Department of Learning & Innovation

Congratulations, class of 2026! 🎓

about 4 hours ago, Carly Byer

Graduates throwing grad caps in air on football field

Students walking on the stage at graduation

Students walking on the stage at graduation School board president holding diploma and shaking hand

Decorated grad caps by American flag and McHenry Warriors Sign

Students sitting at graduation. back of grad caps

Congratulations to our Freshman Campus students of the month! Not pictured: Hannah Hajost

2 days ago, Carly Byer

Students in AP physics built boxes and raced them in the pool!

3 days ago, Carly Byer

Student with kayak oar and box going across the pool

Students cheering while one student in box with oar is at the end of the pool

Surround Sound sent three different competitive groups to the IHSA Choir Competition and all three groups took first place in their category! The treble choir took Best in the Room for all performances.

Concert Choir took first place and overall excellence this weekend at the Music in the Parks competition while the Freshman Choir took second place. There were twelve different ensembles there and they performed beautifully. Great job, Vocal Warriors!

5 days ago, Carly Byer

Group of choir students with three trophies in front of six flags

Choir director directing choir students that are all dressed in black in a gym

This past weekend, on the final day of Teacher Appreciation Week, the Chicago Fire welcomed the finalists for the Illinois State Teacher of the Year 2025 and 2026 to Soldier Field to honor them for their commitment to education. Our very own Heidie Dunn was an ISBE Far North Suburbs Teacher of the Year in 2025. They were honored before the game and treated like all-stars!

5 days ago, Carly Byer

Group of teachers under Chicago Fire sign

Please see the link for our current job postings, including the recently added Social Science Instructor position for the 2026-27 school year. https://dist156.tedk12.com/hire/Index.aspx

8 days ago, Carly Byer

On Thursday, we had Lil' Warriors preschool graduation! Learn more about our preschool program: https://www.dist156.org/o/curriculum-and-instruction/page/lil-warriors-preschool

9 days ago, Carly Byer

High Schoolers with preschoolers in graduation caps

Happy Physical Education and Sport week! Thank you to our PE teachers and coaches for encouraging healthy habits and inspiring our students!

10 days ago, Carly Byer

Physical Education and Sport Week. Photos of gym class volleyball, student lifting weights, student playing flag football, cross country runners, student racing on track, students lifting weights, student swimming, football player on field, soccer player kicking ball

Congratulations to our McHenry County Educator of the Year nominees! Winners will be announced at a banquet this Saturday.

10 days ago, Carly Byer

McHenry County Educator of the Year Nominees Jason Myhre Math Instructor John Aubert English Instructor Ryan Cabildo Band Director Dane Erbach English Instructor Cody Freund Social Science Instructor Laney Gonzalez Bilingual Instructional Assistant Veronica Eggert Social Worker

On Monday, we celebrated senior Kaitlyn Norris earning a $1,000 scholarship through the McHenry County Regional Office of Education's new Teach for McHenry County scholarship program.
Norris plans to study education at Illinois State University and come back home to teach! Congratulations!

12 days ago, Carly Byer

Congratulations to our 200 Distinguished Warriors, our largest group! Thank you to our alum speaker, Ryan Wildenhain! We'd also like to thank our generous sponsors, Castle Autoplex of McHenry, Buss Ford Lincoln and Sunnyside! They presented scholarships to two Distinguished Warriors chosen randomly. Well done, Warriors!

12 days ago, Carly Byer

Two students with their stoles next to a congratulations sign

Two men with two students holding awards

Two students with stoles and an administrator

The MCHS Foundation is hosting a Kentucky Derby Party with live bands at Sideouts Sports Tavern in Island Lake from 4-8 p.m. on Saturday, May 2. The MCHS Foundation provides scholarships, supplies and a variety of financial assistance for students in need at MCHS. This year our MCHS Foundation provided over $30,000 in scholarships and support.
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15 days ago, Carly Byer

Kentucky Derby Party 4-8p.m. Saturday, May 2 Sideouts Sports Tavern Island Lake, IL Live music by Dejua Vu. After Party: Anchors Away. Derby Outfit Contest Raffles. Support the McHenry High School Foundation

Great job to our INCubatoredu students presenting their business ideas to judges on Thursday! The business ideas were the following:
Vibe Vault - school spirit theme packages
Ecoshell - recycled plastic phone cases
Send & Smile -parties for adults to create custom care packages for students away
Clean Grill Company - grill cleaning service
The winner was Vibe Vault! All of these Warriors did a fantastic job!

15 days ago, Carly Byer

Five students presenting in front of a Start Up (3D printing) slide

Five students presenting in front of a slide

Five students presenting in front of a meet the team slide

Two students presenting in front of a slide with a grill

Great job to our Leadership in Action students for hosting the Leadership Summit on Wednesday! You can watch it back here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6TuW_p-TAM

16 days ago, Carly Byer

Group photo of Leadership Summit on stage

Warrior Chef students Maddie and Megan competed in the McHenry County College high school culinary competition. Congrats on doing such a fantastic job making a dish the judges loved! They received fourth place!

22 days ago, Carly Byer

Two students in chef gear with plates in front of them of steak, potatoes and a dressing

One student handling meat and the other chopping vegetables both in culinary gear

Nick Valenziano and Tim Kirk's students were honored for being Business Professionals of America state award recipients at Monday's board meeting. Senior Ariel Montes was honored for being a practicum in accounting student at Eccezion this semester. Great job, everyone!

23 days ago, Carly Byer