Volume 36 Issue 1 - Hoffman Estates High School

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Sports
Hawkeye View Summer 2008
Hoffman Head Coaches
Sport: Head Coach: Department: Sport: Head Coach: Department:
Boys Cross Country (Fall) Matt Dowd Social Studies Girls Cross Country (Fall) Kirk Macnider English
Boys Golf (Fall) Dave Grabarek Physical Ed.
Boys Football (Fall) Bill Helzer Social Studies
Boys Soccer (Fall) Matt Sriver Physical Ed.
Boys Basketball (Winter) Bill Wandro Business
Boys Swimming (Winter) Josh Schumacher Science
Boys Wrestling (Winter) Bill Scully Social Studies
Boys Baseball (Spring) Todd Meador Science
Boys Gymnastics (Spring) Scott Phillips Science
Boys Lacrosse (Spring) Joe Garofalo Special Ed.
Boys Tennis (Spring) Greg Rouse Special Ed.
Boys Track (Spring) Tyrone Jones Math
Boys Volleyball (Spring) Dan Hutton Math
Girls Golf (Fall) Fred Bryant Business
Girls Swimming (Fall) Josh Schumacher Science
Girls Tennis (Fall) Greg Rouse Special Ed.
Girls Volleyball (Fall) Dan Hutton Math
Girls Basketball (Winter) Mike Nocella ---
Girls Bowling (Winter) Dan Pfligler Math
Girls Gymnastics (Winter) Dave Calisch English
Girls Badminton (Spring) TBA ---
Girls Soccer (Spring) Rob Schmidt Social Studies
Girls Softball (Spring) Lindsey Hamma English
Girls Track (Spring) Dan Anderson Science
Girls Water Polo (Spring) Carrie Koch Math
If there are any questions about sports, contact the athletic director.
Sport, activity involvement teaches time management
Alex Oda
Joe Winner
Staff Reporters
Clubs, activities, and
sports are an important part of the
high school experience, but they
also force students to learn about
balancing their athletics, academics
and extra-curriculars.
“It’s all about learning to
budget your time,” says Steve Lacni,
Athletic Directior, “The main
reason you are in school is education.”
At HEHS, there are many
resources that students should
learn to utilize that will help make
balancing easier. Academically,
math and Spanish tutoring is available
to students during lunches
and after school. At these sessions,
teachers and student volunteers
help with homework and topics
learned in class.
The Media Center also
has many ways to help. Computers
with programs ranging from Photoshop
to CAD can help with completing
schoolwork in art, English,
or any other subject.
Not only that, most
athletes can get help from their
coaches as well. All coaches are
also teachers, and can help tutor
students as well; don’t be afraid to
ask.
To make sure that athletes
are maintaining good grades,
HEHS also institutes eligibility
rules. For example, the Athletic
Director sends out weekly notices
to coaches stating which athletes
on the team are either failing or
near failing. Another rule is that if
a student is failing a semester of a
class, they will not be able to compete
for the rest of the next season.
Use these rules as a reason
not to fall behind academically,
Mary Hacker and Julia Hamlin attempt to catch up on their
studying during a short break from a competitive football game.
Photo courtesy of Lexi Wozny
and there won’t be any problems.
“Just stay ahead of your
homework because if you stop doing
your homework or do bad on
tests you won’t be able to play sports
anyway,” said 2007 Fall Sports Academic
Scholar Chris Keller (’08).
A key way of staying
ahead with work is using a seminar
or freshmen foundations wisely.
With ninety minutes of free time, a
lot of work can easily be completed.
Stay focused, and don’t waste time.
“Definitely take advantage
of your foundations time, and it
helps to make a schedule for your
work too. It’ll help a lot,” said Mary
Thomas., Math Department Chair
Procrastinating is one of
the easiest ways to fall behind on
homework. We have several tips
to help you keep away from procrastination.
First, do homework
the day it is assigned. With block
scheduling, saving homework until
the last moment is an easy habit,
and can stress people out if they
aren’t careful. This can result in taking
time out of practice to complete
late assignments, in dismay of your
coach.
Furthermore, don’t put
off large assignments and projects.
A month to finish a biology poster
may seem like a long time, but start
to spread out work evenly; doing a
project the night before it is due
is not smart. Finally, try to make
homework a priority during the
weekends. From personal experience,
catching up on homework is
not the way anyone wants to spend
a Sunday night.
“Freshmen year is the
best time to learn to start balancing
your schedule and learning to
be organized because the workload
isn’t as bad as it gets,” says
2008 Valedictorian Susan Liu.
Although athletics and
extracurricular activities are an important
part of high school, don’t
forget that academics come first.
There are plenty of resources and
people available that can help students
get their work done. However,
students shouldn’t limit themselves
to textbooks for the rest of
their high school career.
With decades of students
who have “been there” and “done
that,” getting through HEHS will
be one of the most rewarding experiences
in life if students be social,
get involved, and find a good
balance of work and play.
“ Sometime balancing
sports, band, and school
can be really difficult, but
you end up doing things
you really love and enjoy.
”
Monique Hughes ‘08
Monique Hughes swims for first place as she competes in the 100 meter butterfly.
Photo Courtesy of Halcyon