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Gurnee
Training: The Gurnee police and fire departments will conduct a mass casualty training exercise from 7 a.m. to noon on May 2 at Woodland Intermediate School, 1115 Hunt Club Road. The exercise will include members of the Gurnee police and fire departments, personnel and equipment from the Beach Park, Grayslake, Waukegan and Zion fire departments, U.S. Navy personnel, staff members from Woodland School District 50, and select members of the general public. Regular emergency response services in participating communities will not be affected. No children will be present as school will not be in session. Driveways leading into the school property and the Woodland Educational Support Center will remain closed during the event. Main roadways such as Hunt Club Road, Cemetery Road and Route 132 will not be affected. Details, (847) 596-5604
Mundelein
Concert: The Mundelein High School Choral Music Department will perform its annual two-part concert at 7 p.m. May 7 and 8 at 1350 W. Hawley St. Both concerts are free, but donations to the choral music department will be accepted. The May 7 concert will feature the Master Singers, Select Women’s Ensemble, Women’s Choir and Treble Choir. The May 8 concert will highlight the school’s show choirs including Mundelein Sound, Mundelein Lights and SoundFX along with their band, Noise. Details, (847) 949-2200 or http://www.d120.org.
Waukegan
Sale: The Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Committee at Miguel Juarez Middle School will host its annual rummage sale from 8 am. to 2 p.m. May 2 at the school, 201 N. Butrick St. The PBIS Committee will be selling donated clothing, housewares, toys, books, and other items. Money raised will go toward funding and providing fun and safe activities, such as the school store, school dances, and other incentives for students. Details, (224) 303-2660.
Gurnee
Conference: Students from Warren’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Chapter had a very successful trip to the Illinois State Leadership Conference recently in Springfield. Warren’s students were awarded the Robert T. Stickler Award for the state’s most outstanding chapter. Sixty-seven students competed in the conference and 57 members placed in the top ten of their event. Forty-three members qualified for the 2015 National Leadership Conference in Chicago in June. Sahiti Kolli, a chapter officer, presided at the conference as Illinois State Parliamentarian. Ammar Khan and Hannah Frier were both installed as state officers for the 2015-16 school year as vice president of the Northern Area and state secretary, respectively. The following members placed first in their event and qualified for nationals: Gaby Alcala, Leslie Campos-Rivas, Hannah Frier, John Hansen, Jeremy Herzog, Luke Jaffe, Cameron Kern, Sahiti Kolli, Shruti Kondin, Nicole Kravstov, Connor Leden, Will Liu, Jillian Nowry, Julia Papillon, Ben Perner, Maddie Ruotsi, Camila Sanchez, Roshan Shankar, Kaitlyn Smith, and Neelan Veloo. The following members placed second in their event and qualified for nationals: Mathew Allen, Michael Aykroid, Katie Bell, Evan Boutelle, Becky Holtcamp, Omair Iqbal, Will Liu, Megan Martin, Nikki Ramachandrula, Dhara Shukla, Druti Shukla, Kaitlyn Smith, Ruben Torres, Asif Huq, Naved Salim, Snehitha Talugala, Sahiti Kolli, Ammar Khan, and Emma Paukert.
Lake Forest
Awards: Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart’s music department won a variety of top awards — both group and individual— during the WorldStrides Heritage Festival, recently, in New York City. The all-girls college prep high school was the smallest of the 13 schools representing 12 different states and two schools from Canada that competed. The honors its musicians brought home included: Gold award for the Kaleidoscope choir, Invitation for Kaleidoscope to perform at the Festival at Carnegie Hall, Gold award for Microscope, Silver award to Woodlands Symphonic Orchestra, and Outstanding Orchestra Group trophy, given to the highest scoring instrumental/chamber ensemble. Other highlights include the two prestigious individual honors won by senior Chloe Tomkins of Lake Forest including the Ovation Award, presented to the one student selected to represent the entire festival population of nearly 2,000 participants, and the Maestro Award, given to a student whose performance stood out as exceptional to the judges. Also receiving a Maestro Award at the New York City festival was senior Lilly McAveeny of Lake Forest for her exceptional solo in the Kaleidoscope’s performance of “El Vito.”
