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INSIDE THIS ISSUE<br />

Student Services Recognized..<br />

A Decade of DECA Success....<br />

Celebrating ‘207’s Best’...........<br />

Social Science Engagement...<br />

Special Education News.........<br />

Calendar of Events.................<br />

Italian Students and DaVinci...<br />

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Parents are encouraged to<br />

regularly check the Maine West<br />

website, right side, Announcements,<br />

for important information.<br />

We are at west.maine207.org<br />

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Once Again, West Students<br />

Make Me Want to Cheer<br />

By Dr. Audrey Haugan, Principal<br />

<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />

Principal’s <strong>Newsletter</strong><br />

Maine West High School, Des Plaines, Illinois<br />

As you have probably seen or heard, our Girls’ Basketball team had an<br />

incredible season that ended in a Super Sectional loss to Geneva. Our<br />

girls played extremely well all year despite<br />

the loss of their legendary coach, Derril Kipp.<br />

Under the outstanding leadership of Coach<br />

DeMarigny, they stepped up and had a stellar<br />

season. What was also impressive was the<br />

fan support at all of the post-season games. To<br />

look in the stands and see current and former<br />

fans, families and supporters was pheonomenal,<br />

as was the support of the Maine West cheering section. Toward the<br />

end of the Geneva game, when it was evident we would not win, there<br />

was a hush by the Maine West fans, and a sense of not knowing what<br />

to do. I know I felt it. There was disappointment in having had such a<br />

great season come to an end. There is not really a cheer anyone does<br />

when they know they are going to lose, and the fans typically wait for<br />

the “Nah nah, hey hey, good-bye” cheer from the other team. Of course<br />

we heard that, but in our moments of not knowing what to do, a small<br />

group of students started to sing the Maine West Fight Song. By the<br />

second line of the song, the fans in the stands were united in singing the<br />

Fight Song to show support and team spirit toward this team and Maine<br />

West. It was an amazing thing that many people noticed and commented<br />

on later. It was a spontaneous reaction from a group of young fans who<br />

knew exactly what to do; and it was the perfect thing to do!<br />

It was a reminder to me what a wonderful place Maine West is, especially<br />

when it’s time to come together to make a difference for others.<br />

It’s great that we have such amazing students here, and I’m very proud<br />

of them. It makes me want to stand up and cheer.<br />

Follow us on Twitter @Maine_West


Student Services Department Again Earns<br />

National Recognition as a Model Program<br />

For the second time, the Counseling Department at<br />

Maine West has received the RAMP Award from the<br />

American Counseling Association. RAMP stands for<br />

Recognized Asca Model Program. This means Maine<br />

West is recognized by the American<br />

School Counselor Association<br />

as “a model school with a comprehensive,<br />

data-driven counseling<br />

program, committed to delivering<br />

the highest level of services to our<br />

students in the three counseling<br />

domains of Academics, Career, and Socio-Emotional.”<br />

Only 41 schools in Illinois have this recognition,<br />

and we are proud that Maine West is one of them!<br />

Intervening Before It Is Too late!<br />

Our two Intervention Rooms - the Executive Functioning<br />

and Behavior Redirect - continue to work<br />

with our students in need of skills to succeed in the<br />

classroom. Our Social Emotional groups continue<br />

to address the needs of our students so not only can<br />

they succeed academically but also socially and personally.<br />

Our department’s “Problem Solving Teams” which<br />

include the student’s counselor, dean, social worker<br />

and psychologist meet once a week in order to make<br />

the best decisions regarding interventions and help<br />

for our students. However, our students can always<br />

go directly to the Family Center located at the end<br />

of L-wing if they need immediate attention or their<br />

counselor is not available.<br />

Career Exploration<br />

We have focused on having our freshman and sophomore<br />

students identify and analyze careers early so<br />

they can truly begin planning and taking advantage<br />

of the many opportunities available to investigate<br />

careers such as elective courses, internships, and<br />

volunteer programs among others. Through the<br />

use of Career Cruising inventories and classroom<br />

discussions with their counselors, all freshman and<br />

sophomore students have identified what career<br />

clusters best match their interests and where their<br />

own strengths and skills are. Please ask your child<br />

what they have discovered about themselves, and<br />

as they begin thinking about careers and/or course<br />

selections for the future, please have them explore<br />

their many options with our counseling staff.<br />

Teddy, the Therapy Dog, Reports for Duty<br />

Teddy is in the house! Teddy is our new addition<br />

to the Student Services Department. Ms. Elizabeth<br />

Hoover, a counselor at Maine West, took the initiative<br />

to help us obtain a therapy dog. After much<br />

training and a lot of anticipation, Teddy is finally<br />

working at Maine West. He helps our kids who may<br />

need the extra<br />

support to calm<br />

their anxieties<br />

or worries. Research<br />

has shown<br />

the value therapy<br />

dogs provide in<br />

helping students<br />

and adults calm<br />

anxieties, lower<br />

blood pressure,<br />

and de-escalate<br />

angry outbursts.<br />

We are very fortunate<br />

to have<br />

Teddy at West.<br />

As the School Year Wind Down, Let’s All Stay Healthy<br />

This is the season for colds, flu,<br />

and viruses. Just a few reminders<br />

from the Health Office to keep<br />

you healthy:<br />

• Get a flu shot sooner rather than<br />

later. It takes about two weeks<br />

until it is fully effective<br />

• Avoid close contact with people<br />

who are sick and practice good<br />

hygiene<br />

• If you are sick, STAY HOME!<br />

You must be fever free for 24<br />

hours to return to school<br />

• Finish all medicine your doctor<br />

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gives you even if you are feeling<br />

better<br />

• Do not come to school if you are<br />

vomiting or have diarrhea<br />

• Stay fit and eat healthy. This<br />

helps boost your immune system<br />

to fight off illnesses.


