Principal Wardle's Weekly Blog 11/04/2016

Friday Focus  -  Elevate Travels to Thomas Middle School

BG students from our new Elevate program traveled to Thomas Middle School last Thursday to discuss making positive choices with the middle school students.  It was a great day to connect with our future Bison and be positive role models to these students. Thanks to all the Elevate students for demonstrating incredible leadership in our community! #OneBG

District 21/214 Orchestra Festival

Buffalo Grove and Wheeling High School Orchestras, together with Cooper Middle School, London Middle School, and Holmes Middle School participated in the District 21/214 Orchestra Festival on Tuesday.

All district 21 orchestra students pictured above spent the day at BGHS rehearsing with guest conductor Frank Lestina in preparation for the evening's performance.

Pictured below, all of the middle school students joined with the BGHS and WHS orchestras to play a rousing rendition of Take Me Out to the Ballgame to end the night.  Guest Conductor Frank Lestina, Sarah (WHS), and BG Orchestra Director, Elizabeth Bennett, lead the audience in singing!

214Ready Blog Visits BG Entrepreneurship Incubator Lab

In the latest 214Ready Blog post, our entrepreneurship program is highlighted and they visit the Buffalo Grove incubator lab where students are building businesses.

Click here to read the D214 Redefining Ready Blog

Students Discuss Harbor Video

Click here to view the latest Harbor Video on kindness that students discussed last week.

The BGPA is selling 2016-17 BGHS Student Directories for $5.00.  They are available for sale in the Main Office.  See Mrs. Jacks if you would like to purchase one.

Upcoming Dates

Date	Event
November 9	Parent Teacher Conferences (rescheduled from November 2nd)
November 10	Orange Late Start - 9:30am
November 11	District 214 Career Night:  Engineering/Industrial Technology/Computers/Business at Wheeling High School 6:00pm
November 17	Blue Late Start - 8:30am
November 23-25	Non-attendance days/Thanksgiving Break
December 1	Blue Late Start - 8:30am
December 8	Blue Late Start - 8:30am
December 15	Blue Late Start - 8:30am
December 16	Early Dismissal at 1:50pm
	Winter Break begins at close of classes
January 3	First day of classes after Winter Break
January 16	Martin Luther King Day - Building Closed
January 18-20	Semester 1 Final Exams

Celebrating Our Success!

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

Date	Time	Event
November 5	6:00pm	Expressions “Cabaret” (Theater box office opens at 5:00pm)
November 17	6:00pm	Girls Basketball Tournament
November 18	10:00am	Girls Basketball Tournament

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 Show Choir's Cabaret Night Nov. 5

The Daily Herald, November 1, 2016

Buffalo Grove High School's Expressions Show Choir, under the direction of Debora Utley, will present its "Cabaret Night" at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5.  The Expressions, an award-winning show choir that has been in existence for over 40 years, is composed of 42 singer/dancers, 16 band members and six crew members. Read Story

New Director Looks For BG Marching Band To Step Up

Journal & Topics Newspapers, October 19, 2016

Along with new Director of Bands Henry Kappler, Buffalo Grove High School should be able to form a competitive marching band and color guard in the next two to three years.  Though the school has had a marching band program since the 1980s, they have not competed for quite some time, according to Kappler. His goal is to build up the band to marching band status, and develop a new color guard program to keep up with standards. Read Story

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Staff Spotlight

1. What is your name?  Tom Cooney

2. What department have you/ do you work in?  I teach in the Math/Science department!  I teach Algebra 1 and Geometry.

3. How long have you been working at BG?  This is my first year teaching at BG and sixth year teaching in District 214.

4. Where did you go to high school? I went to BG!!  Go Bison!

5. What part of working at BG do you find the most rewarding?  I think what I find most rewarding about teaching is when a student struggles with a certain concept and then you see it finally click for them.   

6. What is something unique about you? I have a total of 29 first cousins!

7. What activities or clubs do you coach/ sponsor? I am the assistant coach for Boys Swimming and Boys Water Polo.

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Friday Focus  -  National Merit Breakfast

Our 18 National Merit Commended Scholars and 3 Semifinalists were honored Wednesday morning at the annual National Merit Breakfast.  Each student invited a teacher they felt had a major impact on them while at BGHS.

