HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR HIGH SCHOOL
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H-F Viking Fight Song
Fight on you Vikings, fight,
For Homewood-Flossmoor High.
Our banner Red and White
Will fly proud and high in victory.
Our team will claim the fame
Of champions strong and free.
Fight on you Vikings,
You fearless Vikings,
Fight on to victory!
To all our sports fans: Here at Homewood-Flossmoor High School we are firm believers that good sportsmanship is a core value and its promotion and practice are essential, and should be displayed by our coaches, athletes, officials, spectators, and school administration. Attendance at future sporting events may be revoked as well.
Students staying after school to see a teacher or to participate in an activity/sport, must get a 4:00 bus pass from that teacher, sponsor, or coach. To receive a bus pass, you must have your student ID card. NO ID, NO PASS!!
Also, you must be in your activity by 3:15 or you will be issued a one hour detention.
ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS!
Do you need extra help in science or math?
Tutoring is available every
Saturday and Sunday
Saturday: in the TLC from 9am-noon.
Sunday: in the TLC from 2-5pm.
Everyone is welcome!
Attention Sophomores and Juniors:
The Fermilab’s Target: Science and Engineering Program is a highly competitive paid summer internship opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors who have strong interest and demonstrated aptitude for mathematics and the sciences, physics, in particular. The program’s goals are to encourage high school students to undertake college study and pursue careers grounded in physics, math, engineering, and technology. Additionally, TARGET aims to grow representation of underrepresented groups (Black, Hispanic, Native American and women). Target incorporates both classroom and work experiences five days per week for six weeks. (Monday, June 21, 2010 through Friday, July 30, 2010). The deadline for application is Monday, April 5, 2010.
Attention HF ATHLETES that are participating in a spring sport for their first time! There will be a mandatory Training Rules meeting on Monday, March 15th at 7:00pm in E1. First time HF Athletes must attend this mandatory meeting with a parent or guardian.
word of the week ~ march 15th
onus ('-nes) noun
Definition: Obligation; duty; burden
Sentence: As the big sister, she bears the onus of taking care of her bratty younger brother until her mom gets home from work.
CLUB INFORMATION:
Homewood-Flossmoor High School Parent Association
Family Book Discussion
The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch
April 14, 2010
The Homewood-Flossmoor High School Parent Association invites all interested students, parents and community members to attend a family book discussion of The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch’s inspirational best-seller. The discussion will take place on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in the Homewood-Flossmoor High School Library.
The Last Lecture is one of this year’s HF Reads selections. HF Reads is a schoolwide reading program with the mission of creating a culture of reading and literacy through a sharing of books centered on a common theme. In honor of HF’s 50th anniversary, this year’s theme is School Days, Then and Now. Earlier this year, we read A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, as well as selected books of award-winning young adult author Sharon Draper.
The enduring themes in The Last Lecture – overcoming obstacles, seizing every moment, and helping others make their dreams come true – makes it an inspiration to all generations, and ideal for a family book discussion. We hope you can join us for an inspirational evening as H-F parents, students and community members share their perspectives on a book that has influenced so many people.
A limited number of copies of the book will be available for checkout at the Homewood-Flossmoor High School library and the Flossmoor Public Library. Registration is not required for this event, and light refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact the Homewood-Flossmoor High School library at 708-335-5566.
ATTENTION SENIORS! If you did not turn in your cap and gown measurements and attend the Senior Class Meeting back in November make sure you stop at the Jostens table on Thursday, March 18th. They will have a table set-up outside of the Athletic Office during all lunch periods.
H-F High School Offers Driver Education Summer School 2010 Registration
Homewood-Flossmoor High School is set for Driver Education Summer School 2010 Registration at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23rd and Wednesday, March 24th in H-F’s North Building Cafeteria.
Registration for students who have completed the classroom requirement is on Tuesday, March 23rd. Registration for students who will be 16 years of age before November 1, 2010 and need both classroom and behind-the-wheel phases is Wednesday, March 24th. Time slots are limited, therefore, “first come, first served.” Students must be residents of District 233 to register.
