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IDISTRICT 120 ANNUAL UPDATE MAY 2019 THE MESSENGER Dedicated to academic excellence for all learners through the core values of equity, growth, and collaboration. #mundypride SUPERINTENDENT’S MESSAGE DISTRICT TAX HIGHLIGHTS The district’s overall tax rate has % dropped $.29 since its 2014 high rate. That’s about a 10% reduction in rates. MHS’s overall tax rate is = comparable, lower or much lower than most neighboring Lake County HS districts. Over the past five years, an $ average $300,000 home in the MHS district saw an increase in the total average tax (that the district receives) of about $45 per year. As a percentage of the total property tax bill that’s an average of .004% increase per year. Dr. Myers presents Sol Cabachuela ‘04 with a Distinguished Alumni Award Source: MHS Business Office MUNDELEIN HIGH SCHOOL SHARED SERVICES/ “This way, future Board of Education DISTRICT 120 SHARED SUPERINTENDENT members and superintendents will know TO BEGIN JULY 1 what led to the arrangement and what it 2018-2019 BY THE NUMBERS was intended to accomplish,” she said. The shared services model is set to begin Welcome to our on July 1, 2019. With the retirement of According to the Declaration, the two first annual update District 75 Superintendent Andy Henrikson Boards of Education will seek to uphold which we will begin set for June 30, the boards of education and improve public education for the publishing at the from both Mundelein Elementary District community that will survive beyond their close of each school 75 and Mundelein High School District 120 tenure as board members. Specifically, the year. This update will have been working closely together to make Declaration says the two districts will: highlight many of a smooth transition to shared services. the district’s Build trust and move the districts accomplishments For several months, a committee from forward Kevin Myers, PhD and will be our within these two groups has been working Become an effective team with a Superintendent of way of maintaining with an educational consultant, Dr. Dale Districts 75 + 120 common, focused direction transparency and Truding, on a formal outline called the Understand our individual roles and communication with our district residents. “Declaration for a Shared Service Model collective responsibilities for the Superintendent.” The overall theme of this update is Nurture our environment that supports “By the Numbers” so you will notice many positive change “The main purpose for the formal statistics and percentages mentioned Explore additional shared services throughout. By showing our information declaration is to create a historical opportunities as they arise with meaningful numbers, we hope the perspective of the process that took place content will be easy to understand. Even in moving towards this Shared Services/ I am looking forward to being our “Test Your Knowledge” MHS quiz on Shared Superintendent Model,” Truding superintendent for both districts beginning page 11 looks for answers in number format. in July. This is a great opportunity for our explained. two districts to work closely together and will also benefit our other feeder districts, 73, 76 and 79, to provide an excellent, cohesive and consistent education for all Mundelein students from Pre-K to high school seniors. 2 | MUNDELEIN HIGH SCHOOL INCREDIBLE REACTIONS TO BOOK MURALS SHARK TANK “WINNERS” GIVE TIPS TO BUSINESS INCUBATOR STUDENTS Mundelein High School’s Business Incubator students and staff hosted a presentation on March 6, by the inventors of SnapClips, a product they pitched to the entrepreneurs on the TV show, Shark Tank. The viral story on the book murals in the Completed during the Winter Break, murals MHS English hallway received record of the novel covers were installed from floor positive responses on several platforms. to ceiling outside the English classrooms of Coverage of the story took place in the teachers Ryan Buck, Mike Dayton and Mark Daily Herald, New Jersey Family magazine, Landuyt. The book cover reproductions Scary Mommy website, Pop Sugar website, were selected by these teachers as some BBC in London, two European countries of their favorite novels and were of high and countless websites and blogs. interest level for students. The project was Diane Covert, English Department Chair completed by Visual Image Photography and Ron Girard, MHS Public Information (VIP) which cost about $400 per book cover. Officer received countless inquiries What happened after the students came At the end of the presentation, three about the project from teachers and back from school break was incredible. sharks— Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner and administrators from around the country The mural images posted on the MHS social Alex Rodriguez made a combined $150,000 and across the globe. media pages (Facebook and Twitter) quickly offer for 30% equity in the business and amassed a record-breaking amount of SnapClips accepted. positive feedback. Within 48 hours, more The