McHenry Community High School

INDOOR GRADUATIONS: Due to the inclement weather, we will be having TWO graduation ceremonies at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 21. SENIORS AND FAMILIES, PLEASE CHECK YOUR E-MAILS FOR MORE INFO! #WarriorReady156

Alum and Special Effects Coordinator for Chicago Fire John Milinac ('78) came to visit the new Center and meet our broadcast students. The students interviewed him in and will be completing a video package about him for their final project. #WarriorReady156

🎥 Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKPhqdy0I_Y It's the last Warrior Weekly of the school year! Our Warriors cover Chautauqua, Art Show, Senior Honors Night and the Senior Cookout. #WarriorReady156

The art department hosted their inaugural district art show last week! Thank you to our art teachers for organizing this event. The students created beautiful work! #WarriorReady156

Congratulations to our Assistant Superintendent for Learning and Innovation, Carl Vallianatos, for winning a 2022 Distinguished Service Award at the Illinois Chapter of the National School Public Relations Association (INSPRA) on Friday!

We hope everyone enjoyed the food trucks and great live entertainment at Saturday's Battle of the Bands. In addition to student bands, there were performances from Staff Infection and Sub Element Breakdance Club. Congratulations to the champs Standalone! #WarriorReady156

On Sunday night we celebrated our Distinguished Warriors! Congrats to all! #WarriorReady156

Congratulations to our student-athletes who competed in Sunday's Special Olympics Spring Games! To read more and see results, visit the district's website. https://www.dist156.org/article/743618 (IG: Link in bio.)

You're almost at the finish line! Here are the final exam schedules and a web page with more details. Remember day two of finals are intentionally out of sequence in order to place a lunch period at the end of the day. https://www.dist156.org/page/final-exams-spring-2022

McHenry Baseball is again partnering with Hampshire High School's baseball team for the 7th annual Strike Out Cancer game on May 20 at Trout Park in Elgin. Read more: https://www.dist156.org/article/725852 #WarriorReady156

Mr. Erbach's student teacher and MCHS alum, Abby Kirby brought English students outside to trace each other with chalk and draw the protagonists from their literature circle books. A bassoon even made an appearance. Thank you Maddie Canada for taking these lovely photos!

MCHS freshmen students enjoyed meeting with a variety of career and college representatives at the first Freshman Campus Mini College and Career Expo on Thursday, May 12. Read more on the district website: https://www.dist156.org/article/741835 (IG: Link in bio.)

Congratulations to our Lil' Warriors preschool graduates! #WarriorReady156

On Thursday American Studies students held an MCHS Chautauqua! They dressed as figures from either history or modern day and discussed different perspectives on social issues. #WarriorReady156

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDhdP2NVhV0 Please enjoy this video from Golden Apple of Otto Corzo being surprised with his award for excellence in teaching! He was not only surprised by Golden Apple reps, but by staff, students, his wife and daughter! IG: link in bio.

The last day for the #Classof2022 was one for the books! Congratulations, and have a great summer! "You already have everything you need inside of you right now, today." -- Alicia Keys #WarriorReady156

Warrior Games Winners! Congratulations to our freshmen class for scoring a big win in our Warrior Games incentive program. As a reward for positive behavior and grade improvement, the Freshman Campus hosted an outdoor pizza picnic Friday with games, inflatables and more.

On Friday morning The Golden Apple Foundation surprised our language instructor Otto Corzo with the prestigious Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching! Congratulations to Mr. Corzo! Read more: https://www.goldenapple.org/news/otto-corzo-2022-golden-apple-award-recipient

Farewell to the Class of 2022: A special McHenry Messenger is out today on this last day of school for our #WarriorReady156 seniors. Copies are available at both buildings. https://issuu.com/mchenrymessenger/docs/issue_3.5 (IG: Link in bio.)

Congrats to all of our students who won awards and scholarships at Senior Honors Night Wednesday! A total of over 5.5 million dollars in scholarships were given out. #WarriorReady156