on film for 50 minutes at a time in my class and usually is the person leading the pack because of his passion and skills. I am excited for him to be in a program where this is what he gets to do during the whole day surrounded by so many others who share the same level of passion for film and editing.”
In addition to creating a number of films and music videos Rodriguez also created Clover Visuals, a freelance filmmaking production company run by a friend and himself. They produce live event video, wedding/party videos and other projects for clients throughout the Chicagoland/northern Illinois area.
“I’m really excited for this opportunity because I’ve never been a believer in film school because of how expensive it is. But I know how essential it is because of the opportunities presented and connections you make with the people you meet. I’m excited for everyone I’ll meet and work with and obviously how I get to go to New York.”
Meister concluded, “I am truly happy to see him have this opportunity which will go well beyond what he can learn in my class or from youtube. I can’t wait to check in with him after this program to hear about what he has learned and how it has taken his passion/skills to the next level.”
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| Educators Rising |
Educators Rising
Educators Rising had a successful Shadow Day event in February with 11 students shadowing teachers in subjects like Music, Math, English, and AVID. Students learned the ins and outs of a teacher's day and asked questions about careers in education. The group’s next meeting is Monday, March 11th in the Literacy Center, 7:15 am, to discuss a field trip planned for the Da Vinci Waldorf School in Wauconda on April 5th. There's POWER in teaching!
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Activities
MHS to host SnapClips founders; got their break on Shark Tank
Mundelein High School’s Business Incubator students and staff will host presentations on Wednesday, March 6, by the founders of SnapClips, a product that they “pitched” to the entrepreneurs on the television show, “Shark Tank.” At the end of their presentation, a combined offer of $150,000 for 30 percent equity in the business was made by Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner and Alex Rodriguez, and accepted.
The duo, Chief Executive Officer Martin Dimitrov and Chief Marketing Officer John Perricone will speak with MHS and Carmel High School business incubator students at 7:45 a.m. and again at 8:45 a.m. in the MHS auditorium. The audience also will include the associate principal for curriculum and business incubator teacher from Round Lake High School.
The young men are expected to speak about their initial idea while they were still in high school, how they developed it and what stages they went through on their way to Shark Tank. They first started their project while in their business incubator course at Wheeling High School.
SnapClips, a new design for keeping weights stable during workout sessions, was an instant hit with the business people on the television show.
MHS to host 54th Annual Mundelein Invitational March 9
The 54th Annual Mundelein Invitational will take place at Mundelein High School on Saturday, March 9. Forty-two high school and middle school jazz bands/combos will participate in performances and clinics throughout the day critiqued by 10 noted clinicians. A $5 admission charge is good for the whole day. Twin Talk is the guest artist performing from 12:40 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. in the Auditorium. Twin Talk is known for using live performances as opportunities to stretch—expanding on composed material and ditching set lists in favor of calling tunes on the fly. Andrew Sturgeon and Jerry Shelato direct the instrumental music program at MHS.
High School Top Big Bands will perform in the Auditorium beginning with Maine West High School Jazz Ensemble at 8 a.m. Others include Grant High School Jazz Ensemble, 8:25 a.m.; Woodstock High School Jazz Ensemble, 8:50 a.m.; Burlington Central High School Jazz Lab Band at 9:15 a.m.; Niles West High School Jazz Band at 9:40 a.m.; Marmion Rosary Jazz Ensemble at 10:05 a.m.; Palatine High School Jazz Ensemble at 10:30 a.m.; Danville High School 10th Degree at 10:55 a.m. Wheaton North High School Jazz Ensemble at 11:20 a.m.; Mundelein High School Jazz Orchestra at 11:45 a.m. and McHenry High School Jazz Ensemble at 12:10 p.m.
The schedule will continue following the performance by Twin Talk beginning with John Hersey High School Jazz Ensemble 1 at 2 p.m.; Libertyville High School Jazz Ensemble at 2:25 p.m.; Carmel Catholic Jazz Ensemble at 2:50 p.m.; Elk Grove High School Jazz Ensemble 1 at 3:15 p.m.; Wheeling High School Jazz Band 1 at 3:40 p.m.; Prospect High School Jazz Band 1 at 4:05 p.m.; Warren Township High School Jazz Ensemble 1 at 4:30 p.m.; Fond Du Lac High School Jazz 1 at 4:55 p.m.; and Mundelein High School Jazz Ensemble at 5:20 p.m.
Middle School and high school combos will perform in the Media Center from 8 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. and include Wheaton North High School Jazz Band, Antioch Middle School, James Hart Middle School, Sycamore Middle School Jazz Band, Wheeling High School Combo, John Hersey High School Combo 2, Marmion Rosary Jazz Combo, Palatine High School Combo, Mundelein High School Jazz Combo, John Hersey High School Combo 1 and Carmel High School Combo.
Middle School and High School second bands will perform in the band room performance space. Those include Fremont Sixth Grade Jazz Band, Fremont Seventh Grade Jazz Band, Fremont Eighth Grade Jazz Band, John Hersey High School Jazz Ensemble 2, McHenry High School Jazz Band, Prospect High School Jazz Band 2, Carl Sandburg Middle School Jazz Band, Libertyville High School Jazz Lab Band and Wheeling High School Jazz Band 2.
Award presentations will take place in the Auditorium from 6 to 6:20 p.m.