A DECAde of Success for Maine West DECA<br />

Distributive Education Clubs of<br />

America was founded in 1946.<br />

However, just as the world has<br />

changed greatly since that time, so<br />

has this organization. Now simply<br />

known as DECA, it has continuously<br />

evolved its programs<br />

and activities to remain relevant<br />

in education and provide meaningful<br />

experiences for students.<br />

DECA is an international organization<br />

that prepares emerging<br />

leaders and entrepreneurs<br />

in marketing, finance, hospitality<br />

and management. Currently<br />

there are over 215,000 members<br />

from 3,500 high schools in all 50<br />

United States, Canada, China,<br />

Germany, and more. The Maine<br />

West chapter of DECA was started<br />

ten years ago, with a small<br />

group of business education students.<br />

Every year since then, the<br />

chapter has had approximately<br />

40 dedicated members who work<br />

closely as a team to achieve success.<br />

Any student who is currently<br />

enrolled, or has taken a<br />

business education course (including<br />

the required Consumer<br />

Education class) may join DECA.<br />

The main focus of DECA is competition<br />

at the regional, state and<br />

international level. Success at<br />

each level leads to advancement<br />

to the next. Competitions have<br />

an entrepreneurial focus aligned<br />

with four career pathways: business<br />

management and administration,<br />

marketing, finance,<br />

and hospitality & tourism. Students<br />

can choose the pathway<br />

that most aligns with their interests,<br />

experience and career goals.<br />

Within each pathway, there are<br />

three main facets to competition:<br />

exams, role plays and written<br />

events. Exams test students’<br />

economic and<br />

business content<br />

knowledge,<br />

however, the<br />

role plays and<br />

written events<br />

are the most<br />

valuable for students.<br />

In a role<br />

play, students<br />

receive a real-life business scenario,<br />

and have up to ten minutes<br />

to prepare a solution before presenting<br />

to a judge. Every DECA<br />

member competes in two roleplays<br />

at regional competition,<br />

and it is high-pressure practice<br />

for real-life interviewing skills.<br />

Any member who wishes to compete<br />

at the state level must also<br />

enter at least one written event. In<br />

a written event, students prepare<br />

a 5- to 30-page paper on a specific<br />

topic, and present it in a 15- to<br />

20-minute professional presentation<br />

to a judge. Many of the written<br />

events require primary and<br />

secondary market research and<br />

data analysis. Some recent topics<br />

that Maine West DECA members<br />

have successfully presented in<br />

competition are a creative marketing<br />

plan for the Park Ridge Civic<br />

Orchestra and an employee retention<br />

program for Toys “R” Us.<br />

The top three finishers in each<br />

role play and written event at<br />

state competition qualify for the<br />

international level. These competitions<br />

draw over 20,000 DECA<br />

members from around the country<br />

and world at locations that<br />

have recently included Salt Lake<br />

City, Orlando, Atlanta and Nashville.<br />

Maine West has qualified for<br />

international competition every<br />

year since 2010, and at this highest<br />

level of competition, can boast<br />

two First Place<br />

and a Top 10<br />

Finalist. This<br />

year, many<br />

members have<br />

been working<br />

hard on practice<br />

exams, role<br />

plays and writing<br />

papers in<br />

the hopes of qualifying for international<br />

competition in Anaheim<br />

in April. Competition is the main<br />

focus, but DECA is also proud of<br />

its involvement in the Maine West<br />

community. An annual Maine<br />

West tradition, Cans Across Des<br />

Plaines, was started as a written<br />

event by three DECA members.<br />

In its initial year, this community<br />

service project attracted the attention<br />

of ABC 7 News and was<br />

the first Maine West paper to<br />

qualify for international competition.<br />

Current DECA members are<br />

planning an eyeglass collection<br />

this spring and next fall to benefit<br />

the Lions Club. So, hold onto<br />

your old eyeglasses and donate<br />

them to support our next community<br />

service project.<br />

Success in DECA requires commitment<br />

of the members on their<br />

own personal time. So, why do<br />

they do it? Well, it’s fun! The current<br />

officer team of Dara Kovacheva,<br />

Runal Patel, Alvin Thomas<br />

and Caty Buchaniec ensure Maine<br />

West DECA members are a closeknit<br />

group who get together for<br />

study sessions and social events,<br />

and network with students from<br />

all over Illinois. In addition, current<br />

members agree that the benefits<br />

of DECA go beyond having<br />

fun and provide an opportunity to<br />

enhance skills necessary for success<br />

in today’s competitive world.<br />

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Celebrating ‘207’s Best’<br />

