HF FYI

For the first time in HF history, Boys' Basketball took home the IHSA Class 4A State Championship on Saturday! The Vikings defeated Normal Community High School 60-48.

The official shop for the 2024 Boys' Basketball State Championship is on the way! Be on the lookout in the coming days for a link to shop the gear to celebrate your Vikings' win.

If you want to re-watch the excitement of the boys' road to state, watch our school send-off here and Sunday's trophy ceremony here.

Keep the applause going for HF's Special Olympics Unified Basketball Team, who also made the trip to State and took home 3rd Place on Saturday!

HF Summer Sports Camps provide student-athletes in our community with a foundation of fundamental skills, knowledge, character, leadership and love for athletics. Recognizing that while skills and drills are critical to the improvement of an athlete, making the sport fun is essential to developing the passion for the game. We hope you’ll join the tradition of HF athletics this summer by training and learning from some of the best coaches in high school athletics in some of the best facilities in the country!

Registration will take place on hf.8to18.com beginning this Friday, March 15.

Donate today through April 12 to support HF Softball! Your support helps offer a higher quality experience for all participants. Raising dollars for extra curricular activities can be very difficult to do but is vital for the program's success. Your Vikings appreciate your generosity!

Homewood-Flossmoor High School and Honest Game have partnered to provide students and families with an easy-to-use College Athletic Pathway software and additional educational resources. We know that accessing scholarships and college athletics requires not only a commitment to athletic training and competition but also a commitment to academic success.

Honest Game’s online platform provides students and families with individualized tracking across FIVE college athletic opportunities, including NCAA DI, DII, DII, NAIA, and Junior College pathways. Learn more and get started by clicking the link below.

Congratulations to the Varsity Scholastic Bowl team for winning the IHSA Sectional Championship at Lincoln-Way East! The team defeated #1 seed Sandburg 420-390 and #2 seed Lincoln-Way East 360-350 on their way to the Sectional title. The team is now one of the final eight teams left, and will compete at the IHSA State Tournament this Saturday in Normal, Illinois.

A huge weekend for HF debaters: They competed at Belleville West High School and took home 3rd Place in Novice Public Forum! In both Junior Varsity and Novice Lincoln Douglas, HF took 2nd Place! The Vikings are off to Varsity State this weekend.

HF Group Interpretation had an extremely successful weekend at the Lockport Invitational: The team earned a Superior rating and every member of the ensemble was awarded All-Invitational Cast distinction, the only cast at the tournament to achieve this!

The group welcomes the community to a free public performance tomorrow, Thursday, March 14 at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.

Ensemble: Shamari Brown; Tinbit Dogisso; Laila Dyer; Maura Hanley; Marcus Hincks; Marcus McGhee; Ariel Miller; Valaycia Muhammad; Emma Steiner; Charly Symowicz; Robert Wakefield II. Assistant Directors: Jordin Bates and Charisma Boler.

Our Profile of a Viking series continues: On this week's episode, we hear from Fine Arts Teacher Mr. Charlie McDermott on Citizenship & Character.

"Fine Arts allow students to investigate who they truly are in their core. But maybe more importantly, the Fine Arts teach and nurture the skills to authentically express themselves," he says. Check it out here.

HF's Theatre Booster Club is hosting a fundraiser with Blue Pearl Candles (17538 Dixie Hwy in Homewood).

The Booster Club will also be hosting a fun night of candle-making at Blue Pearl tomorrow, March 14 at 6:30 p.m. Register here.

HF's Multicultural Student Achievement Network (MSAN) students presented at INSPRA's "Uncomfortable Conversations: Centering Student Voice in Your Communications Planning" at NIU Naperville on Friday.

Led by HF DEI Coordinator Catherine Ross-Cook, our Vikings shared what they're doing to amplify student voices and how school leaders can support equity initiatives for the student body.

Homewood School District 153, Flossmoor School District 161 and Homewood-Flossmoor High School are joining forces to conduct a community-wide survey to gather input about the districts’ communications efforts. All staff, parents/guardians, and community members are invited to take a 15- minute confidential online survey here by Wednesday, March 25.

By participating in the survey, you play an active role in shaping how each of the school districts communicate with you. Please take a few minutes to let us know how we are doing.

HF's Guidance Office along with the HF Foundation and HF Parent Association are happy to announce the release of the HF Foundation Scholarships! The scholarships will be available starting Monday, March 18 through Sunday, April 7.

All applications will be accessible and completed through a Google Survey. There will be no paper or hard copies available in the Guidance Office. Please find the 2024 Foundation Scholarship application here.

For additional scholarship applications and general information regarding scholarships please visit our scholarship page. Any scholarship questions should be directed to the Post-Secondary Counselors Mr. Kain (bkain@hf233.org) or Mr. Coy (kcoy@hf233.org).

Tuesday, March 19

• Quincy University (4th Period, 1:55 p.m.)

Thursday, March 21

• University of Louisville (3rd Period, 9:52 a.m.)
• California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (4th Period, 1:55 p.m.)

The Guidance Office is hosting college reps visiting with our students during the spring semester! Please have your child log onto SchooLinks to register. Once logged in (they log in with their HF Gmail account), they will simply click on "School Events", where they will see the list of colleges signed up. They can click on the college that they are interested in visiting. After that, click on "register for this event", and that's it!

Please have your child make sure that they discuss this with their teacher whose class they're missing and ask for a pass for the day they will be meeting with the college rep. Please know that visiting with college reps is a privilege, not a right, and your teacher has the discrepancy to say no. If that's the case, have your child reach out to Mr. Kain (bkain@hf233.org) or Mr. Coy (kcoy@hf233.org) and they can get them some information and send it their way. Any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to Mr. Kain or Mr. Coy.

Our Guidance Department has been working to inform Seniors and their families about issues regarding financial aid award letters from colleges. Please see this letter below for more information and if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our Post-Secondary Counselors Mr. Kain at bkain@hf233.org or Mr. Coy at kcoy@hf233.org.

HF is offering Driver Education this summer:

• Behind-the-Wheel: For students who have completed the classroom requirement.
• Classroom & Behind-the-Wheel: For students who will be 16 years of age before November 1, 2024, and have sophomore status.

HF School Counseling Department held a webinar for families of rising 9-12th graders about the course selection process for next school year. A recording of the session has been uploaded to the HF website, and you can re-watch it here. Check out the 2024-25 Course Offerings here.

As the Class of 2028 prepares to begin their Viking Voyage, this guidebook provides all the information families and students need to get started. You can also re-watch the Course Selection Informational Meeting here. Please share this with any eighth graders and their families that will be Vikings next school year.

As you prepare to become a Viking, you may be interested in ways HF's Special Education Department can best serve a student's individual needs. Click here to watch the informational presentation by our Director of Special Education David Dore.

The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District is a hosting a job fair at the Racquet Fitness Center (2920 183rd St.) on Saturday, March 16 from 9-11 a.m. There will be plenty of great part-time and seasonal opportunities for high school students (16 and older).

The Homewood-Flossmoor Parents Association invites you to their Family Ice Skating Fundraiser on Sunday, March 17 at 1-4 p.m. at the HF Ice Arena (777 Kedzie Ave.) Registration is $15 per person (over age 6) and all proceeds support scholarships awarded to selected graduating seniors. Grab your skates, bring the kids, and have some fun! Register here.

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