Summer school begins Monday, June 7th, 2010 and concludes Thursday, July 1st, 2010. The fee must be paid at the time of registration and is $100 for the behind-the-wheel phase and $75 for the classroom phase. For more information, please call 708-799-3000 ext. 5335.
Attention All H-F Students! Are you are interested in becoming a part of H-F's Student Government? If you are then please stop into the Athletics & Activities Office and see Mrs. Holt for your petition packet. All packets will be due to Mrs. Holt by Friday March 26th
JSU (Jewish Student Union) will be meeting on Wednesday, March 24 in A22 from 3:15-4. They'll be hosting a chocolate sedar with free food, and bus passes will be available. See Mrs. Kirschner in A22 for more information.
All ANIMAL RIGHTS MEETING ARE HELD ON TUESDAYS
at 3:15p.m. until 4:00p.m. in Room E-5
February 16th
March 9th
March 23rd
April 6th
April 20th
May 4th
May 18th
SEE YOU THERE!
2009-2010 H-F Reads School Days Then & Now In honor of Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s 50th Anniversary, H-F Reads has chosen school-related stories for this year’s selections, which will be introduced at the beginning of first, second, and third quarters.
H-F Reads is a school-wide reading initiative which encourages the entire school community to share thoughts, ideas, and opinions.
The selected titles serve as bridges to conversation, understanding, and the building of relationships.
3rd Quarter Selection The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Stop in the library and check out a copy today! Creating a Culture of Reading and Literacy!
Beginning September 15th, peer tutoring will be available to all students in the TLC every Tuesday and Thursday after school. Tutors are set aside every week to assist in all math classes; assistance for other courses are also available.
CLUB NEWS!
DECA (3/8 - 3/15)
Congratulations to our State Champion H-F DECA Business Team who recently competed in Decatur, IL.
H-F will be sending 12 of our students to the International Competition in Louisville, Kentucky at the end of April.
Each of the last two weekends, the Debate Team attended a tournament and won an award. Below are summaries of each:
On February 27, HF Debate attended the SWSC (The Southwest Suburban Conference) Debate Championships - Adam Griesbach and Anthony Ogbuli claimed the Policy Debate Championship af the Southwest Suburban Conference Championships this weekend. A picture is attached.
On March 6, HF Debate attended the National Forensics League Illini District National Qualifying Event, held every year at Downers Grove South High School. Two HF teams secured qualification to the NFL Nationals - this is the first time in at least fifteen years this has happened, and possibly the only time it has ever happened in the history of HF Debate.
Juniors Emily Carroll and Laura River, both of whom qualified for Nationals as sophomores last year, qualified again this year. They did so by defeating two teams from the University of Chicago Lab School, and one team from Whitney Young. Sophomores Donald Grasse and Margaret Strong also qualified, winning three rounds against Whitney Young (beating Whitney Young JR both on the affirmative and the negative), and losing only to the only non-HF Qualifer, Whitney Young GH.
Both teams will attend the National Forensics League Finals, to be held in Kansas City, Missouri, from June 13 to June 19. Last year Carroll and River's record was 7-5, just one ballot short of advancing to the Nationals elimination rounds - this year, both teams are aiming to improve upon this record and just possibly win a National Championship for HF.
Congratulations to the Varsity Scholastic Bowl team, who won their IHSA Regional on Monday. The team was led by senior Manny Morone and junior Pete Weber, and defeated Providence Catholic 200-194 in the finals, winning the match on the final question answered by Nick Connolly.
The team, now in the final 32, moves on to Sectionals on Saturday at Bradley-Bourbonnais to attempt to qualify for the final 8 at State. Good luck!
Congratulations to the Steppers that received 1st Place in a Step Competition at Hillcrest High School.