Emil Smochina<br />

Improved Performance<br />

Emil’s story is one of significant<br />

change and improvement since<br />

his freshman year. Emil’s transcript<br />

shows that he has grown<br />

from starting high school in ESL<br />

to taking three AP<br />

classes in his senior<br />

year. His GPA,<br />

while quite respectable,<br />

is not a true<br />

reflection of his<br />

ability. Early in his<br />

high school career,<br />

while he was learning<br />

the English language, Emil<br />

struggled in some classes due to<br />

the language barrier. Since then,<br />

his grades have improved, and<br />

his teachers have nothing but<br />

good things to say about his effort<br />

and participation in his classes.<br />

As a result, Emil has been named<br />

an AP Student Leader, placed<br />

third at a History Fair, and third<br />

at “Skills USA,” in the computer<br />

programming competition.<br />

Emil is also as dedicated to his<br />

extracurricular activities as he is<br />

with his academics. He has taken<br />

advantage of many opportunities,<br />

such as the Adventure Club,<br />

“Project Connect,” Boys’ Swim<br />

Team, Pi Sigma Pi (Illinois Honor<br />

Society for excellence in History),<br />

and COACH Tutoring. COACH<br />

Tutoring is of great significance,<br />

because students are chosen for<br />

their academic abilities and ability<br />

to relate well to peers. Emil’s<br />

abilities, attitude, and work ethic<br />

put him ahead of his peers in<br />

many ways, and his diligence and<br />

drive definitely put him in the category<br />

for earning most improved<br />

on his own. We are proud to recognize<br />

him as one of 207’s Best.<br />

Megan Kalinowski<br />

Academic Achievement<br />

I believe Megan Kalinowski has<br />

exemplified the mantra “She believed<br />

she could, so she did” her<br />

entire life. Megan can do all she<br />

sets her mind to, making an incredible<br />

difference<br />

not only for herself,<br />

but for the entire<br />

student body. Her<br />

academic load includes<br />

AP Chemistry,<br />

Spanish 4<br />

Accelerated, AP<br />

English Literature<br />

and Composition, Senior Leaders,<br />

Multivariable Calculus and<br />

Differentiated Equations, and AP<br />

U.S. Government and Politics.<br />

Her list of activities is ridiculously<br />

long and includes academic and<br />

athletic endeavors such as Athletic<br />

Council, Varsity Golf, Varsity<br />

Badminton (where she has been<br />

a State qualifier), COACH tutor,<br />

Model UN, Spanish National<br />

Honor Society, National Honor<br />

Society, Warrior Pride, School-<br />

Wide Fundraiser Committee, Pi<br />

Sigma Pi, Lurie Children’s Hospital<br />

volunteer, and an intern for<br />

Bob Dold. Megan finds the time<br />

to do all of this AND holds a 4.911<br />

GPA!<br />

Mr. Tieman, Megan’s science<br />

teacher, says, “I was privileged<br />

to have such a highly motivated,<br />

inquisitive, dedicated, and intelligent<br />

student. Megan will be a<br />

great asset to any institution that<br />

she attends.”<br />

Megan’s qualities, along with her<br />

positive and shining personality,<br />

will take her far in her future endeavors.<br />

She is definitely one of<br />

207’s Best.<br />

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Margarita Patino<br />

Elective Achievement<br />

Margarita is described below by<br />

one of her teachers as “Quiet, but<br />

certainly not silent,” and when<br />

you meet her, you would agree.<br />

One needs to listen carefully to<br />

hear her voice, but<br />

what she has to say<br />

most always has<br />

an impact on those<br />

around her. She is<br />

a dedicated student<br />

who has worked<br />

hard in her four<br />

years at West, earning<br />

a 4.35 GPA in our most challenging<br />

classes. We honor her<br />

as one of 207’s Best for her contributions<br />

to the electives area,<br />

particularly Foreign Language,<br />

but we also recognize her accomplishments<br />

in all academic areas.<br />

Mr. Galanes, her Spanish V AP<br />

teacher says, “It is a pleasure to<br />

have Margarita in my Spanish V<br />

AP class. She is a dedicated, hardworking,<br />

and talented student<br />

who wants to improve her language<br />

skills. She succeeds at her<br />

language acquisition every day<br />

and does so humbly.”<br />

Ms. Ryan, Social Science teacher,<br />

adds, “Best at expressing her<br />

thoughts in writing, she has the<br />

ability to see a situation from<br />

multiple perspectives showing a<br />

high degree of empathy. She is an<br />

impeccable student and she puts<br />

100% into everything.”<br />

Margarita makes an impression<br />

on those she meets, and has done<br />

a stellar job at Maine West. We<br />

have appreciated her hard work<br />

and dedication to her academics,<br />

and are proud to recognize her as<br />

one of 207’s Best.


