MCHS Newsletter

Please join us as we celebrate the graduation of the Class of 2024 on Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. General seating will begin at 1:00 p.m.

The following seniors were honored in a ceremony on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.

Joe DeMay Memorial - Marcus Ray

Adrianna Stull Memorial - Tess Volkers

John Swanson Memorial - Rune Boyd, Emma Leucht

Martens University of Illinois - Emily White

Dr. Dan Bertrand’s “In Pursuit of Excellence - Keatyn Velasquez

DAR Kishwaukee Trail Chapter “Good Citizen Award” - Marcus Ray

(Daughters of the American Revolution)

DeLong Company - Mason Lampe

Marengo FFA Alumni (Future Farmers of America) - Ella Logue

Kooi Grant - Sydney Andrews, Rune Boyd, Morgan Cetera, Emily Kirchhoff, Lilly Kunzer, Cadence Leucht, Emma Leucht, Hir Patel, Savannah Scholfield, Cody Stallings, Zoey Vallee

Pingel Grant - Emily Kirchhoff, Mason Lampe

Marengo Education Association (MEA) - Cadence Leucht, Emma Leucht

Marengo Fire & Rescue Association - Rune Boyd, Madison Cannon

Marengo Woman’s Club - Morgan Cetera, Hir Patel, Marcus Ray

Marengo-Union Chamber of Commerce - Evan Maniates, Athan Poggas, Marcus Ray

Millard Family - Marcus Ray

Prairie Community Bank (CBAI) - Athan Poggas

Union American Legion - Rune Boyd, Evan Maniates

Union Firefighters Association- Miya Castillo, Morgan Cetera, Andrew Johnson, Hir Patel, Marcus Ray

Union Lions Club Rodger Brandt Memorial - Marcus Ray

Union Lions Club Bob Gruel Memorial - Madelyn Miceli

Union Lions Club John Nienhuis Memorial - Miya Castillo

American Legion Vocational - Marcus Ray

American Legion “Americanism” - Madison Cannon, Marcus Ray

Runners up - Ryker Markus, Emily White

Illinois Premier Boys & Girls State - Grant Aubry, Paola Montes

Leadership Greater McHenry Co. (LGMC) - Natalia Rodriguez

United States Marine Corp - Distinguished Athlete - Marcus Ray, Emily White; Scholastic Excellence - Grant Aubry, Morgan Cetera; Semper Fidelis Musical Excellence - Cadence Leucht

United States Navy Enlisted - Eldarion Sobusiak

A for Effort - Outstanding Class Project - Ava Kanaly, Ryker Markus, Erika Montes Xelhua; Outstanding Example to Others - Mahala Englehart, Dylan Locke, Dylan Squires

ACES (Academic Challenge Enriching Students) - Grant Aubry, Daniel Banda, Rune Boyd, Morgan Cetera, Paola Montes, Hir Patel, Emily White

Freshman Mentor - 1 year - Anna Kunzer, Tess Volkers; 2 years - Grant Aubry, Rune Boyd, Madison Cannon, Morgan Cetera, Mahala Englehart, Isabella Frohling, Madelyn Miceli, Emily White

FFA Service Cord and State Degree - Ryley Adamson, Coye Beebe, Lillian Briggs, Cadence Burger, Morgan Cetera, Lilli Ghastin, Trever Harp, Ella Logue, Ryker Markus, Larry Nichols, Athan Poggas, Marcus Ray, Tess Volkers, Tyler Wallin

Good Citizen - Marcus Ray

Honor Roll & High Honor Roll - Elizabeth Adams, Ryley Adamson, Sydney Andrews, Isaac Anthony, Grant Aubry, Leonardo Bahena, Leo Bankel, Rune Boyd, Cadence Burger, Madison Cannon, Miya Castillo, Morgan Cetera, Samantha Conroy, Samantha Correa, Chase Davis, Lilly Drolen, Mahala Englehart, Niko Enriquez, Dylan Erbstoesser, Justin Fluger, Owen Frederick, Isabella Frohling, Melody Gates Aguilar, Alejandro Gerardo, Lilli Ghastin, Elizabeth Gomez, Amanda Griffin, Lucas Grimaudo, Trever Harp, Amanda Harris, Alana Hartel, Drew Johnson, Ava Kanaly, Emily Kirchhoff, Anna Kunzer, Christopher Kunzer, Mia Kuzelka, Mason Lampe, Cadence Leucht, Emma Leucht, Dylan Locke, Gage Lopez, Perla Lopez, Jenny Loyo, Evan Maniates, Madalyn Mardock, Natan Marek, Ryker Markus, Madelyn Miceli, Erika Montes Xelhua, Paola Montes, Jhonatan Morejon Cortez, David Munoz, Hir Patel, David Paulauski, Victor Perez, Athan Poggas, Kevin Ponce, Nessa Randall, Marcus Ray, Alondra Saldana Padilla, Caden Sauder, Savannah Scholfield, Rylan Smith, Eldarion Sobusiak, Cody Stallings, Zoey Vallee, Carson Van Winkle, Aryana Velasquez, Keatyn Velasquez, Noe Villasano, Tess Volkers, Emily White, Adam Wigman, Cassidy Winder, Marissa Young

