On Friday over 70 students in the Business Professionals of America club competed in a regional competition. The categories included accounting, finance, business law, programming, computer security, marketing, management, speech, graphic design, broadcast and more!
Mr. Connor's graphic communications design class visited engineering instructor Mr. Micklinghoff's classroom to learn more about the laser printer. Mr. Micklinghoff used the laser to print out students' designs they previously made on the computer. #WarriorReady156
Thursday night band and choir performed Handel’s Messiah, conducted by Mr. Galvicius and Mr. Cabildo. It hasn’t been performed in a few years, and they pulled it off beautifully! #WarriorReady156
We still have more December concerts: https://www.dist156.org/article/1894278
Congratulations to our Illinois State Scholars! #WarriorReady156
https://www.dist156.org/page/illinois-state-scholars-class-of-2025
Juniors, take the ACT early on February 8!
For a complete list of step-by-step instructions: https://www.dist156.org/o/curriculum-and-instruction/page/act
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🎶🎤MCHS student musicians are welcoming the holiday season with a variety of shows this month!
Click on the link to the website for details!
https://www.dist156.org/article/1894278
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🎥 Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc-2QHFKASA
The Warrior Weekly covers:
🗣️ Chautauqua
🍞 Warrior Chef's Bread Sale
💼 MCHS staff members' previous jobs
♻️ Upper Campus Recycling
The multilingual department and college and career counselor Mr. Menke took nearly 50 multilingual juniors and seniors to McHenry County College to explore their programming and supports on Monday. #WarriorReady156
🦃 Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for our staff, students and community!
Last week was another great week for MCHS Jazz! Senior Jack Skaathun won a highly selective spot in one of the Illinois Music Education Association District 7 Jazz Bands which performed at a festival on Nov. 16 at Niles North High School.
On Wednesday, both jazz classes participated in the Fox Valley Conference Jazz Festival at Dundee-Crown High School where they received clinics from professional saxophonist Matthew Muñeses and Bradley University's Dr. Todd Kelly.
On Thursday and Friday American Studies students participated in the annual Chautauqua! They played figures from either history or modern day and discussed multiple perspectives on social issues they researched. #WarriorReady156
Happy Substitute Educators Day! Thank you to our buildings substitutes who are pictured here and all our additional substitutes. You help keep the school year going!
This is a friendly reminder there will be no school November 25-29. Parents/guardians, we will look forward to seeing you virtually Monday and Tuesday for conferences!
Juniors, take the ACT early on February 8!
For a complete list of step-by-step instructions:
https://www.dist156.org/o/curriculum-and-instruction/page/act
Parent-Teacher Conference sign-up will end Thursday at noon! Please prioritize the classes that your student may be getting a C or lower.
https://www.dist156.org/page/virtual-parent-conferences-2024
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It's the start of American Education week! We are celebrating everyone who makes learning possible. Thank you, educators, support staff, family and community members! It is your support that helps our students succeed. #AmericanEducationWeek
Parents/guardians of the class of 2028, if you missed the Freshman Future Planning event, you can watch the recording on our YouTube! For any future counselor events, remember to check our YouTube if you missed it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTdVCosMmg8
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Counselors are reminding seniors they can create their FSA ID for FAFSA. (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) While FAFSA is not yet open, students can get ready by creating their FSA ID. Contact your counselor for help.
https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch
👨🍳 👩🍳Culinary students have been having MCHS staff guest judges rank their dishes! In Ms. Morales' culinary two class, staff tried different chili dishes. It was hard for them to judge since all of them were so good! #WarriorReady156
Congratulations to our freshmen students of the month! #WarriorReady156 #StartWithSuccess156