Marengo Community High School District 154

MANDATORY ATHLETIC MEETING

There will be a mandatory informational meeting for parents and athletes of fall sports on Monday August 9th at 7:00 p.m. in the MCHS auditorium. Athletes will not be allowed to try out or participate until they and a parent attend a meeting. If you attended the movie “The Parent’s Role In Athletics” last April you are not required to attend the mandatory meeting. Please arrive at 8:00 p.m. to meet the coaches. If at least one parent and the athlete cannot attend please call the Athletic Office to arrange an alternate date/time. Make up dates are as follows:

August 10 - 7:30-8:30 am

August 10 - 6:00-7:00 pm

August 11 - 7:30-8:30 am - first day of practice

SAVE THE DATE

The Annual MASEF Dinner/Auction will be held at Donely's Village Hall on Saturday, November 6, 2010.

REGISTRATION FOR THE 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR

Registration packets for the 2010-2011 school year will be mailed June 22. Please complete all forms and return them to the high school along with your registration payment. A $10 discount will be applied if payment is postmarked on or before July 15, 2010. Fees paid after August 4, 2010 will be assessed a $10 late fee. Students who make an online lunch deposit before the first day of school (August 18, 2010) will receive a $2.50 credit to their lunch account.

During the summer, the high school offices are open from 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday.

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RECOGNITION RECEIVED BY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAA) is pleased to announce that Becky Weinhandl, Athletic Director at Marengo High School has been recognized as a Certified Athletic Administrator. To earn this distinction, Becky has demonstrated the highest level of knowledge and expertise in the field of interscholastic athletic administration. The voluntary certification process included a thorough evaluation of the candidate’s educational background, experience and professional contributions, as well as a rigorous, comprehensive written examination. Becky is one of an elite group of interscholastic athletic administrators nationwide to attain this level of professionalism.

The NIAA is a national professional organization consisting of all 50 state athletic administrator associations and more than 7,600 individual members. It is dedicated to promoting the professional growth of high school athletic administrators and preserving the educational nature of interscholastic athletics and the place of these programs in the secondary school curriculum. »

SUMMER READING REQUIREMENT

Beginning in the summer of 2010, any student enrolled in an honor’s level English course will be required to complete a summer reading assignment. Honor’s English I, II, and III will read one novel and complete a corresponding assignment. Students enrolled in AP Literature and Humanities will be required to read two and complete corresponding assignments. Click here for requirements and worksheets.

Class discussions and assignments will focus on these novels when students return in the fall. Students will have brushed away some of the summer cobwebs and be prepared to begin class. The completed reading will provide a basis for discussion, writing, and thinking from the first day on. The corresponding assignments will be graded and averaged into the students’ grades, but failure to complete the reading does not automatically drop the student from the course. As a pilot program, only Honor’s level classes will participate this summer, with possible expansion next year. Information about selected titles will be available in May.

Selected Titles:

Honor’s Freshmen: Of Mice and Men

Honor’s Sophomores: Brave New World Click here for online version.

Honor’s Juniors: Catcher in the Rye Click here for online version.

AP Literature: The Kite Runner and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Humanities: The Kite Runner and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close »