Principal Wardle's Weekly Blog 01/29/2016

Friday Focus  -  District 214 BattleBots Competition!  

This coming week, on Friday, Feb. 5th and Saturday, Feb. 6th at Rolling Meadow High School, District 214 will be hosting its Annual BattleBots competition!  

This is a great event for our robotics club students at BGHS to show off their designs in a winner takes all format!  There are over 100 battles, and it is entirely student led and controlled.  Hope you are able to make it out this year, and might even consider this club in the years to come.  

Upcoming Dates

Date	Event
January 20-22	Final Exams, First Semester Ends on January 22
January 25	Institute Day - NO SCHOOL
February 2	FAFSA Completion Night at Wheeling High School 6:30-9:00 PM
February 4	Late Start Blue Thursday - 8:30AM
February 8	Class of 2017 College Planning Night Program at BGHS 7:00-9:00 PM
	AP Exam Registration Begins (open through March 1, 2016)
February 15	Presidents’ Day - NO SCHOOL
February 18	Late Start Blue Thursday - 8:30AM
March 18	Spring Break Begins at Close of Classes, 1:50pm Dismissal
March 28	First Day of Classes after Spring Break

Celebrating Our Success!

Congratulations to JV Girls Bowling for coming in first at the invite on Tuesday.  The girls are looking forward to conference!

Congratulations to sophomores Matthew Hart and Matthew D’Ugo for placing 3rd and 4th at the JV Wrestling Conference on Saturday.

Congratulations to Jacob Hackl, heading to IMEA All State Festival Honors Choir!

Congratulations to John Toriumi, Jake Greenberg, and Sam Haro, place winners in the Batavia Wrestling Tournament.

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

Date	Time	Event
January 29	4:30pm	Boys Varsity Swimming & Diving vs. Hersey
	7:30pm	Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Rolling Meadows
	7:00pm	Variety Show
February 2	6:00pm	Boys Varsity Basketball vs. Maine West
February 5	7:30pm	Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Wheeling

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 savors big finish in MSL East finale vs. Hersey

The Daily Herald, January 23, 2016

Buffalo Grove ended its regular season on a high note with a resounding 48-22 win over shorthanded Hersey on Friday night in the final Mid-Suburban East wrestling dual for both clubs.

Read Story

Buffalo Grove's Stejskal earns Daily Herald MVP honors

The Daily Herald, January 21, 2016

Buffalo Grove senior guard Sammy Stejskal has earned Daily Herald MVP honors for her recent girls basketball performances.

Read Story

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Staff Spotlight

1.  What is your name?  Binh Huynh

2.  What department have you/do you work in? I teach in the Math/Science Department.  This year, I'm teaching Advanced Placement Calculus AB, Accelerated Honors Pre-Calculus, and Accelerated Honors Geometry.

3.  How long have you been working at BGHS?   This is my 17th year at BGHS!

4.  Where did you go to high school?  I'm a graduate of the Knights of Prospect High School.

5.  What part of working at BG do you find the most rewarding?  The most rewarding part of teaching is building the relationship with students and working with them to help them be better students, problem solvers, and individuals.  While teaching math, I have the opportunity to challenge students to see them grow in their own independent learning and through their hard work.  

6.  What is something unique about you?  I am a first-generation Asian-American, having immigrated from Vietnam when I was 5 years old.  In my free time, I enjoy working out and continue to practice on becoming a yoginist...hot yoga!  Namaste...

7.  What activities or clubs to do you coach/sponsor?   I no longer coach after having been a Math Team coach during my first 15 years, and the boys track sprint coach for six years (for both BG and Prospect).  But I am always working the clock for the boys and girls basketball games, and enjoy supporting the Bisons at the various sports, activities, and performances.

Principal Wardle's Weekly Blog 1/22/2016

Friday Focus  -  The Harbor TV

On January 5th, we launched the first installment of a series of school culture videos and follow-up discussions in every classroom, with every student.  The following was read to all students, followed by the first video installment, which is also posted below for you to see.  As we continue this semester, I will link the new videos in this blog, with the hopes that follow-up conversations can continue at home.  We are truly partners in this endeavor to create a positive school culture for all students at Buffalo Grove.  

