Community eNewsletter
Volume 9, Issue 15 . . . November 19, 2021
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FriendsGiving Food Truck Festival November 23 during all lunch periods!
See details below.
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November 22, 23, 29, 30 - Senior Yearbook Picture Retakes
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November 23 - FriendsGiving Food Truck Festival - All lunch periods
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November 24-26 - No School - Thanksgiving Holiday
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December 3 - Senior Yearbook Picture Retakes
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December 6 - Late Start Day - 0 hour begins at 9:20 a.m., 1st Hour begins at 10:00 a.m.
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December 7 - NEW! Board of Education Committee of the Whole Meeting - 7 p.m.
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December 9 - Holiday Orchestra Concert
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December 11 - NHS Pancakes with Santa - 8:30 - 11 a.m. - Commons
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December 12 - Holiday Choral Concert - 3:00 p.m.
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December 14 - Holiday Band Concert - 7:00 p.m.
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December 20-22 - Final Exams
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December 21 - Board of Education Meeting - 7:00 p.m.
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December 23-31 - No School - Winter Break
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January 3-5 - No School - Winter Break
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January 6 - No School - Institute Day
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January 7 - First Day of Classes in 2022
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Semester 1 Final Exam Schedule
The final exam schedule for 1st Semester has been set. Exam days are December 20, 21 and 22.
Buses will run each morning on the usual schedule, and will leave the school 10 minutes after the last period of each day.
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Robotics Team Debuts Robot
The WeGo Robotics team had their first robotics meet on Sunday, November 14. Their robot, Willow, held her own finishing 7th out of 11 teams and scoring an impressive 56 points by herself in one of her matches. Congrats to the WEGO Robotics team for a great showing at their first meet for this 1st year team.
WeGo Robotics team members are: Jack Riconosciuto, Grayson Arendt, Jerry Guerrero, Benjamin Mohai, Effie Giannoudakos, Judith Benitez, Gurshan Gill, Milagros Mendez, and Neeraj Vangara.
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FriendsGiving Food Truck Festival Nov. 23
Six food trucks will be pulling up to Entrance H on Tuesday, November 23 and will stay for all lunch periods!!
While students must pay for what they want to eat at the food trucks, free lunch and the lunch lines will be open as usual.
Happy FriendsGiving, Wildcats!!
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What is ROAR?
What is ROAR? ROAR provides opportunities for all students to unite in one, Wildcat spirit, to connect with one another and build a positive school climate.
ROAR is a full day field trip that takes place in the LRC during school hours. ROAR is designed to develop leaders by bringing together students from all segments of the school population so that bridges of mutual respect can be built. During the day, students are involved in small group activities that encourage students to make positive social decisions and assist in building a positive school climate.
More than 118 students participated on November 18 in the first ROAR held since February of 2020.
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From the Nurse's Office
11/19/2021
D94 had two positive cases this week. If you have any questions, please contact the Health Office.
Guidelines have recently changed and we CAN accept a rapid, antigen or a RT-PCR for your student to return to school.
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Those who are fully vaccinated will not be excluded if they are a close contact. Parents will be notified that they were a close contact and that they should monitor for symptoms and the DuPage County Health Department strongly recommends getting tested 3-5 days after exposure.
If your student has any COVID-like symptoms, they can only return to school if they have a negative COVID test or stay home for 10 days. We can no longer accept a differential diagnosis for COVID-like symptoms. For example, if a student has a sore throat and is diagnosed with strep, they would still need a negative COVID test to return to school prior to 10 days.
If your student has a negative COVID test but had vomiting or diarrhea, they must stay home for 48 hours from the last time they threw up or had diarrhea.
Please do not send your student to school if they have any of the following symptoms:
Fever (100.4 or higher), new onset of moderate to severe headache, shortness of breath, new cough, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, new loss of taste or smell, fatigue from unknown cause, muscle or body aches from unknown cause.
We need everyone's help to keep all our Wildcat Staff and Students safe and healthy.
