H-F FYI - 11.3.22

Senior Caroline Schoen and junior Habtamu Epley will represent H-F at the IHSA Cross Country State Finals this Saturday at Peoria's Detweiller Park! Caroline finished in 8th Place at IHSA Sectionals last weekend, and Habtamu finished 32nd. Congratulations — and good luck — to both of these talented student-athletes! Go, Vikings!

Opening tonight (Nov. 3), Monstersongs — H-F Theatre's fall play — will put you in a synthesized world of graphic novels, rock musicals, live performance and new technology. Following the journey of a child who opens a portal into the psyches of often misunderstood creatures, the storytelling incorporates a variety of musical genres: folk, gothic classical, '60s pop, hard rock and bluegrass, just to name a few. Scary, silly and heartfelt, Monstersongs flips the switch on the monster narrative, inviting you to explore the humanity that binds us all. Recommended for ages 10, Monstersongs will be directed by Mr. Willard-Rose, Ms. Cassady & Mrs. Calderon and will feature a talented cast of H-F student-performers in the Performing Arts Center. Costume design is by Mrs. Helsel-Wilk, technical direction is by Mr. Tholl and the music director is Mr. Sifner. The show will run at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, and Friday, Nov. 4; a 2 p.m. matinee show will run on Saturday, Nov. 5. Congratulations to the cast:

• Araceli Adames — Siren Sister
• Jamia Akil — Siren Sister
• De'Angelo Barlow — The Mummy
• Sam Bouyer — Igor
• Moises Contreras — The Yeti
• Judah Crowder — Mad Scientist Mom
• Marissa Diaz — Siren Sister
• Zelda Golland — The Child
• Stella Hoyt — The Witch
• Eleanor "Calcifer" Jenkins — Mad Scientist Dad
• Sullivan Matthys — The Sasquatch
• Gabe McKinney — The Doppelganger
• Tessa O'Keefe — The Dragon
• Jazmin Rhodes — The Ghost
• Steven Rogers — The Troll
• Annabelle Rudan — Siren Sister
• Casey Siengo — Siren Sister
• Madison Vitolka — Teenage Zombie
• Amy Ward — Teenage Vampire
• Brianah Williams — Medusa

General admission tickets ($10/adult, $5/student/senior) are now available by clicking here...

This week H-F High School sent out special communications with current school families regarding an alleged incident on campus on Monday, Oct. 31. To view these communications, please click here.

Join H-F School Counselor Ms. Edwards tonight (Thursday, Nov. 3) for Early College & Career Awareness Program (ECCAP) at 6 p.m. in the South Building Room E1. You will get information on what skills you can begin building right now to lay a good foundation for applying to and getting admitted to college and what the career and labor department data trends are. Also, learn how you can connect electives at H-F with your career interests! Guest presenters will be H-F student and 2023 National Merit Commended Student Fatima Hernandez to share about her summer at MIT; Omar Solomon from Eastern Illinois U.; Mike Melinder from The University of Toledo; Beth Wyack, Manager of Recruitment and Outreach at Prairie State College; and Mark Kramer from ReMark Training. This program is designed for Grades 9 & 10, but all Vikings are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Ms. Edwards, school counselor, at 708-335-5616 or dawn.edwards@hf233.org.

November is National Native American Heritage Month (also referred to as American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month), which celebrates the history, heritage and culture of Indigenous Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. The H-F Library has created a resource guide to help staff and students celebrate this month; check it out by clicking here!

Reminder for all Vikings who have registered to take an Advanced Placement exam in May 2023: Payment for exams is due by next Thursday, Nov. 10. After that date, any changes will be assessed a $40 late/cancellation/change fee. Fees can be paid using the PowerSchool Parent Portal, where each exam and fee is listed. Questions? Please contact Celine Bucci at 708-335-5584, celine.bucci@hf233.org.

The Girls' Varsity Swimming & Diving team will compete in the IHSA Sectional Meet, held at H-F's pool this Saturday, Nov. 5! Other participating schools include Eisenhower, Bremen, Oak Forest, Tinley Park, Thornton, TF South, Marist plus four Chicago Public Schools. Diving competitions will begin at 9 a.m., followed by swimming competitions at 1 p.m. Tickets ($6/person) will only be available via GoFan.co (click here). Go, Vikings!

