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October 16, 2023

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The Little Mermaid Musical Auditions:

We invite you Under the Sea to Audition for our upcoming musical The Little Mermaid.

Calling all Merpeople, Sea Friends and, Land Lovers. Follow this link for details. Click here for Spanish

Class of 2024 - Senior Yearbook Portraits: Please make sure you complete your senior portrait soon! The sitting is free! Use this link to schedule an appointment now.

AP Exams Important Notice: ACTION NEEDED / Exámenes AP Noticia importante: ACCIÓN NECESARIA

Wayfarer Theater of Highland Park wants to invite HP students and staff to a special one-man Frederick Douglass performance, that can only be seen at Wayfarer Theaters performed by Masud Olufani. This new work combines the orations of Frederick Douglass with an immersive storytelling experience highlighting the nobility of the human spirit. The show runs from October 19^th through October 22nd. Tickets for the show are $20, but they are offering Highland Park students/ staff a discounted price of $10.

Activities

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ACTIVITY TICKET: Make sure to purchase your Activity Ticket! An Activity Tickets is your yearbook purchase along with free entry to football, basketball, STUNTS and more!

Please see our website for details.

CLUB PHOTO DATES: Make sure to check what date your Club Photo is. Photos start on 10/18

Join Philosophy Club on Wednesday, October 18 for our RESCHEDULED meeting as we discuss the Food for Thought Question: How valuable is entertainment? We will meet in A320 from 3:15-4:30. All are welcome; come share your own philosophy or listen to others as we discuss the philosophy of entertainment! There will be food!

Every year HPHS remembers the tragic events of the Holocaust and other Genocides world wide. Please e-mail Mrs. Meyer if you are interested in being on the Holocaust Remembrance Committee and help us plan our district wide event on April 18th. Meetings will be monthly in the Library. Our first meeting will be Thursday, October 26th at 8am in the Library.

Athletics

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Congratulations to our Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams. Both braved the elements on Saturday and competed well in very tough conditions at the Conference Championship Meet. Our Varsity Girls finished 2nd and the Varsity Boys won the CSL North Conference Championship. Both teams had multiple All-Conference runners.

Girls Swimming and Diving hosted the NISCA PowerPoint Event at HPHS on Saturday. The team was led by Freshman Brooke Eliacin who finished in 1st place individually. Brooke won the 50 Free and the 100 Breaststroke

Our Football Team moved one step closer to being playoff bound with their win over Maine East last week. The team travels to Vernon Hills on Friday for their regular season finale.

Highland Park High School hosted a coaching clinic for the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association on Saturday. Players from our Boys Basketball Program helped the guest speakers who presented. Our Girls Basketball Program was presented with their 1st Place Academic All State Award from the 2022-23 season. Congrats to Coach Jolie Bechtel and all the members of the Girls Basketball Program.

The Boys Volleyball Program will be holding a pre-season meeting on Thursday, November 2nd at 8:00am in C220. This meeting will be for all players interested in trying out for the program in March - no prior playing experience is needed. We will go over open gym information, tryout information and answer any questions you may have prior to our pre-season open gyms.

Congratulations to the Highland Park Boys Cross Country Team on winning the CSL North Conference Championship for the second year in a row! They were led by the individual champion Brian Hatoum. The team had 6 all-conference runners: Brian Hatoum, Barak Goldstein, Nate Wehner, Robert Oboza, Dylan Dominguez, and Zach Coren.

The team also won the team championships with the individual champions on the sophomore level (Henry Gamson) and JV level (Lukaas Nales).

Counseling & Postsecondary Counseling

There will be a COLLEGE APPLICATION WORKSHOP for seniors on Wednesday, October 25 from 7:30am - 8:45am in the Counseling Resource Center. This is an excellent opportunity for students to receive assistance with applications and essays from counselors and college counselors. There is no formal programming at this workshop. No RSVP necessary and students can stay for as little or as long as they'd like.

Attention Seniors: Please visit the this link for the coming week's college visits in the CRC and details on how to register. Contact Mr. Becker, rbecker@dist113.org, with any questions.

Fundraising

Join us Tuesday October 17th during lunches for Mexican Treats! Funds raised go to support HPHS students participation in the NHI summer leadership programs. To learn more click here!

Come support your Class of 2027 and stop by during your lunch to purchase a bundt cake on Wednesday, Nov. 1st. Please check out our link for more information!

Parent to Parent Information

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Community Opportunities

Giants Hockey beat Prep Sunday evening 2-0 to win their 3rd league game. Freshman, Graham Spencer, was spectacular between the pipes earning his first shutout. The game was scoreless until Trey Raposo put the Giants up 1 to 0 in the 3rd period with an assist from Alex Schneiderman. Dylan Lansky sealed the W by capitalizing on a power play late in the 3rd period assisted by Ben Lichtenfeld. This was Prep's first league loss in 2 seasons. Way to break the streak Giants! The next game is Wednesday against Libertyville at Glacier Ice Arena, 8:40 pm. The team then turns their attention to Deerfield---Saturday, October 21 at Centennial Ice Arena. Puck drops at 6:00 pm. We need our fans to drown out Deerfield. Let's go HP!

Highland Park Community Foundation Golden Apple Highland Park Community Foundation- Presents the 2024 HPCF Golden Apple Awards- Click here for more information and submit your Nomination! Nominate who you believe to be an outstanding teacher at HPHS!