Friday, October 28, 2016

Principal Wardle's Weekly Blog 10/28/2016



Friday Focus  -  National Merit Breakfast

Our 18 National Merit Commended Scholars and 3 Semifinalists were honored Wednesday morning at the annual National Merit Breakfast.  Each student invited a teacher they felt had a major impact on them while at BGHS.

Congratulations again to our 3 Semifinalists, Colin Groh, Benjamin Justie, and Sarah Smith, and to our 18 Commended Scholars,  Kiarra Akiyoshi, Danielle Allaire, Divya Bhati, Daniel Ferriss, Erika Jaszka, Lauren Komrska,  Yin Kwok, Sarah Levato, Jordan McDonald, Jack Metzger, Edward Moder, Alexander Morain, Andrew Pocklington, Caitlin Roser, Leonard Rule, Linnea Rylander, Maxim Sharipov, Oleksandra Tsibere.
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The BGPA is selling 2016-17 BGHS Student Directories for $5.00.  They are available for sale in the Main Office.  See Mrs. Jacks if you would like to purchase one.

Coat Drive Sponsored by the Environmental Club
Each year, children in the Chicagoland area struggle to afford a coat during the winter and this is something that many people in the community have recognized, including us here at Buffalo Grove High School. During the month of November, the Environmental Club at BGHS will be working directly with a nonprofit group, Button and Zipper, to collect coats for individuals who do not have the resources available to purchase them on their own.

BGHS will have TWO boxes where students can drop off coats to be collected and brought to the Button and Zipper drop-off location. The only requirement is that any donated coat needs to be functional. This means that the zippers have to work and their cannot be any rips, tears, or holes in the fabric.

In the coming month, please send your student to school with any extra coats you may have at home. If you have any questions, please contact Michael McPartlin, the Environmental Club sponsor via email at michael.mcpartlin@d214.org.

​For information about Button and Zipper, please visit the link below.


Upcoming Dates

Date
Event
October 31
Institute Day - Students not in attendance
November 1
Second quarter begins
Parent Night - Human Performance Project/Life of an Athlete Program
7:00-9:00pm at Hersey (See information above. Registration required.)
November 2
Parent Teacher Conferences
November 3
Blue Late Start - 8:30am
November 10
Orange Late Start - 9:30am
November 17
Blue Late Start - 8:30am
November 23-25
Non-attendance days/Thanksgiving Break


Celebrating Our Success!
Congratulations to Lidija Babic, Jake Hackl, Henry Johnston, Courtney Lee, and Ishan Patel for being selected to perform with the 2016 Illinois All State Show Choir and Janelle Finton, Chris Pecoraro, and Kayla Cutler for for being selected to perform with the 2016 Illinois All State Show Band at Wheaton North High School last Saturday!

Congratulations to Boys Cross Country runner Arturo Bautista on qualifying for next week's sectional meet!

Congratulations to the Freshman/Sophomore Girls Swimming on their 6th place finish at Conference!

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Congratulations to JV Girls Swimming on their 5th place finish at Conference!

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Congratulations to our Poms, Football, Cheer, and Band seniors and their parents who celebrated at the football game last Friday!
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Back Those Bison - Varsity Home Sports and Fine Arts for the Coming Week

Date
Time
Event
October 29
7:30pm
38th Annual Pops Concert
November 1
7:00pm
District 214 Orchestra Festival

For underlevel and away sporting events and the most current information for BGHS activities, please go to: Buffalo Grove High School Comprehensive Calendar


BGHS in the News

Buffalo Grove students create Skunk Aid kit
The Daily Herald, October 26, 2016

Bella, a 4-year old Goldendoodle owned by the Relias family of Arlington Heights, has a starring role in a new startup company devised by three enterprising Buffalo Grove High School students. It seems Bella has been skunked as many as four times. When Nicole Relias and other members of her group in her entrepreneurship class last year were offering up problems to be solved, she shared Bella's tale of woe. Read Story


Students take turn running Buffalo Grove village government
The Daily Herald, October 25, 2016

When Buffalo Grove Village President Beverly Sussman called Monday night's village board meeting to order, the trustees usually situated around her on the dais were instead seated in the audience.  In their place were Advanced Placement government students from Buffalo Grove and Stevenson high schools, who took up real budget items, debated their merits and ultimately voted to fund a project.  Read Story



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Staff Spotlight

1. What is your name?  Maggie Sheehy
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2. What department have you/ do you work in?  CTE Department and I teach Foods 1 at Buffalo Grove and Human Growth and Child Development over at Hersey.

3. How long have you been working at BG?  I’ve been teaching here for about 2 months! ☺︎

4. Where did you go to high school?  I went to Prospect High School.

5. What part of working at BG do you find the most rewarding?   I love watching students grow and step out of their comfort zones.  Especially in Foods class, because they start the semester being so unsure and timid, and by the end of the semester they’re much more confident in their skills. It’s even more rewarding to see them continue on with the Culinary Arts pathway.