Monday, Nov. 7, will be a busy afternoon at H-F: Tryouts will begin at 3:30 p.m. for Girls' Gymnastics (North Gymnastics Room); Girls' Wrestling (North Activity Room); Boys' Wrestling (North Wrestling Room); and Freshman Boys' Basketball (Fieldhouse). Sophomore Boys' Basketball tryouts will begin at 5 p.m. in the Fieldhouse, and Varsity Boys' Basketball tryouts will start at 5:30 p.m. in the South Gym. Student-athletes, please remember that physical exam forms must be on file in the Athletic Department by the start date in order to participate. Forms can be submitted at the Security Desk in the North Building (Enter Door A) or sent via email to ddehaan@hf233.org. Please note: The Physical Exam/Vaccination Report required for incoming freshmen can be used to participate in athletics. A student-athlete interested in participating in a winter sport must also be registered on the 8to18 Dashboard. Please visit https://hf.8to18.com/accounts/login to register. Go, Vikings!

H-F has been in the Halloween spirit this week, complete with fog rolling across campus on Oct. 31.

Above: Students in our Visual Arts Club met after school last week to carve pumpkins together with their teachers Mrs. Helsel-Wilk and Mrs. Healy.

Below: On Halloween day, hundreds of students and plenty of staff members dressed for the day including the Information Services Department (as Star Wars characters) and the Science Department (as villians).

Congratulations to our students who have been named on the 2022-2023 1st Quarter Honor Roll! To be eligible for High Honors, students must be enrolled in at least five classes and achieve all As. Students who are enrolled in at least five classes and receive at least two As and no grade lower than a B are eligible for Honors. Click here to view the rolls...

Congratulations to these 12 Vikings for their great efforts at school this past month:

• Kayden Bracey — Social Science
• Kindrick Estes — Math
• Kennedy Fargo — Math
• Tristan Harris — PE/Health/DE
• Adeyemi Kasali — World Language: French
• Kya Kellogg — World Language: Chinese
• Nate Locker — Fine Arts: Broadcasting
• Eunice Nnaemeka — World Language: Spanish
• Ayron Stewart — Student Supports
• Tylan Taft — Reading
• Ashna Thomas — Social Science
• Gorge Torres — Science
• Kendall Wilson — PE/Health/DE

Thank you to the many staff members, teachers and student volunteers who helped H-F welcome a crowd of senior citizens to the Mall Auditorium and the lobby last Thursday for entertainment, a presentation and tour. The seniors enjoyed performances by Six of Spades (a student-music group featuring Ave Van Til, Kendall Laven, Ruby Moxley, Kelly Parker & Jazmin Rhodes) and Miyako (a student Jazz band featuring Anna Arrivo, Nicholas Butcher, Phoebe Bosch, Georgia Holt & Joseph Robertson). Junior Class President Sani Zinnerman gave a presentation to share more about the school & student accomplishments. Culinary students — Jzyia Akins, Natalie Banks, Lorenzo Brooks, Anaya Burton, Zion Dawkins, Zaria Douglas, Brooklyn Edwards, Stephanie Fakorede, Lauren Goins, Jayson Haire, Lyndon Proby, Taylor Simmons, Joi Tabor, Dejuan Turner, Kennedy Walker, Emily Wendt & Jonathan White — under the direction of Mrs. Clark, CTE teacher — made muffins and yogurt parfaits for the guests to enjoy, and many students stayed to help out, including National Honor Society students — Gabrielle Austin, Madison Bijak, Kailah Brooks, Elijah Barnum, Madison Clarke, Madisyn Dickens, Alyssa Ford, Braeden Greer, Avery Hutson, Sofia Leal & Aubrey Ooms — who acted as hosts at the event and provided building tours for those interested in seeing more of the campus.

Congratulations to the H-F Novice Scholastic Bowl team for going 2-1 at the 2022 SWSC Novice Meet. The team defeated both Andrew 270-160 and a team from Sandburg 270-60. Over the three matches, the team was led by sophomore Everett Van Til with 10 toss-ups answered correctly and senior Rodney Branch with 9 toss-ups answered correctly.

On the Varsity side, our students competed at the Scobol Solo tournament. The team was led by junior Jack Piros, who went 5-2 and finished 19th out of 126 competitors. Senior Rodney Branch went 4-3 to finish in the top half, and senior Mickey McGrory won 1st Place in the European History category! The teams are coached by Mr. Sacks, Math teacher. Go, Vikings!

In Mrs. White's Introduction to Engineering, students used the engineering-design process to attempt to solve a real-world problem at H-F. Students were charged with finding a solution to spectators sitting in the bleachers and dropping belongings through the open spaces. Students took into consideration the burden the problem placed on H-F staff charged with the task of retrieving these items. When considering their solutions, students created a decision matrix and compared the cost efficiency, installment time, durability, safety and maintenance cost of multiple ideas. A special thank you to Mr. Patterson, Director of Operations and Maintenance, and Mr. Beebe, Project Lead The Way CTE Instructor, for coming to support our aspiring engineers. Great work, Vikings!