Social Science Department Provides<br />

Many Opportunities for Civic Engagement<br />

The Social Science Department is<br />

proud of the wide range of opportunities<br />

for Maine West students<br />

to be civically engaged, living up<br />

to our distinction as an Illinois<br />

Democracy School. In honor of<br />

Constitution Day and National<br />

Voter Registration Day in September,<br />

we registered over 50 students<br />

to vote and students took<br />

part in the Preamble Challenge.<br />

Forty students served as election<br />

judges in the November election,<br />

and all students were<br />

able to vote in our own mock<br />

election this past November,<br />

in which the winners of the<br />

Maine West election were<br />

announced on Election Day.<br />

lated to the Supreme Court case.<br />

In January, social science teacher<br />

Mr. Dan Fouts took a small<br />

group of Maine West and Maine<br />

South students to Washington<br />

D.C. to experience the Presidential<br />

Inauguration and visit<br />

national landmarks, including<br />

the Lincoln, MLK, Jefferson<br />

and FDR Memorials as well as<br />

Arlington National Cemetery.<br />

For the second year in a row, the<br />

Maine West Mock Trial Team has<br />

qualified for the state competition,<br />

sponsored by the Illinois<br />

State Bar Association. The team<br />

traveled to Champaign to compete<br />

at the University of Illinois<br />

Law School March 11 and 12. To<br />

In December, Law and Government<br />

students participated<br />

in the Constitutional<br />

Rights Foundation Equal Justice<br />

Under Law Program at<br />

the Dirksen Federal Building. The<br />

focus of the program was the Supreme<br />

Court case, Utah v. Strieff,<br />

and the 4th Amendment. The<br />

day began with an opening ceremony<br />

and an introduction from<br />

the Honorable Ruben Castillo, of<br />

the U.S. District Court, and the<br />

presentation of Supreme Court<br />

arguments by attorneys. Maine<br />

West students then examined and<br />

discussed the case with students<br />

from other high schools and lawyers<br />

who helped facilitate the discussion.<br />

Students also listened<br />

and asked questions of a panel<br />

that included a Chicago Police<br />

officer and a representative from<br />

the ACLU. The day ended with<br />

a Town Hall Meeting and Public<br />

Policy Vote where each school<br />

voted for or against a policy requalify<br />

for the state competition,<br />

our Mock Trial Team has competed<br />

in three tournaments thus<br />

far this year; DuPage County,<br />

Rolling Meadows and Waukegan.<br />

Congratulations to Catherine<br />

Buchaniec and Thomas Scheck<br />

for winning the Outstanding Attorney<br />

Award, and to Matthew<br />

Montanile for winning the Outstanding<br />

Witness Award. Additionally,<br />

Maine West hosted our<br />

very first Mock Trial Invitational<br />

on March 4, in which<br />

14 teams from across Chicagoland<br />

performed both<br />

prosecution and defense in<br />

preparation for the Illinois<br />

State Bar Association’s State<br />

Mock Trial Tournament.<br />

Model United Nations (also<br />

Model UN or MUN) is an<br />

academic simulation of the<br />

United Nations that aims to<br />

educate participants about current<br />

events, topics in international<br />

relations, diplomacy and<br />

the United Nations agenda. The<br />

participants role-play as diplomats<br />

representing a country in a<br />

simulated session of a committee<br />

of the United Nations, such as<br />

the Security Council or the World<br />

Health Organization.<br />

This year Maine West<br />

sent 15 students to the<br />

University of Chicago’s<br />

MUNUC conference<br />

to represent the<br />

delegation of Iceland.<br />

Maine West’s Mock Trial<br />

Team (left) again qualified<br />

for state competition. In<br />

January, students travled<br />

to the nation’s capital<br />

(above).<br />

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Special Education: Students Dive into<br />

