— TOP STORY: Junior swimmer headed to IHSA State —
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Congratulations and good luck to junior
Evelyn Perl, who has qualified for the IHSA State Girls Swimming meet for the third consecutive year! She will represent H-F in the 500M Freestyle this weekend at Evanston H.S. The Viking team overall finished in 3rd Place at IHSA Sectionals last weekend; additional Sectional results were:
- 500m Freestyle: Evelyn Perl 1st Place; Victoria D’Astici - 11th Place
- Diving: Morgan Jennings - 8th Place
- 200m Medley Relay: Ellery Homrich, Charlotte Sampson, Julia Koyn & Briana Jackson - 4th Place
- 200m Freestyle: Evelyn Perl - 2nd Place; Ella Bolling - 3rd Place
- 200 IM: Julia Koyn - 5th Place; Erin Williams - 7th Place
- 50m Freestyle: Naje Chambers - 9th Place; Megan Bolling - 10th Place
- 100m Butterfly: Julia Koyn - 3rd Place; Ella Bolling - 4th Place
- 100m Freestyle: Naje Chambers - 7th Place; Briana Jackson - 8th Place
- 200m Freestyle Relay: Ella Bolling, Naje Chambers, Julia Koyn & Evelyn Perl - 4th Place
- 100m Backstroke: Ellery Homrich - 3rd Place; Briana Jackson - 12th Place
- 100m Breaststroke: Erin Williams - 8th Place; Charlotte Sampson - 9th Place
- 400m Freestyle Relay: Ella Bolling, Evelyn Perl, Naje Chambers & Erin Williams - 3rd Place
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Special Schedule Next Week for Thanksgiving
Earlier this semester we proudly announced that H-F had been selected as a
2018 Special Olympics National Unified Champion Banner School, meaning that we are being recognized as a school with an inclusive climate that exudes a sense of collaboration, engagement and respect for all members of the student body and staff.
Now it is time to raise the banner! On Wednesday, Nov. 21, we will be playing a special VTV episode in our classrooms that showcases our students and staff, including the banner presentation, at 12:30 p.m. This is a special week already with the Thanksgiving holiday! Please see the academic schedule below:
- Monday, Nov. 19 - 50-min. period day
- Tuesday, Nov. 20 - 50-min. period day
- Wednesday, Nov. 21 - 1:20 p.m. Early Dismissal Day (The academic schedule will follow the regular 50-min. period day, but with shortened periods. There will be no lunch served for students.)
- Thursday, Nov. 22 - Thanksgiving Holiday (No school; offices are closed)
- Friday, Nov. 23 - Thanksgiving Holiday (No school; offices are closed)
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HFU Workshop: PowerSchool & Google Classroom - Tonight (Nov. 14)!
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Feeling confused or overwhelmed when looking up your student's grades on PowerSchool or accessing teachers' Google Classroom sites? H-F's Technology Coaches will lend a helping hand at the next
HFU Workshop for Parents:
Navigating PowerSchool & Google Classroom
tonight -
Wednesday, Nov. 14 - at 7 p.m. in the South Building TLabs. You will learn how to set up your account, understand what kind of information you can find on each platform and how to find it. Please bring your smartphone!
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Community Coffee: Tomorrow (Nov. 15)
Please join us tomorrow morning — Thursday, Nov. 15 — from 8-9 a.m. for a
Community Coffee
in the South District Conference Room to learn more about our school and meet administrators and board members (when available). Additional morning coffees are scheduled for Jan. 17 & March 21; upcoming 6 p.m. evening coffees will be held Dec. 13, Feb. 21 & April 25 in the South Building TLC.
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Voyage to Excellence Open House: Nov. 28
Are there 8th Graders at your home or on your block? Be sure to remind them to join us for
Voyage to Excellence on Wednesday, Nov. 28, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the H-F Fieldhouse! Booths from H-F's academic departments, clubs, sports and activities will be set up throughout the Fieldhouse, so incoming students can find out more and how to get involved. Impromptu performances by the Viking Marching Band, Drumline and Viking Choir — plus visits by ZooBot animals — will keep the evening interesting and entertaining. Please join us for this special night!
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— IN CASE YOU MISSED IT —
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(Above):
Fall Athletic Awards, Part 2, was held in the South Gym on Monday night to celebrate our student-athletes from Football, Girls Swimming & Girls Volleyball. Congratulations to our MVPs —
Evelyn Perl
(Swimming);
Skylar Hayes & Lia Sidberry
(Volleyball); and the
Viking Football team
— and congratulations to our Most Improved Players:
Ella Bolling
(Swimming);
Aisha Al Amin
(Volleyball) and
Gerrell Jackson
(Football). Kudos also to our Sportsmanship Award recipients:
Briana Jackson
(Swimming);
Allison Faoro
(Volleyball) and
Roger Watson & Zac Govan
(Football)!