Congratulations to H-F alumnus Jaekwon Watkins, currently a theatre student at Western Illinois U. He was invited to speak at the groundbreaking ceremony for the university's new Performing Arts Center last Friday. Click here to watch the presentation (Jaekwon speaks at about the 22-min. mark)...

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7:30 a.m. — D233 Board of Education Personnel Committee Meeting @ Superintendent's Conference Room

7:30-8:15 a.m. — Tutoring @ South G18 (Math), South B23 (Science) & H-F Library (Writing)

9:52 a.m. — Visit with Lincoln College of Technology @ College Room

1:55 p.m. — Visit with the U. of Oklahoma - Norman @ College Room

3:15 p.m. — Tutoring @ H-F Library (Math, Chemistry & Writing)

6 p.m. — Early College & Career Awareness Program @ South E1

7-9 p.m.

• Opening Night! H-F Theatre presents Monstersongs @ Performing Arts Center
• Online Science Tutoring @ Google Classroom
• Online Math Tutoring @ Google Meet

7:30-8:15 a.m. — Tutoring @ South G18 (Math), South B23 (Science) & H-F Library (Writing)

9:31 a.m. — Visit with Kenyon College @ College Room

10:27 a.m. — Visit with Eastern Illinois U. @ College Room

3:15-4 p.m. — Tutoring @ H-F Library (Math, Biology, Chemistry, Physics & Writing)

7-9 p.m. — H-F Theatre presents Monstersongs @ Performing Arts Center

8 a.m. — Special Olympics Unified Basketball Invitational @ North Gym

10 a.m.-1 p.m. — Math & Science Tutoring @ H-F Library (Enter Door 12)

1 p.m. — IHSA State: Girls' Cross Country @ Detweiller Park, Peoria

2 p.m.

• H-F Theatre presents Monstersongs @ Performing Arts Center
• IHSA State: Boys' Cross Country @ Detweiller Park, Peoria

7-9 p.m.

• Online Science Tutoring @ Google Classroom
• Online Math Tutoring @ Google Meet

7:30-8:15 a.m. — Tutoring @ South G18 (Math), South B23 (Science) & H-F Library (Writing)

3:15-4 p.m. — Tutoring @ H-F Library (Math, Physics & Writing)

3:30 p.m.

• Tryouts: Girls' Wrestling @ North Activity Room
• Tryouts: Boys' Wrestling @ North Wrestling Room
• Tryouts: Girls' Gymnastics @ North Gymnastics Room
• Tryouts: Boys' Basketball (F) @ Fieldhouse

5 p.m. — Tryouts: Boys' Basketball (S) @ Fieldhouse

5:30 p.m. — Tryouts: Boys' Basketball (V) @ South Gym

7-9 p.m.

• Online Science Tutoring @ Google Classroom
• Online Math Tutoring @ Google Meet

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7:30-8:15 a.m. — Tutoring @ South G18 (Math), @ South B23 (Science) & @ H-F Library (Writing)

9:52 a.m. — Visit with Prairie State College @ College Room

1:55 p.m. — Wellness Wednesday: Got Positive Thoughts? with Reiki Reset Energy Healing @ South G5 (Click here to sign up)

3:15-4 p.m. — Tutoring @ H-F Library (English, Math, Biology & Writing) & @ North 226 (French)

7-9 p.m.

• Athletic Commitment Ceremony @ Mall Auditorium
• Online Science Tutoring @ Google Classroom
• Online Math Tutoring @ Google Meet

7:30 a.m. — Student of the Quarter Breakfast @ Viking Room

7:30-8:15 a.m. — Tutoring @ South G18 (Math), South B23 (Science) & H-F Library (Writing)

3:15 p.m. — Tutoring @ H-F Library (Math, Chemistry & Writing)

7-9 p.m.

• Online Science Tutoring @ Google Classroom
• Online Math Tutoring @ Google Meet

7:30-8:15 a.m. — Tutoring @ South G18 (Math), South B23 (Science) & H-F Library (Writing)

8:30 a.m.

• D233 Board of Education Planning Committee Meeting @ Viking Room
• Visit with the Southern Illinois U. - Edwardsville @ College Room

3:15-4 p.m. — Tutoring @ H-F Library (Math, Biology, Chemistry, Physics & Writing)

We are so happy to have our students back in person this school year! An important step to keeping school on track is to be sure to stay at home if you are not feeling well, especially if you are having COVID-19 symptoms or suspect you have COVID-19. If a student is COVID-19 positive, parents/guardians, please complete the District 233 COVID-19 Reporting Form (click here) for the Nurse's Office.

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