Principal's Blog #7

Dear Mustang Families,

We had great weather for our Fall Cookout last night! Many thanks to our Parent Ambassadors who not only sponsored but worked hard to make this event successful!

The MHS Car Club decided to have their car show the same night so the evening was twice as much fun!

Congrats to the Girls Volleyball Team Last Night's Win!

See the pictures below and have a happy Friday!

Go Mustangs~

Dr. Alexandria Rios Taylor

Principal, Mundelein High School

847-949-2200 x1257

www.d120.org

ataylor@d120.org

Oct 6 Late Start

Oct 9 No School

Oct 10 Choices Fair

Oct 11 PSAT/NMSQT Testing

Oct 18 Unity Day

Oct 19-20 Parent/Teacher Conferences

Oct 23-31 Red Ribbon Week

We had an excellent turnout for Universidad de Padres last night!

Taylor Swift Week - Dress as Taylor, wear a shirt, dress in a Taylor era.

Register for Made in Your Backyard

Interested in space travel or conducting science experiments in space? Here is an opportunity for you!

Higher Orbits is a non-profit with the mission of promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM); along with leadership, teamwork, and communication through the use of spaceflight. Mankind’s journey into space serves as an ideal launchpad to excite students of all ages about STEM/STEAM and working to fulfill their dreams and ambitions while also building teamwork, leadership, and communication skills.

• Date: October 7th & 8th

• Time: 8am – 6pm

• Where: TMA 1651 Wilkening Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173

• Register/More information/Flyers: HERE

• Go For Launch delivers a multi-day, in-person, truly out of this world experience to 8th - 12th grade students leveraging spaceflight and space exploration as the launchpad for students to develop and strengthen their skills in STEM, teamwork, communication, research design, and leadership.

• Go For Launch! students work side-by-side with an astronaut for the entire event -learning, growing, and developing the life-long skills that create a successful, meaningful future.

• The culminating exercise is an experiment design project. The teams will present their ideas to a panel of judges from the Space & STEM fields, who will then choose a winner from each Go For Launch! event. Depending on the Series, winning experiments will be launched to and conducted aboard the International Space Station or on a suborbital flight!

• Visit higherorbits.org to learn more about this program.

• Videos to check out for more insights: HERE

The College of Lake County is pleased to once again offer an opportunity for high school students (grades 9-12) to learn about a Career Pathway through Apprenticeships. Attached are the registration form and photo release form that students need to complete in order to register for one session of the Manufacturing Career Pathways program offered by CLC on October 17-18-19. Follow this LINK for registration and photo release forms.

There are 70 slots available. Students will receive a $50 stipend. Students will need transportation to and from the session site. MHS will assist with transportation if necessary - please contact Mr. Kapotas in the CCRC.

Deadline to register is Thursday, October 6th but space is reserved on a first come-first served basis.

Students can attend only one session, but they can select a second (2) or third (3) choice in case their first choice is filled. Most sessions will have 10-15 students max since they will be in labs.

Here are the programs and dates:

• Automation, Robotics, Mechatronics (ARM) - Thursday, October 19th (Grayslake campus)
• HVAC - Tuesday, October 17th (Grayslake campus)
• Precision Machining Technology (PMT), formerly CNC - Thursday, Oct. 19th (Grayslake campus)
• Industrial Technology (INT), Wednesday, Oct 18th (Advanced Technology Center - Gurnee)
• Welding (WFT) - Thursday, Oct. 19th (Advanced Technology Center - Gurnee)

All sessions will be offered from 4:30 -5:30 PM.

Please follow the links below for more information about the 5 different areas:

• Automation, Robotics, Mechatronics (ARM)
• Industrial Technology (INT)
• HVAC
• Precision Machining Technology (PMT)
• Welding and Fabrication Technology (WFT)

On October 19th MHS will host our own Unity Day by wearing orange to unite together for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion as we increase awareness about bullying prevention.

Unity Day

On October 19th MHS will host our own Unity Day by wearing orange to unite together for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion as we increase awareness about bullying prevention. During lunch periods students will have the opportunity to sign the anti-bullying pledge and receive a raffle ticket as a reward for their commitment to kindness, acceptance, and inclusion of other.

