McHenry Community High School

Happy #WorldPhotographyDay! Enjoy these photographs from our students who won awards for their photography last school year! 📷
Arctic Dog: Gavin Krater
Football: Rose Wenckebach
Nature's Firework: Kayla Boeing
Abstraction: Alexis Beane
Small World: Eleanor Diakow
Fading Time With Love Passions: Ivy Zheng
C.R.E.A.M: Nathaniel Maravilla:
Lucid Connection: Addison Schultz
Golden Opportunity: Lucia Swider

Senior parents and guardians, attend a Senior Next Steps Presentation to learn how to support your senior through the postsecondary process! Attend the 8/20, 6:30 p.m. session in person at the Upper Campus Parent Engagement Night or the 8/21, 2 p.m. session via livestream at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ais92XsfYTo

Students have been learning, interacting, and even leading classes at Freshman Campus this week. We can't wait to see the students again on Monday!

If you are a McHenry High School graduate, be sure to create your alumni profile to stay connected! bit.ly/MCHSalumniprofile

Parents and guardians are invited to learn more about our campuses at next week's family engagement nights. These evenings are meant for just parents/guardians. Learn more at the link: https://www.dist156.org/page/parent-nights

Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Hines, Mrs. Hobson, Mr. Zerndt, and Mr. Wiersma. became the first to earn the MCHS honor of being an AVID Warrior by completing 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 student achieve greater success in both the classroom and in their future. This is MCHS' third year as an AVID school. Congratulations!

Some of our seniors started off the year with a sunrise! Happy last year in high school! Make it a great one, class of 2026!

Happy first day of school, Warriors! #BetterTogether156

Start off the new school year on a great note! 🎶
Enjoy performances from the MCHS band and choir this Friday as part of the 815 Day festivities.
There will also be food trucks at the event, which takes place from 5-8 p.m. at Miller Point in McHenry.

Whether it's your first time as a Warrior or you're returning another year as a Warrior, we are so excited to welcome to you to school Wednesday morning! #BetterTogether156
https://www.dist156.org/page/back-to-school-2025

Tomorrow (Wednesday, August 13) is the first day of school! We are so excited to see our students! Visit the Back to School page for more information: https://www.dist156.org/page/back-to-school-2025

Seniors, start off your final year of high school right with the senior sunrise! 🌅

On Monday, we welcomed our new teachers and staff members, including our new Freshman Campus Assistant Principal, Leah Pietraszewski. Teachers and staff are now preparing for students to return Wednesday. We can't wait to see you! https://www.dist156.org/page/back-to-school-2025

This past weekend, 28 Key Clubbers volunteered at the regional Special Olympics bowling tournament. For students interested in joining the community service based club this year, their first meeting will be Tuesday, August 19 at 7 p.m. in the Upper Campus auditorium.

Please see the link below for our current job postings, including the recently added Freshman Campus office assistant position.
https://bit.ly/2W2wnSh
(IG: Link in bio.)

Some sophomores came in on Thursday to get to know the building better before school starts. We're excited to welcome you to Upper Campus!
https://www.dist156.org/page/back-to-school-2025

Mr. Menke hosted his first session of the College Application Workshop for senior students on Thursday. There are two more sessions! Seniors, be sure to sign up for a session!
https://tinyurl.com/collegeapp156

College and Career Counselor, Mr. Menke, is hosting a 4-Year College Application Workshop for incoming senior students. Use the link to register for one of the sessions.
https://tinyurl.com/collegeapp156

We are happy to see our Upper Campus students in the building for Material Pickup!