6/3/08
HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR HIGH SCHOOL NEWS:
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. Deans Office. 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 Class of 2009! Root Photography will be mailing you your Senior Portrait appointment. Senior Portraits will be in the North Staff Dining Room the weeks of June 9th thru June 13th, and July 21st thru June 25th. If you do not receive your appointment postcard in the mail by June 4th please call Root / Customer Service @ 1-800-433-1766.
The Prom DVD will be available FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED PROM 2008 during the week of June 9-June13 in the guidance office. After this week, they can be picked up in the athletic office. (Smith thru 6/30)
Class of 2008 Update!
Attention 2008 Graduates!!
If you are attending college in the fall, you will need a copy of your immunizations. Stop by the nurse's office to pick up your copy. Someone is not always here in the summer, so stop by today and get that much needed information.
Activity News!!
The ACT-SO (Academic, Cultural, Technological and Science Olympics) program sponsored by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced the names of the first place winners of its local competition. The banquet was held on Saturday, May 31st, at Malcolm X College in Chicago, Illinois. Ten of H-F students competed in the local competition on April 26th in several categories.
~~~~ Congratulations to the following Finalist winners: Katrina Jackson – Drawing; Allen Reynolds – Oratory; Aeriel Robinson – Playwriting; Jonathan Robinson – Painting.~ ~~~~
~~~~ Second place winners include: Wayman Butler – Dramatics; Aeriel Robinson – Poetry; and third place Allen Reynolds - Dramatics.
~~~~ The top four finalists will advance to the National competition in Orlando, Florida on July 30th – Aug. 4th to compete with over 900 students from all over the United States.
Congratulations to the newly elected class presidents for the 2008-2009 school year! Next year's president for the sophomore class is Dirk Maloney, the junior class president is Monique Richards, and for the senior class - Janay Harvey! Thanks to all those who voted! There is a meeting for current and new officers and representatives today in room 207 North at 3:15......see you there! (Garcia thru 5/22)
Attention Sophomores: If you missed the opportunity to take part in a career exploration workshop held during English class, please make an appointment with your guidance counselor. You will complete a computerized interest inventory which based upon your feedback will give you several possible occupations you might want to explore. (Johnson, thru 5/26)
The HF Mock Trial Team participated in a regional competition and junior Dwayne Reed received the regional "Outstanding Witness" award for his portrayal as the defendant and prosecution witness in both trials. At this year's ISBA's state competition in Springfield, IL, senior Zac Sappenfield received an "Outstanding Attorney" award for the defense's opening and closing statement as well as the cross examination of the prosecution's main witness. (A. Schmidt thru 5/23)
Calling ALL females that have skill in DANCE! There is a new dance team that has just been made official. The name of this dance team is called "Expressions". We are doing all types of dancing and are looking for all types of dancers. The sponsor of this team is Mrs. Pinnow and the establishers are Jasmine Bishop, Kia Wilson, and Aerial Williams. Auditions will be held next school year during the second week of school. Be ready girls!
On Saturday, 4/26, our HF journalism sectional winners competed at the state level at Eastern Illinois University. Those who attended were: Elise Brown, Zach Cohn, Joel Dobben, Francis Hathcock, Marsha Sanchez, Emily Siner and Raj Tyagi. I am very pleased to report that 4 H-F students placed. There were 67 schools competing in the competition. H-F ranked 5th overall. Each one of our students worked very hard and did a fantastic job representing Homewood-Flossmoor. Listed below are the specific individual awards received at State.
Elise Brown 3rd Place for Headline Writing
Joel Dobben 5th Place for Review Writing
Marsha Sanchez 2nd Place for Feature Photography
Emily Siner 3rd Place for Infographics
(Helsel thru 5/7)
The HF Inspirational Voices took first place in a choir competition this pass Saturday the 12th of April at St. Mark Baptist Church Located in Harvey. First place Prize was a trophy and a $1,000.00. (Ford thru 5/9)
On Saturday, 4/19, H-F students from Journalism and Yearbook classes attended the IHSA Sectionals. Twelve schools competed in the competition. We ranked 2nd overall. The kids did a fantastic job in the competition! Listed below are results. We have 8 students advancing to State Finals next Saturday.
