Department of Learning & Innovation

FOOD SERVICE UPDATE: Meals will no longer be free for students in the upcoming 22-23 school year. Our district page has applications for free/reduced meals along with information on how to add money to your student's meal account. https://www.dist156.org/page/food-service

“He is always so supportive of any idea our students bring to make the school a fun and exciting place to be,” a colleague said about MCHS Assistant Principal Greg Eiserman, our May Staff Member of the Month. Read more at: https://www.dist156.org/article/776390 (Link in bio)

Enjoy the July 4 holiday! #WarriorReady156

Registration has been extended to July 30! There are upcoming Residency & Online Registration Days located at the D156 office! 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 19 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on July 20 Get assistance with registration and/or turn in residency. (incoming 9th and 11th)

Our final Staff Member of the Month for the 21-22 school year goes to Assistant Principal of Student Life Greg Eiserman! Watch the video to see his surprise at graduation practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL7BLYCXF1M

We'd love to know what you've been learning this summer! Send us a photo or video of your summer learning to our Communications team. communications@dist156.org

Online registration is open through 7/15 for the 22-23 school year. Residency is required for incoming freshmen and juniors. If you have trouble uploading residency online, you can drop it off at the district office. https://www.dist156.org/page/registration (IG: Link in bio)

Yesterday, June 23, marked the 50th Anniversary of Title IX. Watch our Title IX panel from May! Former MCHS staff and students talk extensively about the changes in female athletics. (IG- link in bio) #WarriorReady156 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW6bbVGHHEw

Congratulations to our summer school Students of the Week. All students earn a free pizza, courtesy of Buddyz. They are: Grace Hosford Lillian Koscher Kyra Hanneman Miguel Hernandez Patty Stypulkowski #WarriorReady156

Today marks the 50th anniversary of Title IX. Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or any other education program that receives funding from the federal government. Watch this video to learn the impact it's had on MCHS athletics! #WarriorReady156 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bwlAm91xsg

MCHS 2012 graduate Dimitri Metropulos and his family are featured in tonight's episode of "House Hunters" on HGTV. Read more in the Northwest Herald. https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/news/2022/06/22/mchenry-west-graduate-wife-set-to-appear-on-house-hunters/

This Thursday, June 23, marks the 50th Anniversary of Title IX. Listen to former PE Instructor and coach from MCHS, Mary Winkel, talk about how sports have changed over the years for females. #WarriorReady156 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxjIQGqTjuU

This Thursday, June 23, marks the 50th Anniversary of Title IX. Listen to former PE Instructor and coach from MCHS, Mary Winkel, talk about how sports have changed over the years for females. #WarriorReady156 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxjIQGqTjuU&t

As a reminder, there are no summer school classes today, and facilities will be closed, in honor of #Juneteenth2022. Also known as Freedom Day, Juneteenth was declared a state and federal holiday last year, but has been celebrated as the end of slavery for more than 150 years.

Congrats to our Students of the Week for week two of summer session! All students earn a free pizza on behalf of Buddyz. Great job! #WarriorReady156 Brody Hodges Chase Miller Charlette Butler Kaitlyn Neville Annabella Pecoraro

Online registration is open through 7/15 for the 22-23 school year. Residency is required for incoming freshmen and juniors. If you have trouble uploading residency online, you can drop it off at the district office. (M-F, 7:30-4) https://www.dist156.org/page/registration

Congratulations to our Tri-M Music Honor Society on being named the 2021-22 Chapter of the Year for Illinois by the National Association for Music Education and the Music Honor Society Advisory Council. Tri-M members will get a commemorative banner to display. #WarriorReady156

The Class of 2022 senior gift has officially been installed by our graphics students! You can find the new design looking up on the third floor or looking down on the fourth floor in the Center for Science, Technology and Industry. #warriorready156

The summer self-awareness and social skills class has enjoyed a variety of activities! #WarriorReady156

Summer Consumer Education played Credit Musical Chairs to help reinforce their learning on the three classifications of credit types: installment loans vs. revolving credit, secured vs. unsecured debt and variable vs. fixed rate. Our winner was Owen Johnson. #WarriorReady156