March 28, 2025

It's almost time to return from spring break, Mustangs! Many people often want to know what spring break looks like in the Principal's office! Here is a sneak peak!

Although spring break is usually filled with fall planning, this week, Ms. Lendino, my administrative assistant, took a moment to coordinate a wonderful SPRING brunch for all of our administrative assistants! As they toast to orange juice and lemonade, I can't help but share this image of the wonderful team that devote such attention and care behind-the-scenes here at MHS!

Together, they and I are all here to make this last quarter count! There are just 8 weeks to go until school is over. It’s easy to get distracted as the finish line approaches, but staying focused and motivated can make all the difference. Setting small goals and celebrating each step of progress can help keep the momentum going.

Let's continue to set goals, stay motivated, remain focused, be kind, celebrate success, and end the year with pride.

TOGETHER, WE CAN ALL FINISH STRONG!

GOOOOO MUSTANGS!!

Dr. Alexandria Taylor

Principal

Mundelein High School

847-949-2200

www.d120.org

ataylor@d120.org

Mar 28 🚩Last Day for the Illinois 5Essentials Survey

Now - May 1 🐤 Early Bird School Year Registration (all students must register each year)

Now - May 23 🌞 Register for Summer School

Apr 2 - Paraprofessional Appreciation Day

Apr 4 - School Librarian Day

Apr 7 - SEL Day

Apr 7-11 - El Baile Spirit Week

Apr 9 - Anticipating College Presentation (via Zoom)

Apr 9-10 - State Testing

Apr 11 - Job Fair and Career Expo

Apr 12 - El Baile

Apr 13 - STEM Explorer Scholarship Applications Due

Apr 15-17 - ACT Makeup Week

Apr 17 - NSC Art Festival

Apr 18 - No School

Apr 25-25 - Mundelein All Area Art Show

Apr 24-26 - MHS Musical

Apr 24 - Building Tour

Apr 29 - Night of Percusion

MHS families, please check your inbox for an email from School District 120 which will include a link to the Illinois 5Essentials Survey.

D120 is participating with the Illinois State Board of Education in the 2025 statewide survey of school climate and learning conditions through Friday, March 28.

The 5Essentials Survey provides a unique opportunity for students, teachers and parents to have a voice in their schools. This is your chance to provide input concerning your child’s education. We will take all of your input seriously and use it to continually review and update our current educational practices.

The survey is administered online by UChicago Impact at the University of Chicago and provides a comprehensive picture of a school’s organizational culture in an individualized report measuring the five essentials critical for school success:

• Effective leaders

• Collaborative teachers

• Involved families

• Supportive education

• Ambitious instruction

Survey results will be sent to District 120 and will be included in the Illinois State School Report Card next fall.

Results will never be connected to your child. No individual will be identified in the school reports and teachers and administrators will not see individual responses.

Register by May 1st, 2025, to receive your $25 discount!

The 25/26 Early Registration Fee item has been added to the PowerSchool fee accounts for the Class of 2026, 2027, and 2028.

Starting May 2nd, the discount will be removed and the regular Registration Fee of $275 will be listed. Please know that all prior Registration and Course fees must be paid off before paying the Early Registration item.

If you have any questions, please reach out to KC Olson in the MHS Payment Center at kolson@d120.org.

Registration for summer school 2025 is now open!

Please visit the following link to register your student for summer school: https://mundelein.revtrak.net/rw-summer-programs/

PLEASE NOTE: If your student indicated interest in a summer school class during their course selection, they are not yet registered. You must follow the registration process in order to secure a spot.

IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING DRIVERS EDUCATION: Due to the limited number of seats in this course, students are selected for placement based on a lottery. If you indicated interest in drivers education during course selection, you are in the lottery. You will receive additional information regarding your lottery placement later this week. If you are not sure if you're in the lottery, or want your name added to the lottery, please email Yuli Cordova: ycordova@d120.org.

For more information regarding summer school, including course offerings and registration processes, please visit: https://www.d120.org/academics/summer-programs/summer-school/

Stress is something we all face, but how we experience it can vary greatly. While there's no one-size-fits-all definition, it's most often described as a state of physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension.