duo, Chief Executive Officer Martin MHS FACEBOOK than 4,000 people had shared the post and Dimitrov and Chief Marketing Officer PAGE STATISTICS early 750 had favorably commented. John Perricone spoke with MHS and Carmel High School Business Incubator 492,084 TOTAL PEOPLE “I was amazed at the responses,” said Ron students in Mundelein’s state-of-the- art Business Incubator Laboratory. The REACHED Girard, MHS public information officer. audience included the associate principal “Many comments were from teachers and for curriculum and the Business Incubator 235,294 ENGAGEMENTS administrators from all over the country (PEOPLE WHO REACTED IN teacher from Round Lake High School. SOME WAY) who wanted to replicate the idea.” The inventors first started their project while in a Business Incubator course at 744 COMMENTS Wheeling High School They spoke about (ALL POSITIVE) As the story went viral, Jason Reynolds, coming up with their initial idea, how they author of one of the novels, All American developed it, and what stages they went 4,267 SHARES Boys, tweeted his pleasant reaction. In (OTHER FRIENDS/WEBSITES) through on their way to Shark Tank. addition, the publisher of two of the books SnapClips, a new design for keeping donated 30 copies of each to the English weights stable during workout sessions, Department. Christopher McDougall, was an instant hit with the Shark Tank another author, was scheduled to visit business investors. In addition, three of the authors of the MHS and speak with students but his flight featured books are making plans to visit was cancelled due to a snowstorm. The event was planned by Rosangela Fiore, MHS and speak with students about their MHS community coordinator and Michelle Most importantly, the teachers said that novels. Simon and Schuster, publisher of Sherwin-Petrucci, Business Incubator the project accomplished exactly what some of the books plans to donate copies instructor. they had hoped—to stir an interest in of their published novels to the English great literature among students. Department library. WWW.D120.ORG | 3 MHS SENIORS 2 SELECTED FOR LAKE COUNTY LEADERSHIP TEAM Two Mundelein High School seniors have been chosen for the 2018-2019 Daily Herald Lake County Leadership Team. Only ten students were chosen from all applicants for the award. Award winners will be part of a Leadership Team story that recently ran in the Daily Herald Neighbor section on March 7. Representing Mundelein High School are seniors Diego Cisneros and Jillian Hoffstadt. Photo Credit: Emma Aculado SIXTY FOUR SENIORS RECOGNIZED 64 AS ILLINOIS STATE SCHOLARS Mundelein High School Principal Anthony Kroll has announced that 64 students from the MHS graduating class of 2019 have been recognized as Illinois State Scholars. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC), the state agency committed to helping to make college accessible and affordable for Illinois families, confers this Diego Cisneros Jillian Hoffstadt recognition to top Illinois high school students annually. This year, more than 21,000 honorees join the other top students who have been honored for their academic achievements since the designation was first introduced in 1958. “We congratulate every student on Illinois State Scholars represent approximately the top ten percent of high school the list because they had to survive a seniors from 757 high schools across the state. Illinois State Scholars are chosen based rigorous weed-out process just to be on a combination of exemplary ACT or SAT test scores and sixth semester class rank. nominated and because their hard “We’re extremely proud of these students for being recognized as Illinois State work, enthusiasm and commitment Scholars and wish them well in their preparations for the next phase of their lives,” are so impressive,” said Renee Trappe, Dr. Anthony Kroll, principal, said. Daily Herald Leadership Team Coordinator. AP COURSES % APPROACHING/EXCEEDING 26 OFFERED 81 SAT STANDARDS “Thank you to the coordinators at Advanced Placement (AP) courses Class of 2019 Mean Scores each school and to the teachers and give students the chance to tackle Top 10% Score = 1393 | Top 15% = 1344 counselors who wrote excellent letters college-level work while at MHS and of recommendation. We can’t do this earn college credit and placement. .5% WILL ATTEND without your enthusiasm for which 85 COLLEGE we are very grateful,” Trappe said. Most of the Class of 2018 graduates will attend a 2- or 4-year college or Source: ECRA Group, Inc. 2019 university. 4 | MUNDELEIN HIGH SCHOOL % TAKE ADVANCED 67 LEVEL COURSES Advanced Placement (AP) courses provide students with college level academic experiences. Students have an opportunity to take an AP exam each spring that assesses their learning in their AP courses. Students who receive a passing score on these exams can earn college credit. Honors courses provide students with rigorous academic experiences that advance their skills and content knowledge in a variety of subject areas. Honors courses are solid preparation for Advanced Placement course work.