This morning marks a significant time in the life of our school.  This morning we begin . . . The Harbor.  Many of your fellow students have brought this program to the attention of the administration and staff at Buffalo Grove High School, and today, we are excited to bring this to the entire student body as the first of several installments this semester.  

The goal of The Harbor is simple: to create an environment here at Buffalo Grove that advocates for and fosters an environment where each and every student will feel safe, will understand their significance in the life of our school, and provide strength to stand up for fellow students at your school when their significance and safety are at risk.  These three, . . . a safe environment, a place for significance, and strength as a family, . . . are the foundation of a school environment that we all desire to be a part of.  It is what can define us as we pursue a collective OneBG.  

This can and will happen with your help and support.  As you watch these videos, and discuss them within the environment of a classroom and teacher that you are familiar with, I hope you will embrace these messages as a way to begin a BG that is known for acceptance, empathy, and support for each ONE that is a part of our school family.  

And now your teacher will show you the first video entitled "Judgement", followed by a class discussion about the topic. Enjoy Harbor TV.  Let’s use this opportunity to make a difference in our school.  

The Harbor - Judgement Video

Upcoming Dates

Date	Event
January 20-22	Final Exams, First Semester Ends on January 22
January 25	Institute Day - NO SCHOOL
February 15	Presidents’ Day - NO SCHOOL
March 18	Spring Break Begins at Close of Classes, 1:50pm Dismissal
March 28	First Day of Classes after Spring Break

Celebrating Our Success!

Congratulations to BG alum, Selena Groh, on being recognized by CollegeBoard for her outstanding achievement on the 2015 AP Microeconomics exam.  Selena is one of only 54 students in the world to earn every point possible on the AP Microeconomics exam, receiving a maximum score on each section of the exam.

Congratulations to BG Coach Dave Sczepanski on being inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches’ Association Hall of Fame as a “Friend of Basketball”.  Coach Zepo has coached boys basketball at BG for 29 years.

Congratulations to the Expressions for being named Grand Champions along with Best Band and Vocals at the Kansas City Show Choir Competition!

Buffalo Grove's Varsity Girls Basketball team won its fifth game in four days and won the championship of the Martin Luther King tournament at Lake Forest High School on Monday.

Congrats to Varsity Girls Gymnasts, Diandra Duenser and Isabelle Samson! Vault Medalists at the Prospect Invite!

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

Date	Time	Event
January 22	6:00pm	Boys Varsity Wrestling vs. Hersey
January 23	8:00am	Boys Varsity Swimming & Diving Invitational vs. Cary Grove
	6:00pm	Boys Varsity Basketball vs. Elk Grove
January 26	7:30pm	Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Elk Grove
January 28	7:00pm	Variety Show
January 29	4:30pm	Boys Varsity Swimming & Diving vs. Hersey
	7:30pm	Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Rolling Meadows
	7:30pm	Variety Show

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 High School's Hospitality Program Earns National Acclaim

The Daily Herald, January 15, 2016

Buffalo Grove High School's Hospitality Program has been recognized as one of the best in the country. The program has been named to the 2016 Elite 50, an annual selection of the top 50 secondary school hospitality programs in the nation by the National Center for Hospitality Studies. Read Story

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Staff Spotlight

Christine Lindbloom enjoys a light moment with her
student before the final exam

1.  What is your name?   Christine Lindbloom.

2.  What department have you/do you work in? I teach in the Math/Science Department.  This year I teach Honors Advanced Algebra and Honors Geometry.

3.  How long have you been working at BGHS?   This year is my 17th year at BG.

4.  Where did you go to high school?  I went to Fremd High School in Palatine.

5.  What part of working at BG do you find the most rewarding? There are really two parts of teaching at BG that I find most rewarding.  The first is watching my students obtain success when they work hard for it.  Secondly, I find it very rewarding to know how much I have learned and grown from working with my students and colleagues.   

6.  What is something unique about you? I am a survivor!!!  

7.  What activities or clubs to do you coach/sponsor?  Currently I am not a coach/sponsor, but I enjoy supporting all the great teams and clubs here at BG.