
Enjoy a full photo album from Friday's grad walk at elementary schools!
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCdUdf

This past weekend, four MCHS staff members were honored at the McHenry County Educator of the Year banquet. 📚
Congratulations to:
Ryan Cabildo - Early Career Teacher
Erin Sanders - High School Teacher
Carl Vallianatos - Administrator
Dave Wilson (not pictured) - Support Personnel
We're happy to share that Carl Vallianatos was named Educator of the Year in the Administrator category.
Great job, all! 🧡🖤
#WarriorReady156


Congratulations to the Upper Campus 4th Quarter Outstanding PE students!
They were selected for having a positive attitude, demonstrating a great work ethic and more.
Winners receive a t-shirt and their photos will be on display near the south entrance for one year.





Congratulations to the Key Club for volunteering more than 5,900 hours this year!
During a recent celebration, more than 100 club members were recognized for donating at least 20 hours. Also, more than 50 medals were handed out to seniors.
The Class of 2025 volunteered 6,169 hours throughout high school. 🧡🖤

On Saturday May 10, Special Olympics competed in track and field at Prospect High School. Their rankings are at the link below. Great job, Warriors!
https://www.dist156.org/article/2207366
(IG: link in bio.)



Some staff and students crocheted plastic bags to create mats for the homeless! The plastic bags were donated in students' AIM classes. What a great way to repurpose plastic bags!

Check out our next steps map to see where the Class of 2025 is heading!
https://tinyurl.com/mchs25nextsteps
(IG: link in bio.)


"Only you get to determine what success means," MCHS alum Dr. Gabrielle Schweitzer said to this year's 194 Distinguished Warriors at their banquet last weekend.
Read more about Schweitzer and the banquet on the district website.
https://www.dist156.org/article/2197228


Thank you, Heady Cup Coffee, for serving us this week for Teacher and Staff Appreciation!


Seniors spent the morning of their last day at school visiting their elementary schools. Current elementary students cheered for them as they walked through the schools wearing their caps and gowns. 🎓#classof2025 #elementarywalk




On Thursday, we celebrated our Lil' Warriors' preschoolers graduating! 🎓To learn more about the program or to enroll a preschool student for the 2025-2026 school year go here: https://www.dist156.org/o/curriculum-and-instruction/page/lil-warriors-preschool
(IG: link in bio.)

Vote here: https://tinyurl.com/mchenrydesign
Only votes in the Google Form will be counted. A vote by commenting on a post will not count.
McHenry Community High School students are working on an exciting project with Think McHenry, McHenry’s Economic Development team to create and install a large mural on the side of the building at 3413 W. Elm St., Route 120. We need YOUR help!
Mr. Connor’s amazing Graphics students Sophie Zieba, Lidia Urquizo, Bryan Panfil, and Audrey Gerlach developed several designs and we now have four finalists. Please help us pick a winner.
Open the link to a Google Form (https://tinyurl.com/mchenrydesign) and vote for your favorite design. After a design is selected, our students will print it on vinyl materials donated by Jessup Manufacturing and it will be installed by Vindictive Vinyl.
Please vote, and stay tuned to watch this project unfold!






#ThrowbackThursday to last year's Latin X-perience! Join Latin-American Student Organization (LASO) this year TOMORROW (Friday 5/9) from 5-8:30 p.m. at the Upper Campus Cafeteria. Entry is free!





Wednesday evening, we celebrated our seniors' awards and $9.7 million worth of scholarships. (and counting!) We are so proud of Class of 2025! #WarriorReady156

The VOCAL WARRIORS went to the Music in the Parks competition last weekend and our Concert Choir took first place in their division and first place OVERALL. 🏆
The Freshman Choir performed well and took third place.
Way to go, Warriors! 🎶





Happy School Nurse day to our nurses and health office staff! 🩺 Thank you for all the care you give our students! #ThankANurse

We’re proud to announce that MCHS has again been named a Project Lead the Way Distinguished School for the commitment to increase student access, engagement, and achievement in our PLTW computer science, biomedical science and engineering curriculum.
#STEMeducation


Happy Interpreter Appreciation Day! Thank you to our parent liaisons, bilingual instructional assistants and any of our staff that helps communicate through different languages. You are appreciated by our school, students and families!


BRIDGES transition program was featured in CBS Chicago on Tuesday! They were shown doing an activity at Main Stay Therapeutic Farm. Watch at the link below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tItrcHIiMz0


Good luck to our students taking Advanced Placement tests! We have 721 students taking 746 exams! #WarriorReady156
