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Students and Parents: PLC Friday schedule. The next PLC Day is Fri., March 12. First period classes will not meet on the 12th.

H-F Parents, Community Members & Students: we have created an e-mail service that allows you to receive H-F updates and news more often! To sign up for this free e-mail subscription and to learn more, follow the link.

Students and parents: a FAFSA completion workshop is scheduled for March 12. For more information, contact Mrs. Fleming in Guidance.

Information from March 3's ADHD Overview for Parents II by Alicia Brandon-Landmark College

Driver Education Summer School Registration begins March 23 at 3 p.m.

The HFPA will hold another meeting on April 7 at 6 p.m. in the TLC. All are invited to attend!

The HFPA invites students, parents and community members to attend this year's book discussion on April 14: "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch.

The H-F Friends of the Library Advisory Board is pleased to announce this year’s Senior Scholarship Essay Contest. The deadline for entries is April 19.

The Little Viking Pre School program will run from Feb. 8 to May 28. Sessions are 1:20-2:45 p.m. Mondays and Fridays, 8:45-9:45 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 8:45-11:10 Wednesdays.

H1N1 Vaccine Information:
Letter to Parents
Brochure
Brochure-Spanish
Vaccine Info. Sheet

Parents: Click here to find more information about the knowledge and skills students need to meet or exceed PSAE standards. See "ACT College Readiness Standards."

If you are an H-F student in need of tutoring, please check the schedule of times and subjects tutoring is available. Students: please enter through 23G building. We are here to help!

New students must call 335-5594 to make an appointment to enroll.

H-F's 50th Anniversary Celebration plans are underway. Please go to the H-F 50th Anniversary webpage for information on upcoming events, alumni and more!

The outdoor track is open year 'round-weather permitting. The indoor track hours are 6-7 a.m. Mon.-Fri. and 6-9 p.m. Mon.-Fri. when school is in session. No dogs are allowed in this facility. Please, no food, gum, sunflower seeds or ball playing on the track.

The 2009 School Report Card is now available.

Free and reduced lunch info. is here. (12/31)

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Recent Highlights

 
   

       Dean Craig Fantin was recently inducted into the Hammond High School Sports Hall of Fame. Congratulations!

      Congratulations to State Champion DECA! 12 H-F students qualified for the International Competition that will be held in April. The students are: the defending International champion DECA Quiz Bowl team of Sam Applebaum, Steve Buchko, Ben Dreyfuss (also placed 1st overall in Virtual Business Challenge, Team 2) and Tim Weber (also placed 1st overall in Virtual Business Challenge Team 1); Jake Karmel and Matt Yonover-1st overall in Virtual Business Challenge on Teams 1 and 2, respectively; P.J. Grund and Dylan Spratt-3rd overall in Buying and Merchandising Management; Matt Christmas-3rd overall in Sports & Entertainment Marketing; and Taylor Redick and Chanel Walker-3rd overall in Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making.
                         

      23 art students were chosen to exhibit their artwork in the annual Prairie State High School Art Show. The awards and recognitions ceremony took place on March 10. A total of 11 awards were given, and H-F students collected seven. The following H-F students were recognized for their talents: Monika Kasowska-Best of Drawing, Donald Larrieu - Best of Electronic Media, Ashley Armstrong - Best of Photography, Kailah Armand - Merit Award, Angela Arrivo - Merit Award, Maya Holst - Merit Award, Sarah Lichtenberg - Merit Award. Congratulations!

     EDDA was recently named a finalist for a Pacemaker Award given by the National Scholastic Press Association. Winners will be announced in April. Congratulations!

     Congratulations to Samantha Ehlebracht for taking first place and Marlena Rossi for being an awards finalist at this year's Midwest Creative Architecture Competition in the Interior Design Expression Contemporary House division. Both students are in the special projects drafting class and worked for several months on their designs.

     Congratulations to the Varsity Scholastic Bowl team that won the IHSA Regional on March 8! The team was led by senior Manny Morone and junior Pete Weber, and defeated Providence Catholic 200-194 in the finals, winning the match on the final question answered by Nick Connolly. The team moves on to Sectionals on Saturday at Bradley-Bourbonnais to attempt to qualify for the final 8 at State. Good luck!

       On March 6, the H-F Debate Team attended the National Forensics League (NFL) Illini District National Qualifying Event at Downers Grove South High School. Two H-F teams will be going to the NFL Nationals for the first time in at least 15 years! Juniors Emily Carroll and Laura River, both of whom qualified for Nationals as sophomores last year, qualified again this year. Sophomores Donald Grasse and Margaret Strong also qualified. Both teams will head to Kansas City, Missouri, from June 13 to June 19.

