Announcements
Support MHS Athletes with Friday Night Lights!
The COVID-19 Virus may have stolen our Spring Athletic Season from us, but it won’t diminish our support for all MHS athletic teams! Join us on Friday, April 17, for Friday Night Lights!
From 8 to 9 pm the athletic stadium lights will be turned on in support of all our teams. Residents are asked to participate by turning on their front porch lights and even a sign on the front door if they’d like.
Athletes are welcome to put their jersey, uniform, any MHS sportswear, sign, photo etc. on the front door as well to show support for all sports at MHS. GO MUSTANGS!!
Show your Senior Pride
Yard signs for the Class of 2020 are now on sale! Follow this link to get yours today! https://form.jotform.com/200915941182150 This is a great way to show support for the senior class.
2020-2021 Parking Permit Lottery
Please click on this link for the 2020-2021 Parking Permit process.
https://www.d120.org/activities/on-campus-parking-security/
Recognition
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| MacKenzie Stewart |
MacKenzie Stewart, Mundelein High School senior, took fourth place at the Illinois 2020 High School Oratorical Contest sponsored by the Illinois American Legion. The event, titled “A Constitutional Speech Contest,” included nine student competitors from communities throughout the state and was held March 7 in Springfield. Stewart’s contest wins total $1,450 accumulated from a progression of local, regional and state oratorical contests that began in January.
The oratorical format invites participants to extemporaneously respond to a topic relating to constitutional amendments. The questions are supplied in advance so students can research and write responses. Stewart’s speeches reflected her thorough understanding of the Constitution, “I’ve committed myself to gaining a full understanding of our democracy by interning at the Lake County State’s Attorney’s office, attending American Legion Illini Girls State, through courses and by talking with politicians,” Stewart said. “I’m passionate about our democracy and hope to build a career in law and justice.”
For the local and regional contests, students prepared four speeches, three-to-five minutes in length, focusing on their knowledge of select Constitutional amendments. Students also prepared a substantial eight-to-ten minute speech focusing on citizens’ duties in relation to the constitution. Presenters are blocked from hearing other contestant speeches. The determining speech at the state oratorical contest was eight-to-ten minutes. Stewart’s speech addressed concerns of political polarization.
Arlene Lolley, President of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 867, Mundelein, encouraged Stewart to compete. “The Constitution’s wide appeal, across generations, is a testament to the currency of the document. We are honored to have student engagement from such talented students like MacKenzie,” she added. Lolley attended the Springfield contest with George Swenson, past American Legion Division Commander, in support of Stewart.
Since 1938, the American Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship Program has created an opportunity for students to earn scholarships. Across the nation more than 30,000 students participate annually.
Activities
Over the course of the past two weeks, MHS has announced plans to tentatively schedule spring events. It is our goal to conduct as many of our spring activities as possible in accordance with the state government's direction. Not only are we discussing large events such as graduation, but we are also discussion events such as Fine Arts presentations. Please be patient with the process as MHS works through these difficult puzzles.eLearning
Progress reports will be sent soon. Only students with a failing grade as of March 13 or an "incomplete" due to not participating in eLearning activities will be sent a progress report. The first goal of eLearning is to keep teachers and students connected. The second is to allow for continued learning as best as possible under the "stay at home" executive order by the governor.
Here are a few images of eLearning from this past week!
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| Chorale |
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| Coach DeFrancesco conducting class! |
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| Strive Team |
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| Honors Concert Choir |
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| Honors Jazz Ensemble |
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| Mr. Mork conducting art class. |
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| Miss Kim |
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| Lights |
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| Lights 2 |
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| Neila completes her writing assignment. |
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| Whitty online! |
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| Scenes of eLearning from the Kroll household |
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| Mr. Stowers conducting a cabinet, er, department meeting. |
Athletics
Girls Soccer MHS Varsity Girls Soccer during shelter in place:
**Made Easter Baskets & dropped off food on April 4th to be distributed to kids throughout the community **
**Made a twitter video of juggling toilet paper which has around 4,000 views**
**Had a cooking/baking challenge & made a twitter video of all the girls creations**
**Many Google Meet Sessions**
Girls Basketball
End of Season Team Awards
Captain(s):Morgan Frank (Sr); Damia Ali (Sr); Tess McKay (Jr)
Hustle Award:Tess McKay (Jr)
Most Improved:Allison Binz (So)
Defensive POY:Damia Ali (Sr)
Most Valuable:Morgan Frank (Sr)
Individual Honors:
Morgan Frank (Sr Class of 2020) - NSC All Conference, Daily Herald All-Area, News-Sun All-Area (Second
Team), Pioneer Press All-Area (Third Team), & All-Time Leading Scorer in Program History with 1,557 total
points. She will continue her academic and athletic career at Colgate University.
Girls Lacrosse
GLAX is continuing with Mental Mondays! We're getting really creative: Virtual Easter Egg Hunts, Cooking Challenges, swapping workout ideas, Big Sister/Little Sister activities, and Study Superstars for help with eLearning! Here is a picture we took yesterday during our weekly meeting.
Girls Water Polo
Varsity won their first game against Buffalo Grove. Coach Vuks has had two virtual hang outs and doing a virtual trivia Wednesday with them.
Girls Softball
Delivered food items for Mundelein community
Also created video below on Twitter - Click HERE
Boys Volleyball
Mundelein Family,
The Boys Volleyball program would like to recognize Senior Craig Greene. He will be attending Millikin University in the fall studying set design and production. We wish him the very best of luck with his studies and future plans. Congratulations Craig!
We would also, like to say THANK YOU!, to all who are on the front lines helping fight COVID-19! THANK YOU and STAY SAFE!!!
Coach Dressen