March 2012 - Alden-Hebron School District #19

District #19
March 2012
ALDEN-HEBRON
9604 ILLINOIS ST.
HEBRON, IL 60034
www.alden-hebron.org
www.alden-hebron.org
Special Points of
Interest
 Back to 1952
 Book Fair
Show dates for the King and I are
March 9th and 10th. This wonderful
musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein
explores the merging of western culture with the east, when the king of
Siam decides he will “westernize” his
country. With help form Anna, an
English school teacher, he discovers it
is not as easy as he wants it to be. The
high school choir and elementary students have prepared a great show and
can’t wait to share it with you!
 WYSE Competition
 Elementary Cheers
Them On!
 Field of Dreams
Fundraiser
 Help Wanted
Inside this
issue:
Student of the
Month
2
Back to 1952
3
P.T.O. News
4
Guidance
Corner
5
Field of Dreams 6
Calendar
7
Celebrating the 60 Year Anniversary
We here at Alden-Hebron District 19
cordially invite you to the Hometown
Celebration at Alden-Hebron High
School on Sunday March 18, 2012,
celebrating the 60th Anniversary of
the Giants Basketball team winning
the state championship. There will be
a brunch in the Auditorium (original gym)
from 12:30 pm to 2 pm and the Champs of
1952 will be attending. Here is your chance
to ask questions or take pictures with men
who made history by winning a championship that everyone said they couldn’t win.
What an awesome thought.
Students Of the Month
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Kindergarten
(Mrs. Fallon)
Yoselin, Alvarez,
Destany Battaglia,
Lucas Carnalla,
Jared Cunningham,
Isabella Fust,
Daysi Garcia,
Evelyn Heber,
Faith Higgins,
Sonny Milianti,
Haylee Petska,
Hannah Reiter,
Edward Rile-Rosales,
Nick Schroeder,
Adriana Valdez,
Nolan Vanderstappen,
Jessica Webber
(Miss Schultz)
Ethan Abraham,
Angel Benitez,
Yaretzy Botello-Gomez,
Daisy Castaneda,
Katelyn Cossiboon,
Maria Dickfoss,
Danica Graham,
Abby Lagerhausen,
Mya Lenz,
Sami Logsdon,
Emily Nagy,
Braxtin Nellessen,
Rylie Prentice,
Drew Schmidt,
Rayyan Syed,
Daisy Tirador,
Ben Vole,
Jason Weber
A.M. PreK
(Miss Straub)
Devin Abraham,
Christopher Carnalla,
Mia Christensen,
Timmy Fabrycy,
Alex Frederickson,
Neric Garcia,
Ulises Gorostieta,
Kyra Hanneman,
Caden Jensen,
Zach Lillie,
Genna Lagalo,
Maddie Lagalo,
Monica Ramirez,
Malachi Rotter,
Neysa VonBergen,
Isabella Williams
Genna L.: PreK, Evelyn H.: K, Sophia F.: 1st Grade, Thomas W.: 2nd Grade, Karly S.: 3rd Grade,
Maddy V.: 4th Grade, Podrigo B.: 5th Grade
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
(Mrs. Bomkamp)
Brandon Anderson, Stephanie
Garcia, Justin Gritmacker, Jocelyn
Haas,
A.J. Norton,
Andrew
Olson, Kaden Olson, Kyra
Schinske, Anna
Townsend
(Mrs. VanderPal)
Monique Addison,
Ida Baker,
Connor Bates,
Cindy Carbajal,
Tyler Cunningham,
Sara Dickfoss,
Corrine Elswick,
Nick Fabrycy,
Ben Gaddini,
Caden Geils,
Samuel Hanfland,
Peyton Henken,
Ashlynn Jensen,
(Mrs. Thompson)
Felipe Abrego,
Leslie Aguilar,
Emma Briscoe,
Kendra Cashmore,
Sophia Fust,
Fred Haas,
Cadie Hallerud,
Cody Kurcab,
Owen Lalor,
Anais Lopez,
Cody Miller,
John Mollica,
Jacob Olivarez,
Joscelyn Ortiz,
Katie Pedraza,
Ashley Schroeder,
Haylee Schuler,
Abby Wanderer
(Mrs. Furler)
Aubrey Attocchi,
Madison Baldwin,
Logan Bohl,
Jodi Brown,
Anna Dickfoss,
Michael Ellison,
Lisa Elswick,
Angelina Fust,
Noah Higgins,
Mario Milianti,
Jayden Olivarez,
Lukasz Snarski,
Anna Webber,
Julia Wikman,
Fifth Grade
(Mrs. Connor)
John Aberle,
Jareli Aguilar,
Rachel Briscoe,
Rodrigo Benitez,
Zoe Deeringer,
Leigha Erckfritz,
Regan Gaddini,
Taylor Horton,
Lillian Jacobus,
Brad Judson,
Kyle Judson,
(Mrs. Peisert)
Breannah Knoll,
Parker Elswick,