The MHS Wellness Center team is proud to share Mental Health Must-Haves for Mundelein Mustangs, a resource packet filled with tips and tricks to manage emotions and stress, regulate thoughts and anger, improve self-love and self-confidence, increase executive functioning, and enhance overall self-care. Be sure to also check out this month's self-care checklist, newsletter and list of helpful workshops.

April Self-Care Checklist

April Newsletter

April Workshops

Hope Squad

8 Surprisingly Easy Ways to Beat Stress Image courtesy of: Reset Mind and Massage

The MHS Cultural Fair was a huge success on Friday, March 14th. Students packed the gymnasium and the auditorium to experience foods, culture and stage performances from all across the globe.

Cultural Fair Scrapbook

On Friday, March 14th, students from all of Lake County descended upon the Advanced Technology Center in Gurnee, IL to participate in this years METT Team-Based Challenge event. Students from over 20 high schools worked in collaboration with industry professionals on an authentic industry-based task. Projects ranged from designing and building furniture for Pre-K classrooms (out of cardboard), to creating a light saber!

Students had the opportunity to collaborate with their peers form other high schools as well as provide feedback for future team-based challenge events. Each team-based challenge marks the culmination of a formal ISBE pathway. Students will receive endorsements for each pathway completed that will go on their college resumes for future employment opportunities.

Click here to see the scrapbook.

30 Art students from MHS took a trip to the Bridgeport Art Center on the South Side of Chicago this past Thursday. They participated in the viewing of the highs school exhibition put on by ArtConnected.org. Seniors from all over the Northwest suburbs submitted their portfolios for judging by local professionals. Those who were deemed excellent were installed as part of the exhibition. It was a fantastic experience for our young students to whitness where art can take them in future career paths or as a continued love.

Friends and Family Night

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Join in the fun!

An informal event for underclassmen and their families, on Zoom.

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Puertas Club invites you to enjoy music, dance, food , culture and fun at El Baile!

April 12th

7:00pm - 10:00pm

Main Gym

Tickets - $5.00

Online ticket sales begin March 31st

Cash tickets on sale during lunch on April 7th, 8th and 11th

Buy at the door for $15.00

Guest forms are available in the Dean's Office. They are due April 8th

Click here to apply.

More information to come.

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NO SCHOOL

More information to come.

Save the date. More information to come.

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 April 24th at 4:30pm. Click here to register.

Save the date. More information to come.

Senior yard signs are now available for $15 each! Each sign comes with yard stakes. All proceeds to benefit the MHS Student Support Fund!

Your student may pick up from the main office at the end of the school day. Please note, we don’t want students walking around the building with the yard stakes for the sign, so please encourage them to specifically pick up after classes. Alternatively, you may stop by the high school during school hours to pick up the sign.

Seniors, it’s time to order the Official Personalized Graduation Announcements!

The announcement will feature the custom foil school crest, the official commencement text, and the School Etching where available.

Orders will ship directly to your home. Order online now at HighSchool.HerffJones.com

The CCRC offers assistance with all aspects of the college application process:

• Narrowing down college choices
• Working through applications
• Checking essays
• Discussing financial concerns and scholarships
• Talking about standardized tests
• Working with potential college athletes
• Discussing military options
• Helping students connect with people at university

Click here to learn more.

Many scholarship opportunities for Mundelein High School Seniors are now open! Ms. Bogseth sends out weekly emails with a list of scholarships but all of the MHS specific scholarships as well as community scholarships are posted in SchooLinks.

Seniors- in your SchooLinks account, click on “Finances” and then “Scholarship Match”. Scholarships posted by Ms. Bogseth will be under the “District-Posted” tab.

Experiential Education describes all opportunities offered to students to give them a chance to explore the world of careers and professions. These include classes like Dual Credit Student Internship, Business INCubator, and Geometry in Construction as well as career treks and featured guest speakers.

