Principal's Blog #16

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The School District 120 School Board on Tuesday evening decided to not place a referendum on the March ballot, targeting the November general election instead. We will send you more information and opportunities for public input as we move forward. Please read our official statement here.

Please continue to visit our website for further developments: d120.org/mhs-facilities/

A copy of our recent mailing and fact sheet can be found below. Should you have additional questions, fill out our online form or email at: mhsbuildingplan@d120.org.

We’ll continue to keep you informed along the way.

District Superintendent

Dr. Kevin Myers

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MHS Fact Sheet

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Community Letter

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Town Hall

It was wonderful to hear from 10 MHS students at our School Board meeting on Tuesday night. The students, along with a few staff members, gave a presentation of their internship programs and an overall look at the objectives and strategies of our Career Pathways activities.

Through the internships, students are getting a great jumpstart into their careers and an amazing sneak peak at their future opportunities.

Dr. Anthony Kroll

Assistant Superintendent of Specialized Programming

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We want to share important news about the Accelerated Placement Act, also known as Public Act 100-0421, which affects your student’s education in Illinois public schools. The goal of this law is to provide all students with an equal chance to access advanced courses during high school This law is designed to make sure that high school students who perform exceptionally well on state standardized tests, including PSAT 9, PSAT 10, and the SAT are given the opportunity to take more challenging and advanced courses. Please click here to read more.

Stacey Gorman

Assistant Superintendent of Teaching & Learning

Cultural Immersion Event

Our cultural immersion event was a great success! It was so meaningful to see our students engaging with each other in Spanish, trying each other's food, and sharing about their cultures and traditions. The students reported that they had fun, learned a lot, and were proud of themselves for speaking in Spanish with each other, and for doing a great job with all of the preparation that went into their research and making their food.

Here are some comments from our students:

(Spanish 2) ¨Nuestra celebracion es muy divertido y energetico. Nosotros comemos y probamos muchas comidas y hablamos con otros estudiantes. Nosotros aprendemos las tradiciones de otras culturas¨

(Spanish 2) "Nosotros hablamos con los hispanohablantes de las comidas y la preparacion. La celebracion trae el compañerismo¨
(HL 3) ¨Me gustó mucho este experiencia de inmersión cultural porque intento comida nuevos y me gusto serviendo mi platillo. Queiro hacer este día otra vez¨

(HL 3) ¨A mí me gustó mucho la inmersión porque me gustó convivir con los demás y que todos trajieron comida hecha casera¨

Special thanks to all who made this event possible! We hope we can make it an MHS World Language tradition.

Brittany Bray

Juan López-Roblez

Mustang Nation eGift Card

Not sure what to buy your favorite Mustang for the Holidays? How about a Mustang Nation eGift Card? Buy for one person, or send to several people all with one transaction. Have others contribute to the gift card amount before sending if you like. No plastic card to use or lose either! Recipients can just show their electronic gift card at checkout in the spirit store located next to the café at Mundelein High School. For in-store purchases only.

Spread the Mustang spirit this holiday season! Purchase an eGift card at: mustang-nation.com

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

United Nations has established December 3 as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This international observance was established to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights, and well-being of persons with disabilities. It also aims to foster awareness of the importance of integrating persons with disabilities into every aspect of life.”

Text courtesy of DiversityCentral.com and United Nations Dept of Economic and Social Affairs

Image Courtesy of IDPWD

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December 11 - 2024-2025 Course Selection Begins for Sophomores

The course selection process for the 2024-2025 school year will begin in the coming weeks. Please take a moment to read through all of the information and links below to ensure that you are well-informed of this process.

Counselors will be making presentations in developmental guidance lessons to inform students and will begin meeting with individual students on the following dates:

Juniors: November 27 - Completed
Sophomores: December 11
8th graders: January 18
Freshman: February 5

If you have any questions about this process you can reach out directly to your school counselor for more information.

We look forward to working closely with you and your student to plan for an exciting and challenging 2024-2025 school year.

