 |
H-F FYI - April 25, 2018
Just announced: Big news for a special event planned at H-F on Saturday, May 12: The
Solar Wind Celebration, honoring astrophysicist Dr. Eugene Parker and NASA's Parker Solar Probe, will be an art & science experience you won't want to miss!
See the details here...
|
|
|
Community Coffee & Edda Showcase: Tonight!
|
|
Please plan to join us at H-F tonight for two special events:
The final evening Community Coffee of the school year will be held 6-7 p.m. in the South Building TLC. This is a great opportunity for you to learn more about our school and to meet with administrators and board members, if available.
Down the hall in South Building Room E1, the sponsors and staff of Edda - H-F's art and literary magazine - will be hosting a release party and showcase for this year's magazine: From the Ashes. Stop by to pick up your copy ($5) that features student writings and artwork. You'll also enjoy dramatic readings by our Theatre students and music performed by H-F's Kendall Carter, James Harbin & Manuel Gonzalez.
|
|
|
Spring Play: She Kills Monsters
|
|
Coming soon to the Mall Auditorium:
She Kills Monsters
This dramatic comedy, written by Qui Nguyen, will close the drama season this school year at H-F, running at 7 p.m. May 3-5. Directed by
Mrs. Bonavia-Galligani, the play tells the story of a high school teacher, Agnes Evans (
Joy Woods), as she leaves her childhood home following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly (
Maggie Sullivan). When Agnes finds Tilly's Dungeons & Dragons notebook, she stumbles into a journey of discovery and an action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was Tilly's refuge. Tickets will be available at the door: $9/adult, $6/student/senior.
Presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., and recommended for high school through adult audiences.
_________________________________________
If you are heading into Grades 2-12 next year and are interested in theatre, consider signing up for our H-F Summer Theatre Program, which will run June 12-July 20. This year's program will end with three performances of Big the Musical, directed by Mrs. Bonavia-Galligani. All participants are given a role in the production; high school students also earn one semester of honors elective credit for the program. Click here for registration information...
|
|
|
Attention, Class of 2018 Seniors
|
|
Congratulations, seniors! You are in the home stretch for your high school career! Plans are underway for several end-of-the-year events for you and for your commencement ceremony, set for Sunday, June 3. Get all of the details in this year's Senior Letter, which was mailed to your home, but is also available online by clicking here...
Please also be sure to take a few minutes to fill out the brief Annual Senior Survey by Friday, May 4; a link to the survey has been sent to your student gmail account - your feedback is appreciated!
|
|
|
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTION
On Monday night, 108 seniors received their gold honor cords and 61 sophomores and 66 juniors were inducted into H-F's chapter of the National Honor Society. Students were treated to an inspiring keynote address by
Dr. Jason Robin, '94, an accomplished cardiologist and NHS member. At left, he is presented with his
Viking Alumni Conquer the World poster from
Allie Mangel, NHS officer.
Click here to view a list of our Class of 2018 NHS graduates and a list of our newly inducted students. To view a video from the event - including Dr. Robin's address -
please visit click here
______________________________
H-F students have been treated to recent visits by two young alums.
Journalism students heard all about covering national politics - including what it's like pitch questions to the President of the U.S. - from
Astead Herndon, '10, (above left) newly appointed politics reporter at the
New York Times. Across campus, students in
Microbiology met with
Brandon Reynolds, '96, who shared his career path and experiences working with the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
___________________________________________________________________
SPRING FIELDTRIPS
|
Six Vikings enjoyed a trip to the Argonne Science in Search of Women Conference with Ms. Piper, Science teacher. Attending this year were: Chelsea Ayorinde, Kamila Rose, Madeline Moxley, Allie Mangel, Nana Duku & Emma Novak. |
Several Vikings in Applied Academics classes attended the Union Trade Career Information Fair with Mr. Thomas, Applied Academics department chair, and Mr. Harris, school counselor. The fair was held on April 17 at Prairie State College. |
30 Viking underclassmen toured Illinois State U. in Bloomington-Normal on a sunny April 12 as part of the school's Early College Awareness Program with Ms. Edwards, school counselor. |
|
|
H-F Journalism: IHSA Sectional Champions!
Congratulations to the
H-F Journalism team for winning its 5th consecutive IHSA Sectional Championship at home last weekend! Students who placed in the top three will now advance to IHSA State this weekend at Eastern Illinois University.