Illinois State Scholars - Elizabeth Adams, Grant Aubry, Leo Bankel, Rune Boyd, Miya Castillo, Morgan Cetera, Alejandro Gerardo, Paola Montes, Jhonatan Morejon Cortez, Hir Patel, Caden Sauder, Cody Stallings, Tess Volkers, Emily White

Math Team - Morgan Cetera, Hir Patel, Emily White

National Honor Society - Elizabeth Adams, Sydney Andrews, Grant Aubry, Rune Boyd, Morgan Cetera, Mahala Englehart, Ava Kanaly, Anna Kunzer, Mia Kuzelka, Cadence Leucht, Emma Leucht, Jenny Loyo, Madalyn Mardock, Ryker Markus, Madelyn Miceli, Paola Montes, Erika Montes Xelhua, David Munoz, Hir Patel, Athan Poggas, Alondra Saldana Padilla, Caden Sauder, Savannah Scholfield, Zoey Vallee, Carson Van Winkle, Emily White

President’s Education - Elizabeth Adams, Grant Aubry, Leo Bankel, Rune Boyd, Morgan Cetera, Alejandro Gerardo, Amanda Harris, Paola Montes, Jhonatan Morejon Cortez, Hir Patel, Caden Sauder, Eldarion Sobusiak, Cody Stallings, Tess Volkers, Emily White

Scholastic Bowl - Grant Aubry, Leo Bankel, Perla Lopez, Paola Montes, Alondra Saldana Padilla

National Merit Scholar - Rural & Small Town - Rune Boyd, Hir Patel, Tess Volkers

Versiti Leadership - Madelyn Miceli, Zoey Vallee

Excellence in Agriculture - Trever Harp, Ella Logue, Marcus Ray, Ryker Markus

Excellence in Automotive - Christopher Kunzer

Excellence in Welding Fabrication - Christopher Kunzer

Excellence in Automotive II - Christopher Kunzer

Excellence in Business Education - Rune Boyd, Dylan Locke

Excellence in Family & Consumer Science - Lilly Drolen, Ava Kanaly

Excellence in Health Occupations - Mia Kuzelka, Zoey Vallee

Excellence in English - Mia Kuzelka

Excellence in Humanities - Paola Montes

Excellence in Foreign Language - Marcus Ray

Excellence in Mathematics - Grant Aubry, Morgan Cetera, Paola Montes, Hir Patel, Emily White

Excellence in Physical Education - Rune Boyd, Madison Cannon

Excellence in Science - Paola Montes

Excellence in Social Studies - Rune Boyd

Excellence in Art - Mahala Engelhart, Erika Montes Xelhua

Excellence in Band - Ava Kanaly, Cadence Leucht, Emma Leucht

Excellence in Theater - Athan Poggas

Pao Montes created this amazing, crocheted blanket for her senior humanities project. It is Virgin Mary Surrounded by Angels stained-glass window, located in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. She spent 200+ hours on this project. It is 275 stitches across and 242 rows tall. Pao had to do many color switches for the different blocks of color and went back to the store four times to get more yarn!

Students in Mrs. Dobbertin's Fit For Life class "Pay It Forward."

Lunches will be available for all children and families in the Marengo area during the summer months beginning June 3rd at Zion Lutheran School. Click here for more information.

The Marengo FFA hosted its annual Ag Day event on May 7th. FFA members led and educated over 600 local elementary students about all things in agriculture. It was a great day of learning and fun for everyone!

The Reading Club had our end-of-year party on Friday, May 10th, in the Media Center. We enjoyed pizza & other snacks, and members brought in games to play during the party. We had the party on the last Friday before Seniors’ last day of school. The students got free books to take with them to read over the summer.

We also played a special Mythology Jeopardy game, and the ten students that were present knew a lot of the answers (in the form of a question, of course) and everyone had a great time.

School Counselor Summer Hours: A school counselor will be available by appointment periodically throughout the summer. Appointments regarding schedule changes can only be made if there is a computer/technical error, scheduling conflict, or level change. Please call 815-568-6511 x1303 to schedule your meeting.

