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Podcast Episode 7
D120 Superintendent Corey Tafoya speaks with Cathy Johnson, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations, about the cost of the MHS Facilities Referendum, what it will mean to taxpayers and how the district was able to save the community millions of dollars in the process.

Podcast Episode 8
D120 Superintendent Corey Tafoya speaks with MHS senior Mazin Hussain about the dual credit internship in marketing he completed through Mundelein High School and how it helped him develop his future plans.
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It’s been four years since Adriana Nuzzo graduated from Mundelein High School. But it hasn’t been so long that she’s forgotten the impact of her former MHS Social Studies Teacher Susan Theotokatos.
Nuzzo, about to embark on a teaching career of her own, wrote the nomination letter that landed Theotokatos a 2026 Wolfe Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Kansas.
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Mundelein High School senior Autumn Brown made the most of her time at the Lake County Tech Campus program this year, helping her jump-start a promising career in health care.
Right now, her biggest challenge seems to be where to keep all of her awards.
Brown was named Student of the Year in the Tech Campus Emergency Medical Service I program.
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The Best High School Educator in Lake County teaches at Mundelein High School.
That’s according to the Regional Office of Education Foundation, which awarded the honor to MHS English Teacher Kristen Behrens during its 2026 Educator of the Year Celebration on May 6.
Behrens was among hundreds of nominees who attended the award ceremony at the Lake County Fairgrounds. Mundelein High School also had four nominees in other categories.
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The Mundelein High School Music Program continues to build on its reputation as one of the top programs in the state. Now it is becoming known on a national level.
For the third year in a row, MHS was recognized as one of the “Best Communities for Music Education (BCME)” in the nation. Mundelein was one of just nine individual schools in Illinois to earn the award. The unique and prestigious award is given by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation.
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Mundelein High School alumni presented on the MHS College Ambassador Program during a major state conference in April.
Chris Martin (Class of 2023), Mila Patel (Class of 2024), and Ailani Zires (Class of 2025) made their presentation at the Illinois Association for College Admissions Counseling (IACAC) conference which ran from April 22-24.
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Three Mundelein High School seniors have been honored by the Lake County Tech Campus as Students of the Year in their respective programs.
Autumn Brown, Ron Echtenacher and Ein French all received the honor and will be recognized at the Student Recognition Night on Thursday, May 7.
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