Principal Wardle's Weekly Blog 04/15/2016

Friday Focus  -   A great week for the Fine Arts and Athletics

Last night, I saw our spring musical, Sweeney Todd.  I was blown away by the

musical score, the set, the acting, and beautiful voices of this musical.  Here are a few pics from last night.  There are two performances, tonight and Saturday evening at 7:00pm.  Hope you can make it!

Yesterday, we brought in John Underwood and The Life of an Athlete program to BG.  In the morning, 600 student athletes spent 90 minutes with John and learned the best and most recent research on peak human performance.  Areas covered included nutrition, sleep, exercise, human grown hormone, and effects of drugs and alcohol on the brain.  Our coaches spent time with John during the day, and we held a parent session last night. I foresee the information from yesterday having an incredibly positive impact on our athletic program. Thank you Link Together Coalition for their support of this project.  Check out John's website for more information.  

Upcoming Dates

Date	Event
April 19 Testing Day Early Dismissal at 11:50am	Freshmen:  PARCC Testing
	Sophomores:  PSAT 10
	Juniors - ACT
	Seniors - Non-Attendance Day
April 21	Orange Late Start - 9:30am (Except Freshmen - See below)
	Freshman PARCC testing - 7:30am
May 2-13	AP Testing
May 30	Memorial Day - All Buildings Closed
June 3	Junior/Senior Prom
June 5	Commencement Exercises
June 10	Last Day of Classes

Celebrating Our Success!

Congratulations Alex Morain, heading off to the State competition for WYSE (Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering)!

Congratulations to BG’s own Ed Jacobi on being named the “Friends of the Arts” winner.

Congratulations to Jacquelyn Molloy for being recognized by Congressman Bob Dold for completing the 10th District Young Women’s Leadership Academy.

Congratulations to Allie Chessick who pitched her idea at NIU’s Social Impact Summit and won 2nd place and $1,000!

Congratulations to BG Boys’ Volleyball for going undefeated to win the Rolling Meadows tournament!

BGHS Class Board volunteering at Feed My Starving Children.

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

Date	Time	Event
April 15	7:00pm	Spring Musical - Sweeney Todd (tickets online or at the door)
April 16	10:00am	Boys Track & Field Invitational
	11:00am	Boys Baseball Double Header vs. Glenbrook South
	7:00pm	Spring Musical - Sweeney Todd (tickets online or at the door)
April 18	4:30pm	Girls Softball vs. Rolling Meadows
	5:30pm	Boys Water Polo vs. Prospect
	6:00pm	Girls Soccer vs. Prospect
April 19	4:30pm	Badminton vs. Hersey (Senior Night - ceremony at 4:20pm)
	4:30pm	Girls Track & Field vs. Hoffman Estates & Prospect (Senior Night ceremony - 4:00pm)
April 20	4:30pm	Baseball vs. Wheeling
	5:30pm	Girls Water Polo vs. Rolling Meadows
April 21	6:00pm	Boys Volleyball vs. Rolling Meadows
April 22	4:30pm	Badminton vs. Palatine
	4:30pm	Girls Soccer vs. Wheeling
	4:30pm	Girls Softball vs. Wheeling
	4:45pm	Baseball vs. Palatine
	5:30pm	Girls Water Polo vs. Barrington
April 23	9:00am	Boys Tennis Invitational

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 welcomes back healthy Daniel Gerovoy to its lineup

Chicago Tribune, April 13, 2016

Daniel Gerovoy is not all the way back, but he's pleased to be where he is.  The Buffalo Grove gymnast competed in pommel horse and vault on April 8 at the Robert Bohl Invitational at Mundelein. His scores of 6.70 on the pommel horse and 8.50 on the vault were irrelevant.  What mattered was the competition, his first since suffering an injury on March 12 during a dual meet against Niles West. Read Story

District 214 students build house for injured veteran

The Daily Herald, April 11, 2016

Paulie Domian spent Monday measuring, drilling and nailing lumber. He checked blueprints and worked with his team to make sure the exterior wall of the house he was working on came out just right.  Domian isn't a professional contractor. He's a 16-year-old student at Buffalo Grove High School who, with his Geometry in Construction class, is helping build a house for injured Marine veteran Cody Evans.  Read story

NW suburban high school students helping build home for marine

WBBM Newsradio, April 11, 2016

A Marine who lost both legs in Afghanistan is getting a new home, thanks in large part to students from the northwest suburbs. Cody Evans' home will be in Tennessee but many of the parts of the wheelchair accessible project are coming together in District 214 high schools. Read story

Students help build home for wounded veteran

ABC7 Chicago, April 11, 2016

A group of high school students from Buffalo Grove and Rolling Meadows high schools are building walls of a home for a wounded veteran. Some of the students are in a "Geometry of Construction" class. Read story

Baseball: Vaselaney, Buffalo Grove emerge victorious

The Daily Herald, April 11, 2016

Buffalo Grove pitcher Jack Vaselaney couldn't have drawn a tougher assignment. The sophomore was facing two-time defending Mid-Suburban East baseball champion Elk Grove and East player of the year Christian Camacho in the opening game of the MSL season.  Undaunted, Vaselaney outdueled Camacho to help the Bison to a 3-2 victory Monday in Buffalo Grove.  Read Story

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Staff Spotlight

1.What is your name? Dan Caldera

2. What department do you teach in/ what courses do you teach?  World Language/Social Science/ELL Department. I teach US History and World History.

3. How long have you been working at BG? This is my 14th year at Buffalo Grove High School.

4. Where did you go to high school?  Elk Grove High School.

5. What part of working at BG do you find the most rewarding? I really enjoy making connections with students in the classroom and when I coach. When a student tells you that you made a difference in their life it means a lot.

