Mustang News - February 12, 2021

February is Black History Month

The MHS Black Student Union has been providing programming during this month to celebrate Black History Month.  This week, quotes from celebrated individuals were placed around the school.  Here are a few of the quotes from these famous individuals.

Recognition

Sophomore earns national recognition for COVID-19 research

Hussain Razvi, a sophomore in Mundelein High School’s Project Lead the Way (PLTW)-Honors Principles of Engineering course, was recognized in Samsung’s recent “Solve for Tomorrow” competition.  Thanks to Razvi, Mundelein High School was one of only two high schools from Illinois

Hussain Razvi

to be recognized in this nationwide contest designed to boost interest and proficiency in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The challenge was for public school teachers and students in grades 6-12 to show how STEM can be applied to help improve their communities.  

Hussain proposed an alternative methodology for checking symptoms of COVID-19.  Using research from SARS-2, he identified measurements that are strong indicators of respiratory-related diseases like COVID-19.  The proposal used Arduino-based sensors, making it extremely cost effective.  His plan also included monitoring capability using data shared across multiple institutions to provide feedback and guidance on current and future public health mitigations.

“After competing in the Mundelein Mayor’s Challenge last year, I was inspired to find other events,” Hussain explained.

As an honorable mention entry, he received a Samsung Note20 5G cellphone and a compatible UV sanitizing charger with a total retail value of over $1000.  

“Hussain is also an active member of our Robotics Club and has done a lot during this season despite the pandemic,” said Manny Aldana, Project Lead the Way instructor. “While his dad thanked me for mentoring Hussain, I would like to thank everyone for supporting programs like PLTW and robotics which create inspiration and opportunities for our students to thrive in the STEM field,” Aldana concluded.

“Congratulations to Hussain Razvi and his Project Lead the Way teacher, Manny Aldana – proving once again, ‘It’s a Great Day to be a Mustang!’, said Larry Calhoun, fine and applied arts department chair at MHS.

MHS Science Olympian selected for state advisory committee

 Mundelein High School sophomore, Ciara West, has been selected for the Illinois Science Olympiad Youth Advisory Committee. The committee will help bring youth voice to state efforts, create

Ciara West

recommendations for teams throughout the state and develop leadership and professional skills.

“Ciara was selected because she demonstrates leadership experience and skills on their Science Olympiad team, school and community,” said Joe Maxwell, one of the MHS Science Olympiad coaches.

“I’m incredibly grateful for the chance to be on the committee to help improve Illinois Science Olympiad,” West said “Our program at MHS has given me the opportunity to explore science with my friends and, as a member of the board, I’m hoping to promote and expand STEM activities in Illinois schools so that more students will have the ability to do the same.”

“Obviously we are very proud that Ciara has stepped up into the leadership position,” Maxwell said. “Mundelein High School will be well represented at the Illinois Science Olympiad Youth Advisory Committee,” he said.

Mark Michalski and Jackie Hogan also advise the group.

Activities

Romance & Relationships Take Center Stage at Mundelein Theatre

For their winter play offering, Mundelein Theatre is presenting LOVE/SICK, by John Cariani. The play is described as a collection of ten slightly twisted and completely hilarious short plays, which explores the pain and the joy that comes with being in love. The play is being streamed online on February 26, 27 and 28. The shows on the 26th and 27th are scheduled content, which means they play once at 7 pm on those dates. The show on the 28th is video on demand, which means that those purchasing tickets can watch the show starting at 2 pm, and can view the show as often as they want for a 48 hour time period. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.showtix4u.com/events/18905 Some of the plays contain mature content.

“This was the perfect piece for creating theatre during a pandemic,” said Jeff Harding, co-director of the show. “Each play features two actors, so we were able to give plenty of students the opportunity to perform, while keeping the rehearsal process safe.” “This collection of stories follows a relationship arc,”  co-director Jonathan Meier explained. “There are plays about falling in love, getting married, discussing children, raising children, infidelity and divorce.  It will be a really compelling night of streaming theatre.”

