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Quarter 4 Vol. 8 2015-2016 jhhsparentnewsletter@d214.org

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Successful Build for LCpl. Cody EvansWhat began at Hersey in December with a monumental fundraising effort has now con-cluded with incredible success. Just two weeks ago HTV News and the Media Tech class traveled down to Speedwell, Tennesse to witness and document the amazing efforts by all that resulted in LCpl. Cody Evans getting the house of his dreams. With over 400 volun-teers participating from 12 states, the event was humbling to watch and inspiring to cov-er. 80 of those volunteers stayed for the entire duration of the build and in just one week, LCpl. Cody Evans was given the keys to his new home. To watch the full story click below.

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State Champions

Congrats to our High School State Champion Special Olympic Basketball Team! The Huskies beat Downers Grove in a close game that came down to the wire in the final four down in Bloomington. Then they went on to beat Rockford for the championship.

Our athletes in the picture listed from left to right, top to bottom are: Malik Bradley-Henderson, Sam Kent, Joe Mascio, Kyle Holm, Chris Petrik, Danny Sinclair, Patrick Lahucik, Izzie Jakubowski, Patrick Lyons, Catie Nowak, Nick Tiahnybok, Anton Yakimovich.

Controversial Issues in the ClassroomTownship High School District 214’s primary mission is to enable all students to learn the skills, acquire the knowledge, and develop the behaviors necessary for them to reach their full potential as citizens who can meet the challenges of a changing society. In a democracy that openly confronts acute and pressing political, social, economic, and moral problems, it is likely that such issues will be evident in classrooms. Discussions about these issues provide students with the type of learning experience that will help prepare them to meet the challenges of a global changing society.

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Pesticide LetterIn 1999 the Illinois General Assembly passed laws requiring that public schools notify parents/guardians and school employees at least 48 hours prior to any pesticide applications on school property. The term “pesticide” includes insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, and fungicides. The notification requirement extends to both indoor and outdoor pesticide applications. Excluded from the notification requirement are antimicrobial agents (such as disinfectants, sanitizers, or deodorizers), insecticide baits,and rodenticide baits.

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School Calendar

2016-17 SCHOOL CALENDAR

TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 214

Teacher Inservice Day Thursday, August 18, 2016* Students Not in Attendance Institute Day Friday, August 19, 2016* Students Not in Attendance First Day of Classes – 1st Quarter Monday, August 22, 2016 Labor Day Monday, September 5, 2016 All Buildings Closed Non-Attendance Day Monday, October 3, 2016 All Buildings Closed Columbus Day Monday, October 10, 2016 All Buildings Closed Non-Attendance Day Wednesday, October 12, 2016 All Buildings Closed End of 1st Quarter Friday, October 28, 2016 No early dismissal Institute Day – All Schools Monday, October 31, 2016* Students Not in Attendance First Day of Classes – 2nd Quarter Tuesday, November 1, 2016 Non-Attendance Day Wednesday, November 23, 2016 All Buildings Closed Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 24, 2016 All Buildings Closed Non-Attendance Day Friday, November 25, 2016 All Buildings Closed Winter Break Begins at Close of Classes Friday, December 16, 2016 Students dismissed early First Day of Classes After Winter Break Tuesday, January 3, 2017 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday, January 16, 2017 All Buildings Closed End of 2nd Quarter/1st Semester Friday, January 20, 2017 Students dismissed after final

exams Institute Day - All Schools Monday, January 23, 2017 Students Not in Attendance First Day of Classes – 3rd Quarter Tuesday, January 24, 2017 Presidents' Day, Non-Attendance Day Monday, February 20, 2017 All Buildings Closed Spring Break Begins at Close of Classes Friday, March 24, 2017 Students dismissed early End of 3rd Quarter Friday, March 31, 2017 (grades due 4/3/17) Teacher Inservice Day Monday, April 3, 2017 Students Not in Attendance First Day of Classes – 4th Quarter Tuesday, April 4, 2017 Non-Attendance Day Friday, April 14, 2017 All Buildings Closed Memorial Day Monday, May 29, 2017 All Buildings Closed Commencement Exercises Sunday, June 4, 2017 End of 2nd Semester/Last Day of Classes Friday, June 9, 2017 Students dismissed after final exams *Ten-month Educational Support Personnel are required to work Thursday, August 18; Friday, August 19; and Monday, October 31, 2016.