Special Olympics, Basketball, BreakOut<br />

Special Olympics provides students<br />

with disabilities the opportunity<br />

to develop their physical<br />

fitness, demonstrate courage,<br />

and participate in social relationships<br />

through the comradery<br />

of a team and community.<br />

Maine West has 13 student athletes<br />

who participate and compete<br />

in Special Olympics. Our students<br />

have the opportunity at Maine<br />

West to participate in snowshoeing,<br />

bowling, and for the first time<br />

in recent history, track and field.<br />

This past February, five student<br />

athletes (Azuolas Antanaitis-<br />

Rudawski, Nicholas Carrion,<br />

David McDonough, Marisela<br />

Moreno, and John Saluta) competed<br />

in snowshoeing and four<br />

(Azuolas Antanaitis-Rudawski,<br />

Nicholas Carrion, Marisela Moreno,<br />

and John Saluta) qualified<br />

for the winter games at state.<br />

A huge congratulations to all<br />

of the Maine West student athletes<br />

who participated and especially<br />

to John Saluta for his<br />

silver medal in the 100 meter,<br />

Marisela Moreno for her bronze<br />

medal in the 50 meter, and<br />

Nicholas Carrion for his participation<br />

ribbon in the 100 meter<br />

at State. Way to go Warriors!<br />

Christian Volkman<br />

Basketball Tournament<br />

The Christian Volkman basketball<br />

tournament has been hosted by<br />

Maine West for over the past 20<br />

years. Through the organizational<br />

skills of Laura Pettyjohn, Maine<br />

West welcomed seven area school<br />

districts to the February 18 tournament.<br />

Sixteen teams consist-<br />

ing of students with disabilities<br />

from Maine Township District207,<br />

Niles Township District 219, New<br />

Trier, Warren, North Shore Special<br />

Olympics, Hope Wall, and<br />

Highland Park participated.<br />

This year, Maine West had two<br />

teams and 14 total students participate<br />

in the tournament. A<br />

special thank you to the 15 staff<br />

members and 50 student volunteers<br />

who assisted with coaching,<br />

acting as team buddies, assisting<br />

with concessions, keeping score<br />

and welcoming other teams.<br />

Aside from celebrating an undefeated<br />

record, Maine West<br />

enjoyed the competition, social<br />

interactions, and support<br />

of the school community.<br />

It was through the participation<br />

of our student athletes, ongoing<br />

support of their families, and<br />

dedication of our school community<br />

that continues to make<br />

this event such a huge success.<br />

Engaging Students<br />

through BreakOut EDU<br />

Gioia Lauro-Geruso, special education<br />

teacher, attended her first<br />

BreakOut EDU session during the<br />

Illinois Council of Instructional<br />

Coaches conference in October.<br />

BreakOut EDU can best be described<br />

as an escape room type<br />

activity, but instead of solving<br />

puzzles to breakout of a room,<br />

possibilities of using this platform<br />

in her classroom, and knew it was<br />

just what was needed to promote<br />

collaboration and teamwork.<br />

BreakOut EDU can best be described<br />

as an escape room type<br />

activity, but instead of solving<br />

puzzles to breakout of a room,<br />

students solve a series of critical<br />

thinking puzzles in order to<br />

open a locked box. The puzzles<br />

can be created around any content<br />

area, and can be used to reinforce<br />

or assess skills that students<br />

are working on within the<br />

classroom. The solution to each<br />

puzzle provides students with the<br />

combination to one of many locks<br />

on a box. Once all the puzzles<br />

are solved and the combinations<br />

discovered, students BreakOut!<br />

Ms. Lauro-Geruso has run two<br />

BreakOuts so far this year. One<br />

was in her instructional level<br />

English/Reading class, where<br />

she wanted students to practice<br />

a variety of reading and word<br />

attack skills. Each puzzle centered<br />

