The graduation livestream will be on the Warrior Weekly channel beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Link in bio.
Congratulations to Melissa Farris and Dan Rohman, our latest AVID Warriors! They completed the twelve-hour AVID strategies training. AVID is a 45-year-old national program that includes an elective class, where the goal is to help students achieve greater success in both the classroom and in their future. This is MCHS' third year as an AVID school.
Congratulations to our BRIDGES transition program graduates! We are excited to see what their futures hold! Learn more about BRIDGES here: https://www.dist156.org/page/bridges
Friday morning we celebrated our over 140 Be Distinguished freshmen! These freshmen have at the least: six credit hours, six volunteer hours, one school activity or sport and a 95% attendance rate. This keeps them on track to becoming a Distinguished Warrior by the time they graduate.
"There are some kids who may not have found writing as a passion if they weren't here," MCHS English and Journalism Instructor Dane Erbach said of the student-produced McHenry Messenger newspaper.
Erbach, recently named High School Teacher of the Year by the McHenry County Regional Office of Education, counts his work advising the student newspaper as one of the big highlights of his career.
Read more: https://www.dist156.org/article/2902207
Freshman Campus enjoyed an end of the year cookout during lunches Thursday!
Olivia and Addison are heading to state for girls track! Great job, Warriors!
Congratulations to our Freshman Campus students of the month! Not pictured: Hannah Hajost
Students in AP physics built boxes and raced them in the pool!
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Remember to talk to a counselor or a trusted adult if you are struggling. Check out our page of mental health resources:
https://www.dist156.org/page/mental-health-resources
https://www.dist156.org/page/mental-health-resources
Ten students traveled to Nashville, Tennessee for the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference. They competed against 7,000 students from 26 states and four countries. One of our students, Sadie Sullivan placed seventh in her event and made it on stage! To give context, over 400 students took part in her event at nationals. Great job, Warriors!
Several MCHS powerlifters earned first place in Saturday's Illinois High School Powerlifting Association's state meet hosted by MCHS.
In addition, the girls team earned third place out of 12 competing teams.
Read more on the district's website.
https://www.dist156.org/article/2886568
Congratulations to English instructor Dane Erbach for winning the McHenry County Regional Office of Education High School Teacher Educator of the Year Award this past Saturday. We are also proud of our nominees Jason Myhre, John Aubert, Ryan Cabildo, Cody Freund, Laney Gonzalez and Veronica Eggert.
Surround Sound sent three different competitive groups to the IHSA Choir Competition and all three groups took first place in their category! The treble choir took Best in the Room for all performances.
Concert Choir took first place and overall excellence this weekend at the Music in the Parks competition while the Freshman Choir took second place. There were twelve different ensembles there and they performed beautifully. Great job, Vocal Warriors!
Concert Choir took first place and overall excellence this weekend at the Music in the Parks competition while the Freshman Choir took second place. There were twelve different ensembles there and they performed beautifully. Great job, Vocal Warriors!
This past weekend, on the final day of Teacher Appreciation Week, the Chicago Fire welcomed the finalists for the Illinois State Teacher of the Year 2025 and 2026 to Soldier Field to honor them for their commitment to education. Our very own Heidie Dunn was an ISBE Far North Suburbs Teacher of the Year in 2025. They were honored before the game and treated like all-stars!
McHenry Community High School graduate Ryan Wildenhain shared a message about overcoming obstacles to 200 Class of 2026 members who have earned the Distinguished Warrior graduation honor during a May 3 banquet.
“Don’t be afraid to write a story that’s different than everyone else’s,” he said.
Read more:
https://www.dist156.org/article/2878846
“Don’t be afraid to write a story that’s different than everyone else’s,” he said.
Read more:
https://www.dist156.org/article/2878846
We continued our tradition of our seniors visiting their elementary schools on their last day of school! Students and staff cheered the seniors on as they walked the halls. Thank you to our feeder districts for helping us make this magical day happen!
Please see the link for our current job postings, including the recently added Social Science Instructor position for the 2026-27 school year. https://dist156.tedk12.com/hire/Index.aspx
Great job to our math students of the month!
Congratulations to Tina Breitenbach, Megan Ortega, Beth Caruso and Vanessa Kirk, our newest AVID Warriors! They completed the twelve-hour AVID strategies training. AVID is a 45-year-old national program that includes an elective class, where the goal is to help students achieve greater success in both the classroom and in their future. This is MCHS' third year as an AVID school.
