Freshmen German students had a German "Karneval" Tuesday morning. Ms. Folden gave them instructions for games entirely in German. Students had to try to dance with a ballon between them without dropping it. They also played a game similar to Marco Polo. #WarriorReady156
Please see the link below for our current job postings, including recently added director of special education and anticipated long-term substitute positions.
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The Warrior Weekly covers:
🏀 girls basketball senior night
📚 author Matt de la Peña,
📝the poetry slam
❤️ Valentine's Day spirit at MCHS. #WarriorReady156
Congratulations to our freshmen students of the month for January! Not pictured: Nicholas Dooley, Alyza Roman, Caleb Kaminski and Angel Ortiz. #WarriorReady156 #StartWithSuccess156
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
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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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.
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
We closed off Writers Week with the annual sophomore poetry slam! Great job to all our sophomores! Congrats to our winners! #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.
In honor of Writers Week, teachers awarded certificates to numerous students who demonstrated exceptional talent in writing. Write on, Warriors! #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.
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
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
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
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/