around one of these skills.<br />

For example, students had to read<br />

a poem and answer questions using<br />

evidence from the text for<br />

support. Each answer contributed<br />

one letter to the clue, which<br />

eventually led to a numerical<br />

combination. There was so much<br />

excitement in the classroom, and<br />

with each puzzle solved and each<br />

lock opened, students became<br />

more engaged and more involved<br />

in solving the problems together.<br />

The positive impact on student<br />

learning is inevitable with<br />

BreakOut EDU games. They<br />

are student centered, problem<br />

based, collaborative sessions<br />

that encourage communication<br />

and develop problem solving<br />

skill. Teachers can create their<br />

own games, or choose from several<br />

teacher designed games<br />

available at Breakoutedu.com.<br />

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Important Dates: April - May <strong>2017</strong><br />

April 1 International Celebration Noon to 3 p.m. at Maine East<br />

April 4 Fine Arts Booster Meeting 6:00 p.m. - R202<br />

April 5 SAT Tests for Juniors 7:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.<br />

April 10 Fine Arts Induction Ceremony 7:00 p.m. - Auditorium<br />

April 13 Art Awards 7:00 a.m. - Auditorium<br />

April 14<br />

NO SCHOOL<br />

April 19 DISASSEMBLY <strong>Spring</strong> Play - Senior Citizen 4:30 p.m. - Auditorium<br />

April 20 DISASSEMBLY <strong>Spring</strong> Play 4:00 p.m. - Auditorium<br />

April 21-22 DISASSEMBLY <strong>Spring</strong> Play 7:00 p.m. - Auditorium<br />

April 25 National Honor Society Induction 7:00 p.m. - Auditorium<br />

April 26 Social Science Awards 6:30 p.m. - Auditorium<br />

April 27 Masterworks Concert and Awards 7:00 p.m. - Auditorium<br />

April 27<br />

Progress Reports Available Online<br />

April 29 Junior Prom 7:30 p.m. - Auditorium<br />

May 1-12 AP Exams<br />

May 4 Guitar Concert 7:00 p.m. - Auditorium<br />

May 5 Life Skills Prom 5:00 p.m. - Student Cafe<br />

May 11 Band and Choir Concert and Awards 7:00 p.m. - Auditorium<br />

May 12 Dance Class Show 4:00/6:00 p.m. - Auditorium<br />

May 15 Speech/Drama/Broadcasting Awards Night 3:30 p.m. - Auditorium<br />

May 16-17 Senior Finals<br />

May 17 Senior BBQ 1:50 p.m. - Stadium<br />

May 18 Senior Marching Practice 7:45 p.m. - Auditorium/Spec Gym<br />

May 19 Honors Assembly 8:00 a.m. - Spec Gym<br />

May 19 Senior Prom 6:00 p.m. - Chateau Ritz<br />

May 21 Graduation 11:00 a.m. - Rosemont Theatre<br />

May 24 **Final Exams for Periods 3-2-6 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.<br />

May 25 **Final Exams for Periods 1-9-5 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.<br />

May 26 **Final Exams for Periods 7-4-8 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.<br />

May 26<br />

**School Dismisses (Fourth Quarter Ends)<br />

June 9<br />

Semester Grades Available Online<br />

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Maine West High School<br />

1755 South Wolf Road<br />

Des Plaines, IL 60018<br />

Italian Students See How History Comes Alive<br />

“Astonishing” and “ahead of his time” are the words<br />

that students in Italian classes used to describe<br />

Leonardo DaVinci and his contributions to the<br />

world of art and science.<br />

In January, the Italian classes visited a traveling exhibit<br />

at the DuPage Children’s Museum, sponsored<br />

in part by the Italian Cultural Institute.<br />

History, art, science and the Italian language came<br />

together as students learned about the use of perspective<br />

in artwork, the science behind catapulting,<br />

what it might feel like to fly like a bird ... and so<br />

much more!<br />

The exhibit was very much a hands-on experience<br />

for students as they were able to draw, build, explore<br />

and soar!<br />

All in all, students had a great time and made connections<br />

about how an important figure in Italy’s<br />

history comes to life in the present day...every day!<br />

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