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Three students and their teachers traveled to
Illinois State U. on Saturday to be recognized as part of the
Illinois Art Educators Association
's 2018-19 Student Art Exhibition, a show that will travel throughout Illinois — including a stop at the state's Capitol Building in Springfield — the rest of this school year. Congratulations to
Jayla Watkins (
Mr. Petecki's
Fundamentals student);
Lauryn Castagna (
Ms. Wargo's
Drawing & Painting student); and
Kai Offett (
Mrs. Helsel-Wilk's
Photography student).
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Also at ISU on Saturday, H-F Special Olympic student-athlete sophomore
Donzel Marshall — with peer-partner senior
Judah Epperson — presented two sessions about Special Olympics and Unified Champion schools to more than 300 students. Also attending were student-athlete junior
Marc Ramirez with peer-partner senior
Joe Incardella; student-athlete senior
Michael Gordon with peer-partner senior
Maggie McNellis; and student-athlete freshman
Zion Willis with peer-partner
Maya Garrett.
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Last Tuesday, students from
Ms. Gioiosa
's
AP Environmental Science
class traveled to Graceland Cemetery in Chicago to take data on male and female death rates before 1900 (historic) and after 1970 (modern). With this data, they calculated the mortality rate, survivorship and life expectancy. Students also had the opportunity to collaborate with
Dr. Klimas
’ lab class at
DePaul U.
, then shared their calculations with their full class at H-F later in the week.
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Students of the 1st Quarter
Our
1st Quarter Students of the Quarter were celebrated on Tuesday this week at a breakfast with their parents and teachers. Congratulations to:
Joshua Bridges (Business Education);
Daniel Chambers (Guidance);
Paul Crecco (Social Science);
Miracle Huckabee (Science);
Darek Kois (PE/Health);
Mariah Larrieu (Family & Consumer Science);
Aaron Latman (English);
Zac Lueder (Fine Arts - Broadcasting);
Jack Nagan (Guidance);
Devon Scott (Guidance);
Amira Sawh (Career & Technical Education);
Justin Strong (World Language);
Kate Van Etten (Fine Arts - Visual Arts);
Layla Walker (Math);
Devon Wilkins (Guidance); and
Jacques Williams (Reading).
Click here to view more photos ...
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Senior qualifies for National History Bee
Congratulations to senior
Myles Walker
for qualifying for the
National History Bee
, scheduled for April in Washington, D.C.! Myles qualified by finishing in 6th Place at the preliminary rounds at the
Northern Illinois History Bee
, held Saturday at Stevenson H.S.
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H-F Debate senior qualifies for Nationals
This past weekend the H-F Debate team attended the CFL Qualifier & Fall Festival at Sandburg H.S. The Vikings came home with some big wins!
Lincoln Douglas CFL Team Awards
Tiana Sharpe
finished in the 2nd Place team and qualified for CFL Nationals in Milwaukee this May for the third consecutive year!
Speaker Awards in CFL Lincoln Douglas
12th Place -
George Waddell
; 10th Place -
Evelyn Middleton
; 8th Place -
Alexandria Porter
; 3rd Place -
Tiana Sharpe
Novice LD Speaker Awards
10th Place -
Cassia Alderson
Public Forum CFL Varsity Speakers
11th Place -
Audrey McKillip;
3rd Place -
Taylor Nash
Varsity PF Team Awards
8th Place -
Levale Vann
&
Deja Austin
Novice PF Team Awards
4th Place -
Sin'niyah Parks
&
Brooklyn Spencer
The team also took
2nd Place in sweepstakes
, which is an award granted to the teams with highest number of places in the tournament! Coached by
Mrs. Cole
, the team will compete at Stagg H.S. this weekend.
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H-F Speech: 3rd Place at Marian Tournament
H-F Speech competed in two tournaments last Saturday: the Novice team performed at the Downers Grove South Invitational, and the Varsity team spent the day at Marian Catholic.
Downers Grove Medalists
1st Place -
Layla LaNier (Prose Reading)
2nd Place -
Ben Hilgren (Radio Speaking);
Chandler Calhoun (Oratorical Declamation);
Makalyn Powell (Poetry Reading);
Nia Smith (Poetry Reading)
3rd Place -
Joshua Bridges &
Makalyn Powell (Dramatic Duet Acting)
4th Place -
Camille Daley (Impromptu Speaking)
5th Place -
La'Cia Thomas (Oratorical Declamation);
Mackenzie Lyseng (Humorous Interpretation)
6th Place -
Jaya Russell (Original Comedy);
Terrance Chism (Extemporaneous Speaking)
Marian Catholic Results - Team: 3rd Place!
2nd Place -
Mark Cruse (Special Occasion Speaking);
Vicky Olaleye (Radio Speaking);
Ava Jones & Zoe Bridges (Humorous Duet Acting)
3rd Place -
Ally Ryan & Haley Sawyer (Humorous Duet Acting)
4th Place -
Barbara Burns (Extemporaneous Speaking);
Nia DeRamus (Original Comedy)
5th Place -
Siara Carpenter (Informative Speaking);
Vicky Olaleye (Poetry Reading)
6th Place -
Ariel Davis (Impromptu Speaking);
Mark Cruse (Humorous Interpretation)
Fin. -
Amya Hampton (Informative Speaking);
Jonathan Kriarakis (Humorous Interpretation)
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H-F Scholastic Bowl starts strong
Congratulations to the H-F Scholastic Bowl Team for a strong start on its SWSC season. The Varsity team — coached by
Mr. Sacks, Math teacher — started the year 2-0 with a 380-70 win over Thornridge and a 310-200 win over Bolingbrook. The team was led by seniors
Jimmy Humphrey &
Myles Walker, along with junior
Janellie Roach. Coached by
Mr. Banasiak, Science teacher, the F-S team also started their season 2-0. Congratulations, Vikings!
