Students in the pilot B.L.A.C.K club hung posters to celebrate different people in honor of Black History Month. Anyone is welcome to join the B.L.A.C.K club and can contact bacigaluponicole@dist156.org if they are interested! #BlackHistoryMonth2023
This week's Warrior Weekly student #broadcast covers:
🎳Girls bowling
☀️Groundhog Day
✏Writers Week
🍎MCHS's first Wellness Fair
Check it out here:
🎥 https://youtu.be/9-L_hgsJWHA
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Warriors, this week is an early release Wednesday! #WarriorReady156
Writers Week has begun! Students played the word game "Bananagrams" and wrote down their imperfections in anticipation of Erika Sanchez, author of “I’m Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter," visiting tomorrow. Brave students also read their own work during a Celebration of Words!
Today is the start of National School Counseling Week. 🎉
Thank you to JR Bocian, Stephanie Zarinana, Gary Myers, Carla Flores, Sarah Sadler, Nicole Bacigalupo, Kate Schak, David Figueroa, and Curtis Menke for helping our students dream big. ☀️
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#NSCW23
The wrestling team took third in the IHSA regionals at Grant HS. Great season!
Eight wrestlers qualified for sectionals at Barrington HS.
Good luck to Ryan Hanson, Jimmy Norris, Lucas Van Diepen, Pedro Jimenez, Ruben Melgarejo, Aiden Fischler, Chris Moore, and Jesse Saavedra.
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The Illinois 5Essentials Survey is available now through March 31, 2023. Teachers, students, and parents can take the survey to provide important insight.
Please visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/
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We held our first Wellness Fair Thursday evening for the public and Friday during the day for physical education students! The booths pictured here are Northwestern Medicine, Evolve Chiropractic and the US Marines. #WarriorReady156 #WarriorWellness156
As a reminder, students who speak another language in addition to English will take ACCESS testing to measure language abilities starting Monday at Upper Campus.
Freshman Campus testing will be the following week.
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Writers Week begins on Monday! Get #WarriorReady156 for a fun week ahead!
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MCHS staff who ordered lunch from Warrior Chef received a delicious meal Friday while students in the capstone food service program practiced their skills in taking food orders, cooking in mass quantity and working on an assembly line.
#careertraining
February is National Cancer Prevention month. Student in Honors Medical Interventions made posters on different types of cancer and how to reduce the risk. Visit cancer.org fore more info on cancer and cancer prevention. #wecanican
The powerlifting club hosted its first ever Fox Valley area schools exhibition powerlifting meet: "FLEX Valley" on Wednesday night. About 80 total students lifted and over 50 people volunteered. (community members, alumni and current students) #WarriorReady156
New York Times bestselling author Erika Sánchez is paying a visit to MCHS on Tuesday as part of the annual Writers Week celebration.
Read more about the week's events at both buildings by clicking the link below.
https://www.dist156.org/article/985637
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On Wednesday we had our National Collegiate Athletic Association signing celebration. Congrats to these students who will continue their athletic careers at the college level! #WarriorReady156
Tomorrow (Thursday) the physical education department is hosting its first-ever Wellness Fair featuring more than 16 organizations with interactive exhibits and activities to promote a healthy lifestyle. The event is free and open to the public!
On this first day of #BlackHistoryMonth2023, we join in celebrating contributions of Black Americans today and every day.
To learn more, visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture ➡️ https://nmaahc.si.edu/resistance
(Link in bio.)
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Dr. Ferney Ramirez Hernandez was a special guest speaker at the Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee on Tuesday evening. He presented on how to improve family relationships. Thank you for coming out to MCHS, Dr. Hernandez!
Norma De La Rosa from Golden Apple spoke to students about the Golden Apple Scholars program for future teachers. Our own MCHS teacher Sr. Corzo chimed in about his time in the program. He said he was able to gain teaching experience early on in his college career.
Tomorrow at 7 p.m.(Wednesday) is the District 15/156 Concert Band Festival! Get your tickets and join the fun at the Freshman Campus main gym.
https://www.vancoevents.com/us/events/landing?eid=29071
