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New Link to Power School

Student created mural featuring 100 oval heads of real and imagined people connected to MHS. Front and center is Maverick the Mustang

Senior class donates student-made mural to MHS

A gift to Mundelein High School from its graduating senior class is a genuine masterpiece. The class of 2021 is donating a 20’ x 15’ mural on an interior wall designed by one of its own members. The mural is expected to be installed shortly after school resumes for the fall semester. After polling the class to find out how to spend money raised for a senior gift, the students recognized that their high school days were a rad

MHS AVID grad earns Golden Apple Full Ride Scholarship

Jasmine Moreno, an MHS 2021 AVID program graduate, just received news that she is a Golden Apple Scholar. The Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois Program encourages academically talented Illinois students, especially minority students, to pursue teaching careers, especially at high-need, hard-to-staff schools by providing tuition assistance (tuition, fees and room and board or commuter allowance) at one of the participating colleges. All in all, she will be awarded $23,000 over the course of four

Dr. King receives her Distinguished Alumni Award from Superintendent Dr. Kevin Myers

MHS Distinguished Alumna earns advanced degree, new career move

MHS Class of 1987 alumna and 2019 MHS Distinguished Alumni honoree Amy Aufmann King has completed an advanced degree and moved on to a new career position. She recently earned a doctorate from the University of Southern California and with that accomplishment, she has moved into a new career path as Executive Director of West Coast University Texas. WCU is a regionally accredited university, founded in 1909, providing bachelor, master and doctoral degrees, largely in healthcare. “I’m delighted

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Jordyn Reiland, MHS Class of 2011 speaks with students about being a professional journalist

Newspaper staff earns seven awards

The staff of the student-produced newspaper The Mustang earned seven awards in this year’s Illinois Journalism Education Association’s (IJEA) Newspaper & Digital News Media Contest (Division 3) after a year in which the staff had to find alternative ways to interview, report and publish during a pandemic. “Perseverance is the best word I could use to describe this year’s staff,” Adviser Michelle Didzbalis said. “The staff was small with two editors and six reporters, five of those reporters bei

Semester Honor Roll Announced

GRADE 9 HIGH HONOR ROLL Kaitlyn Ackerman; Stephanie Lynn Aquino; Thomas Asmussen; Jamie Atkinson; Emmanuel Bahena; Olivia Baude; Karina Benes; Animesh Bijawat; Adam Bogenski; Alison Bogenski; Stephanie Bolanos; Devin Boongaling; William Bowman; Ella Bradshaw; Ryan Kristofer Bugaring; Alexander Bujak; Sophia Buono; William Burroughs; Emily Carlson; Natalie Carrera; Michael Chen; Rafeek Cherradi; Emma Cohn; Everestt Correa; Aedan Mattheu Cruz; Oliver Curatolo; Abrar Dastagir; Grace DeMilio; Shann

Formal photos of each of the award winners

Students earn Rotary Scholarships

Four Mundelein High School seniors have earned scholarships from the Rotary Club of Mundelein-Vernon Hills. The scholarships were awarded based on academic achievement, extracurricular activities, community service and financial need. The four students are Kadra Balla, Zoe Haith, Jennifer Lopez and Cheyenne Pellettiere. “I congratulate these students on their academic achievements and their dedication to making our communities a better place,” said Brian Ols

Health Fair

Students create towns to work together

In a tiny town known as Rockshore, a body washes up on shore, and all the citizens of the town are suspects. In a town far north of Rockshore known as Whittier, Alaska, the townspeople are busy preparing for the Winter Festival where life and death decisions will be made, and their fates lie in the hands of the town Elders. Who will stay, and who will be kicked out into the Wilderness never to be seen again?