May 16th COMMUNITY
NEWS & UPDATES
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Critical Upcoming Meeting
Principal-Parent-Stakeholder Meeting
Level Up for Success!
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Dr. Hardy invites you to our Spring meetings with parents and stakeholders. There will be two opportunities for you to attend.
Saturday, May 20th at, 9:00 A.M to 10:00 A.M. in Hinsdale South’s Library
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Tuesday, May 23rd at, 6:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. in Hinsdale South Library
Dr. Hardy will present Level Up for Success: Hinsdale South’s 2023-2026 Directional Plan during the meetings. Topics will include ideas to address critical issues like SAT scores, advanced coursework, chronic absenteeism, academic support, parent and community partnerships, and instructional collaboration. Please take advantage of these opportunities to participate in the movement as Hinsdale South makes targeted strides to secure and
expand our tradition of excellence.
We hope you will join us as we Level Up for Success!
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As we approach the end of the semester, please be sure to check your student's grades and attendance on a daily basis. There are still five (5) weeks to go in the semester, so there is still time for your student to work with his or her teacher(s).
While teachers, and sometimes multiple teachers, will contact you if your student is not doing well or is declining, you do not need to wait for them, please feel free to email your student's teacher(s) with concerns. If your student is not doing well in multiple classes, please note that you will be contacted multiple times.
If you need help in accessing your student's grades, please visit the "For Families" section of our website and click on the "Infinite Campus" tab on the right.
Then simply follow the directions there.
Thank you,
Hinsdale South Administration
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Parking Permits on Sale Now |
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Students interested in getting a parking pass for the 23/24 school year can purchases them now.
You can get an application in the Deans’ Office or on our webpage.
Please bring application and payment to Mrs. Matozzi in the Deans’ Office.
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Athletic Summer Camp Registration |
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Summer is quickly approaching and Athletic Summer Camp Registration is now open!
Please follow the link below for more information and registration:
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Reminder - registration for the district's summer school program is scheduled to open on April 15. This year's program features a wide array of offerings that will be delivered in person (at Hinsdale South) and online. These offerings include the following new courses:
- College Essay Writing Workshop
- Modern Music Appreciation
Drivers education will also be offered at both campuses.
The first semester for summer school will take place June 12-29, while the second semester will be held July 5-20. Classes will not meet June 19, July 3 or July 4. Bus transportation will be available to all students at no additional cost.
The program of studies for summer school, which was approved by the board of education on March 23, can be accessed by visiting https://bit.ly/40AdPIk. Additional information about summer school will be available on the district website starting on April 3.
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Early Release Day Information |
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Early Release Day: May 17th
Early Bird - 7:35-7:55 a.m.-20 minutes
Period 1 - 8-8:35 a.m.-35 minutes
Period 2 - 8:40-9:15 a.m.-35 minutes
Period 3 - 9:20-9:55 a.m.-35 minutes
Period 4/5/6 - 10-00-10:35 a.m.-35 minutes
Period 6/7/8 - 10:40-11:15 a.m.-35 minutes
Period 9 - 11:20-11:55 a.m.-35 minutes
Period 10 - 12:00-12:35 p.m.- 35 minutes
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May 20, 2023 – Prom at the Shedd Aquarium
- Check in at Hinsdale South from 5-5:30 PM
May 30 & 31 – Senior Attendance Days
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Attendance is expected for all seniors through May 31st
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Please settle all financial obligations prior to the end of the school day on Wednesday, May 31st. This includes Athletic/Activity fees and the return of textbooks received from the educational fee waiver program, if applicable. Please bring educational fee waiver textbooks to the main office or bookstore.
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Lockers must be cleaned out by the end of the day on Wednesday, May 31st. Seniors will not be allowed into the school building after May 31st.
May 31, 2023 – Senior Picnic
- This is the final day of school for seniors
- There will not be any final exams for seniors
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Seniors attend classes 1,2,3,9 and 10, with a picnic event during 4th-8th
June 1, 2023 – Graduation
Tickets
- Tickets are not required if the ceremony is outdoors
- In the event of inclement weather on graduation day, each student will receive four tickets for entry to the gymnasium and two tickets for viewing the ceremony via live stream in the auditorium.
Rehearsal
- The Senior Scholarship Ceremony begins at 8:30 AM and is by invitation only.
- Graduation rehearsal will be in the main gym beginning at 10:00 AM. Attendance is mandatory if you are participating in the commencement ceremony.
- A class picture will be taken at 10:00 AM
- Tickets for an indoor commencement ceremony, if inclement weather, will be distributed at rehearsal
- Seniors must leave campus after rehearsal as the school day will be in session for freshmen, sophomores, and juniors.