Lincolnshire
Competition: the Science Olympiad Team from Daniel Wright Junior High School won its 5th consecutive Science Olympiad State Championship. The team represented one of 49 participating middle schools in Division B at the tournament, held recently at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Members of the team earned medals in 21 of 23 competitive events and set a new state scoring record. Mmore than one-half of the medals earned were for 1st place. These achievements earned the team a bid to compete in the Science Olympiad National Tournament at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln May 15 -16. Team members who competed include: Michelle Cai, Raymond Cao, Sachiv Chakravarti, Ishaan Deshmukh, Allan Ding, Eric Gan, JP Gordon, Claire Huang, Aaron Kim, Michael Kim, Yuhan Lin, Emily Liu, Hannah Liu, Emily Lu, Maitreyee Malpekar, Sneha Mohan, Tony Tan, Joshua Tsai, Megan Wei, Jack Xiao, Sophia Xiao, Annie Xu, Austin Yang, Alicia Zeng, Kitty Zeng, Alyssa Zhang, Hannah Zhang, and Josephine Zhang.
Mundelein
Compeition: Mundelein High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) had its best results to date at the State Competition held recently in Springfield. Mundelein had 27 national qualifiers, with many students qualifying a second or third time in their high school careers. Daniella Feijoo, the current state secretary, earned three awards at the conference. First-place winners were Andrew Hurley, the team of Darin Chaichitatorn, Daniella Feijoo, and Alexandra Guiritan; and the team of Alana Goodson, McKenzie Theis, and Victoria Willman. Second-place winners were Stephen Ferro, Kaitlyn Watkins; and the team of Chris Cygnus, Raphael Rouvinov, and Ricky Cushing. Members look forward to competing at the FBLA National Competition in June. The conference sessions are available for the public to view at vimeopro.com/user38704267/2015-illinois-fbla-state-leadership-conference.
Award: Mundelein High School junior Douglas Alberts took first place for his animation piece, “Futura,” in the annual Chicagoland Television Educators Council (CTEC) video festival April 24. More than 45 schools from Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin submitted more than 800 entries that were critiqued by professionals in the industry. CTEC is an organization dedicated to providing media educators across the Chicagoland Area the opportunity to share curriculum and resources necessary for creating a unique experience for students in high school media programs. One of the largest events held every year is the Video Festival, where students from across the area submit their work to be judged by industry professionals. In addition to the Video Festival, CTEC holds multiple day-long institutes for teachers of media.
Waukegan
Ranking: Waukegan High School music students have once again made history, in helping the music program achieve its highest ranking ever. Students in the band, choir and orchestra have combined to finish as the third-ranked school among all Illinois High School Association Class AA schools in the state. This is the music program’s highest ranking ever, and its fourth straight top-10 ranking in the state. Music programs are ranked based on individual and group performances at competitions. Students are rated individually based on their performances at Solo/Ensemble Contests, where they are asked to perform in front of a judge. Each music group (Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Symphonic Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, Varsity Choir and Treble Choir) is also rated as part of Organizational Contests. Points earned from both competitions are then added up to give a final ranking. With 883.5 points scored in the Solo/Ensemble and Organizational contests, the music students at WHS were the highest ranked among all Chicago-area high schools, and finished more than 100 points ahead any other Lake County school. During the solo/ensemble contest, a total of 83 students earned Division I rating — the highest rating possible — either as a soloist or in a small ensemble. Collectively, the choir (2nd place), orchestra (3rd place) and band (10th place) each finished in the top 10 in the solo/ensemble contests.
Scholar: Waukegan High Schools senior Jonathon Pizano, son of Maribele Garcia and Salvador Pizano, was named the school’s most recent Gates Millennium Scholarship winner. He is one of just 1,000 nationwide recipients of the prestigious award. As a Gates Scholarship winner, Pizano, a student at the Washington Campus, will receive 100 percent good-through-graduation scholarships to use at any college or university for undergraduate and graduate studies. He is a College Studies Program student in House 8, where he carries a 4.9 weighted GPA and a schedule full of Advanced Placement courses. In addition to a rigorous class load, he also chairs the Hours Committee (community service) for National Honor Society. He is also Schuler Scholar, and is involved in Waukegan 2 College. Additionally, he is a runner on the cross country team, and is currently competing as a member of the varsity boys volleyball team. Pizano is the fourth WHS student ever to be awarded the Gates Millennium Scholarship, and one of just 1,000 awardees from more than 52,000 applicants in 2015. Additionally, he said he is thankful for the WHS staff members who helped him on his application, particularly Chuck Gutman and William Davis, who served as his nominator and recommender, respectably.
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