IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

September 25-28 – Senior Picture Make-Up Days

September 28-30 – Fall Play - Lookingglass Alice

(see information below)

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October 1 – Fall Play - Lookingglass Alice

(see information below)

October 5 & 6 – PSAT/NMSQT Testing (Juniors Only) Half Day for All Students

(see below for additional information)

October 6 – ALL School Offices will close at 12:30 for staff training

October 9 – Indigenous Peoples' Day - NO SCHOOL

October 10-11 – Yearbook Photo Retakes for Grades 9-11

October 13 – Senior (Yearbook Only) Picture Make-Up Day (Final)

October 26 & 27 – Half Day for Students

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Maine East Families,

Parent Advisory Meeting - Please Join Us!

Please save the date for an exciting event coming up on Monday evening, September 25th at 6:00 p.m.: Our 1st Multilingual Parent Advisory Council Meeting. ALL parents/caregivers are welcome to attend. This meeting will be an informational session about the role of our Parent Advisory Council and the meaningful work this group can engage in. The goal of the Multilingual Parent Advisory Council (M-PAC) is to advocate programs that serve multilingual learners, to help make decisions to ensure the school meets the academic, linguistic, and cultural needs of students, and to actively participate in parent leadership workshops that advance multiliteracy. We would greatly appreciate your support by attending this meeting and learning about how you can get involved! 

On October 5th and October 6th Juniors will take the digital PSAT/NMSQT. This will allow 11th graders a chance to become more familiar with the digital testing format before taking the digital SAT in April. Juniors will receive an email with the date and room location of their exam. Juniors will be excused from classes on the day they are testing and most students will complete the exam in under 3 hours. Juniors should be in their testing locations by 8:15 a.m. 9th, 10th and 12th graders will follow a half day schedule starting at 8:30 a.m.

October 5th and October 6th are half days for students with a release time of 12:07 p.m. PACE buses have also adjusted their pick-up times.

On October 6th, ALL school offices will be closed at 12:30 p.m. for staff workshops and training.

STUDENTS, PARENTS, & STAFF

You are invited to the WMTH 60th Anniversary Celebration!

Check out all the EAST Alumni Celebrities coming to the WMTH

Anniversary Celebrity Alumni Panel

and Pizza Party on Saturday, 9/23,

1pm - 3pm at Maine West. 

RSVP HERE

Boys Golf: Congrats to our boys golf team who competed at the 2023 CSL Boys Golf Championship on 09/20 and finished tied for 5th in conference. Jr. Jiro Yamat had a "Top-10" finish shooting a 78 and finishing tied for 9th place. (Photo attached)

Girls and Boys Cross-Country: Congrats to our boys and girls cross-country teams who competed on Tuesday, 9/ 18 at home vs. Vernon Hills, Niles West, and Maine West. Top finishers were Jr. Ashley Gaba and Jr. Luis Angel Mendoza. (Pics Attached)

Girls Volleyball: The varsity girls volleyball team scored an impressive come-back win at home over CSL North Division rival, Vernon Hills on Wednesday, 9/20. The Blue Demons lost their first set only to roar back to take the next two sets in exciting fashion!

HOCO 2023: Be sure to purchase your homecoming tickets for Friday night's varsity boys soccer match vs. Highland Park and the varsity football game vs. Vernon Hills. The soccer match starts at 5:00 p.m. and the varsity football game starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be pre-purchased online at GoFan HERE, so make sure you avoid the anticipated long lines by getting your tickets now on GoFan!