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VIKING C ONNECTION

Voyage to Excellence Open House: Wednesday, Dec. 3

A rea 8th Graders and their parents are invited to H-F’s annual Voyage to Excellence Open Houseon Wednesday, Dec. 3, from 7-8:30 p.m. Attending Voyage to Excellence is a great way to becomeacquainted with the curricular and extracurricular programs at Homewood-Flossmoor CommunityHigh School. Incoming families will be able to meet department chairs, teachers, coaches and spon-sors as they tour the campus.

All are welcome to attend a brief presentation by SuperintendentDr. Von Mansfield, PrincipalDr. Ryan Pitcock and Director of Curriculum, Instruction & Professional Development Dr. NancySpaniak, held at 7:10 p.m. and 7:40 p.m. in the Mall Auditorium. This administration team willwelcome you to the district and provide a brief overview of the academic challenges and re-sources that H-F offers students.

The rest of the evening is meant for exploring. Booths from the school’s academic depart-ments, clubs, sports and activities will be located throughout the South Building, providing in-formation on their organizations and how to get involved. Impromptu performances bymembers of the Viking Marching Band, Drumline and Viking Choir — as well as the appear-ance of H-F’s ZooBot animals — keep the evening entertaining and interesting. Approximately300 course options are available through H-F's nine academic departments. There are nearly100 clubs and sports to join, as well, including Underwater Robotics, Friends of Rachel andField Hockey. Come learn more at this year’s open house on Dec. 3. For more details, contactthe Activities Office at 708-335-5525.

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Leaders in Theatre Ensemble — which is one of H-F’s several extracurricular clubs — performed 44 Plays for 44Presidents this August. Learn more about H-F’s clubs and organizations at this year’s Voyage to Excellence event.

Event moved to North Building Fieldhouse!

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GRADE 9 - Class of 2018HIGH HONORS: Antonio Archilla • Ricco Bertoletti • Neal Caauwe • JosephCipriano • Megan Connors • Levi Dobben• Narissa Falkner • Elizabeth Fontana •Sydney Hampton • David Hill • AngelinaIzguerra • Aaliyah Korkoyah • Allie Mangel • Andronicus Marati • MadelineMoxley • Emma Novak • Alex Rech-steiner • Samantha Roberson • Jalen Spain• Madeleine Swanagan • Chloe Walls •Cole Weber • Simone Williams • KaylaWinfrey • Mariah Wordlaw

HONORS: Paige Adams • Alyssa Agrigento • Hyacinth Agting • RyanAkridge • Sarah Albers Fester • NathanKobina Amuh • Kylie Andersen • EmmaAnderson • Gage Anderson • Kyle Anderson • Taylor Ausley • Dylan Aver •Assita Bamba • Grace Bingham • RamonBlanco • Antoine Bouyer • Hasani Broom-field • LeMeah Brownlee • Arianna Bunch• Gabrielle Caldanaro • Ava Calpino •Kendall Carter • Dylan Case • SierriahClemons • Bradley Coen • Michael Colton• Deavolon Cotton II • Lauren Davidson• Max Dunlavy • Meghan Dwyer • EliseEpps • Evgenia Ermasova • OpeyemiFatuki • Alexandra Fieramosca • AmandaFieramosca • Casey Fleming • JasmineFranklin • Chloe Gallery • Maurey Garrett• Jaden Gladden • Ryan Gorton • DrewGossage • Byron Graham • Jarrett Gunn,Jr. • Philip Hallam • Nathaniel Hardy •Kathleen Hargens • Andrew Harris •Khadijah Harris • Delaney Herkert • Jordyn Hester • Whitney Hopson • Allison Hrechko • Abriyona Hudson •Joseph Humphrey • Destiny Izguerra •Jaida Jude • Briana Kazee • Stewart Keene• Kennedy Leathers • Kaitlin Lee • JillianLessner • Jorden Levine • Jonathan Lewis• Alexandra Lowry • Jonathan Luong •Elyse Mansfield • Erik Manzig • ChadMartin • Kayla Matthews • Mia McCoy •Camryn McMahan • Johnna Mitchell •Nacyla Mitchell • Stephen Morrow •Amirah Muhammad • Enrique Munoz •Mya Murff • George O’Malley • KyleO’Shea • Garret Oatis • Etinosasere Oliogu • Kweku Osei • Lauren Parker •Jehan Patterson • Uriyah Patterson •Stephen Peacock • Claudia Pollmacher •Janee Porter • Andrew Pounder •Monique Pruitt-Henderson • CourtneyPugh • Lior Rafalovitz • Michaela Reid •Nicole Rhoads • Tyler Roberson • TaylorRobinson • Sierra Ross • Tylon Ross •Jonathan Rusek • Rachael Rusek • NoorRyan • Kyle Salley • Brielle Scullark •Sarah Skorupa • Grace Sowacke • Mar-garet Sullivan • Josha Thomas • TaraThrall • Tyler Van Kley • AlessandroVazquez • Jamia Vinci • ZiOnay Walker •Richard Wallace • John Weeks • ChadWheeler • Dashunti Wheeler • ChloeWhite • Jovan White • Ayanna Whitehead• Robin Williams-Chappell • Arthur Willis• Crystal Wilson • Kyla Wilson • JohnWootton • Melissa Wright • Tyler Wright

