Buffalo Grove High School Principal's Blog

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

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.

Looking for More?

Click Here for the 3rd Quarter Parent Newsletter

Click Here for the latest BG announcements on the BGN Quick 10

Click Here for the detailed daily BG Activity/Athletics Calendar

Click Here for the BGHS Website

Click Here for the New Bell Schedule

Click Here for the Blue & Orange Day Calendar

Click Here for the D214 School Calendars

Click Here for BG's student newspaper, The Charger

Click Here for the Unspoken Herd Podcast

Click Here for One Grove Gallery exhibits and information

Click Here for the BGPA Bison Spiritwear online store

Click Here to Join/Support the Buffalo Grove Parent Association

Click Here to Join/Support the Bison Boosters

Click Here to Join/Support the BG Instrumental Association

Click Here to Join/Support the BG Choral Guild

Click Here to Join/Support the Friends of the Orchestra (FOTO)

Friday, February 4, 2022

Principal Wardle's Weekly Blog 02/04/2022

Friday Focus:

Please congratulate junior Audrey Yang who won three awards for two submissions in this year’s Scholastic Art and Writing competition. Audrey won a Gold Key award, which qualifies her for the national competition. This same work of art was nominated for the American Vision award. Audrey's second piece received an honorable mention.

The Bison Impact:

Congratulations to the Scholastic Bowl team on winning the MSL East championship for the 4th consecutive year!
Congratulations to the Bison Coed Cheerleaders, Sectional Champions for the 3rd straight year and qualifiers for State for the 12th straight year!
Congratulations to the Chess team on qualifying for State!
Congratulations to Gymnasts Leah Oyen and Olivia Tangorra! Leah finished 3rd in the all-around with a season high of 35.925 and Olivia in 5th with a 35.2 at the Palatine Regional! Good luck at sectionals!
Good luck to the 52 DECA students competing in the regional competition today!
Congratulations to our Boys Swimming & Diving teammates celebrating Senior Night last week!

Upcoming Dates

Date	Event
February 9	Bison Academy 3:15-5:45 pm in the Library
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

Bison Academy

Wednesday, February 9th

The next Bison Academy will be on Wednesday, February 9th from 3:15-5:45pm in the Library. The Bison Academy is an extra opportunity for students to get support with their academics from our BGHS Staff and student tutors from the National Honors Society. We will have support in a variety of subjects, as well as access to many school resources. Students can also utilize the Bison Academy as a quiet place outside of the school day that allows them to focus and get work done, with or without tutoring.

This is a drop-in service, meaning that even though each session is 2.5 hours long, students can come and go as they see fit; they do not have to come right at the start and do not have to stay until the end. Please visit https://MrLinh.art/BisonAcademy for a 6 minute video explaining the Bison Academy, and https://MrLinh.art/BisonAcademyCalendar for a Google Calendar you can add to your phone or Google account with all the dates for this semester. Questions? Please reach out to Lisa Raucci at lisa.raucci@d214.org or Brian Linhart at brian.linhart@d214.org.

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

AUDITIONS: Monday 2/7 & Tuesday 2/8

Can you ACT? Can you SING? Can you DANCE? You’re the one that we want! We need lots of cast members that have different talents. Auditions are after school on Monday, February 7 and Tuesday, February 8th. Plan to attend both days. Pick up the audition packet in the Choir Room, English Division, or Library or CLICK HERE. Questions? See Ms. Stenzel in A174 or Ms. Wells in A175. Don’t miss the chance to be a part of the spring musical experience!

Staff Spotlight

What is your name? James Kepp

What department have you/do you work in? I'm in the custodial maintenance department.

How long have you been working at BG? I've worked at BG for 19 years.

Where did you go to high school? Streamwood High

What part of working at BG do you find the most rewarding? The compliments from staff and parents when they come into our building and the graduation set up when everything runs smoothly and everyone is happy.

What are you currently reading or listening to, and/or do you have a favorite author or podcast? I'm not reading anything at the moment, too busy with my son’s very busy hockey season and fixing things.

What is something unique about you? I can fix almost anything. My wife calls me MacGyver.

District 214 Foundation Scholarship Portal Now Open

The online portal is NOW OPEN for all District 214 seniors to apply for scholarships through the District 214 Education Foundation. Please join us in encouraging all seniors to visit the Scholarship Portal -- d214.awardspring.com; also accessible at www.214foundation.org/scholarships. The application deadline is Friday, March 4, 2022. Through the gifts of generous donors, the Foundation is offering nearly $90,000 in scholarships. There are specific opportunities for students who:

are pursuing certificates in the trades;
are females pursuing careers in STEM or law;
demonstrate leadership and involvement at specific high schools;
participate in the annual Redefining Ready! competition by posting a 30-second video on Twitter to tell the world how they are college, career, and life-ready beyond a test score.

Awards range from $500 to $8,000. Every scholarship has unique criteria. Some seek high-performing students, while others have no GPA requirement at all. Students will complete a brief profile, which will match them with scholarships for which they are eligible. Once matched, students can apply directly online. A full list of available Foundation scholarships can be found at www.214foundation.org/scholarships. For scholarship questions or general application issues, contact the Foundation at (847) 718-7699 or email foundation@d214.org or brooke.snell@d214.org.