Commencement
- The commencement ceremony begins at 7 PM in the football stadium
- Gates open at 6 PM
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Second Semester Exam Schedule
Day 1 - June 7th
Day 2 - June 8th
Day 3 - June 9th
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Deaf & Hard of Hearing Department |
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The DHH Department participated in “Deaf Can Do It Day” by packing meals at Feed Our Starving Children. We had over 60 volunteers and helped pack 21,816 meals. |
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Dear Hinsdale South students, parents, and guardians:
On behalf of the Hinsdale South English Department, I would like to introduce you to the 2023 Summer Reading Program. Our hope is that students can take some time over the summer to recapture the pleasure of losing themselves in a book.
Hinsdale South English would like to partner with parents to encourage students to read over the long break. We are not mandating that students read specified books. Instead, we encourage students to pursue their individual reading preferences and passions. As a starting point, Hinsdale South recommends the 2023 Lincoln Award books nominated by teens, teachers, and librarians across Illinois. Additionally, the Association of Illinois High School Librarians keeps an archive of previously-nominated titles that students and parents may choose to reference for additional titles. Parents and students can find these Lincoln Award Novels at the Indian Prairie Public Library and other local libraries.
Thank you and happy reading!
Ms. Lisa A. Elo
English Department Chair
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We appreciate our nurses, Karen Fitzer and Mary Baumbach.
Your compassion, optimism and kindness do not go unnoticed.
Thank You!
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Congratulations on Achieving Tenure Status
for the 2022-2023 School Year
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Kelly Andrews
Special Education
Joel Borowicz
Science
Chris Gumban
Music
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Kelly Pecka
Business
Mary Rounce
Physical Education
Stephanie Sturgeon
Math
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Best of luck to Makena Camden 2022-2023 Board Liaison and
Welcome Madeline LaPointe 2023-2024 Board Liaison
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At the Thursday, May 11th BOE Meeting, we said goodbye to Makena Camden, Hinsdale South's 2022-23 Board Liaison. Makena represented the student body on a wide variety of school issues at the school board level.
We wish Makena the best of luck on her next chapter in life!
We also welcomed Madeline LaPointe as the new Board Liaison for the 2023-24 school year. We wish Madeline the best of luck next year!
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Huge congratulations to Ms. Ashley Yurchak on being named teacher of the year this week during our annual Student Council
Staff Appreciation Breakfast.
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The West Suburban Activities Directors recognized Ms. Laura Sharp,
Ms. Donna Matozzi, Ms. Lori Wendte, and Mr. Tim Leonard.
Thank you to these staff for making all of the student activities possible.
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Oliwia Mikos won our Shark Tank Competition last year; she entered The Big Idea Pitch contest with mostly college students and took third place and winning $3,000.
She finished the highest of any high school
teams that participated.
She is headed to the University of Chicago to study
economics in the fall.
Congratulations Oliwia!
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Illinois High School Art Exhibition |
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Hinsdale South had a strong showing at the 2023 Illinois High School Art Exhibition (IHSAE) that was hosted by Art ConnectED.
Senior Dezire Golden won an award for Outstanding Achievement in Portfolio Quality, while junior Amerie Flowers, who received a summer scholarship to the School of the Art Institute, was among the individuals featured in the Early College Program Exhibition. In addition, South was honored as a Top 20 Scholarship School for earning more than $2.6 million in scholarship offers during the 2022-23 school year.
We want to congratulate Dezire, Amerie and the school on their recognitions. We also want to give a shoutout to the other artists from South (Alexandra Cima, Kiarah Hamilton, Zola Hinojosa, Lilly Kassing, Fern Lyon, Braeden Meeker, Smilte Sazanskyte and Sam Sherry) whose work was on display at the event.
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Last week BPA and Ms. Yurchak traveled to Anaheim, California for nationals. Huge congratulations to Kaitlyn Wong for making it to the finals in Interview Skills.
She was the only student from the entire state of Illinois to make it to the finals.
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ECO Club Students Win Recognition |
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During its meeting on Tuesday, the DuPage County Stormwater Management Committee presented awards to winning student groups chosen from this year's 17th annual Sustainable Design Challenge. Awards went to students from Wheaton Academy (West Chicago), Glenbard East High School (Lombard), and two teams from Hinsdale South High School (Darien),
"Over the past 17 years, we've had nearly 500 teams and thousands of students participate in the Challenge. I'm more impressed with the detail and sophistication of the projects each year," said DuPage County Stormwater Management Committee Chair Jim Zay. "This year was particularly outstanding, and I am pleased to award prizes to four talented and deserving groups."