GRADE 10 - Class of 2017HIGH HONORS: Olivia Bergeron •Melinda Berman • Michael Bonthron •Vanessa Bowers • Emma Brown • VioletBuchtel Devine • Joshua Chambers •Courtney Davis • Aislinn DeButch • Payton Gallery • Eric Hagerman • LillianHamer • Azrien Handy • Sydney Hayes• Sophia Johnson • Shannon Jordan •Reese Kaiser • Nicholas McAlister •Alexander Mendoza • Amanda Schaefer• Kennedi Sidberry • Malika Toguem •Sebastian Valentin • Catherine Wassilak •Sarah Weiner • Tsai-Yun Yang

HONORS: Leah Adams • NicholasAdams • Michelle Agyemang Amoako •Matthew Anderson • SopuluchukwuAnidobu • Jessica Ashby • Justin Ayala •Miracle Barker • Kenneth Battle • ColinBeer • Isolde Belisle Dempsey • DianeBlaszczyk • Liliana Bonarrigo • Jenna Bostick • Nathaniel Bouchie • TamiiaBrown • Justin Caldwell • Camille Campbell • Tylar Canty West • KiaraCarter • Rebecca Cockrell • Hailey Coghlan • Erin Cook • Lauryn Cook •Summer Cowley • Mia Croswell • EboniDavis • Kerrington Davis • KnikolasDean • Ashley Deckelman • Maya Dent• Bailey Didier • Kathryn Donermeyer •Shelby Dorsey • Olivia Drwiega • Syd-ney DuBose • Trevor Eckols • Zion Ep-person • Matt Aris Fernandez • JamesFields • Claire Fortman • Amari Franks •Alexander Garcia • Sydney Gear •Emanuel Gomez • Karen Gonzalez • Lillian Gosha • Joseph Greenebaum •LaShae Harris • Henry Heligas • MichaelHillegass • Diamond Hines • Kyle Hin-ton • Mary Huffman • Alexis Hunter •Ashley Hunter • Blessing Ibe • Demi Jefferson • Lauren Jennings • JaylahJones • Quintin Jones • Max Jung • Brennan Kaiser • Cierra King • Stephen Kirchschlager • Samantha Klupchak •William Knox • Katya Kolimas • HenryKreis • Aundria LaNier • Jazzmine Lee •Jonathon Lee • Shekinah Lee • ChristianLewis • Jalyn Lockett • Leah London •Tamra Love • Collin Martinez-Jerozal •Jaiquan McCaskill • Theresa McGrath •Langston McHenry • Brittany McLaurin• Glynnis McManamy • Alexis Meiner •Brianna Meyer • Keita Morris • MorganMyles • Ayomide Omomo • Nana Osei •Nelson Parra • Meera Patel • CollinPawlowski • Thomas Payton • VincentPeo • Emma Piotrowski • Gabrielle Pizza• Michelle Pruitt • James Rhyne • Jennifer Riner • Imani Rogers • DilanRutland • Kyra Schaffer • Matthew Scholefield • Carter Schultz • MichaelSchutz • Aminat Shittu • CamarinoShores • Thomas Simon • Jordan Singleton • Lucy Sloan • Clayton Smailes• Brenden Smith • Kimani Smith • Dorian Snowden • Tess Sobolewski •Camryn Stasulas • Alexandria Staton •Ian Stern • Juno Suzuki • Aira Tantoco •Jasmine Travis • Amariih Vaughns •Robert Venegas • Cheya Washington •Tasha Washington • Kennedy Weaver •Jane Wenckus • Asia West • David White• Deja Wilkins • Katherine Willis •Cheyenne Winters • Kevin Zhang

