On Friday, we celebrated our retirees, Freshman Campus Associate Principal Terry Fitzgibbons, Food Service Professional Beth Kratzke and Industrial Technology Instructor Steven Thompson. Thank you for all your hard work through the years!
This is a friendly reminder that Friday is a 10:30 a.m. release for freshmen and 10:40 a.m. release for sophomores, juniors and seniors.
Congratulations to Warrior Chef students Gaby and Sam for finishing in third place in the McHenry County College high school cooking challenge! 👩🍳 They competed with students from District 155, Huntley High School, District 200 and Johnsburg High School. #WarriorReady156
Latin-American Student Organization (LASO) gave a Freshman Campus tour to multilingual Harrison and Parkland eighth graders on Wednesday. #WarriorReady156 #StartWithSuccess156
Upper Campus students in the Teaching as a Profession course shadowed Freshman Campus teachers on Wednesday. Students also visit local elementary and middle schools to see what it's like teaching at different age levels. #WarriorReady156
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNic3aWrWKw
🎥 The Warrior Weekly covers:
🏆 Tuesday Triumph: a staff member received great health news!
🏫 New Upper Campus Principal Mr. Eiserman
🍎 Mr. Wiersma
⚾ Sports Highlights
🥎 Girls Varsity Softball
📝 ACT's Impact on Students
Latin-American Student Organization (LASO) gave a Freshman Campus tour to multilingual McHenry Middle School eighth graders on Tuesday. #WarriorReady156 #StartWithSuccess156
The adjusted learning talent show is now available to watch on the Warrior Weekly! ⭐Enjoy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoXKkUWh6yg&t
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Upper Campus had their annual College and Career Expo on Thursday! Students spoke to representatives from colleges, the military and trades. #WarriorReady156
Congratulations to our freshmen students of the month! #StartWithSuccess156 #WarriorReady156
This is a friendly reminder there is no school Friday, April 18.
No hay clases: Viernes, 18 de abril
On Wednesday, we brought the spring carnival to Upper Campus! Students enjoyed games and face paint during lunches.
On Wednesday, Freshman Campus had a mini College and Career Expo. Upper Campus will have their College and Career Expo Thursday during part of the school day. Students are encouraged to explore their options and ask the representatives any questions they have. #WarriorReady156
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKe79GGaWaI
🎥 The Warrior Weekly covers:
💿 Record Store Day
🌧️ Weather
5️⃣ Five Years of Covid
🎸 Battle of The Bands
⚾ Sports Highlights
😊 Tuesday Triumphs
🪩 Prom Court Pep Rally
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Congratulations to our new Tire-less Teacher recipients. This month the award goes to Rachel Hanson and Jessica Cabalquinto! (not pictured)
🎶 Surround Sound competed in the annual Illinois High School Association Choral Competition and earned three first place awards! Two out of the three were perfect scores They performed as a full ensemble and additionally with just the treble voices and just the bass voices.
Thursday, Symphonic Band students had a workshop with Chicago-native composer Ty Bloomfield to work on his piece, "Shuffle." MCHS was part of the consortium that in cooperation with grade schools, high schools, and universities around the country led to the piece's creation. In addition to helping them prepare the music, he also spoke to them about his compositional process and his career as a musician. The Symphonic Band will perform this piece as part of the Spring Band Concert on 4/23. #WarriorReady156
Our art students' work is being displayed at McHenry County College April 8-20 for the Fox Valley Conference Art show. The art is located in the lower wing of Building A. Reception and awards will be held from 6-8 p.m. on April 17. Great job to our students! 🎨 #WarriorReady156
#ThrowbackThursday to the Color Run! National Honor Society is now hosting a Glow Run at 7:45 p.m. May 2. at Upper Campus. Register by Friday to get a neon shirt. Let's Glow and support NHS and CASA!
https://runsignup.com/Race/IL/Mchenry/MilesforSmilesColorRun
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Lil’ Warriors Preschool at Upper Campus is now accepting enrollment for the 2025-26 school year! The program will run from September to May on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, with both morning and afternoon options available.
If you're interested, please complete the enrollment form on the web page or reach out to Melissa Farris at farrismelissa@dist156.org for more information.
https://www.dist156.org/o/curriculum-and-instruction/page/lil-warriors-preschool
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