Upcoming Calendar - See all events at www.d94.org/calendar

Students participating in the festival included Angie Jacobo on clarinet, Michaela Miller on percussion, Neela Myers on flute, Dominik Mohai on trumpet, Cora Garling on oboe, Emily Heath on French horn, Niku Myers on percussion, Chris Garcia on bass clarinet and Chase Pechman on euphonium.  

Summer School registration is now open and will continue through May 27, 2022.

Courses may be in-person or independent study depending on enrollment. In-person classes will take place Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. June 1 - June 17 or June 22 - July 11; STAR independent study classes will have a materials pickup on May 31 or June 1 between 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.. All classes are subject to cancellation or a change in type based on enrollment.

Cost is $50 per semester credit for in-district students.

More information and registration materials can be found at www.d94.org/summerschool22

In order to return to school after a positive result, you DO NOT need to test negative. If your student tests positive, they will need to be excluded for 5 days and feel better in order to return.

We are still offering the option to test your student, if symptomatic, while in school. Use of the BinaxNOW test is completely voluntary and is not required. Parents wishing their child to have this option must log into their PowerSchool account to complete the consent survey. You can find the survey in your parent PowerSchool account under BinaxNOW Testing Survey. If you need help accessing your PowerSchool account please contact Beth Schuck (bschuck@d94.org) or for Spanish Janette Hernandez (jhernandez@d94.org)  

We need everyone's help to keep all our Wildcat Staff and Students safe and healthy.  

630-876-6469 (Mrs. Mendoza Spanish). 

Seniors will not be in attendance on Wednesday, April 13. However, seniors who did not take the SAT as juniors must attend since the SAT is an Illinois graduation requirement. If this applies to you, testing information can be found here. All senior DLP students and all Transition students will not attend.

Also, there is a Late Start Day for seniors, sophomores and freshmen on Thursday, April 14 to allow juniors time to take the Illinois Science Assessment. Buses will run on the late start schedule that can be found at www.d94.org/bus.  

JUNIORS - Testing Calendar

All juniors will be taking the SAT on April 13 in the Fieldhouse. You were mailed a letter with all the details and requirements. The information is on our website should you need to refer to it. Juniors start the day as usual, and will be dismissed at 1:15 p.m. Buses will run for eligible students. Juniors who choose to drive may park at Kerr-McGee. Freshmen and Sophomores will be testing as well this day; seniors will not be in attendance.

On April 14, juniors will be taking the Illinois Science Assessment. Juniors should arrive for a normal school day as testing will begin at 8 a.m. Buses will run for eligible students. Freshmen, sophomores and seniors will have a Late Start Day; school will start at 10 a.m.

SOPHOMORES-FRESHMEN Testing Calendar

All freshmen and sophomores will take the PSAT 9 or PSAT 10 in an assigned classroom on April 13. Classroom assignments will be posted by Entrance B and Commons by Friday, April 8. You were mailed a letter with all the details and requirements. The information is on our website should you need to refer to it. Freshmen and sophomores will start the day as usual, and will be dismissed at 12:15 p.m. Buses will run for eligible students. Juniors will be testing as well this day; seniors will not be in attendance.

Also, there is a Late Start Day for freshmen, sophomores and seniors on Thursday, April 14 to allow juniors time to take the Illinois Science Assessment. Buses will run on the late start schedule that can be found at www.d94.org/bus.

Poster art by student Emily Ziajor.

WeGo Global, a student club at West Chicago Community High School, has rescheduled "Rocking for Ukraine", a benefit concert, for Ukraine for Friday, April 8, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in Commons at the school, 326 Joliet St., Entrance H (south side), West Chicago. Admission is a minimum $5 donation at the door.

An evening of performances featuring Vagabond, a band fronted by current WeGo senior Andrew Georgiev, joined by Gavin Woolman, Nina Bartuca and Dylan Dankel. Karl Knutson Boutique Entertainment will be providing light and sound support as well as serving as DJ. Personal stories will be shared by students who have family ties to Ukraine.

Online donations accepted through April 8 at www.d94.org/CAREUkraine.

Artwork by student AnnaBelle Beaird.

Photograph by student Diego Valdez.

District 94 offers your senior student the option of keeping their Chromebook when they leave WCCHS. The cost to keep the Chromebook is $10 and has been charged to your account in PowerSchool as "Tech grad CB purchase $10".

If your senior student does NOT want to keep the Chromebook, the Tech Department will be near Entrance B the last two days of senior attendance (May 10 & 11) to accept Chromebook returns. The $10 will be credited to your account once the Chromebook has been returned.

Another great WeGo Places alumni podcast for your listening pleasure! Join WCCHS teacher Brian Turnbaugh as he interviews Rachel Skipor, Class of 2015, Company Dancer.

Listen to Rachel's full interview here.

Who might you know that we interviewed? Check out lots of wonderful interviews with former WeGo Wildcats with amazing careers at www.d94.org/wegoplaces.

Have a suggestion for a future interview? Contact teacher Brian Turnbaugh at bturnbaugh@d94.org.

This award is given with great care to those West Chicago Community High School graduates who have made exceptional contribution in their field of endeavor and their service to humanity, contributions that exceed the boundaries of career and inspire others to dream and achieve.

Know a graduate of WCCHS who could be considered for this award? Nominate them today at www.d94.org/distinguishedalumni.

Visit the City’s website at westchicago.org/yard-waste for more information.

The Spring Leaf Collection for City of West Chicago residents is Monday, April 4 through Friday, April 8. During this event, leaves are collected at no charge, with no universal refuse/yard waste sticker required. Leaves must be placed in paper yard waste bags.

We Need to Build: Education for Diverse Democracy

Dr. Eboo Patel is a Glenbard South graduate and the founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC). Hie first book Acts of Faith is a coming-of-age story about a Muslim immigrant’s search for identity and the development of an interfaith youth movement focused on building bridges across forms of difference that too-often divide. Now from this faith adviser to Presidents, comes his most recent book We Need to Build: Field notes for Diverse Democracy Patel tells the stories of what he’s learned and how, in the process, he came to construct as much as critique and collaborate more than oppose. Following his remarks, UCLA Professor Dr. Tyrone Howard author of All Children Must Thrive will join Dr. Patel in conversation.

First Choice and Second Chance: Prioritizing Heath and Self

How does one of four brothers, raised in the same home by loving and supportive parents, end up addicted to drugs for over a decade while the other siblings followed a positive path to a healthy lifestyle without any substance use disorder issues? Speaker Stephen Hill places a great deal of emphasis on “prevention through protection,” and pinpoints potential threats and warning signs for parents to watch out for. In May 2018, he published his memoir A Journey to Recovery which became a #1 New Release in Drug Dependency on Amazon. Addiction psychologist Aaron Weiner and clinical psychologist Dr. Doug Bolton will continue this important conversation following Hill’s remarks.

Becky Koltz | 630-876-6215 | bkoltz@d94.org