Congratulations to the Varsity Scholastic Bowl team for winning the Conference tournament on February 24th. The team defeated Andrew, Lincoln-Way North and Bradley-Bourbonnais on the way to the Conference championship. The team was led by Jake Bergal, Bryan Ulrich, Pete Weber and Manny Morone. The Scholastic Bowl competes at IHSA Regionals on Monday, March 8th. Congratulations!
February 20th results of the ICTM Regionals at Lincolnway East:
Congratulations to:
Algebra 1 : Lerone Weathersby 1st place
Geometry: Team 2nd place
PreCalc: Athulya Simon 2nd place
Fr/So 2 person: Eli Lichtenberg and Michael Hurley 2nd place
Jr/Sr 2 person: Brian Ulrich and Tim Jansen 2nd place
Overall: 3rd place
Here's some good news regarding the HF Voyager. More than 200 students from 13 schools in our district attended the SWSC Journalism conference at H-F on Friday. The students met with professional journalists from the Chicago Tribune, Mash, SouthtownStar and Times of Northwest Indiana. Editors from the Southtown Star judged our competition for best journalism stories of the year. H-F earned first or second place honors in four of five categories.
1st Place for Best News Story - Raj Tyagi
1st Place for Best Sports Story - Stanton Polanski
1st place for Best Design - Olivia Lubek and Kassi Armstrong
2nd Place for Best Feature Story - Jordan Miller
First place winners received $50 and a trip to the Chicago Tribune to meet with editors and reporters.
The HF Steppers took 3rd place at the local Steppers Competition at Calumet Middle School, Calumet Park. given by Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Alumni Chapter. Congratulations HF Steppers!
On Saturday, February 13, 2010 the HF Special Olympic's basketball teams competed in the Area 7 Special Olympics tournament. All of the students played hard in fierce competition. The HF Boy's team and the HF coed team won their respective division and the Lady Vikings took 2nd in their division. All three teams have qualified to compete at the State Basketball tournament March 12th and 13th. Way to go and good luck in state!
The Varsity Scholastic Bowl team won the regular season Blue Division championship and will be the #1 seed (out of the entire SWSC conference) for the Conference tournament! We finished the season 12-2; there was a multiple-team tie for 2nd place at 11-3, including Bolingbrook who we beat in the final regular season match.
Congratulations to the 2009-2010 Investment Club Officers!
Michael Hansen – President
Tyler Forster – Vice President
Sydney Randell – Secretary
Paul Washington – Treasurer
Come join us each Monday
3:15 to 4:00pm
Room T-3
Find out how money works and how to make your money work for you!!!
Congratulations to the Varsity Scholastic Bowl team, who won the SWSC Red Division last Wednesday. The team finished the season 12-2, including a last question win over Bolingbrook to clinch the Division. The team was led by All-Conference members junior Pete Weber and senior Manny Morone. The team continues their season this Wednesday at Lockport in the SWSC Tournament as the #1 seed. Good luck team!
We are proud to announce that the following students participated in the SWSC Visual Arts Competition at Robert Morris University today and won the following awards:
-Kailah Armand
-Teresa Ciambrone
-Melissa Huang - Best 2D Design Student Choice Award
-Adam Lundquist
-Maggie Manning
-Linda Moncada
-Miho Nakamura
-Emily Schranz - Best of Show for 3D & Best 3D Design Student Choice Award
-Ashley Simpson - Cover Design Winner
-Khari Shelton - Best of School Award
-Nicole Webb
Our students did a fantastic job representing HF today and impressively won 4 of the 5 awards.
We would like to thank the administration and school board for their continued support of our program.
We are very lucky to work with such wonderful students and such a dedicated administration.
Congratulations to the new 2010-2011 Key Club Officers. Our Key Club President is Candice Doh, Key Club Vice President Jeff Williams, Treasurer Katie Gallagher, Secretary Jill Katz , Statistical Secretary Ahyanna Tolbelrt, Historian Morgan Cox, Lieutenant Governor Greg Knox and Public Relations Tehlor Kellogg. Congratulations to our New officers! Key club looks forward to having you! Key club would like to open up enrollment to new members who are interested in gaining leadership through volunteering for your community. See Miss Mayka in room E-11.