BOE Approved 5/21/15

College /Career NewsRegistration Info

School Nurse News Summer School

TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 214Academic Summer School Schedule

Prospect High School Class Meets: 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. John Hersey High School Class Meets: 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

1st Semester - June 13 to June 30, 2016 2nd Semester - July 5 to July 21, 2016Week 1: Monday, June 13 to Thursday, June 16 Week 1: Tuesday, July 5 to Friday, July 8*Week 2: Monday, June 20 to Thursday, June 23 Week 2: Monday, July 11 to Thursday, July 14Week 3: Monday, June 27 to Thursday, June 30 Week 3: Monday, July 18 to Thursday, July 21

* Please note classes will be held on Friday, July 8.

Sundown Academy One 24-day semester at John Hersey High School/Class Meets 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Week 1: Monday, June 13 to Thursday, June 16 Week 2: Monday, June 20 to Thursday, June 23 Week 3: Monday, June 27 to Thursday, June 30 Week 4: Tuesday, July 5 to Friday July 8* Week 5: Monday, July11 to Thursday, July 14 Week 6: Monday, July 18 to Thursday, July 21

* Please note classes will be held on Friday, July 8.

Driver Education Information and Registration Form on Page 6 & 9

Host Locations

John Hersey High School will host Driver Education, Summer Internship Program, Newcomer, Extended School Year, Skills Training and Upward Bound Programs for Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove, John Hersey, Prospect, Rolling Meadow, and Wheeling High School students.

Prospect High School will host all core course options, Transition Language Arts, and Transition English as a Second Language courses for Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove, John Hersey, Prospect, Rolling Meadow, and Wheeling High School students.

Sundown Academy evening classes will be at John Hersey High School.

Important Reminders Online registration begins March 8th at 8 a.m. Computers will be available at your student’s home school for registration purposes.

Students must attend summer school at the host school for their home high school. Students register through their home high school. Alternative program students register through their program site.New Library App

There are some very exciting things happening in the John Hersey High School Academic Resource Center this spring! Bob Brown, math and Mobile Maker teacher, teaches an app development class at Hersey. One of Mr. Brown’s students, Blake Spoerry, developed a library access app, LibraryXs. The app is going to play a key role in how students access school resources. Instead of having to go to the school website to access library resources, every school resource can be accessed through the app by just signing in with their school username and password.

With a single user login, the app will allow access to the rich resource databases, daily Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald and Sun Times newspapers, the student Correspondent newspaper, popular magazines, e­books, Infinite Campus, Gapps email, Schoology and Moodle. The app also includes a function to share files to Notability, Google Drive or email. The app itself was created using a software called Xcode. The code itself was written in Swift, the programming language made by Apple. The app is now available on staff and student ipads and we believe that it will be easier on students to access library resources.

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Senior Citizen Day Success

Student Novels List for 2016 - 2017

The 46th annual Senior Citizen Day “Seniors in Space” was held on April 15. The Service Over Self program hosted 330 seniors to a full day of intergenerational food, folks, and fun. Several area senior centers and of course grandparents of current students were in attendance. The Wize Guys headlined our entertainment this year as they played rock and roll music from the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s. The Wize Guys featured performances by Hersey retired security Irv Burgraff.

Students enrolled in an English course for the upcoming school year. Township High School District 214’s English courses provide instruction and skill development focused on the areas of reading, writing and critical thinking skills. In the area of reading, English teachers will provide contextual and literary analysis experiences that enhance student’s personal connections to the text. A specific reading strategy included in this instruction is annotation.

