We recognized our staff who have been at MCHS for a number of years and our retirees. Congrats to BJ MacDonald on 40 years! Congrats to our retirees: Donna Vesely, Teri Graszer, Tracy Cody, Bryan Wright, Paul Wilm, Jean Benedetto, Leanna Anderson and Chris Steltzriede!
We hope freshmen enjoyed visiting the Upper Campus today! Thank you to our senior leaders who helped out! #WarriorReady156
Wish Warrior Student Media luck as they compete in the IHSA state journalism competition today! #WarriorReady156
Mark your calendars for May 4 and plan to join the Latin American Student Organization (LASO) for the second annual Latin X-Perience.
Read more on the district's website.
https://www.dist156.org/article/1568402
(IG: Link in bio.)
Happy #ThankfulThursday ! Freshman Campus is thankful for Colleen Eddy, Heidie Dunn, and Dina Kogan (not pictured).
Sports writer Marty Maciaszek visited MCHS Wednesday to talk to Coach Beerbower about the growth of powerlifting for an upcoming Daily Herald newspaper article.
The MCHS powerlifters are headed to a state powerlifting meet next month. #WarriorReady156
We are pleased to announce Erica (Watson) Borggren, class of 1998, is our 2024 Distinguished Graduate! Erica has had an impressive professional and personal journey. Read about Erica on our Distinguished Graduate page:
https://www.dist156.org/page/distinguished-graduate-program
Hampshire and MCHS baseball are joining forces for the 9th Annual Strike Out Cancer Game. You can purchase a plaque for $10 commemorating someone who has been affected by cancer. The names will be engraved on a wooden plaque in the shape of a baseball helmet and displayed throughout the game. All checks should be made out to Hampshire Baseball and can be given to Coach Rockweiler, Coach Badgley or Coach Freund. Proceeds will go directly to the Jason Motte Foundation.
Order your plaques here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9QLoJO2BLI1hpIJVdqMKn_4wJXoeMAi8I4AdkOL319dns5w/viewform
Happy Administrative Professionals Day! We could not function without you. Thank you for all you do!
🎒🧃Lil' Warriors Preschool is looking to enroll more preschoolers for the 2024-2025 school year. Ms. Farris and our high school students work one-on-one with the preschoolers making the program a great learning experience for all!
https://tinyurl.com/lilwarriorspreschool
Congrats to Trinity and Ed for winning the MCC Culinary Challenge! This is the second year in a row MCHS students won! The competition was set up like the show, "Chopped" with six teams of two students. They had the same mystery protein and made four plates with two side dishes.
🎥 Watch the Warrior Weekly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl5LnUDHuKc
Warrior Student Media Covers:
🩺 White Coat Ceremony
🤝 College & Career Expo
🩹 Key Club's Blood Drive
☕ Heady Cup Coffee
🎷 Spring Jazz Concert
#WarriorReady156
AP calculus students worked on practice problems outside with chalk to get ready for their AP exam coming up in a few weeks. #WarriorReady156
On Friday, Warrior Chef students practiced making and selling large quantities of food by providing tasty meals for staff!
Great job!
#MadeInMcHenry156
McHenry Strength Director John Beerbower was a featured speaker Saturday at the Wisconsin State Clinic for the National Strength and Conditioning Association in Milwaukee.
Dr. Beerbower talked about the importance of building relationships with those you are coaching. 💪
🌍🌱💚 Happy Earth Day from MCHS!
INCubatoredu students had pop up shops of their businesses. The shops will be back Tues. outside of the UC cafeteria for students and staff to browse. The shops had homemade dog treats, handmade clothing, pressure washing services for trash bins, candy, stickers and keychains.
Congrats to Lachlan, Paul and Jacob for medaling at the Illinois Design Educators Association state competition on Saturday. Lachlan was second in 3D Modeling. Paul was third in 3D Modeling. Jacob was third in Assembly Modeling. Great job to all our participants!
Congratulations to Lauren Hines and Greg Eiserman on their nominations for Educator of the Year through McHenry County Regional Office of Education.
The overall winner will be announced during a May 11 banquet in Crystal Lake.
MCHS families:
As you may have seen in last week's newsletter, the district is moving to PowerSchool for student data management. Please watch your email for more details about creating your family account and registering for school.
https://www.dist156.org/article/1555642
