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Ilya Vynnyk in a group photo in Iowa with Presidential Candidate Joe Biden

AP Government student takes his interests in politics to Iowa

Mundelein High School junior, Ilya Vynnyk, recently traveled to Iowa to take part in the Mikva Challenge, created by Ab Mikva, a high ranking government official who served in all three branches of government. Mikva was an American politician, federal judge, lawyer and law professor. Along with his wife, Mikva created an organization to empower young adults towards politics that often don’t get the chance to do so. “High schoolers from all over the country came to Iowa this past weekend to par

College Nights for Juniors set for Feb. 11, 12

Mundelein High School will host a College Planning Night with a focus on current juniors on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. in Spanish in the District Meeting Room at the high school and Wednesday, Feb. 12 in English at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. MHS College Counselor Andrea Rusk will be joined on Feb. 11 by Rebeca Hernandez, assistant director of admissions at DePaul University and on Feb. 12 by Sarah Goldman, Chicago admissions counselor for the University of Oregon. They will provide in

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Winter Jazz Concert 2020

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Foglia YMCA to offer Safe Cyber Choices forum Jan. 25

All area parents and children are encouraged to attend Safe Cyber Choices…an interactive forum to help protect our youth now and into the future at the Foglia YMCA, 1025 N. Old McHenry RD, Lake Zurich on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The Foglia YMCA Board of Directors will bring two industry leaders together to explore and facilitate an engaging discussion about keeping kids safe as they navigate through social media and the internet. The presentation is geared toward 9-14 year-olds,

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Group photo of jazz ensemble with their instruments

Honors Jazz Ensemble selected for statewide conference performance

The Mundelein High School Jazz Ensemble was selected to perform at the 2020 Illinois Music Education Conference that will take place Jan. 29 through Feb. 1 in Peoria, IL. “This is a great honor only provided to a handful of high school jazz bands in the state of Illinois,” said Andy Sturgeon who directs the instrumental music program at MHS along with Jerald Shelato. A free special preview concert by the Honors Jazz Ensemble will be performed on the campus of the Lake Forest College Calvin Du

Winter Jazz Concert set for Jan. 15

Mundelein High School’s jazz groups will perform in a free concert to be held Wednesday, Jan. 15, in the MHS Auditorium. Featured performance groups include the Honors Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Combo. All of the musicians participating in this concert will travel to West Lafayette, Indiana during the following weekend to perform at the Purdue Jazz Festival. The concert will showcase music by Alan Baylock, Ahmad Jamal, Blue Mitchell, Maria Schneider, Don Menza, Gordon Goodwin, Cole

Parent Resource Night 2020

Parent Resource Night

Sophomore's writing published in DePaul University magazine

Sophomore Cayetana Geller has recently had a work, My Name, published in the DePaul University Blue Book: Best of Illinois High School Writing 2018-2019. Geller originally submitted her work to the MHS literary magazine where it was chosen for publication. English Teacher Laura Garcia then submitted the work to the DePaul publication which will go live online beginning January 17. “If you know/see Cayetana, please congratulate her on her selection! (And to our staff), thanks for all your work