The plays were all filmed on the Mundelein High School stage, with students manning the cameras and storyboarding the shots. “Planning and executing the filming of the plays has given our tech theatre students a valuable experience this year,” said Sara Gunther, Mundelein Theatre staff member in charge of lighting and filming. “It is something that they were able to add to their skillsets.”

The student Production Managers are Sarah Larson, Meghan Matthys, Chris Moyer, Zoe Trahan and Marley Wilkins. The Assistant Director is Megan Saunders. The actors all wear transparent masks during the filming of the plays. The plays and the actors are Obsessive Impulsive (Tori Collins & Leandro Ocampo, The Singing Telegram (Grace Sciortino & Addison Salski), What?!? (Maximus Watson & Will Gonzalez), The Answer (Taylor Gates & Max Dunlap), Uh-Oh (Mary McMurray & Kailib Keblys), Lunch and Dinner (Joslyn Ganges & Matthew Callas), Chicken (Chris Nacion & Bella Buono), Forgot (Dean Hahn & Katie Myrant), Where Was I? (Julia Myrant & Hailey Lindenbaum) and Destiny (Eli Walter & Haydn Nuttall).

Virtual Blood Drive

February 14 through March 13. All presenting donors who mention Mundelein High School will receive a coupon for a large one topping pizza from Papa John’s.

Give blood, transform lives!

Join Girls Who Code! 

Girls Who Code is an international organization devoted to getting girls and non-binary students the resources and curriculums needed to learn to code and develop a sisterhood amongst other programmers. With GWC, students can either learn from a complete beginner level or choose a more advanced path, and you have the opportunity to network with large companies such as Apple, Dell, Capital One, Amazon, and more. Students will be able to access resources and connect with people around the globe. This is an amazing opportunity for girls and non-binary students to learn computer science outside of school! 

For more information, please email Kajal Patel at 220001@students.d120.org. To sign up, fill out this form: http://bit.ly/MundeleinGWC.

Announcements

MHS Parent/Teacher Conference Schedule - March 3

• Wednesday, March 3
• “Yellow” schedule modified - all classes are remote on this day
• Student dismissal at 1:20pm
• Conferences are 10 minutes long
• Conferences periods: 
• 2:10 pm to 4:30 pm 
• 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
• Al conferences will be conducted via Zoom. Zoom links will be provided.

Click HERE to schedule conferences.  Conferences can be scheduled starting at 8:00 am on February 24 until on March 1 at 11:00 pm.

Register (new users)

Enter your email address and click "Login/Create Account".

Fill in the required fields and register.

For each child, enter a student ID and birth date (mm/dd/yyyy)

Sign In

If you've previously registered, all you need to do is enter your email and password. The system will recognize you and the children you have added to your account.

Scheduling

Each colored square represents an available meeting time. The legend shows you which teacher corresponds to which color, and the times increase as you go down the page. (Note: you will not see all of the teachers at your school, just the set of teachers that your children have classes with.) Click on a square to book that time.

• You will optionally have the choice of setting a time when you would like a reminder email delivered.

• Click "Create Appointment".

• Repeat until you have an appointment with each teacher you'd like to visit with.

• At any time you can click on "printable schedule" and print the resulting web page to get a hard copy of your schedule.

• If you want to make changes to your schedule, you can log in at any time with the email address and password you used to create your account.  

• Click on “Your Schedule” to display and hide your appointments. There will be links to change the time, or cancel the appointment.

Please contact the Principal’s Office with any questions about Parent Teacher Conferences. 

847-949-2200, X1230

Questions to ask during Parent/Teacher Conferences

• Does my student demonstrate specific strengths in your class?
• How is my student doing in your class: Grades, attendance, missing assignments
• How can my student improve his/her grade?
• Is there some way that I can check my student’s progress in class?
• Are there any upcoming projects or assignments my student should be working on?

Reminder for Hybrid Schedule Students and Parents

Students MUST have their Blue Card in order to enter the school building.  Students will be turned away if they do not present their Blue Card.

The Blue Card represents the certifies that the student's parents indicated the student is without any COVID19 symptoms.