Attention all Dual Credit students: If you are taking a Dual Credit course in the 2024-25 school year please sign up for orientation. See the flyers below.

Dual Credit Orientation Flyer 2024.pdf

Dual Credit Orientation Letter 2024.pdf

Class of 2025

Students are encouraged to visit college campuses over the summer to make informed decisions about post-secondary plans. Most colleges begin to accept applications after August 1st. Marengo Community High School uses Parchment to send all transcripts electronically. Take time to create a Parchment account over the summer so that you are ready to send out transcripts when school begins! Follow the link to the Parchment site and click "Create an Account" in the upper right corner,

· Next click on Learners or Parents,

· Then create your account.

· If you graduate in December 2024, indicate May 2025 when creating an account.

Class of 2026

The PSAT/NMSQT will be offered in the fall. This exam can help college bound students prepare for the SAT and may be used to qualify him/her for National Merit Scholar recognition. The scores are also used by a variety of organizations to award scholarships. Once scores are processed by CollegeBoard, students are able to connect the test scores to Khan Academy for free personalized test prep for the SAT. If you have questions, please reach out to your student's counselor. College Board information is here.

Meningococcal Vaccine Required

The Meningococcal vaccine is required for students entering 12th grade. The Illinois Department of Public Health is requiring that all student entering 12th grade show proof of two doses of meningococcal vaccine unless the first dose was administered after 16 years of age. In this case, only one dose is required.

Asthma Action Plan

A new policy was enacted in 2017 that states we must request an asthma action plan from parents of students who have asthma. This form must be completed by a physician and returned to the school nurse.

Congratulations to Rune Boyd who qualified for the IHSA State Track and Field meet in the discus throw. We are very proud of Rune, Coach Wignes and Coach Forsythe.

Spring Sports KRC All Conference Athletes

Girls Soccer

· Keatyn Velasquez

· Maggie Hanson

Boys Track & Field

· Michael Gieseke

· Cooper Lopez

· Gage Lopez

· Marcus Ray

Girls Track & Field

· Amy Smith

· Alexis Harris

· Amber Hagan

· Nicole Czepczynski

Softball

· Gabby Christopher - Player of the Year

· Kylee Jensen

· Lilly Kunzer

· Jozsa Christiansen

Baseball

· Quinn Lechner - Player of the Year

· Michael Kirchoff - Pitcher of the Year

· David Lopez

· Robert Heuser

· Andrew Johnson

2023-24 SY Athletics are complete. We want to thank all the athletes for their hard work and commitment to MCHS athletics. Thank you to all the coaches that put a lot of time and effort into every practice and game. We are looking forward to the 2024-25 SY MCHS Athletic season already.

Summer Camps

Summer camp information and registration is up and running. You can find out about camp information and register at https://schools.snap.app/Marengo. If you have any questions about the summer camps, please reach out to the head coaches at their email address.

Paul Forsythe, Football, forsythep@mchs154.org

Jeremy Burke, Boys Basketball, jburke@marengo165.org

Elisa Hanson, Girls Basketball, hansone@mchs154.org

Allison Jasinski, Volleyball, jasinskia@mchs154.org

Nick Naranjo, Baseball, naranjon@mchs154.org

Sergio Orozco, Soccer, orozcos@mchs154.org

Chad Miller, Wrestling, millerc@mchs154.org

Brianna Renwick, Cheer, renwickb@mchs154.org

Kim Hoffmeister, Cross Country, hoffmeisterk@mchs154.org

Erika Kane, Tennis, kanee@mchs154.org

Veronica Ruelius, Girls Summer Lifting, vruelius13@gmail.com

Fall Sports Meeting Date

There will be a meeting on Monday, July 22, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. for all fall sports participants and parents. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the fall sports season, meet the coaches, go over expectations for the seasons and have an opportunity to ask any questions that you may have.

Our athletic director, Dwain Nance, can be reached at (815) 568 - 6511 ext. 1612 or nanced@mchs154.org. Lisa Ackley, athletic department administrative assistant, can be reached at (815) 568 - 6511 ext. 1602 or ackleyl@mchs154.org.

Congratulations to our college-bound athletes who signed their letters of intent to continue their athletic and academic careers.

Sydney Andrews - Volleyball - Cumberland University

Rune Boyd - Football & Track - Wartburg

Bella Frohling - Basketball - MCC

Andrew Johnson - Baseball - Monmouth

Cadence Leucht - Golf - Elmhurst

Emma Leucht - Golf - Elmhurst

Keatyn Velasquez - Basketball - MCC