Luke Logsdon,
Sophia Fabian,
Christian Kazy-Garey,
Wade Lein,
Rachael Freitag,
Landon
Logsdon,
Caitie Lindley,
Apryl Hanneman,
(Mrs. Howe)
Angel
Milianti,
Kylee Mathison,
Alex Jensen,
Morgan Baldwin,
Stephen
Schmidt,
Hannah McCarthy,
Danielle Menge,
Travis Bates,
Nehan
Syed,
Madison Mindham,
Alex Nannini,
Austin Geils,
Seth
Townsend,
Rylie Mogan,
Jake Nielsen,
(Mrs. Howe)
Carly Gritmacker, Tomi Mor,
Sandra
Valdez,
Nikolas Rapa,
Braden Banicki,
David Grzeda,
Thomas Webber,
Maggie Morris,
Dominic ReyMelanie
Georgi,
Gabe Hanfland,
Jessica
Wikman
Melanie Nielsen,
nolds, Carly
Rhayn Holicz,
Alex Mercado,
Stephanie Reiter,
Riechers, Megann
(Mrs. Bomkamp)
Zachary McCarthy, Salvador Mercado, Trent Salyers,
Riley-Rosales,
Hailey Abraham,
Rylee Micklevitz, Spencer Ogle,
Jason Skamra,
Vanessa SchroeBen Boettcher,
Caitlin Morris,
Madeline Vole,
der, Braydin Winn, Rhiannon Brummett, Austin Nellessen, Valen VonBergen Justin Strand,
Xander VonBergen,
Robert Woodell
Elsbeth Haylock,
Caroline Norton,
Eden Wanderer,
Gulliver Hernandez, Sarah Reiter,
Hannah Wilson,
Sarai Nevarez,
Karly Strand
Kylee Winter
Jenna Salyers
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Our Book Fair ended on February 17 with a reading strategies
presentation from Judy Smith, Title 1 reading teacher while students
played bingo to win Book Fair prizes. It was a well attended event.
Happy Reading!
Colleen Geils
Elementary Learning Center
The 3rd grade service learning group are
working on creating a 1952 booklet to be distributed at the celebration in March honoring
our 1952 basketball state champions. They
spent time researching how life was back in
1952. They invited Nancy Fike from the
McHenry County Historical Society, Bobette
Von Bergen and Cody LaBaron two locals to
come share their memories of life and the
eventful and amazing Giants winning the
state championship.
Colleen Geils
Elementary Learning Center
WYSE Competition
On Friday February 3rd a group of
high school students competed in
the Division 30 WYSE competition. They took a group of test
that were at the college freshman
level and were placed according
to their scores in those fields.
Many of our scores this year were
competitive with the larger
schools in the area. If you are a
senior next year please consider
joining. The following participated in the competition.
 Alex Arthur- 1st in English/ 2nd in
Biology
 Joseph Baker- 1st in Physics/ 2nd in
English
 Andrew Bohn- 1st in Engineering
Graphics/ 3rd in Biology
 Candace Damato- 1st in Math/
Competed in English
 Taylor Hack- 1st in Biology/ Tied
for 3rd in English
 Ben McKay- 2nd in Engineering
Graphics/ Competed in English
 David Mor- Tied for 3rd in English/
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2nd in Math
 Diana Peters- 3rd in Math/ also
competed in English
 Jacob Walters- 2nd in Physics/ 3rd
in Engineering Graphics
 Lexi Wanderer- Competed in
English/ Competed in Math
Thank you to those who participated
and GOOD JOB!!!!!!!
Mr. Hayunga
P.T.O. News
The Fun Fair/Bake Sale/Lip Sync
were a huge success on February
10th. The evening was filled with
new games, fancy face paintings,
and delicious baked goods. The
evening wrapped up with many
very talented participants in the Lip
Sync. THANK YOU so much for
all those that volunteered to help
with this exciting community
event.
Mr. Z's Fundraiser just wrapped
up. Last year the money earned
went towards automating the libraries within the district. This
year we hope to upgrade some of the
playground equipment, buy picnic
tables for the garden, and purchase
some technology to help create our
very own news channel! Thanks to
everyone that bought or sold items
from Mr. Z's!