On Thursday, March 13th, Mundelein High School hosted six medical professionals for the Careers in Medicine panel during 4th & 6th periods. Over sixty students attended this event, which included a meet-and-greet luncheon for students in Mr. Hitzler’s Medical Club and Q&A sessions with our guests.

Mundelein High School was honored to welcome Klaudia Areola, Assistant Clinical Manager of the Clinical Resource Unit at Advocate Condell Medical Center, Claudine Bryan, Registered Nurse at Condell, Dr. Chhaya Chandel, pediatrician at Anchor Pediatrics, Dr. Ryan Chellin, ER doctor at Vista Medical Center, Dr. Conor Schaye, ER Doctor at Condell and regional director of Vituity, and Lukas Vla, Registered Nurse at the Condell emergency room.

Students Maisy Price, Danielle Sawe, and Ailani Zires moderated the event and facilitated questions from the audience. While the stories and testimonies that were shared during the panel were inspirational and insightful, the best part was watching our students crowd around our guests at the end of each session to greet them personally and exchange contact information. Once again, the futures of our students were shaped through the involvement of our community partners!

As a sidenote, the event had a bit of extra Mustang spirit--Klaudia Areola is a 2009 graduate of Mundelein High School and Claudine Bryan and Dr. Ryan Chellin are both parents of current students!

Click here for the full scrapbook.

On Tuesday, March 18th, 26 students attended a day-long interactive and immersive experiential field trip to the Grainger Center for Simulation and Innovation at Evanston Hospital, sponsored by Endeavor Health.

These future doctors, nurses, surgeons, and medical assistance received training on Airway and Respiratory support, Trauma Survey, Fundamentals of Laparascopic Surgery, and Cardiac Monitoring. At the end of the experience, all students were brought together for a “mega-code”, where they applied the skills they learned earlier in the day to provide emergency care to a “patient” experience a medical emergency.

Mundelein High School would like to thank Joan Casey, Simbulance Specialist at Endeavor Health for organizing this event, and staff members Alyssa Wiltjer and Jed Doyle for joining us as chaperones!

Click here for the full photo album.

If you’re interested in learning more about our Dual Credit Student Internship course or any of our Experiential Education programs, contact Alexander Kapotas at akapotas@d120.org or at (847) 949-2200 x1092.

Check out this promo video that captures the spirit of the experiential education program here at Mundelein High School. Your epic future awaits, Mustangs!

Peer/AP Tutors has updated the link to the Advanced Placement web page where students can access videos that detail nearly two dozen AP courses offered at MHS. We are grateful to senior Sophie Hammer who taped and edited every video, and the cast of seniors and juniors who provided insights behind selecting advanced placement courses.

The link can be found on the Literacy Center and Peer/AP Tutors website.

Athletics events week of 3/31/2025

2025 Spring Athletic Department Newsletter

Submitted by Coach Gold

Come try out for the dance team!

Submitted by Coach Rutz

Some spectacular performances last Saturday at the indoor NSC Championships.

At the Varsity level, Ian Murray led the way with 2 individual wins in the sprints. First Ian won the 60m with the best start he has ever had, running 7.21. Ian then came back to win the 200m, completing the sprint double. Ian's time of 23.59 was also his 2nd PR on the day. A really great effort!

Our distance runners provided most of the other highlights on the day. Elijah Mendoza won the 3200 with a PR of 9:42.0. Alberto Diaz contributed a 5th place finish in his first race at this distance this year. Elijah double backed to take 5th in the 1600m with another PR, 4:38.31. Andrew Weaver took 6th in the 800m, but only after contributing to the 4 x 800m relay, the Highlight of the Day! The foursome of Andrew, freshman Erick Cordova, Nathan McCreight, and Izic Miller ran 8:09.50 for the win. Not only is that one of the fastest times in the State but is the fastest time we have ever run this early in the season. Wow!

At the F/S level, the 4 x 800m relay also won, which was the biggest surprise of the day. Advik Sharma, Mason McMurray, Adrian Pacheco Reyes, and Jake Williams ran 9:37.9, with several of them running PR's in the process. Advik came back to take 3rd in the 800m, while Mason came back to take 3rd in the 1600m, running 5:07.15, a huge PR. Aidan Sweet won the 3200m by 20 seconds, running 10:31.4.