Copy Editing
Raj Tyagi - 1st place
Newswriting
Elise Brown - 2nd placce
Editorial Writing
Francis Hathcock - 1st Place
Review Writing
Joel Dobben - 3rd Place
Feature Photography
Marsha Sanchez - 1st Place
Headline Writing
Elise Brown - 2nd Place
Editorial Cartooning
Zach Cohn 3rd Place
Informational Graphics
Emily Siner - 1st Place
Top Five Teams - Overall Results
5th Place - Lincolnway East 30 total points
4th Place - Evergreen Park 32 total points
3rd Place - Plainfield High 38 total points
2nd Place - Homewood Flossmoor 46 total points
1st Place - Oaklawn 51 total points
If you love to act, sing, and/or dance or you think you might like to give it a try, then Summer Theatre is for you! Sign up for this year's summer theatre production course in the H-F Summer Academy. We meet in the afternoons, Monday through Thursdays, the same weeks of summer school (June 16 - July 26th from 1:15 - 4:00 in the afternoon), so you can do summer theatre even if you are taking other summer school courses. During class, you learn the fundamentals of performance, theatre warm-ups, theatre games, and you are guaranteed a role in a full production of a new musical version of Willy Wonka, which just was released! This program will prove a wonderful way to spend some summer afternoons. To register, pick up the Summer Academy form in guidance and then turn in the completed
registration form with your payment at the campus store in the cafeteria. The cost is $250 for H-F students and $375 for younger students who live in the H-F district, so maybe you want to bring along a younger sibling! For more information, see Ms. Bonavia in J-4. Don't miss out on this great opportunity! (Bonavia thru 5/12)
Clothing and Interior Design Club participated in the FCCLA State Competition this past weekend. Congratulations to the four mentioned HF students!
Jihan Bibb- Interior Design, Silver rating
Natalie Cruz- Prom Dress Construction, Silver rating
Kailah Armand- Semi Formal construction, Silver Rating
Yavonda Brown- Casual Dress construction, Silver Rating
Competition was held in Springfield at the Pres. Abraham Lincoln Hote, April 10-12th. (Dersien thru 4/23)
The Chicago Tribune News in Education, the Anti-Defamation League and Greenberg Traurig, are sponsoring a student essay/art contest on the importance of the First Amendment in our everyday lives.
Entrants must submit either an original and unpublished essay, or an original unpublished work of art—illustration or photograph.,
All entries must be in by July 7th, 2008 and awards will be announced in September.
Are you doing as well as you could in school? Want to change your pattern?
The Study Center in the library has Peer Tutoring, Study Skills, and a quiet place to study. Anyone who needs help with homework or a concept, wants a tune-up on study skills, or wants to improve test-taking, just drop in to the school library and meet one of our enthusiastic peer tutors. See us if you are a struggling or an “A” student, or dealing with test anxiety, or just want to hang out and do homework, we are a quiet, welcoming place. You are among friends. We work with freshmen through seniors who are taking courses at the core, prep, or honors level.
We’re open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. We have bus passes or can write you a pass to your coach if you’re going to practice.
Sponsor: Cal Hainzinger, School Psychologist
There is FREE tutoring offered by the Spanish Nat'l Honor Society every Wednesday after school in rooms 203N from 3:15 until 4pm. (Mednick, thru 3/08)
The Multicultural Club Meetings are every Wednesday in Room E26, 3:15-4:00. Bus passes are available.
NEWS FROM COACH!
The WEIGHTROOM will be open everyday of the week at 3:00pm until 4:00pm. ALL students must be dressed in workout clothes, and they must be in the weightroom by 3:20pm. Students will not be allowed in the weightroom without proper workout gear and will not be allowed in after 3:20pm unless they have a pass. Students will not be allowed to stay in the weightroom after 4:00pm unless they are with their coach. 4:15 bus passes will be available. Make sure you have your current HF ID. (McLaughlin, thru 4/08)