F E B R U A R Y 1 0 , 2 0 1 9
|
|
Congratulations to the girls varsity basketball team and the boys varsity swim team for winning their City Championships! Congratulations to all of the athletes, Head Swim Coach Alex George and basketball coaches Corryne Irvin, Valarie Spann, Deryl Carter, Caneka Davis, Gary Lewis, and Hank Hicks!
|
|
We have two grand pianos, and we only use one often. Would there ever be any way for piano students to use the grand usually in the theater for practice? Solely using digital pianos for practice eventually can become detrimental when practicing something like dynamics.
Are you suggesting you will give the school one of the pianos? If so please contact Mr. Soto. If not, please have your child to see Ms. Jeong for use of the piano in the theater.
My daughter commutes from the far north side and got her license in the fall and all parking passes were sold. She has a few friends who drive however they do not use their pass everyday and the lot doesn't ever seem to be full. My daughter has driven a few times and recently received a warning. Is there any way these passes could be shared, or you sell more with the concept that not too many students drive everyday.
We do sell parking passes beyond our capacity. I spoke to Mr. Swanson and he indicated many times the parking lot is filled to capacity. Unfortunately, we will not be selling anymore parking passes.
I’m on this medicine that makes me tremendously tired, so mornings and getting up are brutal for me. I’ve come a couple minutes late to first period a few times due to this instance, and I keep getting detention after detention but I just can’t help it and I don’t know what to do.
Please see Ms. Corryne Irvin, our Director of Diverse Learners. She will confer with our nurse and other professionals to identify a plan of action.
Dr. Kenner is soliciting questions for the Whitney Young Weekly. She will select and answer questions each week. Note: By submitting your question, you agree that the question and answer will be published and sent to the whole school community. Not all questions will be able to be answered/published. Due to the popularity of Kenner's Korner, questions may take at least four weeks to be published. If you have an immediate concern, please contact the Main Office during regular school hours at
(773) 534-7500
.
|
|
Novice, Lowers, and Uppers Certamen teams all took 1st place in the city competition and will advance to state. Victor Barich, Novice, and Billy Blathras, Lowers, were also named MVPs in their respective levels for being the highest scorers city-wide. Congratulations to all of the team members and Ms. Wender!
Pictured (left to right):
Back: Yi Heng Gao, Leith Mascari, Miles Wandless, Wylie Warren-Boulton, Billy Blathras, George Green, Richard Kim
Middle: Aminah Adebayo, Noelani Siharath, Calla Shanbaum, Mary Simonson, Ruth Andrews, Angeliki Vassilatos, Mak Fondren
Front: Henron Ruan, Victor Barich, Teagan Bigger, Charlie Mazzeo, Alex Burr
|
|
Two Students Named 2019 Coca-Cola Scholarship Regional Finalists
|
|
Congratulations to Kanyinsola Anifowoshe and Mercy Oladipo for being named a regional finalist in the 2019 Coca-Cola Scholarship program! They were selected from among 200,000+ applications for their outstanding commitment to both their communities and schools. Regional Finalists will now participate in the next phase of the selection process, a 20-minute interview with the Regional Interview Committee. After these interviews, 150 students will be named Coca-Cola Scholars and receive a $20,000 college scholarship. Good luck!
|
|
Two Students Selected for All-State Hockey Team
|
|
Whitney Young’s own freshman Goalkeeper Maya T. Gonzalez and Junior Defenseman Charlotte M. Lawrence have been selected to the AHAI Ice Hockey Illinois All-State Team. Maya and Charlotte will be participating in the Illinois All-State All-star game on February 11, 2019 at 6:40 pm at the Edge Ice Center located in Bensenville Illinois. Congratulations to both Maya and Charlotte for their accomplishment!
|
|
Our mission is to help the students of Whitney Young and their families get a steady stream of shelf-stable food to help them through food insecurity. If you respond to
this survey, you are self-identifying as food insecure and want to participate in receiving distributions. After you sign up, we will email you details of when, where, and how the food will be distributed.
If you have any questions, comments, or are interested in donating to our cause, please feel free to reach out to our email address:
wyfoodpantry@gmail.com.
|
|
Bracelet Sale in Blue House All Week
|
|
The National Spanish Honor Society is having a bracelet sale to help fund the education expenses of children in Guatemala. The bracelets are hand-made in Guatemala, and they will be available for sale during lunch periods all week in blue house. They are priced at $7 each, and all profits will go directly to under-resourced students in Guatemala. Please stop by!
|
|
World Language Placement Test
|
|
During the month of February, the World Language Department is administering placement tests to students who have previous language experience and may be able to skip a level, e.g. skipping level 1 and enrolling into level 2.
Spanish and Mandarin students, please come during your lunch or instructional period. Seek out the following teachers in the World Language cubicles (3rd floor, across from 305) at the following times:
- Spanish: Carrillo-Salgado (pd 3), Hanafee (pd 4), Ha (pd 5), Gomez (pd 6), Tellez (pd 7)
- Mandarin: Alviso (periods 2, 5, 7), O’Mara (periods 3, 4, 8)
- French, Japanese, and Latin students, please email these language teachers to set up a time for your test:
- French - Mr. Cole jacole@cps.edu
- Japanese - Ms. Turner rturner18@cps.edu
- Latin - Ms. Wender sgoconnor@cps.edu
|
|
Congratulations Jack Kent Cooke Semifinalists
|
|
Five Whitney Young seniors have been named Jack Kent Cooke Semifinalists - the most semifinalists from any Illinois High School!
