The World Language Department invites students to participate in National Language Week March 4-8. Next week, we will host a variety of activities and we hope you’ll participate!
It's Women’s History Month! MCHS celebrates our women leaders including board members, administration, department chairs and directors. Thank you for all you do for Minooka Community High School. Stay tuned for more features as Women's History Month continues!
Yesterday, we held our Parade of Champions through the hallways of both campuses honoring the Girls Bowling Team 2nd place State finish, Addison Cailteux Individual Girls Wrestling 4th place finish, ILMEA State Performers, and Special Olympians. We have amazing students at MCHS! #mchsproud
It's Women’s History Month! MCHS celebrates our women leaders including board members, administration, department chairs and directors. Thank you for all you do for Minooka Community High School!
Thank you to everyone who joined us today for our 2nd Annual Community Leaders Breakfast. Thank you for giving us the opportunity for Matt Collofello, student council president, to share his student address, and Dr. Robert Schiffbauer, superintendent, to share the state of the school address with all of you. We appreciate your partnership and continued support and are grateful to be a part of this amazing community.
On this #ThrowbackThursday, we celebrate the 2005 Girls Bowling Team who took 3rd place at State that year. This was the first MCHS Bowling Team to place at State and they started the winning legacy. #TBT #mchsproud
BE OUR GUEST! Community members 55+ are invited to join us for a Welcome Reception and Musical Matinee, “Beauty and the Beast”, on March 13th. Refreshments will be served. Parking is limited and carpooling is encouraged. Reservations required. (815) 521-4108 or aseidel@mchs.net
Congrats to our Math Team who competed in the ICTM Regional Math Contest at JJC this past weekend. They earned the following awards: Freshman/Sophomore 8 Person Team - 3rd place (Vanessa Beruman, Jenna Hu, Kate Tadel, Sam Thomas, CJ Walton, Noa Johnson, Jessica Robbins, and Jayden Sola); Calculator Team - 3rd place (Vanessa Beruman, Jenna Hu, Kate Tadel, CJ Walton, Jessica Robbins, Ayden Hollingsworth, Oyu Naranjargal); Oral Team - 2nd place (Sophia Benedick and Weston Lorenz); Sam Thomas placed 7th in Algebra 1 and Sophia Benedick placed 5th in Pre-Calculus. Best of luck to Sam Thomas and Sophia Benedick as they compete at State! #mchsproud
There is an early release school day tomorrow, Wednesday, February 28! Please be sure to follow the early release bell schedule. View the schedule here: https://bit.ly/43QvAVn
Congratulations to Taydin Murphy who completed his season at the IHSA State Swimming and Diving Championships this weekend! #mchsproud
The Guided Paint Night by Happy Daisy Art Studio, that was supposed to be this evening, has been postponed to Wednesday night at 6:30 at Central Campus. Additionally, the Dodge Ball Tournament on Wednesday has been canceled. Questions? Contact the Student Activities Office at hholden@mchs.net. Thank you for your understanding.
Congratulations to sophomore Addison Cailteux who took 4th place at the Girls Wrestling State Tournament in the 130lb weight class this weekend. We are so incredibly proud of her! #mchsproud
On #MinookaMonday, we'd like to feature Ms. Kristen North, CTE teacher and TSA advisor. She's been at MCHS since 1998 and received her bachelor's degree from Illinois State University, master's degree from Olivet Nazarene, master's degree from Walden, and is a National Board Certified Teacher. She enjoys seeing the students progress through high school and beyond and keeps in touch with many former students. She trains and shows three dogs and has 7 Persian cats. She enjoys photography, camping, and traveling in her spare time.
Mrs. Ellie Bell's ASL 1 class learned about the structure of the ear with a neat program called Edible Ear. The MCHS District 111 Foundation funded the project to give students a hands on experience, which made learning this material even more fun.
We are massively proud of senior Noelle Klima who has been named a National Merit Scholar Finalist! This is one of the most prestigious academic awards in the nation representing less than 1% of high school seniors. Congratulations, Noelle! #mchsproud
On this #ThrowbackThursday, during the 2011-2012 school year, Jim Nesci from Cold Blooded Creatures came to MCHS for a student assembly. Here, students hold a huge albino python. It was definitely an experience to remember! #TBT
There is still time for MCHS parents/teachers to complete the Illinois 5Essentials Survey. Please take a moment and share your voice to make MCHS even better. The survey takes only about 5 minutes to complete. Be sure to select "Grundy" County. The survey closes March 29. https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/
Congratulations to the Journalism Team who finished 3rd at the SPC Championship this weekend! A special congrats to Conference Champions Jillian Alsip in both Yearbook Caption Writing and Yearbook Layout, Chelisse Parrilla in Radio News, and Cole Pearson in News Writing. Others winning All-Conference were: Bella Mireles in Yearbook Caption Writing (3rd) and Yearbook Copy Writing (4th), Mark Rodeghero in Newspaper Design (3rd) and Feature Writing (4th), Cole Pearson in Sports Writing (3rd), Alex Loucks in Review Writing (4th), Rafael San Pedro & Hannah Sachtleben in Yearbook Theme Development (4th), Mark Meszaros in Newspaper Design (5th), and Savanna Kopstain in Yearbook Copy Writing (6th). #mchsproud
A big congratulations to diver Taydin Murphy who placed 3rd in Diving this weekend with a score of 432.60, breaking his own school record! #mchsproud
