The McHenry Lions Club awarded a $500 grant to the McHenry High School
Food for Thought program.
Pictured are, left to right, Lions Club President Rev. Gary Peterson, and Food for Thought leaders Ashley Diedrich and Cheryl Myers.
Thank you!
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This week Prevention and Wellness Coordinator Maura Reid and a group of students encouraged those going to prom to sign a Safe Prom pledge. The McHenry Chamber donated gift cards that were given to raffle winners. Have a safe prom, everyone!
Current 9th-graders were welcomed to the Upper Campus Friday morning with smiles, games, music and more for the first-ever Sneak Peek event.
After smaller group sessions and tours, the morning ended with a pep rally, including music from Staff Infection and tug-of-war contests.
We had some students dress up as BBQ dads on Thursday for prom spirit week!
UPDATE: Upper students who drive are welcome to leave at 10 a.m. (after 3rd period) tomorrow (Friday, 4/29). Upper bus riders and Upper parent pick-up students will be dismissed at 10:40 a.m. NO CHANGE for Freshmen: They will be dismissed at 10:30 a.m. after their UC Sneak Peak.
Good Luck to Andrew Rupcich, MCHS Class of 2017 and All-American OT for Culver-Stockton College in Canton, MO. Andrew competed in the NFL Combine and has posted impressive metrics that may see him picked in this weekend's NFL Draft! Enjoy this article about Andrew's senior season and prep for the draft!
https://muddyriversports.com/pressbox/crim-with-nfl-draft-looming-culver-stockton-colleges-rupcich-ready-to-see-dream-come-true/20220411054728/
Staff nominated sophomore and junior student leaders to attend the Fox Valley conference to network and develop leadership skills together. We are proud of our students for representing our district. Thank you Mr. Lunkenheimer for chaperoning! #WarriorReady156
Staff nominated these talented student leaders to represent our school at the Fox Valley Conference leadership event on Wednesday! #WarriorReady156
Sawyer Shafer placed 4th in Smash Ultimate solos. Theo Milton and James Karalus placed 1st in Smash Ultimate duos advancing to State! Caeleb Stecks, Logan Theilson & Blake Zeinert placed 2nd in Rocket League advancing to State! ALL received MCHS's first ever IHSA eSports medals!
MCHS is currently working on a Portrait of a Graduate project, which will ultimately articulate outcome goals for all students who leave MCHS. We seek your input! The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete. Thank you!
https://tinyurl.com/portraitofagrad (IG-link in bio)
WATCH 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8IDIwEDmO8
Tuesday's Warrior Weekly features softball, the new incentive program, traveling teachers, the girls' soccer team's donations to mothers and last week's College and Career Expo! #WarriorReady156
Choir and band have their final concerts of the school year! The Vocal Warriors will be singing all of the hits from today. Tickets sell out fast so get them while you can! Make sure to also check out the band concert on 5/9!
Tickets: https://www.dist156.org/article/723777
Enjoy Wednesday's TRI- M Music Honor Society's Benefit Concert 5:15 p.m. at the Freshman Campus auditorium! Tickets are $5 at the door only. It is a combined effort of the Tri-M students and the Better Together Organization. ALL the proceeds go to the Save the Music Foundation.
On Monday Ms. Adam's AP Calculus AB classes went outside to show off their math skills. Each student was given a practice AP Calculus question to work out with sidewalk chalk. The AP Calculus exam is May 9 and students are working diligently to prepare for the exam.
ALL MCHS students are invited to spend a day at Six Flags. Buy your $25 ticket and get a free entry into Battle of the Bands that night! If you can only make it to Battle of the Bands, tickets are $5 cash at entry.
https://www.vancoevents.com/us/events/landing?eid=20961
For #EarthDay2022, members of the MCHS Environmental Club went out to clean along a portion of Walkup Road near Shiloh Church in Crystal Lake.
Thank you for the hard work!
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Congratulations to Allie Everhart, the McHenry Messenger’s artistic director, for earning first place in photo storytelling at the IHSA state journalism tournament.
Great job by all Warrior Student Media students competing at state!
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Illinois Design Educators Association State competition: On Saturday we had six students competing against 150 other students at ISU in various categories. Freshman Lachlan Gardan won first place in Introductory Board Drafting! Great job, everyone! #WarriorReady156
Prom spirit week has begun with our all gray day! Feel free to participate even if you're not going to prom! #WarriorReady156
District 15 in partnership with District 156 is looking for bus drives. Use the link to apply or send to someone who might be interested! (IG: link in bio)
http://www.generalasp.com/mchenry/OnlineApp/default.aspx?choosedistrict=true&applitrackclient=715&category=Transportation
