Soccer Coach and P.E. Teacher Todd Elkei has been named the Illinois High School Girls Soccer Coach of the Year for 2008. (6/11/08)

A big congratulations goes out to Coach Jim McLaughlin for being selected as the IBCA District Boys' High School Coach of the Year in District #8. He will be honored at the 36th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Dinner to be held on Saturday, April 26th, at Illinois State University. (4/3/08)

H-F's Reading Department Chair Nancy Spaniak (center) and Reading Specialists Tammy Hunter (left) and Adriana Diachenko (right) had the privilege to present "Building A Comprehensive High School Reading Program That Works" at the March 2008 Illinois Reading Council state-wide conference in Springfield, IL. (3/25/08)

Coach Keith Dombkowski was awarded Sectional Coach of the Year. This award is voted on by all coaches attending the meet. (2/15/08)

Social Science Teacher Myras Osman was chosen to serve as a Table Leader for scoring AP Human Geography exams. (9/5/07)

Boys Gymnastic Coach Mark Watman has been voted into the Illinois High School Boys Gymnastics Hall of Fame. (5/24/07)

Science Teacher Tony Svozil has submitted a winning application to BP's A+ for Energy for a grant in the amount of $10,000. (5/23/07)

Physical Education Teacher Todd Elkei has been selected as the Sectional Coach of the Year. (5/21/07)

English Teacher Joshua Brown has received two awards: The National Forensics League Diamond Key Award and the Illini District 2007 National Forensics League District Coach of the Year Award. (5/21/07)

Congratulations to teacher Lorelei Jones for she has been elected into the Distinguished Members of the Illinois Art Education Association. (5/16/07)

English Teacher Sahar Kayyal placed 1st in the Radius of Arab-American Writers Short Story Contest for her story "An Unruly Life". (5/16/07)

Joseph Skowronski, H-F athletic director, has recently been given the honor to serve for the next three years on the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Track & Field Advisory Committee. (4/18/07)

Special Education Teacher Bruce Bergren has been selected as a recipient of the 2006-2007 Lawrence Scadden Teacher of the Year Award in Science Education for Students with Disabilities. (2/26/07)

Physical Education Teacher Kelly Meany will be inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame at DePaul University.  The club is an elite 20 Collegiate Hall of Fame. (1/10/07)

Business Teacher Mike Patterson has been nominated for the Illinois Business Association's Outstanding New Professional's Award. (11/13/06)

Tom Bailey was named the 2006 Coach of the Under Armour MSL All American Classic Football Team.  Bailey will coach the East Meets West All-American Game at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex in January. (11/13/06)

Kevin Wall has been selected as the 2008 All-State Director for the Illinois High School Theatre Festival.  This is the largest high school theatre festival in the country and students from across Illinois will audition to be part of the prestigious All-State cast. (11/02/06)

Illinois State Board of Education Those Who Excel Winners are JR Rose, Classroom Teacher, Award of Excellence; Reading Department, Team, Award of Excellence; Larry Connor, Education Service Personnel, Award of Recognition. (9/11/06)

Ingrid Hunt was named the INROADS Chicago 2006 Educator of the Year. (8/16/06)

Senior Dominique Harvey signed to play basketball with Saint Xavier University. (4/23/08)

Each year the Illinois Mr. Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in the U.S. state of Illinois. H-F is proud to announce that this year's award goes to Senior Kevin Dillard! Kevin signed a contract earlier this year to play basketball with Southern Illinois University. The award has been given since 1981. Voting is done on a points system. Each voter selects 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place votes. The player who receives the most points receives the award. (4/17/08)

Congratulations to Senior Greg Nelson who signed a Swimming and Water Polo contract with Gannon University on Tuesday, April 15th, in the Superintendent's Conference Room. Gannon University is located in Erie, Pennsylvania. (4/15/08)

Congratulations to Senior David Altman on his basketball signing with St. Francis University on Tuesday, April 1st, in the Superintendent's Office. Altman was accompanied by his parents, the St. Francis basketball coach, H-F's basketball coach, and Athletic Director Joe Skowronski. (4/2/08)