6. What is something unique about you?  My mom and I worked in the same department my first year at BGHS after I graduated from college.  We carpooled and she made my lunch.

7.What activities or clubs do you coach/ sponsor?  I coach boys and girls soccer.

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Friday Focus  -   Reflections on the past week - Leaving a Legacy

In the past 7 days, I have attended two funerals of loved ones of the Buffalo Grove Family.  Each one fulfilling the roles of a mom or a dad, brother or sister, husband or wife. At each event, the memories that are shared are of the times that were spent together.  Holidays, times around the dinner table, sitting on laps and reading, funny things that were said, vacations, personality quirks that made life fun and unique.  

This past week I have been forced to ponder, “How will I be remembered?”,  “What will be said when my time comes?”  It’s a great and sobering dose of reality and reorientation of priorities.  As a principal, I feel reinvigorated to pursue and lead a high school that has a place for all of our students, that truly provides a Hope and Future to all students.  One that gives our students the life skills of analysis, persuasion, deductive reasoning, inquiry, grows emotional intelligence, and develops metacognition.  That grows each student’s belief in themselves and a the difference they can make in this world.  I appreciate going on this journey with each staff member, student, and the families that they represent.  Go Bison!

Reminder - Parents of Student Athletes:

On Thursday, April 14th John Underwood will be returning and spending the day at Buffalo Grove High School with our student athletes, parents, and coaches. You are invited to attend John Underwood’s presentation for parents the evening of Thursday, April 14th from 7 to 8:30PM in the gym - Registration is required

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Booster Scholarship

The Bison Boosters are offering a $1,500 scholarship to one male and one female student athlete.  If you are a senior who competed in a school sponsored sports program during both junior and senior year, you are eligible.  Applications are available at the College and Career Center and are due back to the College and Career Center no later than April 15, 2016.

Upcoming Dates

Date	Event
April 14	Blue Late Start - 8:30am
May 30	Memorial Day - All Buildings Closed
June 3	Junior/Senior Prom
June 5	Commencement Exercises
June 10	Last Day of Classes

Celebrating Our Success!

Girls Track & Field athletes, sophomores Elise Perkins and Nya Carr, and junior Lindsey Prommer represent the first time ever BG Pentathletes.  The ladies competed in the Wheeling Pentathlon (hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump, and 800m events) which was held for the first time last year. Elise took 3rd in shot, and Nya took 5th in high jump and 7th overall.  Congratulations ladies!

This year BGHS Geometry in Construction classes will be building all of the interior and exterior walls for the home being constructed for Cody Evans.  Cody is the recipient of the fundraising efforts through A Soldier's Journey Home. This Monday, April 11th BG will host a Community Build Day to work with our partner, Bosch Tools, on this project.

Congrats to our Boys Gymnastics Senior athletes!

Congrats to our Boys Water Polo Senior athletes!

Congratulations to our Track & Field Senior athletes!

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

Date	Time	Event
April 8	4:30pm	Baseball vs. Notre Dame
	5:30pm	Boys Water Polo Triple Dual vs. McHenry & Mundelein
	6:00pm	Girls Soccer vs. Hoffman Estates
April 9	12:00pm	Girls Track & Field Invitational
April 11	4:45pm	Boys Baseball vs. Elk Grove
	5:30pm	Boys Water Polo vs. Hersey
April 12	4:45pm	Boys Tennis vs. Conant
	6:00pm	Boys Volleyball vs. Wheeling
April 13	4:45pm	Girls Softball vs. Conant
	5:45pm	Girls Water Polo vs. Elk Grove
April 14	4:30pm	Boys Tennis vs. Fremd
	7:00pm	Spring Musical - Sweeney Todd (tickets online or at the door)
April 15	7:00pm	Spring Musical - Sweeney Todd (tickets online or at the door)
April 16	10:00am	Boys Track & Field Invitational
	11:00am	Boys Baseball Double Header vs. Glenbrook South
	7:00pm	Spring Musical - Sweeney Todd (tickets online or at the door)

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 water polo program turning around with new pool

Chicago Tribune, March 31, 2016

Buffalo Grove's pool still has that new-pool feeling.  The school's boys water polo team played without a home venue during the 2014 season, finishing with a 12-19 record. Buffalo Grove's inaugural season in the new pool didn't go well. The Bison compiled a record of 8-22 with a 3-7 mark in the Mid-Suburban East last season.  The Bison are just now recovering from low roster numbers posted two years ago, which affected last season's team.  Read Story

More money for career programs in Northwest suburban high schools

The Daily Herald, April 2, 2016

When Sarah Aljanabi went to her counselor at Buffalo Grove High School during her sophomore year to talk about career options, she thought pharmacy sounded interesting. But she didn't really know what it entailed. "I knew I wanted to be in health care, but I wasn't sure which career would be best for me," Aljanabi said. Read Story

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Staff Spotlight

1.What is your name? Jim Farrell

2. What department do you teach in/ what courses do you teach?  Social Studies/World Language.  I teach Human Geography, Psychology and Econ I.

3. How long have you been working at BG? This is my 8th year at Buffalo Grove and 16th year in D214.

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

5. What part of working at BG do you find the most rewarding?  I really enjoy the challenge of trying to make my class as enjoyable for students as possible, while teaching strong content and life lessons that my students will remember when they leave my classroom.

6. What is something unique about you?  I really love to travel and experience all life has to offer because it is a big world. Life is about the things you do, not the stuff you have. Watching the sunset into the ocean in Cabo San Lucas is something special to see.

7.What activities or clubs do you coach/ sponsor?  I have coached football, boys and girls track, as well as chaperoned the BGHS Europe trip during my 8 years here.