Summer 2013 Volume 36 Issue 4

Communicate 158

In this Issue:

Dates to Remember 2

Important Role in Education

2

Jump Rope for Heart Participation

3

Fulbright Student Fellowships

4

HHS Senior Academic Awards

5

HHS Speech and Journalism Teams

6

Inspiring Health & Confidence in Girls

7

Dedicated to Keeping District 158 Community Members Informed

Our Mission

We will Inspire, Challenge, and

Empower everyone every day.

District 158 In The News

Did you know that you can stay up to date with the latest

news, updates, announcements

and news releases featuring students and staff members

of District 158?

Visit the website at www.district158.org and select D158 In the News from the

Quick Links.

“We are excited to move on”

To some, four years may seem like an eternity, but as valedictorian Randi Peterson reminded her fellow students, “In the grand scheme of life, four years isn’t much, but a lot can happen in that time.”

Salutatorian Pete Gorski, echoed Peterson’s sentiments. “ It’s been four long, fun, tiring, exciting, difficult, insightful, and important years of high school. At this point, it’s time for a nice sigh of relief and gratitude. Our journey of high school is officially over, much to the pleasure of some and the sadness of others.”

“We came into high school as scared, timid freshmen. Everything was new. Now, our last year is over and it has slowly sunk in that we will be leaving each other and everything we’ve known behind, and we are a little sad. But then we look into the future, to college, the military, a career, or whatever plans you have, and we are excited to move on,” stated Peterson.

Before presiding over his final commencement exercises, retiring principal Dave Johnson was presented with a plaque by Superintendent John Burkey thanking him for his years of service. “He doesn’t like to be the center of attention, and has come up with several excuses as to why he could not attend board meetings to receive his plaque. But, he has no choice today—he can’t escape now”, Burkey said.

Johnson had a tough time saying goodbye to his graduating students, most of whom were born the year he became the school’s principal 17 years ago. And for his last time, Johnson very proudly presented the Huntley High School graduating class to Board members, faculty, families and friends.

Congratulations and best wishes to the Huntley High School Class of 2013!

View a list of Scholarship & Special

Recognition Award Recipients at

www.district158.org/d158-in-the-news/.

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Frequently Inquired Dates

2013-2014

First Day of School

August 21—First Day for Grades 1-12

August 22—First Day for Kindergarten and

Preschool Students

Parent-Teacher Conferences

November 6-8—No School

Thanksgiving Break

November 27—Non-Attendance Day

No School / Offices Closed

November 28-29

No School / Offices Closed

Winter Break

December 23, 2013 thru January 5, 2014

No School (Offices Closed December 24, 25, 31,

and January 1)

Spring Break

March 24-28, 2014

No School

For the complete 2013-2014 school year calendar, visit Calendars under the Quick Links heading at

www.district158.org

Middle School Academic Teams Particpate in

Annual Scholastic Bowl

Middle school students from across Northern Illinois met

on May 9 at Marengo Community Middle School to test

their knowledge in the 26th annual Scholastic Bowl

Invitational Tournament.

The challenging three-hour competition brought more than

100 students from 18 area schools together to compete

and answer four rounds of questions within a thirty second

time limit, on subjects such as English, math, language

arts, social studies and science, with each round

increasing in difficulty. Each school team consisted of six

students and two alternatives.

Register for School Today

If your child will be attending school next year and is not

yet registered, we ask that you please do so as soon as

possible. Returning student registration is completed

online with instructions that were mailed to current

families in April.

In-person registration is required for those who are new

to District 158 including Kindergarteners and can be

completed at 650 Academic Drive in Algonquin.

Contact the Registration Office at (847) 659-6147 with

any questions.

Competition for the annual event was extremely tough this year as Marlowe Middle School’s team became one of three

tied for first before winning the event with a “sudden death” playoff question.

“They were fantastic - cool and calm under pressure!” said Mrs. Darcy Patrick, Marlowe’s academic team sponsor.

Trophies were awarded to the top three teams: Marlowe Middle School, and Crystal Lake’s Lundahl Middle School and

Bernotas Middle School. Heineman Middle School also competed and ended the day in fourteenth place.