Bullying statistics:

• One out of every five (20.2%) students report being bullied. (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2019 )
• 41% of students who reported being bullied at school indicated that they think the bullying would happen again. (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2019 )
• School-based bullying prevention programs decrease bullying by up to 25%. (McCallion & Feder, 2013)
• 41% of students who reported being bullied at school indicated that they think the bullying would happen again. (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2019

Red Ribbon Week

DID YOU KNOW?

Children of parents who talk to their teens regularly about drugs are 42% less likely to use drugs than those who don’t; yet, only a quarter of teens report having these conversations. Red Ribbon Week® (October 23-31), the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the nation, is your opportunity to get the ongoing conversation started. This year’s theme is Be Kind To Your Mind. Live Drug Free.™ Visit www.redribbon.org to learn more about Red Ribbon Week® and get tips for talking to your kids about drugs. The life you save may be that of your own child or a dear friend.

At school, students will engage in activities that promote a drug free and healthy lifestyle. Each day of the week there will be a dress up theme and an activity during lunch. The week will culminate on October 31st, when the Wellness Center hosts our first Wellness Boo Bash, where students can dress up and go trick-or-treating around the Commons for resources, candy, and raffle tickets. Please partner with us and discuss this message at home.

Schedule week of 10/2/23

Submitted by Coach Willis

Last week’s loss to Stevenson brought the Mustang winning streak to a close, but a win against Wheeling in 2 sets on Monday boosted our spirits. We are now in the whirlwind part of the Girls Volleyball season preparing to face some heavy hitters in Warren, Vernon Hills, Lakes, and Libertyville this week and next in individual matches. And the Varsity team is looking forward to playing 5 matches at the Lake Forest Invitational on Saturday, October 7th.

Be sure to join the Varsity team at our home match against Lakes on Tuesday, October 3 where we will honor MHS staff members at the Staff Appreciation Night.

And remember to mark your calendars for our Cancer Awareness Night on Wednesday, October 11 at our home match against Lake Zurich. There will be a 50/50 raffle and themed baskets to win. All proceeds will go to the Lynn Sage Foundation (link). Please mark your calendars and join us for this special event!

Submitted by Coach Rutz

The Palatine Invite is one of if not the toughest invitationals in the State. 8 of the top 10 programs in the State were present. I have always believed anytime you can finish in the top 10 teams in any of the races, you're getting it done, so 4th was outstanding. We were also only 26 points out of 2nd, so it's safe to say our sophomore squad is one of the best in the State. The sophomores were led by Elijah Mendoza in 7th place. He was followed closely by Izic Miller in 9th and Nathan McCreight in 14th. All 3 were medalists. Andrew Weaver was next in 50th place. Nathaniel Mendez was 63rd, and James Glaskin-Clay was 113th, out of a total of 308 runners. With our victory this evening against Carmel Catholic, next Tuesday shapes up to be a big meet in a lot of ways. The last conference quad of the season at Adler Park will determine the regular season champion. Both us and Stevenson are undefeated in conference meets this season. It is also our opportunity to go undefeated in dual meets for only the 2nd time in at least 20 years, the last time being in 2018. Be there or be square, people...

This weekend we will have a split squad situation, with our top 7 going to Peoria for the Peoria Invite, and the rest of the team traveling to Antioch for the Antioch Invite.

Submitted by Coach Kuhn

The Lady Mustang golfers started the last week of the regular season with a match against the Grant Bulldogs. The teams mutually agreed to dress in an Adam Sandler/Happy Gilmore theme. The ladies had a blast playing Hickory Knoll Golf Course in Lake Villa, especially hole 1 where the rule was you had to take a running Happy Gilmore swing.

The following night we honored our Senior golfers and parents with our final home match vs Grayslake Central. Seniors Mia Field, Kate Niemann, Abbie Shifley, Ella Bradshaw & Catie Barreca played their final match at Countryside and were honored before the match.

That same day, the JV golfers participated in an invite at the Par 3 course in Grayslake, with Junior Abby Altergott taking 2nd place out of 37 golfers from 8 schools, with a score of 40.

The IHSA Regional Tournament is Thursday, 9/28 at Spring Valley Golf Course in Salem, WI. The Mustangs are hoping to advance multiple girls to Sectionals, which will be held next week at Buffalo Grove Golf Course.

Submitted by Coach Winter

The team competed in an invite at Lakes with 14 schools on Saturday. At #1 Singles Gabi Lipske won 2 matches and at #2 doubles Stella Moon and Mikaela Sosa won 2 matches.