- Jaelyn White - Broadcast News
- Sam Roberson - Headline Writing
- Ryan Akridge - Newspaper Design
- Bryce Stiff - Sports Writing
- Lior Rafalovitz - Yearbook Layout Double-Page Spread
- Lior Rafalovitz & Summer Kane - Yearbook Theme Development
- Ashley Dureke - Yearbook Caption Writing
2nd Place:
Emma McKillip -
Photo Storytelling
3rd Place:
Michaela Reid
- Copy Editing;
Mackenzie Lyseng
- Editorial Cartooning
4th Place:
Adekemi Kasali
- Feature Writing;
Jaira Stanley
- Infographics;
Sam Roberson
- News Writing
6th Place:
Michaela Reid
- Editorial Writing;
Chloe Kapica
- Review Writing;
Ashley Dureke -
Yearbook Copy Writing
_____________________________
Congratulations to our H-F Robotics Club for finishing in 2nd Place at the 2018
Southworks Engineering and Robotics Olympics
competition on April 14 at South Suburban College. H-F won 2nd Place in
Vex competition category
. There were six categories to compete in: Sumo Survivor, Path Finder, Catapult, Autonomous Racer, VEX and sBricks. H-F competed in VEX, Path Finder and Sumo Survivor and made it past the first round in all three categories, finishing in 2nd Place in VEX. There were 16 high schools competing this year; H-F's team was sponsored by
Whiting Corp
.
Ethan Bosch & Tara Thrall led our VEX team. (The VEX robot was a collaboratively built by Tara, along with Jonathan Luong and Kobe Junious, who were not able to participate at the competition because of other obligations.)
Also competing for team H-F that day were: Micah White, Ronald Butler, Ethan Richert, Ilijah Pruitt, Xavier Thomaston, Samuel Ayodiran, Dominic Larrieu, Janellie Roach & Mishaun Travis. The team is coached by Mr. Suarez, school counselor.
____________________________
Eight Vikings earn ACE Mentor Scholarships
Congratulations to the following Vikings for being awarded scholarships at the end-of-the-year banquet of the
Architecture, Construction & Engineering (ACE) Mentor Program of America, an after-school program held in Chicago designed to mentor high school students and inspire them to pursue careers in design and construction. Sponsored by
Mr. Beebe, Applied Academics teacher, H-F students have been successfully participating in the program for a decade. Congratulations to this year's participants:
- Udo Anidobu - Cornell Introduction to Architecture program recipient
- Meghan Dwyer - WSP internship recipient
- Kellyn Gerenstein - scholarship recipient
- Nathaniel Hardy - scholarship recipient
- Harold Lucas - scholarship recipient
- Kyle O'Shea - Wight & Co. internship recipient
- Kweku Osei - scholarship recipient
- Claudia Pollmacher - design build & scholarship recipient
______________________________
H-F SkillsUSA Team: 3rd Place
Congratulations to the H-F's SkillsUSA Team for finishing in 3rd Place at the
Automated Manufacturing Technology Competition this past weekend, held in Springfield. Our team members were
Liam Hughes, Nicholas Mayden &
Jacob Nye, coached by
Mr. Merchantz, Applied Academics teacher.
____________________________
Two grants earned by H-F staff
Congratulations to the following Viking staff members for their efforts to secure grant funding for our school!
- H-F Librarians Mrs. Harper & Mrs. Rodriguez, assisted by Ms. Bagatella, secured a $4,999 grant from the Illinois State Library for the purchase of books at a variety of Lexile levels. Funding was awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of the Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act. Click here for the full announcement...
- Applied Academics Teacher Mr. Merchantz secured a $32,000 grant from the Education Foundation of the Technology & Manufacturing Association! The funds will be used for capital purchases, such as new CNC equipment for our students.
_________________________________
- Senior Sierrah Banks was recognized for her effort.
- Freshman Deja Goodwin was recognized for her effort.
- Junior Zykira Smith was recognized for her compassion and empathy.
________________________________________
|
|
|
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Please note: Only home games & playoffs are listed. For a complete list of athletic events, click here...