If you have any questions about whether or not your student should be attending school, please contact the Health Office:
630-876-6245 Nurse Page
630-876-6246 Nurse Cathy
630-876-6469 (Mrs. Mendoza Spanish)
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Senior Photo Retakes
Appointments will be scheduled on one of the following dates, November 22, 23 we will be on break from 11/24-11/28 and will resume on November 29, 30 and December 3 after Thanksgiving Break. Parents or Seniors should receive a notice from Prestige with an appointment date and time. If you do not receive an appointment date please call Prestige at (630) 910-6800 option 5.
Retakes will take place in the lobby of the Auditorium, Seniors will need to come in through Entrance F.
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Pancakes with Santa Dec. 11
Make memories this holiday season, and start a new family tradition! Join the
National Honor Society as we host our first annual holiday breakfast with Santa on December 11, 2021 from 8:30 - 11:00 a.m. at West Chicago Community High School, 326 Joliet Street, West Chicago, IL 60185.
$5 for children and senior citizens
$7 for adults
Families are invited to join us as our elves serve a pancake breakfast. Children can visit Santa, write letters to the North Pole, play games, and create their very ornament for the tree. We invite parents to enjoy holiday carols by some of our
talented singers, and to participate in our raffle. Be sure to bring a camera to capture the memories!
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Ticket availability is limited, and families are encouraged to use our online ticketing system to reserve their place at the event. We ask that all guests arrive between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. to ensure enough time to fully participate in all of the exciting activities we have planned.
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Wildcat Preschool Begins Nov. 30
West Chicago Community High School offers a Wildcat Preschool program for local children 2.5-5 years of age. Each fall a 3-week program is held Tuesday-Thursday with children being taught by students enrolled in our Child Development 1 courses.
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Chance Coats - Class of 2013
WeGo Places Podcast
Did you know there is a former WeGo Varsity football player designing your iPhone?
This week WeGo Places podcast will feature Class of 2013's Chance Coats- Graphics Design Engineer at Apple Computers. Watch this video and learn how this former linebacker found his way from WeGo to Apple's Austin headquarters working for one of the most essential technology companies on the planet. You can listen to the full interview here on the WeGo Places Alumni Podcast and learn about this unique career. |
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You can always search for more great interviews with former WeGo Wildcats with amazing careers - go to d94.org/wegoplaces.
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The Spirit Pump is Back!
An easy way to support Wildcat Athletics through January 1!
This fundraiser takes place at the BP/PRIDE gas station, 1905 Fransciscan Way, West Chicago (northwest corner of Rt. 59 and North Avenue).
Three cents per gallon will be donated to the Athletic Department at West Chicago Community High School when this pump is used now through January 1.
Tell all your friends to support your local Wildcat athletes!
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WCCHS Social Emotional Support Web Page
The members of the Student Services Department recognize how difficult this time has been on our students, families, and members of our feeder communities.
With that in mind, we would like to share our social emotional support page which has a myriad of mental health resources for students, parents, and teachers.
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For our students with developmental disabilities: |
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From Our Community Partners |
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FREE programs for WCCHS parents from the Glenbard Parent Series: |
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Noon Dec. 1:
7:00 p.m. Dec. 1:
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Tools to Improve Mood and Build Self-Esteem and Motivation
Wed. Dec. 1 Noon and 7 p.m.
Katie Hurley
This presentation draws on the most effective and up-to-date techniques needed to manage emotional well-being, support happiness, and help all achieve their goals. Join us as we identify the differences between normal stress and depression and learn simple skill-building exercises that improve mood and build self-esteem. Participants will discover how to overcome anxious thought patterns and build a more positive mindset to work through the challenges families are facing now. Here is the motivation to encourage you to embrace happiness and let go of stress with techniques grounded in positive thinking and positive psychology strategies.
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Friendship: The Evolution, Biology and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond
Tues Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.
Lydia Denworth
Friends are the family we choose, and these bonds are essential. They affect our bodies, our minds, and humans require them to thrive across their lifetime. Friends matter at every age, but never more so than when we are young. The new science of friendship explains why. Join us and learn how the social brain gets built, the importance of social and emotional learning for healthy development, and how building good friendship skills early in life sets children and adolescents up for a long, healthy, and happy life. Denworth, a contributing editor for Scientific American, addresses whether friendships are changing in the age of social media, as well as the effects of the pandemic on young people’s social lives. She will also provide guidance for parents to help as life gets back to normal.
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Notice of Nondiscrimination
The Community High School District 94 does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.
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