Congratulations to Marlowe’s team members: Jimmy Yolich*, Shivam Vashi*, Jacob Gebka, Matt Wolch, Henry Haase*,

Xavier Lee, Sarah Hart, Bob Chen, Pranav Yandamuri, Ayush Agarwal, Harini Marchadi*, Allison Stoner*, Cameron

Chrest*, Sal Sciascia, Lucas Myint*, and Conor Krohne*. * First place team members

VOLUNTEERS: Important Role in Education

Parents, grandparents, retirees, and members of the

community play a very important role in the education

process when they share their time, knowledge and

abilities with students by volunteering at school.

Each school year offers a wide range of opportunities to

volunteer including: school picture day, reading helpers,

book fairs, vision & hearing screenings, and much more.

Contact Eileen Delahanty, Volunteer Coordinator at

(847) 659-6152, by email at edelahanty@district158.org

or visit the webpage at www.district158.org/volunteers for

more information.

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Students Raise Funds for Annual Heart Program

Giving back to the community through participation in the annual Jump

Rope for Heart (JRFH) program is one lesson students look forward to

each year.

The program, sponsored by the American Heart Association, isn’t just

good exercise and great fun—it’s educational too as students learn about

the lifelong health benefits of daily physical activity and the importance of

a healthy lifestyle to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. The

events also promote teamwork, build school spirit, and give students the

opportunity to contribute to their community.

According to the American Heart Association, heart and blood vessel

diseases are America’s No. 1 killer, claiming about 930,000 lives a year --

a life every 34 seconds. The funds, raised by students through

sponsors, provide lifesaving research into heart and blood vessel

diseases and also support the development of educational materials for

schools and members of the community.

This year, the program took on a

whole new meaning for Chesak

student Chance Sherman and his

grandparents Bill and Marcia Elke.

In March 2012, Bill was a heart

transplant recipient.

Bill and Marcia attended Chesak’s

JRFH program to express their

appreciation for the role D158

plays in saving lives.

Jump Rope for Heart Totals for 2012-13

Conley Elementary $10,256.00 ($15.61 average)

Mackeben Elementary $11,993.00 ($20.12 average)

Martin Elementary $28,755.68 ($27.36 average)

Chesak Elementary $39,362.54 ($40.83 average)

Leggee Elementary $40,080.00 ($37.93 average)

Combined District Total $131,713.78

With an average donation of $40.83

per student, the Traveling Trophy Award

goes to Chesak Elementary School

Two Heineman Girls Set School Records,

Earn Medals in State Track & Field Meet

Samantha Heustis, 8th grader, is the first girl in

Heineman’s history to ever advance to the 100M dash

finals and place for a medal. In addition, she also

qualified for the state meet in the 200M dash, broke

the HMS Girl’s Track and Field 200M dash school

record running a time of 26.8 seconds, and was also

the anchor of the state qualifying 4x100M relay team,

which went undefeated in the regular season.

Seventh grader Rhian Whitfield set a new Heineman

school record of 8’1” at Sectionals and continued that

success at State. Her jump of 7’9” at State earned her

an 8th place medal, the first pole vault medal in the

school’s history. Rhian also ran in the semifinals of

the 100m hurdles at State, finishing 11th overall.

Congratulations Samantha Heustis (left) and Rhian Whitfield

Students Medal in Australia Competition

In May, five D-158 students traveled to Melbourne, Australia as part of the AAU/USA National Karate Team to compete at the World Karate Confederation World Championships and brought back a total of 8 medals. Congratulations to:

Jamieson Allare (Huntley High) 2 golds

Kelly Arredia (Huntley High) 1 bronze

Rebecca Fishman (Heineman Middle) 1 gold, 1 bronze

Zachary Harr (Huntley High) 1 bronze

Lindsey Willis (Heineman Middle) 2 golds Information provided by Mrs. Suzanne Willis

HHS Senior Named State High Jump Champion

Omo Tseumah celebrated her senior year of high school by winning the high jump at the Class 3A girls state track and field finals held at O’Brien Stadium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.

Tseumah decided to skip the 5’ 5” jump and instead went forward with heights at 5-6, 5-7 and 5-8 which earned her the title of state champion.

