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Two juniors earn awards in writing

Two Mundelein High School juniors received The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2020 from the Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development at the University of Iowa. “According to their website, ‘The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Program is the nation’s longest-running, largest and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens,’” said Laura Garcia, English 3 teacher who has the two teens in her class. During the past 95 years, the Awards have recognized and encou

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Annual Mr. Mustang contest set for Feb. 28

Fourteen seniors will compete for the title of Mr. Mustang during an evening of entertainment at Mundelein High School Friday, Feb. 28 beginning at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Cost for admission is $5 for all seats. The “Who Dunnit” theme for the night is “The Mystery of the Missing Crown.” Earlier this year, the senior girls voted for their favorites to be contestants. The evening’s events will include a dance act involving the entire group, talent, the co

MHS seeks nominations for the 2020 Distinguished Alumni award

Mundelein High School is now seeking nominations for alumni to honor for 2020 as Distinguished Alumni. The event is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 12 which is also Homecoming Weekend for Mundelein High School. Nominations are being accepted from February 14 through April 26. Nominees must be out of high school for at least 10 years and have distinguished themselves in any number of areas such as career paths, military service, government work, medicine, the arts, etc. and also volunteer work a

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Young adult novel author to meet with MHS students

Author of 17 novels in various genres, Barry Lyga, will speak with interested students Tuesday, Feb. 25 between 7:45 and 10:30 a.m. in the MHS Auditorium. Many of his works are geared toward adolescent audiences. Lyga’s books have been or are set to be published in more than a dozen different languages in North America, Australia, Europe and Asia. He co-authored a novel, The Hive, with Morgan Baden which was recently named the winner of Peop

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Honors bands to perform in concert Feb. 20

Mundelein High School’s Honors Wind Ensemble and Honors Symphonic Winds will perform in concert Thursday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. in the MHS Auditorium. This is a free public concert. Works to be performed include Molly on the Shore, by Percy Grainger; Diamond Tide, by Viet Cuong; Symphonic Dance No. 3: Fiesta by Clifton Williams, Khan by Julie Giroux and others. Jerald Shelato and Andy Sturgeon direct the instrumental music program at MHS.

WinterFest 2020

Free STEM Day for Girls Feb. 29

Feb. 29: CLC hosts 10th annual STEM Day for girls Girls in 7th through 12th grade and their parents are invited to College of Lake County’s 10th annual free STEM for Girls event Saturday, Feb. 29. This hands-on career exploration day packed with workshops by expert presenters, is from 8:30 a.m. to noon in the Lower Level A Wing on the Grayslake Campus, 19351 W. Washington St. STEM for Girls is designed for individuals as well as school, scout and youth groups. The program seeks to motivate mi

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Show choirs continue to dominate in competition

Fresh off their Jan. 25 victories in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, the Mundelein High School show choirs did it again, this time at the Fort Atkinson, WI Showcase. Lights were named Grand Champions in the Single Gender Division; SoundFX were first runner-up in that division and Sound were named first runner-up overall (of 21 groups competing). Matthew Callas was named Best Male Soloist in Soloist competition while Kira Buckner was named Best Female Vocalist within a show. Cory Thompson and Stevee

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Boards of Education to hold joint forum for stakeholders

As part of the shared services model for Mundelein School Districts 120 and 75, the Board of Education members of both districts are inviting all stakeholders to attend informative, interactive meetings Tuesday, Feb. 18 at the D120 district office at 1500 W Hawley ST in Mundelein. The meetings will take place for school district staff members from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. and for community members from 6 to 8 p.m. The meetings will focus on a theme of “Portrait of a Learner,” which addresses the conce

Counselor earns recognition; one of 14 in nation

Mundelein High School’s College Counselor, Andrea Rusk, has recently been recognized as a 2020 Counselors That Change Lives award recipient. The award is presented on behalf of the Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL) organization. CTCL is made up of 45 member institutions. Representatives of these institutions may submit nominations annually and then the CTCL Board of Directors selects their Counselors That Change Lives from those nominations. “My nominator is from Hope College. It was a complet