Congratulations to the thirteen students who won medals in this past weekend's Business Professionals of America state competition! Ten of the students qualified for the May National Leadership Conference in Chicago. Go, Warriors!
Read: https://www.dist156.org/article/1476277
Dr. Prickett and District Division Chair of Science Tim Beagle surprised Leah Pelletier's class with cupcakes and a plaque to celebrate her Award of Excellence from the Illinois State Board of Education!
Read about her award: https://www.dist156.org/article/1464805
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🏆 Congratulations to Dr. John Beerbower, director of McHenry Strength, for being named a 2024 Regional Coach of the Year by the National High School Strength Coaches Association.
Beerbower was selected Coach of the Year for the Great Lakes region. 💪
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🏫 Join us in recognizing Public Schools Week, Feb. 26 - March 1, 2024! Public schools are the backbone of our society, nurturing future leaders. Let's celebrate the achievements and dedication of our educators! #PSW24 #PublicSchoolProud https://www.publicschoolproud.org
This past weekend, the MCHS Key Club had its first member elected to a position in the Illinois-Eastern Iowa Key Club district. Read about that and other awards the club earned at the district's convention.
https://www.dist156.org/article/1476274
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Help guide school improvement by participating in the 5Essentials Survey.
Visit the link below to start the survey. It is available through March 29.
https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/
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The McHenry County Department of Health awarded Nicole Class the 2024 Lina Rogers Award for her outstanding work as an MCHS school nurse at the 2024 School Nurse Symposium on Friday. The Lina Rogers award is named after the first school nurse in North America. Congratulations!
Ms. Cabalquinto, Ms. Hanson and Ms. Keller's classes went around selling items to staff from the Warrior Buddies treat trolley on Friday. The students practiced their vocational skills by presenting a menu, explaining the cost, handling money and giving staff their items.
Across the Bridge is a store that features decorative items made by participants of our transition program, BRIDGES. Check out their first commercial! Follow the store's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551022899755
Watch their first commercial: https://www.facebook.com/61551022899755/videos/682531687164036
On Wednesday, students in our new Teaching as a Profession course visited several District 15 schools and Freshman Campus to begin their observation work. 🍎
Thank you to District 15 for allowing our students to have such a great opportunity!
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Wish our students luck as they compete in the Business Professionals of America (BPA) State Leadership conference. There will be over 50 schools and over 1,000 students. Let's go, Warriors! #WarriorReady156
Today is School Bus Driver Appreciation Day! Thank you to all of our school bus drivers who get our students to school and back home every day! #ThankABusDriver
Class of 2024, the McHenry Alumni Association (Presented by 31 North Banquets and Catering) is giving away two scholarships to current seniors. The two scholarships of at least $500 will be awarded to honor seniors who exemplify what it means to be a Warrior during high school and beyond. Thank you, 31 North Banquets and Catering! The criteria and application can be found on https://www.dist156.org/page/alumni-association-scholarship. (IG: link in bio.)
On Wednesday morning jazz band played music by Black artists as students walked in. The Black Student Union (BSU) handed out Black History Month bracelets to celebrate #blackhistorymonth Thank you BSU and jazz band! #WarriorReady156
With prom season underway, 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.
Shrek the Musical tickets are officially on sale! 🟢👩🏻🦰🐴 Come see everyone's favorite ogre and the many other iconic characters performed by our students in March! #WarriorReady156
🎟️ Tickets: https://www.vancoevents.com/us/events/landing/40155
🏆 Biomedical Science Instructor Leah Pelletier earned an Award of Excellence from the Illinois State Board of Education for her work teaching as well as growing the biomedical science program.
Read more:
https://www.dist156.org/article/1464805
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The Black Student Union had a crossword activity about Black culture during lunches on Thursday. Students who filled out the crossword received a prize. #BlackHistoryMonth #WarriorReady156
Happy School Resource Officer Day! Warriors, if you see one of our officers thank them for helping keep our buildings safe. #nationalschoolresourceofficerappreciationday
Senior parents/guardians, check out our Local Scholarship List and encourage your student to apply! Look at the column labeled eligibility to determine which awards your student is a candidate for. There is something for everyone, as there are awards for college and workforce training pathways. Also don't forget to complete the 24-25 FAFSA! Contact Mr. Menke with questions!
http://tinyurl.com/mchsscholarship2024
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