Sponsored by DuPage County Stormwater Management, SCARCE coordinates the annual event, which encourages students to construct building and landscape models using environmental and water-friendly design practices. Local professionals working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields served as judges, evaluating the students' designs, presentations and innovation. Judges this year decided to add a second-place winner for one of the categories, for a total of four awards.
The winning groups were:
Best Overall LEED Design: Claire Petrosius and Grace Koziol, Hinsdale South High School
Second Place Overall LEED Design: Megan Lindberg and Katie Montana, Wheaton Academy
Best Stormwater Design: Owen Atkinson, Hinsdale South High School
Best Energy Design: Victor Hanson, Glenbard East High School
Student groups participated in the annual Sustainable Design Challenge on April 18 at DuPage County's JTK Administration Building. Competitors presented models of their landscape and building designs and explained the various elements that saved energy, preserved the environment and contributed to sustainability goals. Students featured energy sources such as solar panels and wind turbines, and water conservation elements such as native plant landscaping, rain barrels and other green infrastructure for stormwater management.
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Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards |
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Congratulations to Hinsdale South Drama/Speech TWO of our actresses from Carrie: The Musical are nominated for ILHSMTA best actress - Nikki Jason and Sophia Yen.
What an honor for these Hornets! Congratulations to them! #SouthPride
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Kelan Nicol - third place in 3D Assembly Modeling
We want to congratulate Kelan on his accomplishments at state, and thank you to teacher Matthew Swedko
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Congratulations to Senior Anastasia Galinski who won the Mock Trial Senior Award. Thank you, Anastasia for your dedication and leadership to our school's Mock Trial Team and to sponsor Mrs. Lencioni for her dedication to the program. #SouthPride |
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Teams from Hinsdale South took second and third place at the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) Volleyball Tournament that was held at the Broadway Armory in Chicago on April 22.
Great job, Hornets!
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Congratulations on your success this season.
Hinsdale South's Maggie Chen went 4-2 en route to a
fourth place finish in singles.
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Congrats to Connor Wyent and Nicholas Jason for qualifying for the IHSA State Meet! Connor took 29th in State on Rings, 29th in State on Parallel Bars and 41st in State on High Bar. Nicholas Jason took 50th in State on Pommel Horse.
Congratulations on a great season!
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Congrats to Freshman Kennedy Ruff on qualifying for the IHSA 3A Track & Field State Meet! Kennedy took 2nd place at the IHSA Sectional on Friday night in the 300m Hurdles with a personal best and state qualifying time of 46.25. Good luck at State!
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Congratulations to our Special Olympics soccer team competed at the Regional tournament.
They beat Thornwood High School 9-1 and then beat Thornton High school 7-1.
They took 1st place in their Division and qualified to attend the state games in June!
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Special Olympics Track & Field |
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Special Olympics track athletes competed at Regional Competition at Marmion in Aurora,
April 29th and 30th.
Great job everyone!
- Tre Collins-Wilson - second place in the shot put
- Ryan Fritz - fourth place in the softball throw and seventh place in the 100-meter run
- Affan Haque - first place in the softball throw and eighth place in the 50-meter run
- Diana Mason - third place in the softball throw and sixth place in the 100-meter run
- Matthew Schultze - seventh place in the 100-meter run
- David Withrow - third place in the softball throw and fourth place in the 50-meter run
- Brianna Martinez - fifth place in the softball throw and seventh place in the 100-meter run
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Hinsdale South World Language
Honors' Societies and Trilingual Scholars 2023
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Congratulations to the Spring 2023 new inductees to our World Language Honors’ Societies! Membership in these highly selective honor societies is based on scholarship in general, scholarship in the language of study, active participation in world language-related activities, and a personal interest in all things French, German, Latin, and/or Spanish. Our induction celebration will take place on May 23 during school honoring both these students as well as our Trilingual Scholars: graduating seniors who took 4 years of one world language and 2 or more years of another world language. A special congratulations goes to existing Spanish Honors’ Society member Parth Joshi for winning the National Spanish Exam (NSE) Junior Travel Scholarship to go to Costa Rica this summer! Parth received his scholarship based, in large part, on his performance on the NSE. His accomplishments the past two years have included earning gold medals on the Spanish II and III exams and scoring in the top 10 of his competition level in the Chicago-area chapter of the AATSP on both tests. Congratulations to all honorees!
