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group photo of the varsity girls basketball team

Girls basketball to host Breast Cancer Awareness Night

Girls Basketball to host Breast Cancer Awareness Night Mundelein High School’s girls basketball team will host a Breast Cancer Awareness Night game against the Stevenson Patriots Friday, Feb. 7. Games are set for 5:30 and 7 p.m.; tickets are $5. Short-sleeved T-shirts will be on sale during the game for $10 and long-sleeves for $15. All proceeds will benefit the Lynn Sage Foundation. “Come ‘Pack the House’ and cheer on the Mustangs,” said Greg Dorgan, varsity coach.

Parent University Meeting

Group photo of the organizers of the event

BPAC hosts workshops in Spanish for area residents

Mundelein High School hosted the first Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee (BPAC) Summit in collaboration with its feeder school districts including Mundelein Elementary District 75, Diamond Lake School District 76, and Hawthorn Elementary District 73 on Saturday, January 18t. Despite the poor weather, the event drew a strong crowd. Parents of students enjoyed breakfast in the morning and had the opportunity to visit booths with community organizations like Mano a Mano, Latino Police Academy, C

Special Olympics Basketball Team to take on MHS staff

Mundelein High School’s Special Olympic athletes will take on members of the MHS staff in a Special Olympics Basketball game to help the team celebrate the close of their inaugural season. The Special Olympics athletes were given the opportunity to hand pick the staff team. Eric Billittier is the team coach. Eric Billittier is the team coach. Krissy Pawlicki is Special Olympics Athletic Director and assistant coach. John Pauley is also an assistant coach.

The all-female group performs in sequined dresses

Music groups steal the show in opening competition

Mundelein High School’s show choirs started their competition season with a bang and they piled up a number of awards at Sauk Prairie High School in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin Jan. 25. Lights, the all-female group, were named Grand Champions in their division while SoundFX, the all-mal

Martinique students smile for the camera in one of their class periods

Isle of Martinique students visit MHS to meet their pen pals

Twenty-one students from the Isle of Martinique visited Mundelein High School Jan. 23 to meet MHS students with whom they have been corresponding as pen pals. The event was coordinated by Marty Ambrey, French instructor at MHS. The day’s activities included both formal and informal opportunities for the visiting students to spend time with their MHS counterparts. It began with the visitors “shadowing” their pen pals during one of the class periods. They all had lunch together as they got to kno

Students stationed at one of the information booths

Cultural Fair at MHS includes evening events for area residents

Mundelein High School will hold a Cultural Fair at the high school Feb. 7 from 7:45 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.. During the day, more than 16 booths will be in place to represent the diverse culture and identities at MHS. An added feature this year will include student-led evening of activities. It will open to the public at 4 p.m. and at 5 p.m. a cultural buffet will open in the cafeteria. Tickets will be available for purchase at the event at a cost of 50 cen

Seven of the award winners in group shot with arms around each other

FBLA students earn awards at Area Conference

Mundelein High School’s chapter of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) competed at the Illinois Northern Area Conference held at College of Lake County on Friday, January 17. While at the area competition members took part in various events that tested their business leadership skills. Members were accompanied by advisers Chris Hoster and Sarah Wilson, while the competition was presided over by senior Sofia Feijoo as Area Vice President for the Northern Illinois FBLA region. Forty-fo

Six members of the cast posing with stuffed animals

Winter Play set for Jan. 30, 31 and Feb. 1

The Curious Savage, by John Patrick, is being presented as the winter play by Mundelein Theatre. The show runs on January 30, 31, and February 1 at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a 3:45 p.m. matinee on January 31. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. The matinee performance on Fr

Group photo of jazz ensemble; Garrett Munz is front and center

MHS Jazz Ensemble, saxophonist earn high marks at Purdue Jazz Festival; Preview Concert set ahead of state performances

Mundelein High School’s Jazz Ensemble was recently recognized as the Honor Band in the large high school big band division at the 30th Annual Purdue Jazz Festival held earlier this month. In addition, Garrett Munz, senior alto saxophonist at MHS, was recognized as Best Soloist in the same class. Munz is planning to continue his studies and performances at the college level next year. “I really can’t see myself doing anything other than jazz studies. I love the music so much and to go to school