6. What is something unique about you? I’m the director of concessions at BG!

7. What activities or clubs do you coach/ sponsor? I am going to sponsor the ProStart students this year and take them to Annual ProStart Invitational. I’m also going to work with the Prospect High School FCCLA club.

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Principal Wardle's Weekly Blog 10/18/2016



Friday Focus  -   BGHS Multicultural Show

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On October 14th students from Buffalo Grove High School organized our annual Multicultural Show.  There were dances and songs from different parts of India, Ukraine, Greece, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Korea, Bulgaria, Mexico, Philippines, Uganda, and Sudan.  We also had Free Flow performing an American modern dance, and a Ukrainian Couple dancing the Ballroom dances.  Students invited a Turkish artist to showcase the Turkish Art, called -  “Marble Painting.”  The show ended with a Fashion Show, and the “Imagine” song by John Lennon sang by all participants showing the unity and understanding of different cultures.  It was a great celebration of the diversity of our student body!  


Upcoming Dates

John Underwood is coming back to our community! John, founder of the Human Performance Project and Life of an Athlete program, will be joined by veteran Navy SEAL, Jason, who is an Applied Performance Sciences expert. Together they will be presenting to staff and students across the district on how sleep, nutrition, substance use, blue light, motivation, and accountability impact a student's body and ability to perform at their best.Nov. 1 JU Parent Night Flyer.jpg

November 1st is your time to hear this message as John Hersey High School hosts a district wide parent presentation by John and Jason from 7-9pm. Come learn more about this new Human Performance Project being initiated throughout our community.

See the attached flyer for more details or register here.


Date
Event
October 25
D214 Career Night (Health & Natural Resources)- at Hersey 6:00-8:30pm
October 27
Blue Late Start - 8:30am
October 31
Institute Day - Students not in attendance
November 1
Second quarter begins
Parent Night - Human Performance Project/Life of an Athlete Program
7:00-9:00pm at Hersey (See information above. Registration required.)
November 2
Parent Teacher Conferences
November 3
Blue Late Start - 8:30am
November 10
Orange Late Start - 9:30am
November 17
Blue Late Start - 8:30am
November 23-25
Non-attendance days/Thanksgiving Break


Celebrating Our Success!
Congratulations to both the JV1 and JV2 Boys Soccer teams on earning the title of MSLConference Champions!JV2.jpg



Congratulations to Boys Cross Country runners on their 7th place MSL finish, with Mitchell Guittar placing 15th overall!

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Congratulations to our Varsity Football team on their dominating win 42-12 over Elk Grove last Friday!

Back Those Bison - Varsity Home Sports and Fine Arts for the Coming Week


Date
Time
Event
October 21
7:30pm
Varsity Football vs. Rolling Meadows
October 24
6:00pm
Girls Volleyball Regional vs. Wauconda
October 25
5:30pm
Girls Volleyball Regional - TBA
October 27
6:00pm
Girls Volleyball Regional - TBA
October 29
7:30pm
38th Annual Pops Concert
November 1
7:00pm
District 214 Orchestra Festival

For underlevel and away sporting events and the most current information for BGHS activities, please go to: Buffalo Grove High School Comprehensive Calendar


BGHS in the News

Girls volleyball: BG fights off Conant for three-set comeback win
The Daily Herald, October 19, 2016
Buffalo Grove and Conant's girls volleyball teams started out Tuesday's third set tied on every point from four to 14.  Tight sets have not exactly been easy for the Bison to win."We've been fighting it a bit mentally when things have been close," said Bison coach Matt Priban.  Read Story

Trieb's terrific as Buffalo Grove wins at Elk Grove
The Daily Herald, October 14, 2016
The Hail Mary catch at the end of the first half wasn't a new experience for Buffalo Grove's Jimmy Trieb, but returning a blocked punt for a touchdown was.
And his 5 total TDs, that was also something unprecedented for the senior and led the Bison to a 42-12 victory at Mid-Suburban East opponent Elk Grove on Friday night.  Read Story

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Staff Spotlight
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1. What is your name?  Kelly Martin

2. What department have you/ do you work in?  I am the College and Career Assistant & Registrar in Student Services.

3. How long have you been working at BG?  Since July, 2016

4. Where did you go to high school?  A&M Consolidated High School in College Station, Tx (approx. same size as BGHS) and Wesclin High School in Trenton, IL, where I graduated in a class of 117 students.

5. What part of working at BG do you find the most rewarding?   Working with students on their post-high school plans.

6. What is something unique about you? I was raised in a military family attending, seven different elementary schools, two junior high schools and two high schools.  I have moved 15 times living in a total of 8 states.   I am comfortable being the “new kid” and am pretty adaptable.  In my role as Registrar, I have a soft spot for transfer students!

7. What activities or clubs do you coach/ sponsor? Currently, I am digging into my new roles, and hope to increase my involvement in co-curricular activities in the future.  Basketball, soccer and the fine arts are areas of interest for me.