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December 16, 2022

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

December 19 - Regular Even Bell Schedule

December 20 - Regular Odd Bell Schedule

December 21 - Regular Even Bell Schedule (No Advisory)

December 22 - End of 1st Semester

December 22 - Flex/Support Day

(see detailed information below)

December 23 - Start of Winter Break - NO SCHOOL

December 24-31 - Winter Break - NO SCHOOL

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January 1-5 - Winter Break - NO SCHOOL

January 6 - Institute Day - NO SCHOOL

UPDATE REGARDING DECEMBER 22nd

Dear D207 Families,

We are writing to let you know more specific information about the last day of school before Winter Break. Thursday, December 22 will be a flexible attendance day, meaning that students will be invited to attend in order to receive 1:1 or small-group support from specific teachers so that they can focus on reinforcing the skills of the semester. Any student who wishes to come to school on December 22 can do so to meet with teachers or support staff members, but no student who is not specifically invited by a staff member is required to attend. Students in our Life Skills and Transition Programs will be in attendance and staff members in those programs will communicate directly with families about their plans for that day.

We will not be running a dedicated bell schedule in our buildings on December 22nd. Students who are in attendance will be dismissed at 12:10 pm. Food services will be available for all students, with a limited menu. If you have any questions about whether your student should attend school on December 22nd, please reach out to a specific teacher, or to your child’s counselor for more information.

DISTRICT 207'S BEST

DECEMBER - ELECTIVE AREA OF ACHIEVEMENT

Alonzo and Andre Larios

Both the World Language and Fine Arts departments took part in this nomination because of the Larios brothers' impact on their departments. Their first language is English, but Mom always spoke Spanish to them. They have memories of visiting their family in Mexico and wanting to sharpen their skills. After what they describe as a “rocky” transition to high school Spanish during home learning, both Alonzo and Andre went to Mr. Cintado to express their interest in attempting AP Spanish.

Andre and Alonzo have also found homes in the fine arts department. They are both passionate about film and theater: Alonzo prefers acting and Andre prefers production which allows for the ultimate partnership in this hobby and future career goal of theirs.

WGN TOY DRIVE

This year the Maine East Rotary Club was able to donate $2,000 worth of toys to the WGN Toy drive.

Students purchased the toys on Thursday, 12/8 at the Golf Mills Target and then delivered the toys to WGN Studios on 12/9.

NEWS FROM ATHLETICS

Congrats to the Boys Varsity Basketball team for their thrilling 69-63 victory over Maine West last Friday. The Blue Demons are now 5-2 on the young season and host Vernon Hills on Friday night (7:00 PM) and travel to Glenbrook North on Saturday afternoon (3:30 PM).

Special congratulations go out to our Girls Wrestling Program for hosting an outstanding tournament at Maine East last Saturday! 170 Girls represented by 25 different schools competed at the annual Mejoe Hernandez Girls Wrestling Tournament! Maine East had two girls place second in their respective weight classes. Freshman Eliana Badeen (105) and Senior Miriam Lupu (130). Awesome job!

A special thanks goes out to everyone who made Saturday's tournament a huge success:

Head Girls Wrestling Coach Coach Lizeth Torres and assistant coach Mejoe Hernandez
Head Boys Wrestling Coach, Austin Bautista and his staff including Tony Roman, Jim Tsagalis and Maxx Pastiak
Tony Roman - who did a superb job of organizing and running the brackets for each weight class throughout the tournament
Announcer Glenn Olson - did a great job announcing this event!
Our Athletic Training team, including Athletic Trainers Megan Luetje and Anthony Nguyen and their student volunteers. They had a busy day with skin checks, weigh-ins and an assortment of injuries throughout the day.
Our event workers and student volunteers for running scoreboards, running hospitality and concession areas and also for coordinating crowd control and admission
Our custodial staff for the tremendous amount of work that they did preparing the gym for this event overnight and then restoring it back to normal.

Wesołych Świąt

(Happy Holidays)

from Polish Club

On Tuesday, December 13th, the Maine East Polish Club sponsored a holiday cookie baking event for all students.

Their December get together event was to celebrate the holidays and to bake holiday cookies to take home and share with family and friends.

Health & Wellness

Our Health & Wellness Dance classes had the opportunity to attend a musical at the Paramount Theater. We enjoyed watching the Sound of Music and seeing all of the choreography, staging, entrances and exits we’ve learned about in class.

This live performance was a great experience for dancers to create connections and develop a better understanding about theater performances.

MATH TEAM

On Thursday, 12/8, Maine East’s Math Team hosted the third North Suburban Math League Contest, competing against Conant, Glenbrook South, York, Rolling Meadows, and Loyola Academy. Great job, Mathletes!

Special congratulations go out to senior Sarah Phan (left), the team’s Oralist, who had a spectacular presentation, earning first place! Sarah has had first place finishes in all three contests so far and currently is in first place in our division.

Special recognition also goes out to the Sophomore and Junior Teams (below), who both had second place finishes in the competition. The Sophomore Team is having a fantastic season and currently is in first place in our division.