The Alden-Hebron Cookbook is currently in press! Look for the cookbook to be out at the beginning of
April. Cookbooks will be sold for
$10. There are lots of delicious recipes
that your families and friends can enjoy!
Once again thanks again for collecting
those Box Tops! This year has
been one of our best! Proceeds
from Box Tops go towards helping
the 5th Graders attend their overnight trip to Atwood Educational
Center as well as art supplies.
Our next meeting will be March
14th at 3:00 p.m. in the elementary
library.
Market Day News
Market Day
I am happy to announce that we
have a new Market Day Committee
to take over the Market Day program at Alden-Hebron. The following people will be sharing the responsibilites of the Market
Day Chair. Please welcome Kim
Egerstaffer, Karen Talbert, and Deb
Reiter. Tim Talbert will also be helping out. In March we will receive
extra profits on desserts. The March
pickup date is March 15th. Orders
are due online at
www.marketday.com on March 12th,
by 11 p.m. If you want to help with
Market Day we can always use vol-
unteers the day of the sale at the
elementary school to unload the
truck. We start at 2 p.m. and are
usually done by 3 pm Thank you
for your continued support.
Mary Ann Johnson
Help Wanted
The after school program is looking for someone to work 5 days a week
from 2:30-6:00. The pay is $8.25 an hour.
If interested please apply on-line at Alden-Hebron.org
under the employment tab.
If you have questions regarding the program,
call Grace Eskridge at 815-648-2442 ext. 120.
Guidance Corner
POST-SECONDARY
EDUCATION
INFORMATION
“GET SET FOR COLLEGE” STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS
On March 5, 2012 – 7pm – I
will be hosting a “Get Set For BLOOD DRIVE:
College bound seniors are enCollege” program. All parents/ Student Council will be hosting
on Wednesday
couraged to get their FAFSA
students are welcome to attend. a Blood Drive
th
–
March
22
.
All
community
forms sent in as soon as possiTESTING
members
are
asked
to come out
ble. You may fill out the appliand
support
our
effort.
Students
All
juniors
will
be
taking
the
cation online at
can
make
appointments
in the
Prairie State Exams on April
www.fafsa.ed.gov. Be sure to
th
th
Guidance
Office.
Community
24 and 25 . The two-day test
have your 2011 taxes comconsists of the ACT (day one) members are asked to call for
pleted in order for completion
appointments please contact
and an ISBE developed Work
to move quickly.
Karen Sommerfeldt at ksomKeys examinations (day two)
Seniors: Don’t forget to notify
[email protected] or
containing math, reading and
universities about your final
science tests. This test is now a 815-648-2442 x227.
college decision. Most schools state mandated graduation rewant to know by May 1st. This quirement, so it is extremely
DANCE:
date may vary depending on
We are having a “SPRING
important that students are in
your selected school.
on Friday –
school for both days of the ex- FLING” dance
th
March
16
–
7:30-10:30pm
in
amination.
ACADEMICS
the
cafeteria.
Guest
Request
Scheduling for the 2012-2013
On Wednesday – March 22nd – Forms are in the Guidance Ofschool year is underway. Once
8:00am – all juniors will be
fice. Completed Guest Request
completed Course Selection
taking a practice ACT exam in Forms are due by Wednesday –
th
Sheets are returned to the Main preparation for the April 24
March 14th. Tickets are $5.00/
Office all parents will have an
and 25th dates.
individual and $8.00/couple.
opportunity to make an appoint- ISAT testing will be adminis- NO song requests will be
ment with me (with their stutaken at the dance. All song
tered to grades 3rd-8th from
dent). Appointments can be
requests can be made on a list
March 5-16. Although each
made through the Main Office.
grade level will be administer- in the Guidance Office by
I am making myself available
ing the tests on their own
Wednesday – March 14th.
three days per week from 2:45- schedule, students should be
6:00pm. If you are not interwell rested and prepared for
WALK-A-THON:
ested in a parent/student meettesting.
We are in the planning stages of
ing, I will be meeting individua 5-mile Walk-A-Thon schedally with your student during
uled for Saturday – April 21,
Karen Sommerfeldt
the school day.