GRADE 11 - Class of 2016HIGH HONORS: Jessica Barry • Ryan Bergal • Sarah Coghlan • Shiloah Coley• Tyler Connors • Samuel Cutrara • Meagan Donermeyer • Megan Garrity •Preston Genett • Michael Gislason •Rosemary Joyce • Grace Lipscomb •Michelle Maass • Jacqueline Mazique •Kayla Reiser • Cobi Sabo • NicholasThompson • Isabel Weber

HONORS: Kyle Allen • Stephen Allen •Kwame Amuh • Alexis Anderson •Emma Anderson • Isabella Anderson • Jomarie Arban • Christine Augustin •Margaret Austin • Tia Baldwin • ZionBanks • Carli Bell • Anthony Bello •Brooklynn Blue • Darryl Bogard • RobertBoldt • Ivan Borrayo • Rashelle Brownfield • Brooke Butler • Janelle Butler • Jacob Cairo • Luis Carbajal •Mae Carroll • Juliana Castagna • IsisChism • Bernie Coderre • • Luke Colin• Margaret Colton • Santago ConcepcionWall • Benjamin Conforti • Kayla Conner• Heather Culbertson • Elaina Dague •Alana Davis • Anthony Davis • MaryDonkel • Tristan Donohoe • MariahDorsey • Anna Dunlavy • Jack Dunlavy• Shannon Dunne • Christopher Elion •William Flowers • Jordan Fox • Alexan-der Fuentes • Elias Gamble • ArlainaGardner • Michael Gavin • GabrielleGlomb • Lila Grant • Nora Grasse •Bryce Gray • Alexia Hamilton • TevinHardwick • Michael Havighorst • HaileyHeining • Delaney Huddleston • BrentHughes • Kasey Hull • AileenHumphrey • Dan Ibrahim • Joshua Izenbart • Jeremy Johnson • Alvin Jones• Ethan Kaiser • Raina Kalas • CaitlinLamb • Devin Lampkins Jr • LauraLarocca • Madison Larocca • Eric Leake• Hannah Lichtenberg • Luke Logan •Kyle Loudon • Mia Luckett • LonzoLynn • LeeAndre Mahomes • EmilyMathews • Michael McDermott • AaronMcGhee • Jared Moore • Jackson Mulli-gan • Linda Nwumeh • Sophia O’Con-nor • Ianna Oatis • Sameea Osiomita •Tatiana Owens • Jordan Penman •Thomas Planera • Justus Porter •Kendric Pryor • Warren Richards • IsaiahRicks • Myra Rivers • Claudia Roberts •Kayla Robinson • Kelly Rosenthal •Michael Ruiz • Mia Schumann • JuliaSchwieterman • Marcia Schwieterman •Ethan Senesac • Marie Sherlock • NatalieShute • Luke Smailes • Cassidy Spuhler• Keani Staton • Jordan Stewart • Dia-mond Tharp Thomas • Courtney Thomp-son • Aubria Thornhill • Katia Tingue •Cassie Toolan • Lauren Torian • GraceTosi • Blake VanNiel • Kira VanVoorhees• Casey Vercher • Elizabeth Voelker •Rosalind Wade • Rashaan Walton •Joshua Ware • Brooke Watson • Anastasia Weeks • Rachel Welch • MalikWhite • Payton White • Shaleahk Wilson• Duncan Wood • Amire Woolfolk •Kayla Young • Chad Yranela

GRADE 12 - Class of 2015

HIGH HONORS: Lauren Agrigento •Haley Atherton • Morgan Bohlman •Jonathan Brandt • Kayla Butler • GitaConnolly • Michael Crecco • Olivia Dau •Jacob Fontana • Whitney George • Shukurat Giwa • Kendall Jordan • MateaLarrieu • Robert Meagher IV • MushaunMiller • Maya Nakamura • Kasey Nemitz• Leah O’Shea • Melissa Pizza • HeatherSmith • Ciara Thomas • Rachel Wilson