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Failure to Pay School FeesPrivileges will be withheld due to overdue school fees and obligations including, but are not limited to, such items as: release of official transcripts/records; prom tickets; parking passes; discretionary purchases such as yearbooks; delay of next year’s registration. Students who qualify for a fee waiver are not exempt from overdue obligations and fines.

Temporary Records of 2011 Alumni AvailableTownship High School District 214 will begin destroying the Class of 2011’s temporary student records on July 1, 2016, pursuant to the Illinois School Student Records Act and the Local Records Commission. These records may include family background information, teacher comments, disciplinary information, test scores, among other things.

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State JournalismWorld Language

WORLD LANGUAGE HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES The World Language Department would like to recognize this year’s inductees into the World Language Honor Society. They were honored for their academic achievement at a ceremony on May 17th.

Chinese: Chinese Honor Society

Allison Busby Madeline Cohodes Will Davidson Jamie Derbick Mina Horner Kendall Krueger Maureen Littrell

Asia Luboyeski Olivia Marunde Emilia Meredith William Nagle Jonathan Norwine Emelia Pascual Haley Skiko

Michael Smith Nathan Van Gelderen Brendan Watson Amy Zhang Justin Zotos

French: Société honoraire de français Jamie Anderluh Karis Augustyn Anya Beric Camilla Branas Nicole Carlson Rebecca Cohen Jason Deans Casey Duel Lillian Durec Hannah Goldberg Mackenzie Greene Joshua Irvine

Allison Jedd Amiya Kishore Grace Kozurek Meagan Krellwitz Taylor Lafayette Riley Lundstrom Collin Mallers Erin Mullen Matthew Murias Katherine Nowak Jeanette O'Brien Constance Pasek

Kelsey Philipps Akansha Raj Marlena Schliesmann Jenna Simpson Joanna Solomianko Evie Swanson Casey Tran Gus Wetekamp Grace Wojciechowski Oliwia Zietek

Spanish: Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica

Agnal Alappatt Isabella Alvarez Lydia Andina Dominic Antony Brittany Antuma Brian Arevalo Guadalupe Arroyo Fabiha Azim Alexis Badami Margaret Barton Kayla Beckley Maesyn Benjamin Tania Benny Amanda Birch Adi Bukin Lisseth Bustamante Claire Callahan Andrea Cannon Christian Castro Chelsey Chacko Damian Charczuk McKenna Clapper Carly Cooper Kayla Davie Alexis Delgado Kaitlyn Denten Katherine Duray Jazmin Estrada Ellen Fahey Katherine Flight

Dev Gandhi Rahul Gandhi Marisa Gelabert Soji George Kathryn Gerardi Taylor Greaves Sarah Harden Anne Hermanson Adrian Holubek Matthew Hopkins Benjamin Jackson Andrew Jacob Abigail Johnstone Jane Kannookaden Sohail Khan Kate Konsewicz Taylor Konsewicz Emily Kyle Emma Lee Kathryn Lindgren Jacob Lukawski Julia Lynk Stephanie Manon Michal Markevych Kelly Miller Jacqueline Miranda Brayan Miranda Crista Mondragon Arturo Moscoso Paige Mueller

Daniel Mueller Jasmin Murillo Alexander Nickens Krupa Patel Kruti Patel Krina Patel Evelina Podkowa Lilia Rose Zurisadai Salgado Benjamin Sanetra Ivana Santiago Madeline Schlapia Martina Schneider Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Jack Scodius Yazmin Segura Nicholas Seneczko Jacqueline Serrato Kathryn Simpson Kevin Starr Sonya Stasiuk Shannon Steines Caroline Stiefbold Zoe Strozewski Justyna Stukin Emily Tai Madeline Tolwinski Molly Twohig Jaqueline Valdez Arcos Sara Wojnicz

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