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Yearbook staff earns state awards

For the Illinois Journalism Education Association’s (IJEA) Yearbook Student Media Contest (Division 5), the 2019-2020 MHS yearbook staff received an honorable mention for Overall General Excellence while placing in the top three for three of the eight individual category honors. “Being part of the photojournalism class at MHS is a huge part of why I’m proud to be a Mustang. As an organization, we strive to represent the student body and everything it means to

Trey holding up the signed book from President Obama

Student leader earns praise from former US president

Mundelein High School senior, Trey Baker, was recently honored by former president, Barack Obama, for his school and community volunteer work. Baker has been active as an executive board member of the MHS Black Student Union, and organizer for the Stronger Together movement, supporter of Black Lives Matter and a volunteer in distributing food to Mundelein residents since the pandemic began. Recently he chaired a 5K race, Mundelein

Student chosen for Science Olympiad leadership position

Mundelein High School sophomore, Ciara West, has been selected for the Illinois Science Olympiad Youth Advisory Committee. The committee will help bring youth voice to state efforts, create recommendations for teams throughout the state and develop leadership and professional

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Three band students chosen for state ensembles

Three Mundelein High School band students have been chosen to represent Illinois Music Education Association District 7 (ILMEA) as members of the 2021 ILMEA All State ensembles. The students chosen include Junior Natalie Altenhoff, bassoonist and Sophomore Leila Moon, clarinetist in the All State Concert Band. Senior Isabel Sioson was chosen for the All State Jazz Band. These students submitted audition recordings earlier in the fall and were chosen from among hundreds of applicants to attend

Student's film nominated for national award

A film created by Mundelein High School 2020 graduate, Allan Rodriguez, has been nominated for a national award by the Foundation of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) in the 2020 National Student Production Awards. Nominees were selected from high school student entries across the country in 24 programming and craft categories. Rodriguez was nominated for his film, Somnum (Sleep), in the Short Form, Fiction category. He was a student in several film-related courses taug

MHS Jazz Ensemble one of four in the country chosen to perform

Last spring the Mundelein High School Jazz Ensemble was selected to perform at the 2020 Midwest Clinic: International Band and Orchestra Festival which has been held in Chicago for the past 75 years. The event draws nearly 18,000 professional musicians and educators from the US and more than 40 countries. This year, Mundelein High School was one of only four high school jazz bands from across the country selected to perform. Because of the pandemic the convention turned digital while the sele

Students excel in Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge

Several students in the App Development and Coding class at Mundelein High School excelled in the Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge recently. Two different class sections competed and the first place winners were Xander Ede, Ella Kasamis and Caden Minehart. Second place went to Enrique Gonzalez, Marshall Maxim and Erich Robb. Third place finishers were Michael Chen and Vytautas Zumas. Students programmed a virtual version of Hercules, the robot used in Amazon fulfillment centers to bring shelving