HONORS: Michelle Akintola • Brenda Aldape • Alana Anderson • Brittani Andrews • Ashley Asauskas • AnthonyBabinec • Destin Barnes • Tiara Barnette •Jaida Belt • Quewone Berry • MadysenBolin • Jacob Bostick • Jordan Brooks •Chazz Brown • Jaya Brown • Taylor Bush• Deana Cager • Antonio Carter • Hannah Casey • Jarrid Chaney • ElliottChura • Peter Cipriano • David Cline •JimMiah Coleman • Andrew Condon •Joshua Cook • Ladye Cook • GabriellaCooke • Kenneth Dames • Lydia Davenport • Amy Donne • MatthewDwyer • Toluwalope Efunkoya • Kynnadee Euman • Adebayo Fatuki • IanFitzgerald • Joshua Fonseca • Chanel Ford• Jesse Forestell • Khaylan Foy • IsabellaGriffin • Liam Gubbins • Sierra Gurgel •Mia Guzynski • Madeline Hallahan •Julian Hansen • Breon Henley • TerezHobson • Caleb Holman • Lindsay Hopson • Lena Howard • SabrinaHoward • Elizabeth Hrymak • KaylaHughes • Rachel Husmann • Victor Ibe •Joi Jackson • Milana Jeune • CarlosJimenez • Ashley Johnson • Jordan Johnson • Janell Jones • Kyree Jones •Alaa Khalyfa • David Knot • AllisonKoszyk • Emily Leader • Branden Levine• Autumn Lewis • Kamariah Lewis •Kyrsten Lindstrom • Fernando Lopez •Vivien Makos • Noelle Maldonado • Marcus Mangel • Imani Mason • KyleMatl • Diamond McCoy • Zhamese Mead• Kiersten Mears • Lauren Minga • FionaMoran • Madeline Morrison • Kelly Morrissey • Michael Morrow • Kyle Mustiful Brumfield • Darcey Nordman •Jessica Norman • Jeremy Orbik • Joel Osei• Reginald Peacock • Nadia Ramos •Nicholas Reardon • Susanna Reese •Tiffani Riley • Alexis Roberts • ChristinSalley • Vanessa Sanchez • ShelbySanders • Haden Santefort • Edwin Schaeffer • Corey Schaffer • John Schloen• Christian Scott • Myranda Scott • JamesSheehan • Michael Shereyk • CaitlinShockley • Megan Shockley • AshirahSimpson • Albrey Smith • LawrenceSmith • Rajaa Smith • Courtney Snyder •Reginald Stanton • Bailey Stasulas •Guy Stevenson II • Brendan Stewart •Calvin Stringer • Justin Strong • Adrianna Szpara • Rebecca Tanner •Zachary Taylor • Katharine Teykl •Madison Thiros • Tinsha Thomas •Tara Troli • Wyatt Ullberg • Alyssa Villamor Thompkins • ChristineVoelker • Ethan Wald • Mylon Walker• Ginger Washington • Nadiri Washington • Elijah Watson • DeneeWebster • Charles Weeks • JuliaWenckus • Justin Wilkerson • JailenWilliams • Alana Willis • Noah Wojcikowski • Griffin Wright

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Cor rec t ionIn the summer 2014 Viking Connec-

tion, Rear Admiral Patrick Driscoll

was identified with the incorrect

graduation year. His correct year is

1973. H-F regrets the error.

In September, our Board of Education saidfarewell to seven-year member JeanneMcInerney-Lubeck. Mrs.Lubeck served with passion,dignity and an unwaveringcommitment to do what is

best for students, staff, parents and the entire H-Fcommunity. Her love and commitment to the artswas no secret, but equally so was her determinationfor ensuring that all students succeed and have thenecessary resources to meet their needs. Our com-munity as a whole will sorely miss her individuality,sincerity and commitment to excellence. We wish herthe best of luck in her future endeavors.In October, Debbie L. Berman was appointed bythe Board of Education to fill the vacant board posi-tion. Mrs. Berman and her husband, Elliott, are resi-dents of Flossmoor and currently have one daughter,Melinda, attending H-F and one son, Louie, attend-ing Parker Junior High School. She has been part ofthe Homewood-Flossmoor community since 1968 andis a 1984 H-F alumnus. Mrs. Berman attended Bran-deis University, then earned her J.D. from HarvardUniversity Law School in 1990. She is currently a part-ner with the Chicago law firm of Jenner & Block LLP,focusing her practice on complex commercial litigation.