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School Lunch Prize Raffle Winners

From May 6 through May 17, purchasing a school lunch made each student eligible for a school drawing for a chance to

win some fabulous prizes! Two bicycles, one girls and one boys, were each awarded at Chesak, Conley, Leggee,

Mackeben and Martin Schools, while at Heineman, Marlowe, and Huntley High, students were entered for a chance to

win gift certificates or a Kindle Fire. Winners were drawn at each individual school on Monday, May 20.

Bicycle Winners Kindle Fire Winners

Chesak - Samantha Castaneda (1st) and Daniel Szczepanik (1st) Heineman - Aleyah Gold (6th)

Conley - Mia Pfaff (4th) and Caleb Knight (3rd) Marlowe - Caroline Piske (8th)

Leggee - Katie Mitchell (2nd) and Bradlee Leiseberg (5th) Huntley High - Emily Barrios (12th)

Mackeben - Maddie Rumachik (K) and Matthew Glosson (K)

Martin - Elle Bergquist (4th) and Blake Bird (5th)

Photos of the bicycle and Kindle Fire winners are available on the Lunch Information page of the District website under

the Parents & Students tab.

Two former graduates of Huntley

High School have been awarded

Fulbright Student Fellowships to

realize global and academic dreams.

Last year, Todd Freeberg became a

Fulbright Fellow and taught at the

University level in Latvia. Most

recently, he had an article entitled

“The Complex Call of the Carolina

Chickadee” published in American

Scientist, the magazine of Sigma Xi,

The Scientific Research Society.

Currently, Freeberg is a comparative

psychologist and Professor in the

Department of Psychology and the

Department o f Ecology and

Evolutionary Biology at the University

of Tennessee.

Emily Yedinak, a 2009 graduate of

Huntley High School where she

finished 3rd in her class, has earned a

Fulbright Student Fellowship through

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

where she graduated earlier this year

with a Bachelor of Business in

Chemical Engineering and a Bachelor

of Science in Chemistry. Yedinak’s

fellowship will take her to the

University of Santiago in Chile where

she will be working as a student/

researcher in a special graduate

studies program researching carbon

nanotube and electro ceramic

composite materials. This study may

assist in the detection of hydrogen

peroxides for diabetes diagnosis.

The Fulbright Student Program, one

of the most prestigious award

programs, is the flagship international

educational exchange program

sponsored by the United States

Department of State, designed to

increase mutual understanding

between the people of the U.S. and

people of other countries. Operating

in over 155 countries worldwide, it is

the largest exchange program in the

U.S. offering opportunities for

students and young professionals for

international graduate study and

advanced research.

We are extremely pleased to share

the success of our former students.

Congratulations to Todd Freeberg

and Emily Yedinak.

Former HHS Graduates Earn Fulbright U.S. Student Fellowships

Information provided by Wayne and June Freeberg and Mark Yedinak

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Illinois State Scholars

Christopher Aceron Nicholas Allen Samantha Barratt Tyler Barrett Emily Barrios Nicholas Beaudette

Megan Bengtson Tanner Bergquist Bryce Beschorner Hannah Boncosky Nicholas Bonich Angela Brandl

Trevor Brey Jessica Cassidy Christopher Cazel Bartlomiej Celer Joseph Cristo Nicholas Cusumano

Sean Dalton Aminah Darabu Preet Dhillon Abigail Eiermann Joshua Elam AJ Fanselow

Carrie Francis Yadhira Gallardo Bryan Gathman Jordan Goodrich Peter Gorski Isabella Green

Gregory Guelzo Katherine Hamilton Taylor Hilbrant Desiree Ibon Brandon Kavanaugh Jacob Keller

Andrea Klehr Ashley Knipp Emily Kohley Kasey Kotsiris Alexander Krum Dylan Ladd

Nicole Levra Michael Lisack Kaitlyn Lyngaas Marek Makowski Aakash Maniar Jessica Marsh

Anthonia Moore Alexander Morton Mike Navarrete Trevor Obecny Jessi Owensby Diana Pacyga

Jacob Palecki Akshay Patil Miranda Peterson Maxwell Pilkerton Alekya Prathivadi Allison Preble

Maureen Prerost Thomas Regan Mitchell Schoepke Tyler Schwartz Haley Seaman Holly Seiler

Daryon Shariati Ayaz Siddiqui Sarah Smylie Shannon Sutkus Aesha Talia Jordan Tiedt

