Department of Learning & Innovation

Social science instructor Kathryn Larson was honored this past weekend for the Illinois State Board of Education’s Award of Meritorious Service Early Career Educator. This honor recognizes how she has gone above and beyond in our school community. Congratulations!

Students at Upper Campus participated in our annual College Career Fair on Friday. We had around 100 representatives from colleges, technical schools, military, trades and more.

Congratulations to our freshmen students of the month! Not pictured: Benjamin Siracusa, Kelsie Mccoy, and Hailey Laine

Our students' art will be displayed in the school from April 20-28. Join us at the reception in the Upper Campus Warrior Room (420) from 6-7:30 p.m. on April 28. There will also be craft sales during lunch periods on April 28.

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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Testing is Wednesday, April 15 for grades 9-11. Please check your emails for more details. Revise sus correos electrónicos para obtener más información

Great job to our students who went to the Illinois Design Educators Association engineering state competition! Everett Putman won first place in 3D machine computer-aided design!

Students made posters encouraging everyone to do their best on the ACT and PreACT this week!

Congratulations to our newest AVID Warriors Jennifer Johnson, Araceli Campos, Yesenia Morales and Annette Folden! They completed the twelve-hour AVID strategies training. AVID is a 45-year-old national program that includes an elective class, where the goal is to help students achieve greater success in both the classroom and in their future. This is MCHS' third year as an AVID school.

Freshman Campus had a Mini College and Career Fair during lunches on Wednesday. Students were encouraged to ask the representatives questions as they begin to think about their future careers. The annual Upper Campus College and Career Fair will be April 17 during the school day.

Senior Families: Graduation is just around the corner! Check out this page for events and be sure to read all the information in Mr. Eiserman's graduation letter.
https://www.dist156.org/page/class-of-2026-events

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=supLcuFw2v8
The Warrior Weekly covers girls lacrosse, our security team and Cadillac Jerry.

Congratulations to Nick Valenziano who is our newest AVID Warrior! He completed the twelve-hour AVID strategies training. AVID is a 45-year-old national program that includes an elective class, where the goal is to help students achieve greater success in both the classroom and in their future. This is MCHS' third year as an AVID school.

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Students cover custodian Taylor Jones, behind the scenes of a pep rally and teacher assistants.

Join us 6-8 p.m. April 1 in the Upper Campus Main Gym for Transition Resource Fair. Our goal is to provide resources that support students with disabilities towards independence and success in their futures.

Biomedical science teacher Leah Pelletier was featured on the Project Lead the Way podcast discussing how she promotes the biomedical program on social media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCF6YCOg9bg

Students voted for their favorite franchises March Madness style: Introduction to Business students researched and presented potential franchise opportunities for the McHenry area as part of their unit on forms of business ownership. Students and staff are getting in on the action by voting for their favorite franchise using a tournament bracket system modeled after the popular college basketball series.

Spring break is March 23-27. 🌸 Vacaciones de primavera: 23-27 de marzo. 🌺 Enjoy your time off, Warriors! ¡Disfruta de tu tiempo libre guerreros!

Congratulations to our math students of the month!