Friday, April 14, 2023

Principal Wardle's Weekly Blog 04/14/2023

 Friday Focus:  Students Honored at BOE Meeting

Congrats to our amazing members of Orchesis, DECA, our Multimedia students’ film festival entry, the All-State Cheerleaders and the 2023 NAQT Individual National Champion, Rohan Ganeshan, for being honored at last night’s D214 Board Meeting.  BG is unbelievably proud of all your accomplishments! 



The Bison Impact: 

  • Congratulations to the State qualifying Journalism students Jack Greenspan, Neko Heinrich, & Xavier Lipani, IHSA Sectional 2nd Place for Video News, and Sofia Horwitz, IHSA Sectional 2nd Place for Yearbook Layout: Double Page Spread. They are advancing to State on Saturday, April 21st in Normal, Illinois.

  • Congratulations to our Math Team students heading to State: Jake Capito, Aarav Patel, Josh Rauch, Alex Skiles, Brooke Yang, Ethan Cho, William Cho, Artur Mullagaliyev, Nikolay Sitnikov, Ethan Ting, Priya Adiga, Nicholas Fedchuk, Shruti Mukhopadhyay, Aniketh Subash, Kayle Tse, Aditya Bhati, Rylan Kagan, Katelyn Lee, Lucas Pasdo, and Archi Rawat!  Congratulations to the team and their coaches David Garst and Zach Eccles!

  • Congratulations to the Girls Water Polo team on taking 2nd place at the Palatine Invite last week!

  • Congratulations to the Softball team on their two solid wins over Lake Zurich in their double header last Saturday!

  • Congratulations to JV Boys Volleyball on winning the Hoffman Estates invite last weekend!

  • Congrats to our TED-ED presenters and to Maya Belorusskiy for her vision and dream to bring Ted-Ed to fruition at BGHS!

  • Congratulations to our ProStart students competing in the Great District 214 Culinary Competition last week! Their lemon lavender pound cake was divine!

  • Congratulations Boys Lacrosse on their win over Marion Catholic 18-7 last weekend. Congratulations to Joel Boeche for scoring 7 goals in one game!

  • Congratulations to the Class of 2023 Boys Track & Field members celebrating Senior Night this week!

  • Shout out to Girls Lacrosse for their come-from-behind win over Trinity last night! The Bison started the game down 6-1 and came back for the 11-10 win!




Upcoming Dates

Date

Event

April 27 

Bison Academy 3:00-5:45 pm in the Library

May 6

Prom

May 20 

Bison Academy 3:00-5:45 pm in the Library

May 23 

Senior Day

May 24 

Commencement Exercises

May 25 

Bison Academy 3:00-5:45 pm in the Library

May 29 

Memorial Day - All Buildings Closed

June 2 

End of 4th Quarter/2nd Semester


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CLICK HERE to sign up for the BGHS Dog Walk-a-Thon


New! D214 Summer Experience

Early Bird Discount Ends April 15th

Summer School Information

D214 has a new summer school program, the D214 Summer Experience. Registration for Summer Experience 2023 is open. A how-to video has been created to help families navigate the registration system, WATCH IT HERE. To register, you will need your student’s D214 student ID number, student’s date of birth, household zip code, and the student’s school. The registration system is mobile-friendly, so you can register anywhere with any device. Please check your email for detailed information from the D214 Academic Programs & Pathways Team that will answer many questions you might have. An early bird discount is available through April 15th.


CLICK HERE to access the Summer Experience Registration Portal

CLICK HERE to access the Summer Experience Programs Guidebook

CLICK HERE  to access information on D214’s Summer Athletic Programs


Back Those Bison!

Varsity Home Sports and Fine Arts for the Coming Weeks

Date

Time

Event

April 14 

4:45 pm

Softball vs. Fremd

April 15 

9:00 am

Boys Track & Field Invite

April 17 

4:45 pm

Baseball vs. Hersey

7:00 pm

Boys Lacrosse vs. Prospect

April 18 

4:45 pm

Boys Tennis vs. Barrington

6:00 pm

Boys Volleyball vs. Hersey

6:00 pm

Boys Water Polo vs. Vernon Hills

April 19 

5:45 pm

Boys Water Polo vs. Prospect

6:00 pm

Girls Soccer vs. Conant

6:00 pm

Boys Volleyball vs. Chicago (Amundsen) 

April 20 

4:45 pm

Badminton vs. Palatine

4:45 pm

Boys Tennis vs. Prospect

5:30 pm

Boys Lacrosse vs. Elk Grove

7:00 pm

Spring Musical Side Show  tickets at GoFan.co

April 21 

4:45 pm

Baseball vs. Hoffman Estates

4:45 pm

Softball vs. Prospect

6:00 pm

Girls Soccer vs. Schaumburg

7:00 pm

Spring Musical Side Show  tickets at GoFan.co

April 22 

9:00 am

Boys Tennis Invite

10:30 am

Softball vs. Evanston

11:30 am

Boys Lacrosse vs. Deerfield

7:00 pm

Spring Musical Side Show  tickets at GoFan.co

**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

Softball: Barrington, Buffalo Grove battle through 10 scoreless innings before darkness prevails

The Daily Herald, April 10, 2023

Two of the top batteries in the area had fans charged up for the outcome of Monday's Mid-Suburban League softball opener between the defending West and East divisional champions. MSL champion Barrington, with Princeton recruit Allie Goodwin in the circle and Arizona pledge Emma Kavanagh behind the plate, and host Buffalo Grove, featuring Coastal Carolina commit Kate Ryan pitching with Wisconsin-Whitewater recruit Juliann Jakosalem in the catcher's gear, went 10 innings without scoring a run before being called by darkness. Read Story


NW suburbs girls soccer notes

The Daily Herald, April 10, 2023

KORA KIPLEY WORLD TRAVELER:

Buffalo Grove senior Kora Kipley was named all-state a year ago, after sharing MSL East POY honors along with Natalie Bouzas of Prospect. This season, the Western Kentucky-bound Kipley enjoyed a memorable nine-day trip to London as part of the United States Olympic Development Program under-19 National Team. Read Story


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