2012 / ‘rain date’ of Saturday –
Guidance Counselor
April 28, 2012. All proceeds
made from the Walk-A-Thon
Board Members
will be donated to the “MakeAndy Madsen: President
A-Wish” Foundation. The same
February 21, 2012
815-668-8865
day we are sponsoring a BBQ
 Hired the following persons for
on the school grounds. More
Chris Olson: Vice President
spring coaching positions:
details will be available in the
815-648-2382
 Becki Brick as HS Girls Track
April 19 News. We need many
Coach
Jeff Helland: 815-648-4265
volunteers for this event. If you
are interested in donating your
Johnny Eskridge: 815-648-2624  Adam Burneister as HS Boys
Track Coach
time or any items we need,
Sue Walters: 815-648-2726
 Jerry Lagerhausen as HS Girls
please contact Karen SommerSoftball Coach
feldt at ksommerfeldt@aldenKen Winkleman: 815-648-2070
 Marty Hammond as HS Girls Soft- hebron.org or 815-648-2442
Jenny Linneman: 815-648-2027
ball Assistant Coach
x227.
Dr. Debbie Ehlenburg:
 Brian Engelbrecht as HS Boys
815-648-2442 ext. 223
Baseball Head Coach
 Rob Ogle as HS Boys Baseball
February 7, 2012
Assistant Coach
 Accepted the Resignation of
 Katie Ehlenburg as MS Girls Track
Samantha Helland as A.S.K.
Coach
Assistant
 Marnie Lalor as MS Boys Track
Board Briefs
This is a brief summary
of the Board Meetings
held in February. Details
of the minutes of each of
these meetings are available through the district
office.
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Calling all Softball & Baseball
The Hebron Field of Dreams Board is hosting a fundraiser at Crandalls Restaurant
on Monday, April 23 from 4:00 to 8:00pm.
Tickets will be $12.00 in advance or $15.00 at the door,
(carry-outs will be available.)
Our goal is to build the second softball/baseball field in the original
Kennedy Homes subdivision. Currently, the Alden-Hebron community and High School are using
the fields at the Elementary School, and as our community grows more and more games are being
scheduled to be played on our fields. This causes problems because there are too few fields for
the many games scheduled. The first field the board started will be ready for this years season
and with your help the second field can get started.
Mark the date on your calendar and come and enjoy a wonderful meal
either at Crandalls or at home with carry-out and help The Hebron Field of Dreams Board
Make this dream come true.
Tickets can be purchased at the door or from the following:
Jim Judson: 815-648-2233
Bobette VonBergen: 815-648-2783
Vicki & Mike Nielsen: 815-648-4939
Maggie & Jim Taylor: 815-648-2163
The Elementary Student Council sponsored
a cheering section for home basketball
games. They choose 3 games to attend, they
made signs with bold colors and saying like
“Go Giants”, and promoted the cheering
night so all the Giant fans could join them
in cheering the team to victory. Then came
to the event and cheered on our Giants!
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March 2012
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
1
4
5
6
7
Fri
2
3
MSGB (A)
MSGB (A)
Chicken Soup &
Sandwich
Cheeseburger
8
9
10
HSTR B&G
MSGB (A)
School Board
Meeting 7:00
Corn Dog
11
12
Chicken Patty
18
19
Chicken Nuggets
Pizza
Taco
13
14
15
Market Day
P.T.O. Meeting
3:30-4:30
3:00
Chicken Soup &
Sandwich
20
HSBB (A)
HSSB (A)
Hot Dog
25
26
HSBB (A)
School Board
Meeting 7:00
Mostacciolli
Pizza
21
HSTR B&G
Chicken Nuggets
Pizza
27
28
HSBB (A)
HSSB (H)
22
Chicken Ala
King
29
Cheeseburger
16
17
Cheeseburger
23
HSBB (H)
HSSB (A)
Sat
24
HSBB (H)
Cheeseburger
30
HSSB (A)
HSBB (A)
31
HSSB (A)
SPRING BREAK
26-30
Schedule of Events
 March 6: School Board Meeting 7:00
 Changes to calendar may happen due to
cancellations and additions. Please check the
web-site for updates.
 March 9 & 10: “The King and I” 7:00
 March 14: P.T.O. Meeting 3:00
 March 15: Market Day Pick-up: 3:00-4:30
 March School Board Meeting 7:00
 March 26 to 30 Spring Break
HSTR: HIGH SCHOOL TRACK ( ALL AWAY)
District #19 Special
Education Child Find
If you have any special
education concerns, please Contact
Janet Fredriksen at:
815-648-2442,ext. 412
[email protected]
HSBB: HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASEBALL
HSSB: HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
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9604 ILLINOIS ST.
HEBRON, IL 60034-9799
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