We look forward to the many future contributions Mrs. Bermanwill make as a new member on our Board of Education.

This issue of the Viking Connection provides a recapof the first quarter of this school year. Inside youwill see highlights from the academic, athletic, ex-tracurricular and alumni worlds of H-F. On page 2you will find a list of this quarter’s Honor Roll stu-dents, and on page 11 you will meet this year’s Na-tional Merit and National Achievement students.

On page 4, H-F’s AP Scholars in their various levelsare listed. This list of accomplished students in-cludes two of whom we are exceptionally proud:Maeve Coates Welsh, who is currently a freshmanat the University of Chicago; and Michael Gislason,who is currently a junior here at H-F. Both Maeveand Michael earned a perfect 36 — the highest possi-ble composite score — on the ACT college admis-sion and placement exam. This is no easy feat!According to the College Board, less than one-tenthof one percent of all ACT test takers earn this topscore. Congratulations to these young scholars!

— Dr. Von Mansfield, Superintendent

Note from the Superintendent

Board changes and student accomplishments this fall

This past spring, the Washington Post re-leased its America's Most ChallengingHigh Schools report, which ranks the na-tion's secondary schools through an indexformula that's a simple ratio: the number ofAdvanced Placement, International Bac-calaureate and Advanced International Cer-tificate of Education tests given at a schooleach year divided by the number of seniorswho graduated that year. Homewood-Floss-moor Community High School District 233was ranked the top public high school inChicago’s South Suburbs at No. 57 in Illinoisand No. 1,577 in the country.According to the Washington Post, H-F’s in-

dividual Challenge Index has increased from1.489 last year to a score of 1.594 this year, in-dicating that more students are taking chal-lenging courses at the school.Now this fall, Newsweek / The Daily Beast

released its 2014 America’s Best HighSchools report, where Homewood-Floss-

moor was once again ranked one of the tophigh schools in the nation. In this report,Homewood-Flossmoor was ranked No. 26 inthe state of Illinois and No. 473 in the coun-try. It was one of only two Southland schoolsthat made the list; Carl Sandburg HighSchool ranked at No. 20.While both publications used figures

based on the 2012-13 school year, theNewsweek methodology differed from that ofthe Washington Post. Newsweek’s ranking wasbased on four categories: the school’s four-year cohort graduation rate; students’ col-lege-acceptance rate; students’ rigor/collegepreparedness; and student scores on college-entrance exams.“While the metrics are specific to each

publication, the results are the same,” saysSuperintendent Dr. Von Mansfield. “H-F isgetting the job done. We compete and rankamong the best schools in the nation.”Unlike the comprehensive Homewood-

Flossmoor, many of the top-ranked highschools in both reports have selective-enroll-ment policies and do not admit all studentsresiding in their boundaries. The completeNewsweek report can be viewed atwww.thedailybeast.com/features/2014/america-s-top-high-schools.html. The Wash-ington Post report is at apps.washingtonpost.com/local/highschoolchallenge.

Newsweek: H-F is one of the best schools in America

Debbie L. Berman

Jeanne McInerney-Lubeck

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Ac a d em i c New s

2014 National AP Scholars

H-F students who received an average grade of atleast 4 on all AP exams taken and grades of 4 orhigher on eight or more of these exams:

Maeve Coates Welsh (U. Chicago)Kristina Hill (MIT) • Lauren Hurley (Grinnell)Emma Lane (Northwestern) • Evan Runburg

2014 AP Scholars with Distinction

H-F students who received an average grade of atleast 3.5 on all AP exams taken and a 3 or higheron five or more of these exams:Desmond Amuh (Yale) • Kevin Anderson (Grinnell) • Crissel Arban (UIC) • IsabeauBelisle Dempsey (Harold Washington) • MorganBohlman • Harrison Brooks (U. Illinois) • KyraCaldwell (Cornell U.) • Peter Cipriano • MaeveCoates Welsh (U. Chicago) • Gita Connolly •Ladye Cook • David Didier (Royal Conservatoryof Scotland) • Jessica Erman (Ball State) • PolinaErmasova (DePaul) • Jacob Fontana • MichaelGislason • Irie Grant (Howard) • Mia GuzynskiKristina Hill (MIT) • Terez Hobson • GraceHodges (Wooster) • Lauren Hurley (Grinnell)Catherine Jaicks (Wooster) • Katherine Jennings(U. Illinois) • Emma Kaye • Jordan Kouassi •Emma Lane (Northwestern) • Mark Lawlor (Purdue) • Allison Lessner (U. Virginia) Branden Levine • Vivien Makos • Marcus Mangel • Anna Meehan (Vanderbilt) • FionaMoran • Joel Osei • Melissa Pizza • Evan Runburg • Rebekah Siliezar (Yale) • SamuelSpencer (Vanderbilt) • Kristin Spratt (Northwest-

