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.
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
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!
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
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/
🎥 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
There's still time to take an SAT prep course taught by MCHS teachers. Sign up below. (Instagram: link in bio)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWHNTO6oyJaGZsk4HW0XBJhOwAaHWHeaw6LKOtpHmNlySEWA/viewform?fbclid=IwAR36DbM46FAFeJU3z0E6EMp6nQV77YFhZ1ytp6zP3xkbe-V_bNx3rLRvrtY
We are proud to announce that our chess team is going to state! Congratulations! #WarriorReady156
Happy School Counselors week to our nine amazing counselors! Warriors, if you see a counselor this week, be sure to thank them for all their hard work! #schoolcounselorappreciationweek #thankacounselor
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.
Congratulations to the seven members of the boys wrestling team who qualified for sectionals.
Pedro Jimenez and Ryan Hanson both took first place at regionals. Other qualifiers are Jesse Saavedra, Aiden Fischler, Aiden Schuldt, Jeff Schwab, and Myles Wagner.
#WarriorReady156
The principal's student renaissance team held a Valentine's Day activity during lunches on Friday. Students wrote down what they cherish on paper hearts. The hearts were then hung up for everyone to read. Share in the comments something you cherish! #WarriorReady156
Please see the link below for our current job postings, including recently added summer school opportunities:
* Health Instructor (Session I and II)
* Math Instructor (Session I and II)
* School Nurse (Session I and II)
https://bit.ly/2W2wnSh
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MCHS alum Andrew Bentz, a service and installation technician for Huemann Water Conditioning, visited Upper Campus Thursday to install a new reverse osmosis water system in the greenhouse.
The system removes any impurities in the water, which will be especially helpful to fish in the science department's aquaponics growing program.
In honor of Black History Month, two new events are planned by the Black Student Union club to educate students about the contributions of Black Americans.
Read more on the district's website.
https://www.dist156.org/article/1437872
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