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Learn more about the BG ProStart program and hear from students preparing for culinary careers. Watch the D214 Facebook Live video here
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Celebrating Our Success!
- Congrats to the Coach Abel and the Varsity Boys Soccer team on being the MSL East Division Champions! MSL Cup next Thursday @ Barrington
- Congratulations to our very own Head Varsity Football Coach, Jeff Vlk, named Chicago Bears Coach of the Week!
- VOTE FOR TOM TRIEB, finalist for Chicago Tribune Northwest Athlete of the Month for October! Click here to vote
- Congratulations to Girls Golf on 4th place at IHSA Regional. Congrats to Haeri Lee and Jasmine Yi on 4th place individual medals (both shot 77!)! Good luck in Sectionals Monday!
- Congratulations to the Boys Soccer JV2 team and Coach Dudle for finishing their regular season undefeated!
News from the BGPA
The student directory is now available to all Buffalo Grove Parent Association members using DirectorySpot. It's easy to use and very secure. Not yet a member? Contact debbie.morris@comcast.net.
Upcoming Dates
Date
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Event
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October 9
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Columbus Day - REGULAR SCHOOL DAY/STUDENTS ATTEND
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October 10
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FAFSA Completion Night 6:30-9:00pm (at Wheeling)
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October 12
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Board of Education Meeting 7:00pm (Forest View Educational Center)
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October 13
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End of First Quarter
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October 16
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Institute Day - Students not in attendance
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October 17
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Second Quarter Begins
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October 18
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BGPA Meeting 7:00pm in the Community Room - All are welcome
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Attention Juniors and Seniors and Parents! Representatives from the following schools will be on campus to meet with students next week:
Date
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College Representative Visit Scheduled
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October 9
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3rd Period: Michigan State University
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October 10
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3rd Period: Stevens Institute of Technology
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4th Period: Millikin University
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5th Period: Benedictine University
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6th Period: The Ohio State University
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October 11
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3rd Period: Grinnell College
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4th Period: Luther College
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5th Period: Castleton University
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6th Period: University of Rochester
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October 12
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3rd Period: University of Miami
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4th Period: University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
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5th Period: University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
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6th Period: Carroll University (Wisconsin)
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Back Those Bison - Varsity Home Sports and Fine Arts for the Coming Week
Date
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Time
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Event
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October 6
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4:30pm
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Girls Varsity Tennis Conference Meet
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October 7
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8:00am
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Girls Varsity Tennis Conference Meet
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October 10
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4:00pm
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Fall Play: Peter and the Starcatcher *Gold Card Performance
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6:00pm
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Girls Volleyball vs. Prospect
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October 12
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4:45pm
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Girls Swimming & Diving vs. Elk Grove
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7:00pm
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Fall Play: Peter and the Starcatcher
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October 13
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4:45pm
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Girls Tennis Sectional
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6:00pm
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Fall Play: Peter and the Starcatcher
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7:30pm
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Football vs. Wheeling
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October 14
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9:00am
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Girls Tennis Sectional
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2:00pm
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Fall Play: Peter and the Starcatcher
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7:00pm
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Fall Play: Peter and the Starcatcher
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October 17
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7:00pm
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Fall Choral Concert
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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
Boys soccer:
Eloiza electrifies crowd with game winner for Buffalo Grove
The Daily Herald, September 29, 2017
A goal by Buffalo Grove's Kevin Eloiza two minutes into the second half sank Wheeling and helped settle an intense Mid-Suburban East divisional boys soccer match on Friday afternoon at Grant Blaney Stadium. The 1-0 victory by the Bison (11-4-0, 8-1-0) inspired a raucous home crowd at the final whistle, and the win carried an extra edge as Eloiza's strike earned the home side 3 important points over the Wildcats, who entered the game tied for the East lead with BG at 21 points apiece. Read Story
Buffalo Grove High School students crown classmates with Down syndrome king, queen
Chicago Tribune, October 2, 2017
Chicago Tribune, October 2, 2017
After Buffalo Grove High School student Amanda Ewald witnessed her first homecoming coronation, she was so taken by the experience that she told her mother how she was "going to be queen someday." Her mother, Millie Ewald, recently recalled how she tried to temper her daughter's high aspirations."I remember telling Amanda, 'Being homecoming queen is not just something you do, people have to vote for you,'" Ewald said. During Buffalo Grove High School's most recent homecoming coronation Sept. 22, Amanda, 18, who has Down syndrome, earned her crown. Read Story
Buffalo Grove to stage 'Peter and the Starcatcher'
The Daily Herald, October 3, 2017
Buffalo Grove High School Theater Arts Program presents a new adaptation of the classic "Peter Pan" in its fall play, "Peter and the Starcatcher." This century-old story of how a miserable orphan becomes the "Boy Who Would Not Grow Up" is retold with limitless possibilities of imagination. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12; 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13; 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14; and 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14.
Justin Gold, Carlos Salgado anchor undefeated Buffalo Grove's D-line
Chicago Tribune, October 2, 2017
Senior Justin Gold is playing his third year of varsity football at Buffalo Grove. His teammate, junior Carlos Salgado, is playing in only his second year of organized football. Read Story
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Staff Spotlight
1. What is your name? Philip Tschammer
2. What department have you/do you work in and what do you do? CTE: Technology Education. I teach Graphics, Media Technology and Computer Integrated Manufacturing.
3. How long have you been working at BG? This is my first year teaching at Buffalo Grove High School.
4. Where did you go to high school? I went to Schaumburg High School.
5. What part of working at BG do you find the most rewarding? I really enjoy seeing students' reactions after they have created something or finished a project. They get really excited and take a lot of pride in their projects knowing that it was their ideas and hard work that created them.
6. What is something unique about you? I worked as a Teacher's Assistant at Schaumburg High School teaching Building Trades and Advanced Manufacturing.
7. What activities or clubs do you coach/ sponsor? I am working with the Next Generation of Engineer’s Explorations in Engineering after school program for middle school students and have been helping the Theater Techs prepare for the fall play. I hope to be more involved with all the productions in the future.
