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NEWS

August 18, 2023

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

August 24 – Fine Arts Booster Meet & Greet - 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

(see flyer below for information)

August 31 – Meet the Teacher Night - 6:00 PM-8:30 PM

(more information to follow)

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September 1 – Half Day for Students

September 4 – Labor Day - NO SCHOOL

September 5-8 – Yearbook Photos for Grades 10 & 11

September 6 – Maine East Grand Opening Ceremony 3:45 PM

(see flyer below for information)

September 6 – College Fair & Post Secondary Expo @Maine West

6:30 PM-8:30 PM (see flyer below for information)

September 18-23 – Homecoming Week

September 25-28 – Senior Picture Make-Up Days

September 28-30 – Fall Play

We are excited to share that we are hosting our 1st Annual Immigrant and Refugee Back to School Welcome Night. This event will take place on Wednesday, August 23rd from 6pm - 8pm in the cafeteria at Maine East.

To help create a welcoming, safe, and empowering event for our families, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights will facilitate a Know Your Rights workshops; and Suzanne Akhras, Founder and Executive Director of Syrian Community Network, will keynote the evening to deliver a message about how parent leaders and Bilingual Parent Councils are key to preserving language and culture in schools and other public institutions. We will end the evening with a resource fair to support families in their transition, and we will also provide school supplies and other resources to students.

ATHLETICS

The 2023 IHSA Fall sports season has started and students are still welcome to come out to participate in the following sports: Boys & Girls Cross-Country, Girls Swimming & Diving, Boys Golf, Football, & Girls Tennis. If you are interested, you MUST register online at https://maineeast.8to18.com and have a valid and updated sports physical.

The ME Athletic Booster Club is currently offering volunteer opportunities to all our junior and senior athletes who can work in the indoor/outdoor concession stand. This year, the boosters will be looking to add volunteer hours earned with the Athletic Booster Club to the scholarship process, and would like to give all athletes the opportunity to earn hours. If you would like to register and are a junior and senior athlete, here is the link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090945ACAA29A0F94-fall4

Congrats to Sr. Jayden Coppe (pictured below) who won the USSSA National Championship with her travel softball team, the Slammers. They played in Alabama over the summer where Jayden threw a no hitter in bracket play, and was chosen as tournament MVP as a pitcher and position player!

ME athletics would like to announce our new head girls basketball coach, Coach Lance Newman! Coach Newman comes to ME from ETHS as the girls basketball varsity assistant coach the last 3-4 years.

We are excited to have Coach Newman join ME athletics and wish him all the best this upcoming season.

NEWS FROM THE CCRC

D207 Summer Career Newsletter

Link for Full Newsletter

FINE ARTS

Important Information Regarding Open Campus Lunch & Late Arrival/Early Dismissal

PRESCHOOL

The Maine East Preschool Program still has several spots available for the 2023-2024 school year. Please use this link to register and for additional information.