Friday, February 11, 2022

Principal Wardle's Weekly Blog 02/11/22

 Friday Focus:

Congratulations to our DECA students on a successful Regional competition last Friday. The following 34 students placed in Top 3 Overall in their event and are heading to the State competition on March 3rd! 


Principles Events:

Niyati Sharma-3rd Place - Principles of Business Management & Administration

Karanvir Saini-1st Place- Principles of Finance

Ranae Roy-2nd Place - Principles of Hospitality & Tourism

Maxwell Turner-1st Place - Principles of Marketing


Individual Events:

Matthew Allaire-1st Place - Automotive Services Marketing

Lola Geraghty-3rd Place -Business Services Marketing

Devin Roser-1st Place - Business Services Marketing

Katrin Kostanyan-3rd Place -Entrepreneurship Series

Angelica Groszek-1st Place Hotel & Lodging Management

Veronika Manukian-3rd Place Hotel & Lodging Management

Minjin Khuchitbaatar-1st Place - Human Resources Management

Anusha Patel-2nd Place -Human Resources Management

Erin Knauf-1st Place -Quick Service Restaurant Management

Justin Dahl-1st Place -Sports & Entertainment Marketing

Athan Rodrigues-2nd Place - Sports & Entertainment Marketing

Matthew Feder-3rd Place -Sports Entertainment Marketing


Team Events:

Allison Finn & Christine Yuan-1st Place - Buying & Merchandising

Faith Thomas & Olivia Larkowski-2nd Place - Buying & Merchandising

Alan Ilinskiy & Sam Lender-2nd Place -Entrepreneurship

Peter Baker & Daniel Feder-1st Place -Financial Services

Zoyia Khan & Ally Robertson-2nd Place - Hospitality Services

Audrey Kim & Audrey Ro-3rd Place - Marketing Management

Bella Larkowski & Andi Yeverino-1st Place - Marketing Management

Justin Brosnahan & Ryan Stefani-2nd Place -Sports & Entertainment Marketing

Emily Antonetti & Anna Lang-3rd Place -Travel & Tourism


The Bison Impact: 

  • Congratulations to the Coed Varsity Cheerleaders on finishing 5th in State!

  • Congratulations and good luck to the Chess Team competing at State today!

  • Congratulations to Leah McKenna on being named to All Conference!

  • Congratulations to our Bison A Cappella singers for their success at the ICHSA quarterfinals! First place for Minor Renovation, Third place for Gold Standard and individual awards for best vocal performance, choreography and solo!

  • Congratulations to the Varsity Scholastic Bowl team on winning the Winnebago Invitational! Congratulations to JV on finishing 4-4 against varsity competition!

  • Congratulations to Divers placing at the MSL Frosh/Soph Championship last week, Michael Surowaniec (1st), Christian Chernik (3rd) and Victor Tokarev (4th)!

  • Congratulations to the Frosh/Soph Boys Swimmers on their huge time drop in 200 Freestyle Relay to capture 5th at the MSL Conference Championship!

  • Congratulations to Wrestlers sophomore Mallory Matuga and junior Julianna Conroy (2 seed at 19-3!) on qualifying for the Girls Sectional Tournament at Evanston this weekend!

  • Congratulations and Good luck to Wrestler junior David Rodriquez who is competing this weekend at the Boys Sectional Tournament at Barrington.

  • This week we celebrated our Bison athletes who committed to continue their athletic careers at the next level. Congratulations to Emma Borelli on her commitment to play softball at Concordia University of Chicago; Jack Alport on his commitment to play baseball at Beloit College; and football players Trystan Anderson committed to play for Drake University, Johnny Perot for College of DuPage, and Eli Sereshovech for Washington University in St. Louis!

  • Congratulations to our Class of 2022 Competitive Dance teammates celebrating Senior Night this week!

  • Congratulations to the Class of 2022 Coed Cheerleaders celebrating Senior Night this week!

  • Palatine HS and Buffalo Grove HS came together for a great cause this week to support the fight against brain cancer. Thanks to everyone for helping to make the special night possible. If you would like more information, please go to https://lovegoesfurther.org


Upcoming Dates

Date

Event

February 18 

Non-Attendance Day

February 21 

President’s Day - All Buildings Closed

March 11 

End of 3rd Quarter

March 14 

Start of 4th Quarter

March 18 

Spring Break begins at the close of classes

March 28 

Classes resume after Spring Break

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CLICK HERE to complete the form to sign up for the February Focus skills development sessions. 


Staff Spotlight

What is your name? Nick Brow


What department do you work in? I work in the Special Ed department as an Instructional Assistant.


How long have you been working at BG? I just graduated college last May, so this is my first year at BG. I couldn't be happier to be here!


Where did you go to high school? I went to Schaumburg High School and graduated in 2016.


What part of working at BG do you find the most rewarding? The most rewarding part of working here is helping the students grow and succeed. When you can help a student and see that lightbulb in their head turn on - that is the best part about working here. 


What are you currently reading, and/ or do you have a favorite author or podcast? I'm a big basketball junkie. I listen to countless basketball podcasts, including The Lowe Post, Book of Basketball 2.0, and the Bulls Talk Podcast


What is something unique about you? I love roller coasters. A unique goal of mine is to travel the country going to different amusement parks and maybe one day visit every Six Flags and Cedar Fairs park!


What activities or clubs do you coach/ sponsor?  What activities at BG do you follow? Currently, I do not coach any activities, however, I try to keep up to date on all athletics scores and results and am interested in basketball and football. Go Bison!


Back Those Bison!

Varsity Home Sports and Fine Arts for the Coming Week

Date

Time

Event

February 11 

7:30 PM

Boys Basketball vs Prospect

February 12 

9:00 AM

Bowling Sectionals vs Fremd at Arlington Lanes

February 17 

4:45 PM

Boys Track & Field vs Northridge Prep and Round Lake

February 19

10:00 AM

Girls Track & Field vs Mundelein

**Please call our Sports/Weather Hotline at (847) 718-4213 for sports status updates.**

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

 

 

Bison in the News

Palatine, Buffalo Grove hosting Tuesday fundraiser for BrainUp

The Daily Herald, February 9, 2022

The Palatine and Buffalo Grove boys basketball teams will be hosting a fundraiser for the organization BrainUp on Tuesday during their Mid-Suburban League crossover game at BG. BrainUp is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing awareness to brain cancer. BrainUp has a local connection, Kendall Eich, a family friend of BG coach Keith Peterson. Read Story

 

Buffalo Grove downs Hersey to continue recent winning surge

The Daily Herald, February 4, 2022

When the IHSA releases the boys basketball postseason seedings and pairings next week one may want to keep an eye on the Class 4A Barrington sectional complex where four of six Mid-Suburban East squads will be competing. Not one of them was named Rolling Meadows, the current East front-runner, which was sent to Glenbrook South. One of the ones that was however, Buffalo Grove, has begun to put together a string of solid performances as of late, winning its third straight contest and fifth in the last seven as it pulled out a 60-57 victory at archival Hersey Friday night to pull even on the year at 13-13 and 5-4 in the East. Read Story

 

CLICK HERE to purchase Bison Booster Spring Fundraiser tickets

 

BGPA Scholarship Application Now Open

The Buffalo Grove High School Parent Association (“BGPA”) and donor Mrs. Jackie Sell are pleased to award scholarships to recognize the achievement of our students. The completed application (with required signatures) must be received in the BGHS College/Career Center by the end of school on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Click HERE to apply or scan the QR code below.

 

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