September is Attendance Awareness Month, a nationwide effort to recognize the connection between regular school attendance and academic achievement.
Join us in making regular attendance a priority this school year! Check out https://www.attendanceworks.org/
Join us in making regular attendance a priority this school year! Check out https://www.attendanceworks.org/

Congratulations to over 100 Advanced Placement Scholars from the 2024-2025 school year! Check out their accomplishments: https://tinyurl.com/mchsapscholar

Distribution of 2024-2025 yearbooks to current students will be Thursday, (tomorrow) September 4 and Friday, September 5 during lunch periods only at Upper Campus. Learn more at the link:
https://www.dist156.org/article/2386390
https://www.dist156.org/article/2386390

On Monday, we will celebrate Labor Day to honor the hard work of Americans across the country. In honor of this national holiday, there is no school and offices are closed. Enjoy a well-deserved day of rest! #LaborDay #ThankYouWorkers

We are thankful for a lot of our staff members this #ThankfulThursday . Our staff would like to shoutout Monica Anaya, Cintya Ortiz, Samia Santoyo, Penny Kice, Ray Currie, Ashley Nagel, Max Zerndt, Miranda Ramirez, Megan Bennett, Manny Garcia, Cherie Withrow, Taylor Jones-Koelle, Otto Corzo, Sarah Sadler, Gary Myers, Kyle Just, Kyle Funkhouser and Andy Hillier. Thank you for all you do!






Tenth grade students and families, come to the Sophomore Next Step Planning presentation! Topics are Next Step resources, opportunities and recommended sophomore actions. If you can't attend, the livestream will record and be at the same link: https://tinyurl.com/10thnextsteps

We welcomed home veterans from their Honor Flight on Sunday afternoon! We hope they had a trip of a lifetime and we can't wait to see videos of the trip from the Warrior Student Media students who attended. Thank you for your service, veterans! 🇺🇸









Senior Leadership in Action Students met with their freshmen AIM groups for the first time on Friday! The senior leaders will continue to meet with the freshmen for the rest of the school year to help them with their first year of high school. #BetterTogether156
On Wednesday, Mrs. Kirk's business management classes did a puzzle challenge. One student had to complete a puzzle blindfolded while the other gave directions. The activity demonstrates hearing versus listening, the soft skill of communication, and being able to give and follow instructions.
Tonight (Wednesday) is the Upper Campus Family Engagement Night. Tomorrow (Thursday) is the Freshman Campus Walk in Their Shoes night. Parents/guardians, we encourage you to attend to get to know your student's campus! We look forward to seeing you! https://www.dist156.org/page/parent-nights




Happy #WorldPhotographyDay! Enjoy these photographs from our students who won awards for their photography last school year! 📷
Arctic Dog: Gavin Krater
Football: Rose Wenckebach
Nature's Firework: Kayla Boeing
Abstraction: Alexis Beane
Small World: Eleanor Diakow
Fading Time With Love Passions: Ivy Zheng
C.R.E.A.M: Nathaniel Maravilla:
Lucid Connection: Addison Schultz
Golden Opportunity: Lucia Swider
Arctic Dog: Gavin Krater
Football: Rose Wenckebach
Nature's Firework: Kayla Boeing
Abstraction: Alexis Beane
Small World: Eleanor Diakow
Fading Time With Love Passions: Ivy Zheng
C.R.E.A.M: Nathaniel Maravilla:
Lucid Connection: Addison Schultz
Golden Opportunity: Lucia Swider









If you are a McHenry High School graduate, be sure to create your alumni profile to stay connected! bit.ly/MCHSalumniprofile

Parents and guardians are invited to learn more about our campuses at next week's family engagement nights. These evenings are meant for just parents/guardians. Learn more at the link: https://www.dist156.org/page/parent-nights




Happy first day of school, Warriors! #BetterTogether156
Tomorrow (Wednesday, August 13) is the first day of school! We are so excited to see our students! Visit the Back to School page for more information: https://www.dist156.org/page/back-to-school-2025

Seniors, start off your final year of high school right with the senior sunrise! 🌅

On Monday, we welcomed our new teachers and staff members, including our new Freshman Campus Assistant Principal, Leah Pietraszewski. Teachers and staff are now preparing for students to return Wednesday. We can't wait to see you! https://www.dist156.org/page/back-to-school-2025
This past weekend, 28 Key Clubbers volunteered at the regional Special Olympics bowling tournament. For students interested in joining the community service based club this year, their first meeting will be Tuesday, August 19 at 7 p.m. in the Upper Campus auditorium.

College and Career Counselor, Mr. Menke, is hosting a 4-Year College Application Workshop for incoming senior students. Use the link to register for one of the sessions.
https://tinyurl.com/collegeapp156
https://tinyurl.com/collegeapp156

We were so happy to be with our freshmen at Thursday night's rally! Thank you to our Upper Campus students who were there to help the freshmen feel welcome! #StartWithSuccess156