Congratulations to Elise Brown, Donald Goens, and Allen Reynolds who have been seleted as winners of the National Achievement $2500 Scholarship.  (2/23/08)     

Congratulations to Senior Loran Hewlett who signed a contract to play both track and football for Harper College on Monday, February 25th, in the Superintendent's Office. (2/20/08)                                       

Senior Kevin Dillard signed a contract to play basketball for Southern Illinois University. (11/14/07)

Juniors Hailey Lofton, Whitney Sims-Rucker, Zakiyyah Ali, and Raven Fisher have been selectively chosen to represent H-F at the Anti-Defamation League’s Grosfeld Family National Youth Leadership Mission to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum from Sunday, November 11th to Wednesday, November 14th, 2007, in our nation’s capital at Washington, D.C. (9/12/07)

Congratulations to the following 2008 Semifinalist Merit Scholarship Competition winners: John Carvalho, Donald Goens, Sarah Hurtubise, Sophie Kern, Sarah McCracken, Joseph Rosner and LeRoy Weathersby. After completing the appropriate packets, these students will then qualify to be a possible 2008 Finalist in the National Merit Scholarship Competition. Good luck to all!!!!The American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) announced that H-F Senior Caitlin Van Ort has received the 2007 AATF Outstanding Senior in French Award. (5/23/07)

Senior Andreaus Robinson has won the ACT-SO Regional Competition in Computer Science for the 3rd year in a row and will be competing in the National Competition in July. (5/17/07)

Congratulations to Junior LeRoy Weathersby who was one of only seven college-bound students in Illinois and one of 30 in the U.S. to achieve a 36, the highest possible composite score, on the February 2007 national test administration of the ACT. (5/16/07)

Senior Aramis Hamer won 1st Place with her colored pencil drawing at the 2nd Annual Congressional Art Exhibition. In addition, Aramis' piece of artwork will be professional framed and hung in our nation's capital for an entire year. (4/28/07)

Congratulations to Senior Jordyn Burke who signed a contract to play baseball with Culver-Stockton College. (4/27/07)

Senior Lauren Weber was selected as a winner of the Chicago Tribune's Annual All-State Academic Team scholarship competition for 2007. (4/26/07)

Senior Max Willer is one out of only 26 outstanding young people attending IHSA schools to be named to the Illinois HIgh School Association All-State Academic Team. (4/23/07)

Senior Stacey Struzynski signed a contract to play Softball at Winona State University. (4/20/07)

Junior Supo Sanni has been selected to be a part of this year's Tremendous 26 for the Illinois Football Guide. (4/20/07)

Senior Andrew Godfrey signed a contract to play golf with Western Illinois University. (4/16/07)

Seniors Breyen Burke, Jamal Ephraim, and Ivory Johnson signed contracts with Lincoln College to play track. (4/16/07)

Congratulations to Senior Mark Ahern who signed to play baseball with the University of St. Francis. (4/7/07)

Congratulations to Senior Patrick Fitzgerald who signed a contract to play golf with the University of St. Francis. (3/21/07)

Sophomore Tracy Rollins was just named the "2007 National Silver Gloves Championship". He was also chosen to represent the U.S. at the 2007 Aliyev Cup Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan. (2/28/07)

Seniors Dan Allen and Calvin Turner signed contracts to play college football.  Allen will be attending Hampton University, and Turner will be attending Harper College. (2/08/07)

John Mitros, a Special Projects in Drafting and four-year Drafting Program student, was a medalist in the Chicagoland Architecture Competition sponsored by Chicago Architecture Today. (1/22/07)

Senior Elaine Coldren has been selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America to be a member of the 2006 NSCAA/Adidas Scholar All-Region Team.  She is the first H-F soccer play to earn this honor. (12/22/06)

Sophomore Christian Lorenzo won the 2005-2006 Jack & Jill T-Shirt Design Contest. (12/13/06)

Senior Jasmine Conner recently signed a National Letter of Intent to play volleyball at Southern Illinois University. (11/13/06)