We are incredibly proud of our social science instructor Kathryn Larson for receiving the Illinois State Board of Education’s Award of Meritorious Service Early Career Educator. This honor recognizes how she has gone above and beyond in our school community. Congratulations!
Congratulations to our students of the month at Freshman Campus! Not pictured: Leonardo Macias
Latin-American Student Organization (LASO) attended the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute's Student Leadership Series in Chicago. Gian-Paul Gonzalez, a nationally recognized author and educator, spoke at the event.
In honor of Presidents Day, there is no school and offices will be closed on Monday 2/16. Learn more about the history of Presidents Day: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Presidents-Day
On Thursday, MCHS students enrolled in Dual Credit Incubator visited McHenry County College for a Introduction to Entrepreneurship course field trip. While at MCC, they heard a speech from Dr. Sherry Ridge (Business Department Chair), attended a dual-credit presentation from MCC advisors, and received a full campus tour.
Tickets are on sale now for the MCHS Theatre production of “9 to 5: The Musical,” which is set to take the stage March 5-7 and March 13-14 in the Upper Campus auditorium.
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Check out this week's edition of Warrior Weekly that features a look at the use of AI in the classroom, the local weather forecast, and an update on Warrior sports.
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MCHS students learned about health care certification programs available at McHenry County College on Tuesday, including a new sterile processing tech program. Students were also encouraged to apply for a grant-funded EKG tech certification program available this summer.
Great job to our sophomores on the poetry slam! Congratulations to our winners!
Congratulations to our students of the month at Upper Campus!
Tuesday morning, Black Student Union greeted students by handing out Black History Month bracelets while jazz band performed and even featured a student singing, "At Last" by Etta James What a great way to celebrate Black History Month! 🎵
https://www.dist156.org/page/black-history-month
https://www.dist156.org/page/black-history-month
Today is Safer Internet Day. Read these tips to learn how to be safer on the internet. Also check out the link for more detailed information for both students and guardians including navigating AI, media literacy and more.
https://safer.connectsafely.org/get-involved/
https://safer.connectsafely.org/get-involved/
On Friday, students in our AVID11 elective class were experimenting with problem-solving and teamwork to "survive" the pitfalls and obstacles that come with junior year.
After the activity, students wrote personal "mantras" about resilience, teamwork, and communication that represented not only how they worked through the activity but also how they hope to handle the rest of the academic year and beyond.
Examples of mantras included:
"Together we can dodge the pitfalls."
"Balance the load. Keep moving. Stay together."
"No one can do it alone."
"Teamwork carries us across."
After the activity, students wrote personal "mantras" about resilience, teamwork, and communication that represented not only how they worked through the activity but also how they hope to handle the rest of the academic year and beyond.
Examples of mantras included:
"Together we can dodge the pitfalls."
"Balance the load. Keep moving. Stay together."
"No one can do it alone."
"Teamwork carries us across."
It was all fun and games during introduction to business class at Freshman Campus. Students had fun while applying the profit equation to the classic board game Monopoly. This is just one of the many hands-on learning activities students experience while taking a business class.
Mr. Jones' astronomy class built a scale model of the solar system. The students created posters for each planet, as well as a couple of dwarf planets and a few moons. All of the planets and moons have the correct size relative to the sun, which was modeled by a 60 cm exercise ball. All of the planets and dwarf planets are also the correct relative distance from the sun. In the second photo, Saturn is orange, the earth is blue, and Pluto is black. 🪐🌎🌕 ☀️
Congratulations to Jennifer Beattie and Emma Demilta! 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.
Ms. Bennett's Spanish 1 students have been working hard this week to memorize and use the different present-tense verb conjugations.
On Friday, they worked together as a class to visually summarize their understanding. Great job!
On Friday, they worked together as a class to visually summarize their understanding. Great job!
Nearly 100 industrial technology students visited McHenry County College to explore trades programs and opportunities in their Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation building.
Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) gave some healthy tips during lunches in honor of American Heart Month.❤️
Students made Valentine's Day cards for seniors. They will earn community service hours for Distinguished Warrior. The cards are taken to state Sen. Craig Wilcox's office in Woodstock where they will be distributed. More than 100 students participated from both campuses.