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French Honors’ Society (Société Honoraire de Français)
Claire Camden
Elisa Gonzalez
Duyen Millon
Asmitha Pallath
Marley Tarver
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German National Honors Society (Delta Epsilon Phi)
Kaj Grzybicki
Henry Joyce
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National Latin Honor Society
David Ernst
Oliver Stehlik
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Spanish Honors’ Society (Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica) |
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Audrey Atkinson
Gabriella Brukasz
Eli Carder
Andrea Crisp
Ella DeGuzman
Ansh Desai
Jeremy Fung
Adolph Galinski
Nathaly García Fernández
Syed Hasan
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Ayah Jaber
Isabella Jarosz
Elizabeth Martin
Annika Nicol
Anya Patel
Elena Rahman
Alexander Siarny
Mason White
Karen Zaki
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Trilingual Scholar
Omar Aristizabal (4 years Spanish, 3 year-Latin)
While not technically a Trilingual Scholar, we also commend Sami Khalil for taking four years of Spanish and starting Latin as a senior. After less than a year of taking Latin, Sami already scored in the Intermediate range on the Seal of Biliteracy Latin test.
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Congratulations to the Hinsdale South 2023 Prom Court! |
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Amelia Hoch
Ben Simpson
Cinil McCray
Eli Terrell
Grace Koziol
Jada Palmer
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Jaitin Pallath
LaShan Cobb
Tyler Hallman
Makayla Wright
Zach Whitely
Anthony Lavorato
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4th QUARTER
BREAKFAST CLUB
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Student Council Variety Show
$5.00 - tickets available at the door
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Hinsdale South Foundation Presents:
Jeanette Andrews
COME FOR AN EVENING OF MAGIC AND ILLUSION!
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Jeanette Andrews is hailed as one of the most innovative illusionists in the world today and has staged hundreds of sold-out and standing-room-only performances for Fortune 500 companies, theaters and universities - now she is coming to HSHS!
Experience your senses like never before. This is not your average magic performance….
This fundraiser helps support Hinsdale South High School Foundation with student scholarships and grants for the enrichment and enhancement of educational programs and opportunities - which also includes Hall of Fame.
Click on link for info:
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Walk the Walk for Mental Health |
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The Community House is hosting the 17th Annual Walk the Walk for Mental Health on May 21 from 9 a.m. to noon. The event is a 1-mile Color Walk that will celebrate "mental and physical wellness, access to mental health services, and ending the stigma associated with discussing mental health with friends, family and community."
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Come support Deaf Drama on Friday, May 26th at 7:00pm.
“The End of the World” will be presented in ASL and voice interpretation will be provided.
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The Hinsdale South Step team will be hosting a summer camp for all students
including incoming freshmen.
The camp will run from Monday, July 17 to Friday, July 28, 10am to 12pm in the auditorium. If your child is interested in joining the step team next year,
this will be a preview of what the season will bring.
There is a $25 fee required the first day of camp. Use this link to register. Please contact Mrs. Alexander at malexander@hinsdale86.org or at 630-468-4351 with any questions.
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Free Clinic Event for the Community |
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Hinsdale South Booster Club
The Boosters are the not-for-profit parent organization that partners with our administration, faculty, parents, students, and our community to enhance academic excellence and our students' overall high school experience. We contribute our time and resources to supplement and support programs while providing opportunities and activities for the sole benefit of our students. The Booster Club promotes Hornet Spirit, provides student scholarships, support.
Click HERE to be directed to website.
Hinsdale South Foundation
The mission of the Hinsdale South High School Foundation is to provide for the enrichment and enhancement of educational programs and opportunities through the establishment of partnerships with individuals, alumni, community organizations and corporate sponsors dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education.
Hinsdale South Athletic Club
The Hinsdale South Athletic Club is a nonprofit 501c(3) organization made up of a wonderful group of volunteer parents, staff, and alumni trying to make a difference for our school, our athletes and our community.
Our Goal
For Hinsdale South to continue to be a place that all students and all community members are proud to call home. By improving our facilities, we are improving our community. The Athletic Club is working with all coaches and the athletic department to fulfill all requests for improvements of our athletic facilities. We cannot do it without you. Please join the Athletic Club today as our membership drive is the most important fundraiser that we have. Support our athletes, become a volunteer and help us make a difference.
Click HERE to be directed to their website.
Hinsdale South Music Booster Club
The Music Boosters is a volunteer organization that supports all of the Hinsdale South High School music department classes and extracurricular activities, and also supplements the department and its students with financial support. Membership is encouraged to all parents of band, choral and orchestra students but is open to any who want to support the Hinsdale South Music Department.
Click HERE to be directed to their website.
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