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Student chosen for Science Olympiad leadership position

Mundelein High School sophomore, Ciara West, has been selected for the Illinois Science Olympiad Youth Advisory Committee. The committee will help bring youth voice to state efforts, create recommendations for teams throughout the state and develop leadership and professional

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Three band students chosen for state ensembles

Three Mundelein High School band students have been chosen to represent Illinois Music Education Association District 7 (ILMEA) as members of the 2021 ILMEA All State ensembles. The students chosen include Junior Natalie Altenhoff, bassoonist and Sophomore Leila Moon, clarinetist in the All State Concert Band. Senior Isabel Sioson was chosen for the All State Jazz Band. These students submitted audition recordings earlier in the fall and were chosen from among hundreds of applicants to attend

Student's film nominated for national award

A film created by Mundelein High School 2020 graduate, Allan Rodriguez, has been nominated for a national award by the Foundation of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) in the 2020 National Student Production Awards. Nominees were selected from high school student entries across the country in 24 programming and craft categories. Rodriguez was nominated for his film, Somnum (Sleep), in the Short Form, Fiction category. He was a student in several film-related courses taug

MHS Jazz Ensemble one of four in the country chosen to perform

Last spring the Mundelein High School Jazz Ensemble was selected to perform at the 2020 Midwest Clinic: International Band and Orchestra Festival which has been held in Chicago for the past 75 years. The event draws nearly 18,000 professional musicians and educators from the US and more than 40 countries. This year, Mundelein High School was one of only four high school jazz bands from across the country selected to perform. Because of the pandemic the convention turned digital while the sele

Students excel in Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge

Several students in the App Development and Coding class at Mundelein High School excelled in the Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge recently. Two different class sections competed and the first place winners were Xander Ede, Ella Kasamis and Caden Minehart. Second place went to Enrique Gonzalez, Marshall Maxim and Erich Robb. Third place finishers were Michael Chen and Vytautas Zumas. Students programmed a virtual version of Hercules, the robot used in Amazon fulfillment centers to bring shelving

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Volunteer earns state recognition

Mundelein resident, Veronica Villaseñor, has earned the Illinois State Board of Education Award of Meritorious Service for Community Volunteer, for the work she does for the Mundelein schools and community. She was nominated by three members of the MHS staff who work with her: Jamie DiCarlo, assistant superintendent of student services for districts 75 and 120; Stacey Gorman, assistant superintendent for teaching and learning, District 120; and Sol Cabachuela, parent liaison for District 120. “

Student groups loading boxes of food for distribution

Schools, community join together to help distribute food

With hundreds of volunteers and help from local businesses and community groups the Mundelein Community has come together with Districts 120 and 75 and has distributed more than 17,000 boxes and bags of foods since March. This includes both food and gift cards. All of the events were coordinated by Jamie DiCarlo, MHS assistant superintendent of student services and Sol Cabachuela, MHS parent liaison. Activities include the following: • Restaurant meal donations to families and volunteers • S

Mundelein Theatre to go virtual with performances

MUNDELEIN THEATRE TO GO VIRTUAL WITH NEW FACES ONE ACTS The Mundelein Theatre season usually starts with student directed one acts, followed by their New Faces play for freshman and sophomores. Of course, this year has been anything but normal. So earlier this year, the theatre staff decided that in order to work most effectively under the COVID guidelines, they would move their fall play to early in the school year (an outdoor production of Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare) and c

Senior selected for state theatre performance

Mundelein Theatre senior, Matthew Callas, auditioned and was selected as part of the of the All-State cast of the 2021 Illinois High School Theatre Festival (IHSTF). Audiences may recognize Callas from his various roles on the Mundelein Theatre stage, such as Marius in Les Miserables, Eddie in Sister Act, John Merrick in The Elephant Man and most recently as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the 2021 IHSTF was canceled. “Though the in-person festival was ca