2021 Illinois Parent Survey

Link to survey: http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/ 

National Honors Society Book Drive

The National Honors Society is partnering with MHS’s Book Club to hold a book drive. Help MHS and NHS fill Mundelein’s “Little Free Libraries” with books!

Student meal assistance

NHS partners with Tree-Plenish

SAT prep in the Literacy Center

High School Aerospace Seminar Opportunity for MHS students!

University of Illinois Educational Outreach Group invites MHS students to participate in a high school Aerospace seminar series this February. The plan is to have one hour-long seminars twice a week for two weeks, covering topics regarding Aerospace Engineering and Engineering in general. The dates and times for these lectures are listed below. We are currently finalizing some details about potential aerospace corporate partnerships as well. Week 1: Monday, February 15 at 4 pm CT Thursday, February 18 at 4 pm CT Week 2: Monday, February 22 at 4 pm CT Thursday, February 25 at 4 pm CT If you are interested, please fill out this sign-up form! Please contact me (Komol Patel, MHS Class of 2023) at komolp2@illinois.edu or Sophie Pieta (our Logistics Lead) at sipieta2@illinois.edu with any questions or concerns you may have. Komol Patel University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Class of 2023

Discounted Registration Fee Deadline!

For Current MHS Students

The 21/22 Early Registration Fee item has been added to the PowerSchool fee accounts for the Class of 2022, 2023, and 2024.  If you choose to pay the Registration Fee by March 31, 2021, you will receive the $25 discount currently applied in PowerSchool.  Starting April 1st, the discount will be removed and the regular Registration Fee of $275 will be listed. Please know that all prior Registration and Course fees must be paid off before paying the Early Registration item. If you have any questions, please reach out to KC Olson in the MHS Payment Center at kolson@d120.org.

For Incoming 9th Grade Students Mundelein High School offers a discounted Registration Fee rate of $250 if paid by March 31, 2021. After that, our standard Registration Fee of $275 will be in place. Because the Class of 2025 does not have access to our PowerSchool system yet, we have created a fee item in RevTrak specifically for your Class. In the upper right hand corner of the MHS main web page, you will find a shopping cart. This will take you to RevTrak where you can create a login and access fee payment options. Please look for the button labeled ‘Class of 2025 Registration Payments’. From now through March 31, an Early Registration Fee item will be shown. After that, the standard Registration Fee item will be the option. Any course fees for our incoming students (Band or Show Choir) will be added to the student account once active in PowerSchool.

Please reach out to KC Olson in our Payment Center with any questions or concerns at kolson@d120.org or 847-949-2200 x1235.

College and Career Center

College Representative Virtual Visits Continue Fairmont State University (WV) will be virtually visiting MHS on 2/16/2021 @ 1:30 p.m, and National Louis University - Wheeling (IL) will be virtually visiting on 2/18/2021 @ 2:30 p.m. Don’t forget to sign up for them using Naviance. CollegeBoard BigFuture Days CollegeBoard’s next Virtual College Fair, BigFuture Day Southeast will be held on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, To get more information, click the link above. College Scholarships College scholarships for Seniors are in full swing, so be sure to catch up on any of the scholarships that are being offered through Naviance. Also check out our Twitter and Instagram accounts for upcoming events. As always, if you have not yet done so, please take a moment to review and bookmark the Virtual College and Career Resource Center. 

Financial Aid Assistance: Don’t forget, MHS has a wonderful representative from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission who is happy to help you work through your financial aid questions! Reach out to Alexis any time, or connect with him on Wednesday during his dedicated MHS hours! You can find Alexis’ information in the Virtual CCRC or by using the link below.

Connect with Alexis

Remember, if you have questions at any time you just have to schedule an appointment with Mrs. Rusk, our College Counselor, and we can connect via Zoom to talk through any questions or concerns you may have!

Athletics

Live Streaming of Athletic Competitions

If you are interested in viewing winter sports, click HERE. 

Look for the camera live icon

Spring & Summer sports

Registration is now open for Spring & Summer sports, click HERE

Look under Quick Links and choose either Spring or Summer

Call if you need questions 847-949-2200 x1340