     Congratulations to John Schwaller, Social Worker and Student Assistance Coordinator, who received the 100% SAP Award from the Illinois Association of Student Assistance Professionals (IASAP) on Feb. 18 for exceptional leadership, dedication and support of Student Assistance Programs at H-F. Schwaller also serves on the Governing Board for the IASAP.

      Congratulations to the Performance in the Round speech team students that took first at state! The group members are: Evy Courter, Rashida Curtis, Rudy Johnson, Chris Martin, Robert Roberts, Bree Schmidt, Jonathan Shaffer, Amaris Smith, Avery Smith, Ariel Williams, Christine Williams and Nick Williams.

     H-F received its 17th in a row Bright Red Apple Award for educational excellence! SchoolSearch chose H-F as one of only 83 Illinois School Districts out of 869 districts for the award.

     The World Language Department would like to thank Francisco Parada, from El Salvador, for taking the time to share his firsthand knowledge of the Civil War in El Salvador with the Spanish 5 AP students. Mr. Parada is the husband of Michelle Parada, a Spanish teacher in the World Language Department.

     Congratulations to the Varsity Scholastic Bowl team for winning the conference tournament on Feb. 24. The team defeated Andrew, Lincoln-Way North and Bradley-Bourbonnais. The team was led by Jake Bergal, Bryan Ulrich, Pete Weber and Manny Morone. The Scholastic Bowl competes at IHSA Regionals on March 8.

     Congratulations to science teacher Gina Slusinski, whose request for a Lake Education Assistance Program (LEAP) grant was approved this week. The grant will support the lake or lake watershed activity that Slusinski has planned for her classes.

     Congratulations to the Mathletes who participated in the ICTM Regional at Lincoln-Way East on Feb. 20! The results are: Algebra 1: Lerone Weathersby, 1st place; Geometry: Team, 2nd place PreCalc: Athulya Simon, 2nd place; Fr/So 2 person: Eli Lichtenberg and Michael Hurley, 2nd place; Jr/Sr 2 person: Brian Ulrich and Tim Jansen, 2nd place; Overall: 3rd place

      H-F Journalism students participated in the SWSC Conference at H-F on Feb. 19, and were very successful in almost all competition categories! Congratulations!

      Congratulations to the Steppers! The team earned third place at a Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity competition at Calumet Middle School on Feb. 19.

      On Feb. 13, the H-F Special Olympics basketball teams competed in the Area 7 Special Olympics tournament. The H-F boy's team and the H-F coed team won their respective division and the Lady Vikings took 2nd in their division. All three teams have qualified to compete at the state basketball tournament March 12-13. Way to go and good luck at state!                   

     The Speech Team will travel to the Peoria Civic Center to compete in the IHSA State tournament Feb. 19-20. The four individual qualifiers are: Grant Rios-Special Occasion Speaking, Hillary Sigale-- Informative Speaking, Kanoa Mulling --Radio Speaking and Alex Schultz-- Original Comedy. The Performance in the round "the Ugliest Pilgrim" is ready to defend its first place finish from last year. The group members are Evy Courter, Rashida Curtis, Rudy Johnson, Chris Martin,Robert Roberts, Bree Schmidt, Jonathan Schaffer, Amaris Smith, Avery Smith, Aeriel Williams, Christine Williams and Nick Williams.

      The Varsity Scholastic Bowl team won the regular season Blue Division championship and will be the #1 seed (out of the entire SWSC conference) for the conference tournament! The team was led by All-Conference members junior Pete Weber and senior Manny Morone. They finished the season 12-2!

     On Feb. 17, H-F members of ALAS (the Association of Latin American Students) attended the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute’s College Fair at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers.

      H-F was recognized in the Illinois State Board of Education Weekly Message from State Superintendent Koch on Feb. 16.

     Congratulations to our DECA students for their outstanding performances at sectionals on Jan. 29!
    
     We are proud to announce that the following students participated in the SWSC Visual Arts Competition at Robert Morris University today and won the following awards: Kailah Armand, Teresa Ciambrone, Melissa Huang - Best 2D Design Student Choice Award, Adam Lundquist, Maggie Manning, Linda Moncada, Miho Nakamura, Emily Schranz - Best of Show for 3D & Best 3D Design Student Choice Award, Ashley Simpson - Cover Design Winner, Khari Shelton - Best of School Award and Nicole Webb.

    Senior Hannah Grasse will be representing H-F in the Poetry Out Loud competition on Feb. 16. Regional finals for Suburban Chicagoland Schools will take place at the Sulzer Regional Library. The event is supported by the National Endowment of the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.

     H-F was recognized in the College Board's annual AP report to the nation as the public school with the largest number of African American students from the class of 2009 scoring 3 or higher in AP Psychology. We were showcased in the February edition of the College Board's newsletter, "Connection."

 
           
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