Robert Volpendesta Jacob Wagner Grace Xiyu Wang Sarah West Sydney Wieczorek Austin Wise

Alyssa Witt Mallory Wollard Tarun Yandamuri

Cumulative 4.0 Grade Point Average Awards

Christopher Aceron Nicholas Allen Emily Barrios Angela Brandl Bartlomiej Celer Sean Dalton

Preet Dhillon Abigail Eiermann AJ Fanselow Peter Gorski Katherine Hamilton Taylor Hilbrant

Ashley Knipp Emily Kohley Alexander Krum Nicole Levra Michael Lisack Marek Makowski

Gail Malecki Jessi Owensby Diana Pacyga Jacob Palecki Akshay Patil Miranda Peterson

Alekya Prathivadi Haley Seaman Daryon Shariati Sarah Smylie Shannon Sutkus Aesha Talia

Jordan Tiedt Robert Volpendesta Jacob Wagner Grace Wang Alyssa Witt Tarun Yandamuri

Huntley High School Senior Academic Awards

President’s Award for Educational Excellence (PAEE)

Christopher Aceron Nicholas Allen Samantha Barratt Emily Barrios Tanner Bergquist Bryce Beschorner

Hannah Boncosky Nicholas Bonich Angela Brandl Chanel Curtis Nicholas Cusumano Sean Dalton

Aminah Darabu Preet Dhillon Abigail Eiermann Jacob Elam Joshua Elam AJ Fanselow

Bryan Gathman Brian Goldfarb Peter Gorski Isabella Green Gregory Guelzo Katherine Hamilton

Alex Harris Taylor Hilbrant Miranda Hoffman Jacob Keller Ashley Knipp Emily Kohley

Kasey Kotsiris Michael Lisack Katlyn Luebke Anthonia Moore Alexandra Morton Trevor Obecny

Jessi Owensby Jackob Palecki Akshay Patil Miranda Peterson Maxwell Pilkerton Alekya Prathivadi

Allison Preble Andrew Rewerts Haley Seaman Holly Seiler Sarah Smylie Shannon Sutkus

Aesha Talia Jordan Tiedt Robert Volpendesta Jacob Wagner Grace Wang Sarah West

Austin Wise Alyssa Witt Mallory Wollard Tarun Yandamuri David Yun

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

~ Henry David Thorean

National Honor Society

Nicholas Allen Ozzie Baez Samantha Barratt Megan Bengtson Angela Brandl Kennedy Cichy

Ryan Craig Nick Cusumano Aminah Darabu Preet Dhillon Jenny Dinh Lauren Edstrom

Abigail Eiermann Jacob Elam Joshua Elam Anna Ge Brian Goldfarb Deanna Golema

Kat Gomez Pete Gorski Karli Grabner Katherine Hamilton Taylor Hilbrant Miranda Hoffman

Andrea Klehr Ashley Knipp Emily Kohley Kasey Kotsiris Sabrina Kozin Alexander Krum

Dylan Ladd Nicole Levra Mercedes Lou Colin Lyman Marek Makowski Gail Malecki

Jessica Marsh Anthona Moore Christian Murillo Lisa Nguyen Trevor Obecny Diana Pacyga

Akshay Patil Miranda Peterson Max Pilkerton Meagan Powell Alekya Prathivadi Andrew Rewerts

Tyler Schwartz Ebru Senger Daryon Shariati Danielle Smith Sarah Smylie Zach Stenger

Jeremy Szczurek Aesha Talia Priya Thakkar Jordan Tiedt Bobby Volpendesta Grace Wang

Sydney Wieczorek Austin Wise Amanda Wolch Mallory Wollard Tarun Yandamuri

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Unprecedented Year for Journalism Students

Whether it be The Voice newspaper, HuntleyVoice.com, or the Chieftain yearbook, Huntley High School journalism students have much to be proud of.

After putting together a list of accolades and awards received this year, Mr. Dennis Brown, Journalism Advisor for the school said, “Really, this is an unprecedented year as far as the kids’ accomplishments.”

Senior Marek Makowski was named the Illinois Journalism Education Association’s (IJEA)

Illinois Journalist of the Year.

Senior Michael Geheren was named to the IJEA’s All-State Journalism Team for the second

consecutive year.