|
|
|
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 -
Block 2 Day
- Community Open Track, 6-7 a.m. @ Fieldhouse
- Open Gym, 3:15-5:30 p.m. @ North & South Weight Rooms
- Senior Talent Show Auditions, 3:15 p.m. @ South District Conference Room
- Dance Tryouts, 3:15 p.m. @ North Dance Room
- Boys Tennis (V) vs. Andrew - Senior Night!, 4:30 p.m. @ South Courts
- Community Coffee, 6-7 p.m. @ TLC
- Futures Football Youth Camp, 6-7:30 p.m. @ North Turf Room
- Community Open Track, 6-9 p.m. @ Fieldhouse
- Edda Literary Magazine Showcase, 6:30-8:30 p.m. @ South Building Room E1
THURSDAY, APRIL 26 -
Block 3 Day
- Community Open Track, 6-7 a.m. @ Fieldhouse
- Open Gym, 3:15-5:30 p.m. @ North & South Weight Rooms
- Spanish National Honor Society Induction Ceremony, 3:15 p.m. @ North Cafeteria
- Boys Tennis (V & JV) vs. Bolingbrook, 4:30 p.m. @ North & South Courts
- Boys Volleyball (F) vs. L-W Central, 4:30 p.m. @ South Gym
- Girls Soccer (JV & V) vs. L-W East, 4:30 p.m. @ JV & North Fields
- Softball (F) vs. TF South, 4:30 p.m. @ Freshman Field
- Girls Water Polo (V & JV) vs. Stagg, 5 p.m. @ Natatorium
- SWSC Championships: Boys Gymnastics, 5:30 p.m. @ North Gym
- Open Gym: Wrestling, 6-8 p.m. @ Fieldhouse
- Community Open Track, 6-9 p.m. @ Fieldhouse
FRIDAY, APRIL 27 -
- 50-min. classes
- Community Open Track, 6-7 a.m. @ Fieldhouse
- Lacrosse (V & JV) vs. Minooka, 4:30 p.m. @ Ice Arena & North Fields
- Baseball (V) vs. Lockport, 4:30 p.m. @ Varsity Field
- Community Open Track, 6-9 p.m. @ Fieldhouse
SATURDAY, APRIL 28
- Boys Tennis Quad Invitational, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. @ Tennis Courts
- Boys Volleyball (F) Invitational, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. @ Fieldhouse
- Math & Science Tutoring, 9 a.m.-Noon @ TLC
- Softball (V) vs. Plainfield South - Double Header!, 10 a.m. @ Varsity Field
- Lacrosse (JV) vs. DeLaSalle, 11 a.m. @ JV Field
SUNDAY, APRIL 29
- Math & Science Tutoring, 2-5 p.m. @ TLC
- Family Open Swim, 3-4:30 p.m. @ Natatorium
|
|
MONDAY, APRIL 30
- 50-min. periods
- Community Open Track, 6-7 a.m. @ Fieldhouse
- Open Gym, 3:15-5:30 p.m. @ North & South Weight Rooms
- Girls Soccer (V & JV) vs. Marist, 4:30 p.m. @ JV & North Fields
- 2nd Annual Homewood Student Art Exhibition, 5-8 p.m. @ Bottle & Bottega, Homewood
- Community Open Track, 6-9 p.m. @ Fieldhouse
TUESDAY, MAY 1
- Block 1 Day
- Community Open Track , 6-7 a.m. @ Fieldhouse
- District 233 Board of Education Finance Committee Meeting, 7:30 a.m. @ Superintendent's Conference Room
- Open Gym, 3:15-5:30 p.m. @ North & South Weight Rooms
- Boys Volleyball (S & V) vs. L-W East, 4:30 p.m. @ North Gym
- Softball (V) vs. L-W East - Senior Night!, 4:30 p.m. @ Varsity Field
- Baseball (F & S) vs. Lockport, 4:30 p.m. @ Fresh. & Varsity Fields
- Boys Tennis (V) vs. Sandburg, 4:30 p.m. @ North Courts
- Boys Water Polo (V & JV) vs. Andrew, 5 p.m. @ Natatorium
- Community Open Track, 6-9 p.m. @ Fieldhouse
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2
-
Block 2 Day
THURSDAY, MAY 3 -
Block 3 Day
- Community Open Track, 6-7 a.m. @ Fieldhouse
- Open Gym, 3:15-5:30 p.m. @ North & South Weight Rooms
- SWSC Championship: Girls Track, 4:30 p.m. @ H-F Stadium
- Boys Tennis (JV) vs. Thornwood, 4:30 p.m. @ North Courts
- Boys Volleyball (F) vs. L-W West, 4:30 p.m. @ South Gym
- Girls Soccer (JV & V) vs. Bolingbrook - Senior Night!, 4:30 p.m. @ JV & North Fields
- Girls Water Polo (V & JV) vs. Lockport - Senior Night!, 5 p.m. @ Natatorium
- Community Open Track, 6-9 p.m. @ Fieldhouse
- Spring Play: She Kills Monsters, 7 p.m. @ Mall Auditorium
FRIDAY, MAY 4 - Decision Day - PLC DAY -
50-min. periods
- Community Open Track, 6-7 a.m. @ Fieldhouse
- Baseball (F & S) vs. Marian Catholic, 4:30 p.m. @ Fresh. & Varsity Fields
- Softball (JV) vs. Lemont, 4:30 p.m. @ Varsity Field
- Community Open Track, 6-9 p.m. @ Fieldhouse
- Spring Play: She Kills Monsters, 7 p.m. @ Mall Auditorium
|
|
|
|
Did you know that H-F know sends out dedicated emails prior to every regular District 233 Board of Education meetings? Update your "H-F FYI" subscription by clicking the button above and add "District 233 Board of Education Preview Meetings" to your list of requested messages from our school. Thank you!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