Congratulations to the fencing team. At the conference championships
the girl's foil team placed 3rd This is the first time in the history
of the history of the fencing team that one of the teams placed in the
top 3 at the conference meet. Special congratulations to Taylor
Brantly, Amari Fisher, Brianna Grey and Trish Reardon.
Clothing and Interior Design Club:
Yesterday at regionals our ladies did very well! Anna Ciambrone took Most Outstanding in the Salad Demonstration, Grace Mekarski took first in the Apparel Construction event, Victoria Cobb took second in Apparel Construction, and Jessica White took second in Cake Decorating!!!
Tournament of Champions Qualification Earned!
HF Debate scored a huge victory this past weekend at the 55th Annual Barkley Forum for High Schools, held each year on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. This tournament is by invitation only, and generally accepts only the most competitive debate teams (limit two per school) from more than 30 states. The Policy Debate division included 104 two-person teams representing the "cream of the crop" of nationally recognized Debate programs.
At the Barkley Forum, Senior Astead Herndon and sophomore Donald Grasse, leading HF's two-team delegation, earned their first qualification for the Tournament of Champions (the "TOC", held annually at the University of Kentucky in May), and did so in grand fashion. In the preliminary rounds, Astead and Donald compiled a record of 4-2, defeating teams from Ashland (OR), Pennsbury (PA), Vestavia Hills (AL), and Alpharetta (GA), while losing to St. Mark's and Kinkaid (both from Texas). They reached the quarterfinals as the 28th seed, defeating teams from Montgomery Bell Academy (TN) - the 5th seed, and the Westmisnter School (GA) - the 12th seed,, on the way to their TOC qualification.
[What follows is a blow-by-blow account... just in case you're interested]
In more detail - Astead and Donald reached the tournament's elimination rounds as the 28th seed, pitting them against 5th seed Montgomery Bell Academy (TN) in the double-octofinals. This was the decisive round - if HF won, they would earn their TOC qualification; if HF Lost, this would have been the 6th time this year debaters from HF had come this close (and the 5th time for Astead and Donald). Deploying a bold and ultimately successful strategy, the team chose to present a newly researched affirmative case, arguing in favor of large-scale reparations being made to the descendants of African-American slaves living in poverty in the United States. Astead and Donald won that this was the morally right thing to do, and that, regardless of consequences, it was what justice demanded. The decision was 3-0,
solidifying a stunning upset (28th seeds don't beat 5th seeds very often at all in Debate) and HF advanced to the octofinals. Vital to this victory were teammates Emily Carroll and Laura River, who were able to find some crucial pieces of evidence among their prepared files; their organization, sharing and kindness helped make this victory possible. Sharing also in their success is the entire HF team, who contributed essential current-events research last Thursday, and also parents Jenny Carroll and Donald Grasse Sr. for transporting the students to and from the airport!
In the octofinals, held Sunday morning at 8:00am, Astead and Donald debated Westminster (GA). They again were on the affirmative side, and chose instead to defend their usual case, arguing for the adoption of a public-option-based system of national health insurance for persons living in poverty. Astead and Donald defeated their opponents' claims that this plan would be better done on a state-by-state basis, arguing that only through national adoption can justice be served as it must, and the economy be benefitted to the required extent. This decision was a 2-1 decision, and they advanced to the quarterfinals.
The quarterfinals in many ways represented the most successful eight teams in the country - to be counted among this number is an honor indeed. Ironically, through we were in Georgia, in the quarterfinals, Astead and Donald debated local rivals New Trier (IL). HF was negative, and was forced to argue against the funding of a large-scale educational reform targeted at persons living in poverty. Try as they might, Astead and Donald could not convince the judges that a more free-marked-oriented educational system would be better. HF lost this debate on a 3-0 decision.