Nathen Hamrick took 3rd in the 200m, while Henry Molozaiy and Brandon Newell took 3rd and 4th in the 400m. Henry also took 4th in the 60HH, and 3rd in the 60LH. Cesar Hernandez took 5th in both hurdles events. Nathen came back to take 4th in the HJ and 5th in the LJ, and the quartet of Jared Alba, Riley Murphy, Brandon Newell and Aidan Sweet closed the meet by taking 2nd in the 4 x 400 relay.

Some strong performances as we get close to the end of the indoor season. Next week we are at Carthage College on Friday, another great meet on a fast track. We already have a few athletes who have a chance to qualify for the IPPT Meet at Illinois Wesleyan the following week. We'll see if we can get some more.

Submitted by Coach Willis

Our season is now in full swing. Alll of our athletes have been playing cohesively with tremendous heart. Each of the four levels has been working hard and showing improvement every single day in practice, especially in the areas of communication and teamwork. Once spring break is over, we will host Palatine at home on April 2nd for our season opener. JV and Frosh/Sophs will play at 5:00pm. Varsity and Freshmen at 6:00pm. We would love to see you there supporting our Mustang Volleyball program!

PreVenture is a mental health program that screens students for personality related risk factors that may indicate increased risk for future participation in high-risk behaviors, including using drugs and alcohol. This does not evaluate for current high-risk behaviors, rather this is a preventative program to support the development of coping skills and self regulation strategies.

Omni utilizes the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS) to screen students for eligibility. To learn more about PreVenture, click below.

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Quest is proud to be your dining partner and we are committed to providing the best experience possible to every student, including nutritious food, a wide variety of choices, and a seamless dining experience. We wanted to share a few important reminders about the dining program and we welcome your questions and feedback. Click here for more information.

New Year, New Look! Elevate Your Mustang Pride! Exciting news! We've expanded our spirit wear lineup with premium brands Under Armour and Champion at Mymustangnation.com.

Customize your gear with official school logos using our state-of-the-art DigiSoft printing for a smoother feel. Shop online 24/7 or see our printed merch at Mundelein High School. Visit us at mymustangnation.com or linked through the d120.org website.

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

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We have had a number of vehicles park in our student lots without parking permits. We want to ensure a smooth start to everyone's day, so please note:

1. Parking Permits Required: All students must have a valid parking permit to use our student lots.
2. Legal Spots Only: Please park only in designated legal parking spots.
3. Consequences: Vehicles without permits or parked illegally will be stickered and towed at the owner’s expense. No exceptions!

Let's work together to keep our parking areas organized and accessible for all!

We are excited to announce that our parent calendar has gone electronic. The MHS 2nd Semester calendar is now online in both Flipbook and PDF downloadable format.

A big thank you to Kameal Myrie, Class of 2025, who designed this semester's calendar! Very nice job! You can see more of Kameal's work at www.artisticallymira.com.

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, leave early or arrive late, please submit the attendance via the monitor application within Power School in lieu of calling the attendance line and leaving a voicemail.

Please log on to the Power School parent portal at the MHS website https://www.d120.org/ to record your student’s attendance.

Attached you will find instructions on how to submit your students attendance.

Power School Attendance Instructions

Guardians will be receiving an email with your parent Power School log in instructions if needed.

If you need further support please call 847-949-2200.

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 Bus Bulletin (Find Mundelein Area Schools when prompted for a district) *Note - This is managed by Lakeside Bus Company and not MHS.

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.

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. Click below to request your locker!

Sign up for a Guardian SchooLinks Account! Be a part of your student’s college and career exploration. Understand more about the benefits of a Guardian Account with this video. If you need assistance creating your Guardian Account, email akroll@d120.org with your student’s name and ID number. A claim code and directions will be provided in response.

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Location: 1359 West Hawley Street, Mundelein, IL, USA

Phone: 847-949-2200