Congratulations to:
- Kanyinsola Anifowoshe
- Julian Brown
- Ilona Huang
- Gabriel Laniewski
- Raymond Zhen
|
|
Thank you for attending! The slides from our presentation are available
here. Save the date for the Counseling Department's Annual College Fair March 21, 2019.
|
|
Student in National Geographic Photo Contest
|
|
Vote for senior Penelopi Perez in the National Geographic 2019 Photo Contest! The theme is the spirit of exploration and her photo was selected as one of the 30 finalists out of 5,000 applicants. Help her win the People's Choice category by voting for her photo, "Happiness By The Sea" pictured here. You can
vote daily from now through February 15th. Click the link to vote. Thank you!
|
|
Britain Literary Tour June 2020
|
|
Come to Room 309, 3:30pm on Wednesday, February 20th to find out more about this wonderful opportunity to visit many historic and beautiful and literary places in England! Questions? Email Ms. Leki at
ngleki-albano@cps.edu.
|
|
Join the Whitney Young Sailing Team
|
|
Come out and Join the Whitney Young Sailing Team! There is NO experience required, anyone is welcome to join. We had an amazing first season in the fall and look to have another amazing season this spring with some wins of course! We sail out of Columbia Sailing School in Monroe Harbor, downtown Chicago.
The team competes in the Midwest Inter-Scholastic Sailing Association.
Around 100 teams compete in our region from Minnesota, Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky. Regatta’s take place around the midwest and are extremely fun and social, allowing sailors to build lasting friendships!
The fee to sign up for the fall season is $450 and you can sign up by going to
this link.
We practice March 9th-May (TBA)
Varsity: T/W/Th 4 to 6:30
JV: M/F/Sat: 4 to 6:30
Saturdays (if not competing) 9am-4pm
Thank you and hope to see you on the water!
|
|
January 5 U of I College Tour Rescheduled
|
|
The January 5th University Of Illinois College Tour has been rescheduled to January 13th. The itinerary remains the same. Please be sure to turn in your permission slip ASAP to Mrs. Miller- Little.
|
|
Natural Hair Club Presents
|
|
Tangled to Tamed: The Evolution of Black Hair. Natural Hair Club will be hosting a natural hair show on Friday, February 22 at 6:00 pm on the bridge. We will be demonstrating the evolution of hair from the 1960s to the present. Be there!
|
|
A Few Spots Left for Australia &
New Zealand Trip
|
|
|
|
We have a few spots left for our Whitney Young student trip to Australia and New Zealand in June of 2020. Please click on the following link to read the itinerary and sign up.
|
|
Random Acts of Flowers - Valentine's Day Event
|
|
It’s that time of year! Have a special someone in mind or just someone you care about? Random Acts of Flowers will be delivering white roses during long division Wednesday for Valentine’s Day. Make sure to stop by the bridge on Monday and Tuesday during your lunch period to pre-order a white rose with a personalized message. Buy 1 rose for $2 or 3 roses for $4
As usual, all proceeds will be donated to Random Act of Flowers.
|
|
Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers
|
|
Come learn about the possibilities in STEM and
other opportunities: Mentoring, Scholarships, Field Trips.
Tuesday, Feb 12, Room 110, from 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm.
|
|
Availability for Senior Experience Showcase
|
|
Calling all Seniors enrolled in a Senior Experience! If you’re interested in presenting what you have been working on this past semester in a showcase,
click here. This form is for availability, and will be due Friday, Feb 15th. The showcase will be on March 7th.
|
|
Whitney Young All-State Musicians
|
|
Congratulations to the Whitney Young student musicians who were selected and participated in the 2019 ILMEA All-State music groups last week at the Civic Center in Peoria, IL. Whitney Young advanced more student musicians to the state level than ever before. Of 25,000 students who audition from across the state, only 600 are selected to participate in All-State ensembles. The students worked with college conductors over the weekend to prepare and present a concert of challenging repertoire. Listed below are the Whitney Young students and their placement:
Honors All-State Jazz Combo
Devin Shaw, piano
Honors All-State Jazz Ensemble
Miles Hardemon, trumpet
Honors All-State Band
Jonah Blake, trombone
Sarah Craft, clarinet
Natasha Kozintseva, flute
Honors All-State Orchestra
Quinn Greven, trombone
Eldon Bradfield, violin
Marta Kalfas, violin
Samia Kahn, violin
Henry Mitchell, violin
Kayleigh Peng, violin
All-State Orchestra
Ariana Mascari, viola
Honors All-State Choir
Carlos Ramirez, bass
Enrique Vargas, tenor
All-State Choir
Ashley Sung, alto
Jonathan Woo, bass
|
|
|
|
On February 13, come to Whitney Young's first ever Consent Fest on the bridge! Learn about consent, make art, play games, and win free food!
|
|
Monday, February 11
Yearbook Club Photos Begin
Wednesday, February 13
Semester I Report Cards Distributed in Advisory (new date)
Thursday, February 14
Third Thursday Bell Schedule
Monday, February 18
No School - President's Day
Wednesday, February 20
LSC Meeting (3:30pm, Library)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