Some other interesting facts - this was the 7th time in the recent history of HF Debate that students from HF have earned honor of Tournament of Champions qualification. In 2003, Nick Arrivo and Dylan Rothermel (both class of '04) qualified at the Dowling tournament; in 2005, Joe Maloney ('06) and now assistant coach John Tryneski ('05) qualified at the Maine East tournament; later in 2005, Joe Maloney and Samantha Glass (class of '07) qualified twice, once at the Valley tournament and once at the Blake tournament; in 2006, Samantha Glass and Josh Greenberg (also class of '07) qualified twice, once at the Cedar Rapids-Washington tournament and once at the Dowling tournament. Before last weekend, it had thus been more than 3 years since HF had won an award at this level. This is also only the second time in
HF's history that they have reached the elimination rounds at the Barkley Forum, the first being when Josh Greenberg and Samantha Glass did so in 2007. Twice HF has been 4-2 and not cleared (Nick Arrivo and Dylan Rothermel in 2004; David Albrecht and Dan Perry (both class of '03) in 2003). This also marks the first time ever in the history of HF that a sophomore has earned TOC qualification or advanced to the elimination rounds at the Barkley Forum.
The Debate Team attended the Lane Tech tournament and brought back a slew of awards.
Congratulations to everyone for their overwhelming success this weekend at Lane Tech.
In the Varsity division, three teams reached the elimination rounds:
Astead Herndon and Pascal Fernandes were also 4-1, making them 7th seed (out of 32). They advanced to the quarterfinals, but Donald and Margaret advanced over them without debating, since they had the better seed.
Laura River was 3rd Speaker (out of 64).
Astead Herndon was 9th Speaker (also out of 64).
Deserving honorable mention is Emily Carroll, who was 13th speaker, and Donald Grasse, who was 15th speaker.
In the Novice division, Aaron Messersmtih and Mikal Slatton were 4-1, and the top seed out pf 28 (there were not undefeated teams in the preliminary rounds). They advanced to the quartefinals, where they defeated Walter Payton, and then to the semifinals, where they defeated Whitney Young. This brought them to the finals, where they were defeated by Glenbrook South.
Mikal Slatton was the First Speaker (out of 53).
Aaron Messersmith was the 10th speaker (also out of 53).
It's been a long time since HF had 2nd place finishes in two divisions of the same tournament - maybe it has never even happened before! Congratulations to everyone for the outstanding work.
REACH would like to thank all Viking students, faculty & staff who donated canned and dried food items during our Winter Drive. Special thanks to the English Department for collecting foods and to Friends of Rachel who aided REACH’s efforts.
Food collections were delivered to the South Suburban Food Pantry which helps families in our local communities. Your donation made a difference! Thanks again!
The next REACH meeting will take place in February. More details to come.
The Debate Team won some impressive awards last weekend at the Kelly Tournament:
Sophomores Rufus Coates-Welsh and Adam Griesbach achieved a 3-2 record in the preliminary rounds, defeating teams from Taft, Jones and Lincoln Park (all from Chicago). This made them 15th seed (in a field of 50), and, advancing to the octafinals, Adam and Rufus defeated 2nd seed Lane Tech (this is the largest upset of this year so far). They then advanced to the quarterfinals, where they defeated the 7th seed (also from Lane Tech). This brought Adam and Rufus to the semifinals, where they were defeated on a 2-1 decision to Northside College Prep.
Sophomores Donald Grasse and Margaret Strong achieved a 4-1 record in the preliminary rounds, defeating teams from Maine East, Kenwood Academy, Whitney Young, and Walter Payton. This made them 5th seed overall (in a field of 50). They advanced to the octafinals (round of 16) where they defeated 12 seed Walter Payton. This brought Donald and Margaret to the quarterfinals, where they were defeated by Northside College Prep on a 3-0 decision.
Donald Grasse was the 7th speaker (in a field of 100).