Congratulations again to our 3 Semifinalists, Colin Groh, Benjamin Justie, and Sarah Smith, and to our 18 Commended Scholars,  Kiarra Akiyoshi, Danielle Allaire, Divya Bhati, Daniel Ferriss, Erika Jaszka, Lauren Komrska,  Yin Kwok, Sarah Levato, Jordan McDonald, Jack Metzger, Edward Moder, Alexander Morain, Andrew Pocklington, Caitlin Roser, Leonard Rule, Linnea Rylander, Maxim Sharipov, Oleksandra Tsibere.

The BGPA is selling 2016-17 BGHS Student Directories for $5.00.  They are available for sale in the Main Office.  See Mrs. Jacks if you would like to purchase one.

Coat Drive Sponsored by the Environmental Club

Each year, children in the Chicagoland area struggle to afford a coat during the winter and this is something that many people in the community have recognized, including us here at Buffalo Grove High School. During the month of November, the Environmental Club at BGHS will be working directly with a nonprofit group, Button and Zipper, to collect coats for individuals who do not have the resources available to purchase them on their own.

BGHS will have TWO boxes where students can drop off coats to be collected and brought to the Button and Zipper drop-off location. The only requirement is that any donated coat needs to be functional. This means that the zippers have to work and their cannot be any rips, tears, or holes in the fabric.

In the coming month, please send your student to school with any extra coats you may have at home. If you have any questions, please contact Michael McPartlin, the Environmental Club sponsor via email at michael.mcpartlin@d214.org.

​For information about Button and Zipper, please visit the link below.

http://buttonandzipper.com/

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Upcoming Dates

Date	Event
October 31	Institute Day - Students not in attendance
November 1	Second quarter begins
	Parent Night - Human Performance Project/Life of an Athlete Program 7:00-9:00pm at Hersey (See information above. Registration required.)
November 2	Parent Teacher Conferences
November 3	Blue Late Start - 8:30am
November 10	Orange Late Start - 9:30am
November 17	Blue Late Start - 8:30am
November 23-25	Non-attendance days/Thanksgiving Break

Celebrating Our Success!

Congratulations to Lidija Babic, Jake Hackl, Henry Johnston, Courtney Lee, and Ishan Patel for being selected to perform with the 2016 Illinois All State Show Choir and Janelle Finton, Chris Pecoraro, and Kayla Cutler for for being selected to perform with the 2016 Illinois All State Show Band at Wheaton North High School last Saturday!

Congratulations to Boys Cross Country runner Arturo Bautista on qualifying for next week's sectional meet!

Congratulations to the Freshman/Sophomore Girls Swimming on their 6th place finish at Conference!

Congratulations to JV Girls Swimming on their 5th place finish at Conference!

Congratulations to our Poms, Football, Cheer, and Band seniors and their parents who celebrated at the football game last Friday!

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

Date	Time	Event
October 29	7:30pm	38th Annual Pops Concert
November 1	7:00pm	District 214 Orchestra Festival

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 students create Skunk Aid kit

The Daily Herald, October 26, 2016

Bella, a 4-year old Goldendoodle owned by the Relias family of Arlington Heights, has a starring role in a new startup company devised by three enterprising Buffalo Grove High School students. It seems Bella has been skunked as many as four times. When Nicole Relias and other members of her group in her entrepreneurship class last year were offering up problems to be solved, she shared Bella's tale of woe. Read Story

Students take turn running Buffalo Grove village government

The Daily Herald, October 25, 2016

When Buffalo Grove Village President Beverly Sussman called Monday night's village board meeting to order, the trustees usually situated around her on the dais were instead seated in the audience.  In their place were Advanced Placement government students from Buffalo Grove and Stevenson high schools, who took up real budget items, debated their merits and ultimately voted to fund a project.  Read Story

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Staff Spotlight

1. What is your name?  Maggie Sheehy

2. What department have you/ do you work in?  CTE Department and I teach Foods 1 at Buffalo Grove and Human Growth and Child Development over at Hersey.

3. How long have you been working at BG?  I’ve been teaching here for about 2 months! ☺︎

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

5. What part of working at BG do you find the most rewarding?   I love watching students grow and step out of their comfort zones.  Especially in Foods class, because they start the semester being so unsure and timid, and by the end of the semester they’re much more confident in their skills. It’s even more rewarding to see them continue on with the Culinary Arts pathway.

6. What is something unique about you? I’m the director of concessions at BG!

7. What activities or clubs do you coach/ sponsor? I am going to sponsor the ProStart students this year and take them to Annual ProStart Invitational. I’m also going to work with the Prospect High School FCCLA club.