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— THE WEEK AHEAD —
Please note: Regarding athletics, only home games & playoffs are listed below.
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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14
Block 2 Day
- Community Open Track, 6-7 a.m. (Fieldhouse)
- Visit with Governors State U., 8:30 a.m. (College Room)
- Visit with the U. of Missouri - St. Louis, 10 a.m. (College Room)
- Visit with Loras College, 11:30 a.m. (College Room)
- Wellness Wednesday: Mindfulness, 11:30 a.m. (Guidance Office)
- Open Gym, 3:15 p.m. (North Gym)
- Lacrosse Open Gym, 3:30 p.m. (North Turf Room)
- Community Open Track, 6-9 p.m. (Fieldhouse)
- HFU Workshop for Parents: Navigating PowerSchool & Google Classroom, 7 p.m. (South Building TLabs)
THURSDAY, NOV. 15
Block 3 Day
- Community Indoor Track, 6-7 a.m. (Fieldhouse)
- Community Coffee, 8-9 a.m. (South District Conference Room)
- Open Gym, 3:15 p.m. (North & South Gyms)
- Soccer Open Gym, 3:30 p.m. (North Turf Room)
- Softball Open Gym, 5:30 p.m. (North Turf Room)
- Community Indoor Track, 6-9 p.m. (Fieldhouse)
- Operation Snowball Check In, 6 p.m. (Camp Manitoqua)
- Lacrosse Open Gym, 7:30 p.m. (North Turf Room)
FRIDAY, NOV. 16 -
PLC DAY
50-min. Periods
- Community Indoor Track, 6-7 a.m. (Fieldhouse)
- Ice Hockey vs. Cobras, 6:35 p.m. (H-F Ice Arena)
- Community Indoor Track, 6-9 p.m. (Fieldhouse)
- Boys Basketball (V) Red vs. White, 7 p.m. (South Gym)
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SATURDAY, NOV. 17
- Tutoring, 9 a.m.-Noon (TLC)
- Scholastic Bowl Kick Off Invitational, 9 a.m. (South Building)
- Boys Basketball (F & S) Red vs. White, 10:30 a.m. (South Gym)
SUNDAY, NOV. 18
- Operation Snowball Parent Presentation, 11 a.m. (Camp Manitoqua)
- Tutoring, 2-5 p.m. (TLC)
MONDAY, NOV. 19
50-min Periods
- Community Open Track, 6-7 a.m. (Fieldhouse)
- Open Gym, 3:15 p.m. (North Weight Room)
- Soccer Open Gym, 3:30 p.m. (North Turf Room)
- Tryouts: Boys Swimming, 3:15 p.m. (Natatorium)
- District 233 Board of Education Finance Committee Meeting, 5 p.m. (Superintendent's Conference Room)
- Community Open Track, 6-9 p.m. (Fieldhouse)
TUESDAY, NOV. 20
50-min. Periods
- Open Gym, 6-7 a.m. (North Weight Room)
- Community Open Track, 6-7 a.m. (Fieldhouse)
- New Faces/Group Interpretation Audition Info Meeting, 3:15 p.m. (Mall Auditorium)
- Open Gym, 3:15 p.m. (North Weight Room)
- Track & Field Info Meeting, 3:15 p.m. (North Cafeteria)
- Community Open Track, 6-9 p.m. (Fieldhouse)
- District 233 Board of Education Meeting, 7:30 p.m. (H-F Library)
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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21
Shortened 50-min. Period Day - 1:20 p.m. Dismissal
- Community Open Track, 6-7 a.m. (Fieldhouse)
- District 233 Board of Education Planning Committee Meeting, 7 a.m. (Superintendent's Conference Room)
- Grade 9-11 Yearbook Photo Retakes, 7:30 a.m.-1:20 p.m. (Fieldhouse & South Gym)
- Student Dismissal, 1:20 p.m.
- Wresting Red vs. White, 3 p.m. (Fieldhouse)
- H-F Girls Wrestling Festival, 4 p.m. (Fieldhouse)
- Viking Choir Performance at Thanksgiving Community Service, 7:30 p.m. (Flossmoor Community Church)
THURSDAY, NOV. 22
Thanksgiving Holiday - No classes; offices closed
FRIDAY, NOV. 23
Thanksgiving Holiday - No classes; offices closed
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District 233 Board of Education
meeting? Update your "H-F FYI" subscription by
clicking here
and add "District 233 Board of Education Preview Meetings" to your list of requested messages from our school. Thank you!
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