Honorable mention goes also to sophomores Ike Makos and Scott Robertson, who were 3-2 but did not advance to the elimination rounds on speaker points, and sophomores Sean Farris and Khy Sline, who were also 3-2 but did not advance to the elimination rounds on speaker points.
Honorable mention also goes to senior Greg Brookins-Hinton, who was the 15th speaker (in a field of 100).
In the novice division, honorable mention goes to freshmen Colin Gahungu and Mikal Slatton, who were 3-2, but did not advance to the elimination rounds on speaker points.
NEWS FROM COACH!
2010-2011 Cheerleading Tryouts
Informational Meeting Thursday, April 8th
@ 4pm in the South Building Library!
Tryout Dates & Time 5:00pm-8:00pm
Monday, April 12th ~ Activity Room/North Gym
Tuesday, April 13th ~ North Gym
Wednesday, April 14th ~ Activity Room/North Gym
Thursday, April 15th ~ North Gym
Friday, April 16th (Pending) ~ Activity Room/North Gym
If you are unable to attend the meeting, please see Coach Armellino, Coach Fallara or Coach Alexander to get the proper paperwork.
All athletes must wear red and white athletic apparel and have their hair up in a bow to tryouts.
NO NAILS, NO JEWLERY, NO EXCEPTION!!
Congratulations to the Boys Swimming and Diving team for finishing third at this past Saturdays Swimming and Diving Sectional held at Lincoln Way North. Qualifying to state are Russell Maanum in the 200 and 500 yard Freestyle and Luke Dobben in the 500 yard Freestyle. Also advancing is the 400 yard Fresstyle relay team consisting of members Luke Dobben, Shay Banton, Russell Maanum and Jacob Bodnar. The team will compete this Friday and Saturday at Evanston High School.
We will discuss tryouts, required forms, open gym dates, and conditioning. If you can’t make the meeting or have any questions, see Coach Badger in A10.
BADMINTON INTRAMURALS:
The dates are set!
March 17 and 24 April 7, 14, and 21 May 5, 12, and 19
We will meet in the fieldhouse from 6-8pm beginning
on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th).
Anybody interested in badminton intramurals should sign up with MR. WOODYARD in A18.
All are welcome. All are encouraged. All will have a chance to play with friends and have fun.
Pick a partner for doubles or come alone for singles.
Set up your own brackets and structure your own tournaments for a winner take all championship!
Congratulations to the Co-Ed Varsity Cheerleading team on a first place finish at the Andrew regional this past weekend! Their total score qualified them for the ICCA State Championship Competition which will be held in Springfield, Illinois the weekend of February 13th. If you missed them this weekend, they will be competing again on Saturday at Bolingbrook High School. Hope to see you there!
Attention Athletes! Make sure you have your updated Physical, Training Rules, and Parent Consent forms turned into the Athletic Office before your season starts. If you have any questions please stop in the Athletic Office or see your Coach.
For school/sport physicals please see links below for the Mini Clinic locations:
COLLEGES VISITING HFHS:
make appointment in Guidance Office
SCHOLARSHIPS:
REGISTER IN THE GUIDANCE OFFICE
The Joseph Blazek Foundation will award educational scholarships to students desiring to major in Engineering, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics or related scientific field. This scholarship is only available to high school seniors who attend school in Cook County. This scholarship has the possibility of being renewed for a maximum of four years. The minimum yearly value for the award is $500.00. The foundation requires the CSS Profile for analysis of the family’s ability to pay college expenses. The application deadline is March 15, 2010.
State Representative Anthony DeLuca awards 8 individual one-year tuition waivers to qualified students planning to attend one of the public universities in Illinois. Participant must live in the 80th District. Students will be judged on academic achievement, community involvement, school activities, personal essay and financial need. To see what district you live in go online to www.elections.state.il.us/DistrictLocator See Mrs. Fleming in the guidance office for more information. Your application must be received by March 19, 2010. (Through 3-17-10)