Principal Dave Johnson was named IJEA Administrator of the Year.

The HHS journalism team placed 2nd in the state in the IHSA state journalism tournament and won its

6th IHSA sectional championship.

In the state finals, junior Holly Baldacci placed first in state in news writing, the sixth state champion in

journalism that Huntley has produced since 2006.

In November, fifteen journalism staff members traveled to San Antonio for the National Scholastic Press

Association/Journalism Education Association national convention.

The Voice won 1st place for best overall newspaper and the Chieftain yearbook finished second in the

Illinois Journalism Education Association’s contests this year.

The Voice won a gold certificate and a golden eagle award and the Chieftain yearbook a silver certificate at

the Northern Illinois School Press Association convention on April 13.

Fifty individual student awards were collected in various national and state contests, including Marek

Makowski’s “Everything You Thought About Kempf Was Wrong” named best news story in the nation by the Quill and Scroll Society and Tommy Heagney’s music review of Kendrick Lamar was named third best in the nation in the 2013 National Federation of Press Women's High School Communications Competition.

Speech Team Places First at JV State Speech Tournament

At a recent Board of Education

meeting, Board members recognized

the Huntley High School Junior Varsity

Speech Team for their first place win

at the Illinois Communication and

Theatre Association (ICTA) State

Speech Contest held earlier this year.

Mr. Tom George, speech team advisor

also announced Emily Aldridge, Parth

Patel, and Jordan Moore as 3 out of 9

summer camp scholarship winners

awarded at the ICTA State Speech

Contest.

Senior Brian Goldfarb was then

recognized as regional champion,

sectional champion and third place

winner for original comedy in the State

of Illinois, the school’s best individual

finish at the state tournament. He was

also congratulated for his involvement

in the humorous interpretation

category at the National Forensics

League District Speech Contest where

he was awarded district champion,

qualifying him to compete this summer

in the National Forensics League

National Contest in to be held in

Birmingham, Alabama.

Sophomore Parth Patel will also be

attending the contest in Birmingham.

Parth was on the JV Speech Team

and then competed on the regional

speech team where he qualified for

State in impromptu speaking. At the

National Forensics League District

Speech Contest, he competed in the

i n te rna t iona l extemporaneous

category where he also was awarded

district champion which qualifies

him to compete in Alabama.

Congratulations to the HHS JV

Speech Team: Emily Rubino, Hailey

Richert, Ewea Tseumah, Austin

Comstock, Emily Aldridge, Ronit Ved,

Joey White, Lexi Ziolkowski, Jake

Highley, Christian Bland, Alexa Mete,

Robert Allen, Edgar Arriaga, Parth

Patel, Louisa Collazo, Anthony

Mariano, Jordan Moore, Darek

Makowski, Jazmine Rosales, and

Caleigh Roleck.

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Running Program Inspires Health and Confidence for Girls

Combating self-esteem issues, depression, and even body image concerns in girls as young as 3rd grade is serious

business. This is especially true when: “42% of 1st -3rd grade girls want to be thinner; 53% of 13 year old girls are

unhappy with their bodies; 40% of girls start dieting by the age of 10; and by age 15, girls are twice as likely as boys to

become depressed.”1

By teaming up with Girls on the Run of Northwest Illinois (GOTRNWIL), several schools across the district are giving

girls the tools needed to deal with these very real issues in a fun, non-competitive environment where every girl is

celebrated for her unique self.

The GOTR program combines training for a 5K (3.1 miles) running event with healthy living education while instilling self-

esteem through health education, life skills development, mentoring relationships, and physical training.

At each of the District 158 school sites, several staff members donate their time to the after school program in an effort to

make a difference in a young girls’ life.

District 158 participating schools include Martin, Leggee, and Conley at the elementary level (girls in grades 3-5), and

Heineman and Marlowe at the middle school level (girls in grades 6-8).

While most sites in Northwest Illinois have between 15-30 girls participating, this year with a total of 83 girls, Martin

Elementary School officially had the largest number of participants than the entire DeKalb County and Winnebago

County chapters combined! Additionally, District 158 had the largest showing of girls out of the more than 500 girls

participating at the 5K event held in mid May at Woodstock North High School.