On Tuesday the team traveled to Lake Forest and lost a tough match. Mikaela Sosa was chosen as the NSC sportsmanship award winner.

Congratulations to our seniors!

Submitted by Coach Rodriguez

Saw lots of continued improvement at the Palatine Invite! 7/8 course PRs for Varsity & JV, plus in the F/S 2.5M race, there were 5 lifetime PRs for avg mile pace! Several were within 5-10 seconds of their lifetime PRs as well! Good day overall!

Our first round of “Sub #” (Ex. Sub-21) water bottles for runners who have broken their season time goals! Proud to see the progress so far and excited to see the continued goal-breaking the rest of the season!

This past Tuesday, we got to honor our Seniors at Senior Night. Thank you Amber Dean, Rey Palacios, Jeni Bolanos, and Alicia Fontenla for your contributions to the team over your time at MHS! We will miss you!

Last week’s Runner of the Week: SO Precious Oyebanji! Precious is a new addition to our team but has already made such a positive impact & clicks with everyone. She’s grown so much in her running & confidence so far this season & is a great example of giving her all all the time!

Each week we will feature a student, staff member or department at our school (Or all three at once), to give Mustang Nation a closer look at these wonderful folks! “We are MHS”! To nominate yourself or others for this feature, please email Mr. Gonzalez – hgonzalez@d120.org

The Mundelein Foundation is seeking new members! Do you have one night a month to make a difference? Contact Jennifer for more information on how you can have some fun helping the next generation: 847-987-7955 or brunkow4@sbcglobal.net

The 2023-24 MHS School Profile is now available. This document is utilized by colleges as they review our students’ applications, so the information is specifically directed to that audience.

English | Spanish

Our MHS Portrait of a Learner tenets affirm student identity through schoolwide values, expectations and practices.

We have created a new Facebook page for Mundelein High School District 120 - please visit us on our new page. Please be sure to follow us on our new page, share the page with friends and “like” our page as well. We’re so glad to have you as part of our Mustang community.

MHS has many supports to offer students. Students can access a quick-reference guide of all supports available on this page. Available is everything from social-emotional support, to financial support. Check it out!

Click here to see all the student support areas we have to offer.

We are proud to host visitors to learn more about our programming and facilities. In order to minimize the impact on the educational environment, we have chosen to host visitors on select days throughout the school year.

Therefore, to secure a visitation time, please select from the following options so we are able to provide the necessary information and personnel during your visit.

Click here to schedule your tour.

Attendance

Regular school attendance is required and necessary to develop the academic and intrapersonal skills needed for success. Students are expected to attend each class and be on time. Students who attend school regularly have been shown to achieve at higher levels than students who do not have regular attendance.

If your student is going to be absent from school, please call the Attendance Line 847-949-2200 ext. 1998 (Spanish) ext. 1999 (English) by 10:00 am.

Bus Notifications

Would you like to know when your student’s bus is going to be late? For Mundelein bus routes, Lakeside Transportation is using the Bus Bulletin notification system to notify parents and students when there are bus delays and schedule changes. For more information, or to sign-up and start receiving notifications, please visit: www.busbulletin.com/parents (Find Mundelein Area Schools when prompted for a district) *Note - This is managed by Lakeside Bus Company and not MHS.

Dress Code

Although we take great pride in a dress code that encourages self-expression, we do want to remind students of our student dress code policy as found in our student handbook.

• Clothing must cover all undergarments (waistbands and straps excluded).
• Fabric covering all private parts must not be seen through.
• Clothing that depicts, advertises or advocates the use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana or other controlled substances is prohibited.
• Clothing that depicts pornography, nudity or sexual acts is prohibited.

Lockers

With the increased enrollment in recent years, we have been unable to provide a locker for every student at MHS. Since many students do not use a locker, we are assigning lockers to students upon request. Please click here to request a locker.

Technology Use

Students will utilize technology to support their learning in class. Students are reminded to use their Chromebooks and cell phones appropriately at all times. For further information about technology use, please refer to the student handbook located on the District web page.

Go Mustangs!

Past blogs are available at:

https://www.d120.org/about-mhs/principals-newsletter/

Email: ataylor@d120.org
Website: www.d120.org
Location: 1359 West Hawley Street, Mundelein, IL, USA
Phone: 847-949-2200
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