Sunday was a beautiful day for some habitat restoration with these hardworking environmental club students. They cleared invasive brush, made some new insect friends, and spread some native seeds on the fen. 🐌🪵🌿 Well done, Warriors! #WarriorReady156
Sunday was International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We are proud of all our women and young women in science here at MCHS. These photos are just a small percentage of the amazing women we are celebrating! #WomenInScience Learn more: http://tinyurl.com/mchswomeninscience
Congratulations to state-qualifying wrestlers Pedro Jimenez and Natalie Corona!
Pedro finished 2nd in the boys wrestling sectionals while Natalie earned 4th in girls sectional competition.
The boys state tournament is this weekend while the girls compete the following weekend.
Congratulations to alum Josh Holm for earning a spot on Forbes 30 Under 30! Well done! https://www.forbes.com/profile/josh-holm/?sh=1969eaab2c7b
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Medical Residency class of 2022 graduate Jackson Zriny shared his experiences as a Firefighter/EMT with the current Medical Residency students on Friday. We are so proud of him! #WarriorReady156
We closed off Writers Week with the annual sophomore poetry slam! Great job to all our sophomores! Congrats to our winners! #WarriorReady156
In honor of Writers Week, teachers awarded certificates to numerous students who demonstrated exceptional talent in writing. Write on, Warriors! #WarriorReady156
Medical Residency students had the chance to learn about emergency health care from two MCHS alumni during a recent monthly hospital visit.
Kerry Uhlhorn is a McHenry firefighter-paramedic and Colin Brennan is an emergency room nurse at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital.
Warrior Chef students prepared and served lunch to the Leadership Greater McHenry County event on Thursday! This was one of the biggest events they have catered. Great job, Warriors! #WarriorReady156
Wish our chess team good luck as they head off to state! #WarriorReady156
Matt de la Peña, a New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Newbery Medal for his book “Last Stop on Market Street,” visited MCHS and spoke to English students for our Writers Week. He told students to read at least 50 pages of a book before forming an opinion on it.
Last Friday Logan Campbell from Illinois Wesleyan University visited the Symphonic Band class to work with them in preparation for their February 28 concert and talk to them about participating in music in college as a music major or non-major. #WarriorReady156
Latin-American Student Organization (LASO) sold Crush pop cans during lunches to get into the Valentine's Day spirit. Students can either treat themselves or surprise someone they care about. #WarriorReady156
Warrior Chef students are busy preparing for a Leadership Greater McHenry County lunch Thursday that they are making and presenting.
The event will be one of the biggest for Warrior Chef, a capstone course to prepare students for culinary careers. #WarriorReady156
We're heading into prom season, so the Key Club is helping collect donations of formal dresses, shoes, and accessories for the My Sister's Dress sale on March 2.
Donations can be dropped off at the north security desk at Upper Campus until Feb. 26.
Thank you!
Regular attendance is essential for our Warriors to be succesful. Truancy and chronic absences are sometimes mistaken to be the same. However, this chart from Attendance Works explains some of the major differences. Remember, every day matters! #WarriorReady156
Learn more about the definitions of truancy and chronic absences here: https://www.attendanceworks.org/whats-the-difference-between-chronic-absence-and-truancy/
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We are proud to announce that our chess team is going to state! Congratulations! #WarriorReady156
🎥 Watch the Warrior Weekly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFJb624tBCc
They cover chess team's success, Winter Formal, winter weather, Mrs. Kirk and the scene study course. #WarriorReady156
Congratulations to Emily Carpenter for qualifying for sectionals after a great performance with the MCHS girls varsity bowling team at regionals.
Emily bowled a 1,076 pin series in regionals Saturday to finish in 11th place overall and 5th place for singles qualifiers.