For more information about the Girls on the Run Northwest Illinois program, visit www.GOTRNWIL.org.

Congratulations girls!

Martin Elementary School GOTR 2013 program participants with their running buddies

1 Data obtained from GOTRNWIL website

Additional information provided by Ms. Katie Walsh,

Martin Elementary School GOTR Program Coordinator

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Our Schools

Chesak Elementary School 10910 Reed Road Lake in the Hills, IL 60156 (847) 659-5700

Conley Elementary School 750 Academic Drive Algonquin, IL 60102 (847) 659-3700

Heineman Middle School 725 Academic Drive Algonquin, IL 60102 (847) 659-4300

Huntley High School 13719 Harmony Road Huntley, IL 60142 (847) 659-6600

Leggee Elementary School 13723 Harmony Road Huntley, IL 60142 (847) 659-6200

Mackeben Elementary School 800 Academic Drive Algonquin, IL 60102 (847) 659-3400

Marlowe Middle School

9625 Haligus Road Lake in the Hills, IL 60156 (847) 659-4700

Martin Elementary School 10920 Reed Road Lake in the Hills, IL 60156 (847) 659-5300

Administrative Cabinet

Dr. John Burkey Superintendent

Terry Awrey, Ed.S. Associate Superintendent

Mark Altmayer Chief Financial Officer / Treasurer

Jessica Lombard Assistant Superintendent of HR

Mike Moan Chief Academic Officer

Board of Education

Donald Drzal President

Paul Troy Vice President

Kimberly Skaja Secretary

Michael Fleck Member

William Geheren Member

Kevin Gentry Member

Anthony Quagliano Member

~ Violent Offender Community Notification ~

State law requires all schools to provide parents and community members with information about sex offenders and violent offenders against youth. You may find the Illinois Sex Offender Registry and the Murderer & Violent Offender Against Youth Registry on the Illinois State Police website at:

www.isp.state.il.us/sor/ • www.isp.state.il.us/cmvo/

650 Academic Drive

Algonquin, IL 60102

Preparations for New School Year

To better assist parents in preparing for the 2013-14 school year, a list of information and dates

has been posted on the home page of the District website at www.district158.org.

Physical Exam & Immunization Forms

Free & Reduced Lunch

Lunch Accounts

Milk Break (Grades K-5)

Bus Route Information

Bus routes will again be available via the E-Link system which allows parents access to

their child’s bus route information through a secure site using a unique and confidential

password. You can log into the E-Link system using the password you were given last year.

Bus routes for the 2013-14 school year will be posted beginning July 31, 2013.

If you have misplaced your student’s E-Link password or have any questions, please email the

Transportation Department at transportation@district158.org.

Log in to E-Link at www.district158.org/bus-routes

Building Tours

Material Pick Up Days (middle & high schools)

Raider Rally for Incoming Freshman

Open House Dates (preschool - high school)

Board Members Seated

Members of the community elected to serve on the D158 Board of Education were sworn into

office on May 2, followed by the election of officers and approval of the 2013-14 BOE Regular

meeting schedule.

Re-elected incumbents Don Drzal, Kim Skaja, and Paul Troy together with newly elected BOE

member Michael Fleck took the oath of office. Members then elected Don Drzal to continue

serving as president, Paul Troy as vice-president, and Kim Skaja as secretary. Chief Financial

Officer Mark Altmayer was appointed to continue serving as treasurer and Naomi Fettes,

Executive Assistant to Superintendent, was named to continue as Board recording secretary.

Board members are elected to serve 4-year terms without compensation.

A list of 2013-14 Board of Education meetings is available on the District 158 website on the

Meetings & Locations page under the Board of Education tab at www.district158.org.

Barbershop Quartet Takes First Place

in Illinois District Competition

The Huntley High School Fine Arts Boosters are very pleased to announce that for the second

consecutive year, the HHS Barbershop Quartet was awarded first place at the Illinois District

Barbershop Harmony Society Contest held in early April.

Congratulations to Barbershop Quartet members Dylan Ladd, tenor; Andrew Rewerts, lead;

Tyler Darnell, baritone; and Austin Wise, bass, on this great accomplishment.

Special thanks to barbershop coaches John Jeide, Al Boeldt, Bill Dysart, and Bill Ward.