Course Selection Preparation and Process (English / Spanish)

Mundelein High School Academic Course Guide (English/Spanish)

Course Request Worksheet (English / Spanish)

Mundelein High School Career Pathways (English / Spanish)

Advanced Placement/Honors Recruitment Letter to Parents/Guardians (English / Spanish)

Accelerated Placement Act Letter to Parents/Guardians (English / Spanish)

December 15 - Días Festivos

As everyone is getting into the holiday spirit, we wanted to invite you to Puertas Club’s annual holiday event, Días Festivos, on Friday, December 15th, from 6:00-8:00 PM in the cafeteria! This bilingual, open-house style event is aimed at bringing families together at the school to celebrate the spirit of the season with their children and take part in family friendly activities that highlight some of the holiday and seasonal traditions of Latin America.

January 25th - MHS Building Tour

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.

Our next tour is on January 25th at 4:30pm.

Click here to register.

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Glam for Good

Freshman and Sophomore Student Leadership are hosting our first ever "Glam for Good Drive: Supporting Students in Style."

We are hoping to offer affordable formal wear for students to purchase at low or no cost for Turnabout (March 2nd, 2024).

The items we aim to collect include:

semi-formal and formal dresses
dress shirts
dress pants and slacks
suits
neckties and bow ties
shoes (formal or stylish sneakers)
jewelry
makeup (must be new and unused)

Put items in individual ziplock bags and take to MHS Main Office by January 12th.

Coaches Corner - Cheerleading

Submitted by Coach Rosales

Cheer had their first competition, Jinglefest, this past Sunday at Barrington High School. The team has been working hard for a month on their routine. Working through adversities, they challenged themselves to hit skills that many have not executed before, and they came together to build a solid routine. This was a JV only competition that gave us a great opportunity to show our routine in front of a smaller audience, in a less stressful environment.

Leading up to our competition time, things were shaky during warm-ups and nerves were running high. We had one last team talk from Coach Rosales before being called to take the floor then it was finally our time to show everyone who we are! The competition was filled with many familiar schools with strong teams. There were 23 teams competing in our division of large JV and with that big of a group, they announced the top 10 teams. JV placed 8th! On top of that, we hit a 0, meaning our routine did not have any deductions! Both equally great accomplishments on their own. We’re so happy and excited to start our competition season off on a high note. We have such an amazing team of dedicated student athletes, we’re “on a mission to own this year!”

Wish us luck as we are quickly approaching our next competition at Stevenson.

Coaches Corner - Wrestling

Submitted by Coach Harris

These mustangs had an incredible weekend of wrestling! Our varsity team had some great matches down in Indiana, our freshman had 5 champions, and the girls team had a placer in the huge Waukegan tournament! Our champions from the freshman tournament include Arturo Vargas, Alvaro Guadarrama, Sladen Poutre, Eli Murray, and Andres Ramierz Randals. Our girl placer is Khloe Heerdegen who took 4th out of 27!

Great weekend to be a Mustang!

Coaches Corner - Girls Bowling

Submitted by: Coach Prorok

The Girls bowling teams have rolled into a fantastic start. Winning our first conference match 9-0 and completing the week 3-0, things are looking good. Rhiannon Ellis, Renata Turska, and Addie Hagel all bowled their highest games of the season. Coming up - JV Tournament on Saturday, December 9 at Lakeside Lanes and two conference matches - Libertyville on Monday at Lakeside Lanes and Wednesday at Zion Benton.

Coaches Corner - Gymnastics

The Girls bowling teams have rolled into a fantasti

The Mustangs Girls' Gymnastics team has started competition. Last week, the girls faced off against Conference Rivals Lake Forest and Libertyville at Libertyville. The Varsity team is led this year by Freshman Ella Kessel, Sophomore Kihara Espinosa, Junior Isla Rehm, and Senior Megan Oates. The girls are working hard in the gym and looking to improve every day.

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