MHS to hold Civics Fair March 14
For the second year, Mundelein High School will hold a Civics Fair featuring Advanced Placement (AP) US and Comparative Government students. The event will take place Thursday, March 14 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the high school’s commons area.
Among the scheduled guests for the Fair will be Mundelein Mayor Steve Lentz and representatives from the offices of Melinda Bush and Daniel Didech and possibly others. The goal is for students to present in Science-Fair style, proposals to reform the US political system based on the founding principles of the nation.
“The students have come up with some great ideas to present information about term limits, the Electoral College, making election day a national holiday and campaign finance reform, to name a few,” said Tom Kuhn, AP US and Comparative Government instructor and coordinator of the event. “They don’t just present information, though; they also must devise ways to make implementation of the reforms possible,” he described.
The projects will be judged by a panel of social studies instructors, past and present, and the top five finishers will move on to state competition at Adlai Stevenson High School in April.
The Civics Fair is conducted as part of the Mikva Challenge Project, Civics Works. The Challenge was founded on the premise that youth voice and participation matter and that civic and political life will be stronger when youth participate and help shape their own destinies. According to their website, Mikva Challenge develops youth to be empowered, informed and active citizens who will promote a just and equitable society.
Kuhn, a former AP exam reader, now consults in social studies for the College Board and is working on a teacher edition for a textbook in social studies as well.
Mundelein Theatre to present Group Interpretation
The Mundelein Theatre Group Interpretation (GI) team will present a preview of their 2019 competition piece, I Kill Giants, on Thursday, March 14 and Friday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mundelein High School Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased at the door 30 minutes prior to each performance. Additional information can be found at www.mundeleintheatre.org.
Group Interpretation is a 30 minute, student-led performance of any literary work. The focal point of the performance is "out" to the audience with limited on-stage focus. The performance is minimal in nature, meaning that performers wear a uniform dress (not costumes) and build a minimalistic set. Sound effects are permitted but no lighting, specific costuming, properties or theater makeup can be used. It is an IHSA-sanctioned event where schools compete against other schools with a chance to earn the opportunity to compete at a State Final tournament.
I Kill Giants is a graphic novel by Joe Kelly and Ken Niimura, which was also made into a motion picture in 2017. It is the story of Barbara Thorson, a girl battling monsters, both real and imagined, and kicking butt and taking names as she faces her greatest fear. The story has been described as a bittersweet, coming-of-age story. The GI team is made up of Sydney Litka, Mary McMurray, Natalie Williams, Amari Liebe, Miriam Mitry, Katie Staroszczyk, Brooke Mellen, Eli Walter, Lance Evans, Matthew Callas, Mirabella Logan and Rosy Castro. Mark Landuyt directs and Sara Gunther is the associate director. Student assistant directors are Colin Nacion and Halli Carpender.
College & Career Center
Scholarship Completion Workshop Hours Next Thursday!
Seniors: Are you thinking about how to pay for college? Scholarship application deadlines are approaching! The MHS Foundation Scholarship closes on March 19, so why not get it done early? Come in to the CCRC before school on Thursday, March 14 to work on scholarship applications! Remember to ask teachers for letters of recommendation, if required.
Visit the CCRC (B103) to meet with college representatives. This is a great opportunity to learn about different schools and make a connection with admissions counselors!
Are you interested in enlisting in the military? Students interested in any of these military branches are welcome to speak with recruiters during their lunch period.
Starting your college search? Check out the regional area college fair hosted by College of Lake County on March 14 from 6-8pm for a chance to learn about over 170 schools. Check out which schools will be in attendance here: http://www.clcillinois.edu/events/collegefair
Remember to register prior to the fair at: app.strivescan.com/students
Athletics
Spring Athletic FeesIn mid March, parents of spring sport athletes will receive an email with a link to pay Spring Fees. Until then, just wait patiently. Thank you
Water Polo
Both boys and girls water polo opened their season with victories at all levels!
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| Girls track getting yoga tips from Coach |
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| Girls varsity soccer bonding over breakfast. |
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| This week's coaches' and captains' award winners... Grace Heintz and Jocelyn Gomez! Great work ladies! |
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| We are so proud of Neila for competing at the Special Olympics gymnastics meet today! 1st place All-Around, 1st place Balance Beam, 1st place Vault, 2nd place Bars, 5th place Floor |
Photos of the Week
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| Only 5 Free SAT sessions remaining! Learn the tips and strategies you need to land your target score. For more information, and a schedule, ask in the Math Lab or Literacy Center. |
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| Excited for practice, Anissa Maravilla '19 is joyful on her way to prepare for the girls JV lacrosse season. This is Maravilla's first year being on lacrosse, she decided to join as a senior to stay busy during the spring season. Photo taken by Olivia Harbison |
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| In Intense concentration, Joseph Salit '19 practices marimba in the band room before school on Thursday, March 7. Salit has been a four year member of the MHS band program. Photo taken by Lindsay Nootbaar |
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| For an after school exercise, Audrey Schiro '20, as a part of Wellness Club, does a cycling workout after school in the Spin Room on March 6. The Wellness Club also does activities like making protein bars and self defense classes. Photo taken by Jessica Franzen |
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| Before heading to class, Gillian Paul '19 and Taylor Heath '19 catch up on Thurs., March 7. The late start helps students get help on homework, meet with their friends, and catch up on sleep. Photo taken by Claire Kim |