ern) • Mineru Suzuki (UC - Berkeley) • NinaSweeney (Middlebury) • Madison Thiros •Wesley Thrall • Kevin Toolan (U. Michigan) •Christine Voelker • Mylon Walker IV • JohnnyWashington (U. Illinois) • Morgan White (NotreDame)

2014 AP Scholars with Honors

H-F students who received an average grade of atleast 3.25 on all AP exams and grades of 3 orhigher on five or more of these exams.Jessica Barry • Charles Bialobok (DePaul) • Bernie Coderre • Shiloah Coley • MargaretColton • Josephine Edelbrock (U. Cincinnati)Rachel Elfman (Denison) • Ryan Evans (U. Illi-nois) • Agatha Fernandez • Whitney George •Nora Grasse • Kumiwa-Pili Gyasi • Ian Harris• Jonnea Herman (Skidmore) • Rosemary Joyce• Corey Kosmin • Carter Levinson • LonzoLynn Lauren Minga • Stuart Moore • Maya Nakamura • Kasey Nemitz • Quincy O'Malley(The Ohio State) • Kayla Reiser • Cobi Sabo •Nicholas Sanders (Northwestern) • MontanaSandstrom (SIU-E) • Mandy Sigale • DariusSlatton • Loretta Sutkus (IIT) • NicholasThompson • Lauren Torian • Rachel WilsonShaleahk Wilson

2014 AP Scholars

H-F students who received grades of 3 or higher onthree or more AP exams.Sobechukwu Anidobu • Jomarie Arban • Tia

Baldwin • Ryan Bergal • Leslie Bonthron (Purdue) • Jacob Bostick • Mae Carroll •Hannah Casey • Juliana Castagna • SierraClemetson (U. Missouri) • Sean Connors (West-ern) • Michael Crecco • Heather Culbertson •Heidi Culbertson (Evangel) • Samuel Cutrara •William Daniels II (U.S. Coast Guard) • OliviaDau • Andrew Davis (Morehouse) • KennedyDavis • Meagan Donermeyer • Vera-PatienceDureke (Joliet Jr.) • Joseph Eagle • Jesse Eshleman (Biola) • Khayleia Foy • Austin Grandison • Jack Hallam (Rose-Hulman) • Reginald Hamilton (Penn State) • Michael Havighorst • Victor Ibe • Joshua Izenbart • Stacy Ann Johnson (U. New Hampshire) • AlexisJung (U. Iowa) • Madeline Kane (DePaul) Allison Koszyk • Laura Larocca • Hannah Levy• Mia Luckett • Taylor Matl (SE Missouri)Zhamese Mead • Damen Miller (Marquette) • Jeremy Miller (Wooster) • Michael Morrow •Toluwani Odueyungbo • Jonah Ongman (Emerson) • Summer Payton (NYU) • ChristinaPrice (U. Illinois) • Demetrio Reed • Leigh Reid(Oberlin) • Jennifer Richardson (Illinois Wesleyan)Payton Richardson • Mary Rodgers (Ball State)Victor Rounds (Vanderbilt) • Joshua Ruffolo (Columbia College) • Haden Santefort • JohnSchloen • Katherine Seaver (IIT) • Katie Sinwelski (U. Iowa) • Jordan Stempel (U. Illinois)Justin Strong • Ethan Supler (Bradley) • Katharine Teykl • Briana Thompson • Kira Vanvoorhees • Alyssa Villamorthompki • Elizabeth Voelker • Isabel Weber • PriscillaWhang (U. Illinois) • Kaleigh Wilkins (U. Illinois)Noah Wojcikowski

Sara BrownWorld Language

Benedictine & Concordia

Kathryn ColePermanent Substitute

Northern Illinois University / National

Louis University

Christina CastilloApplied Academics

Eastern Illinois University

Javin CottonEnglish

Illinois StateUniversity

Ashley MazzolaWorld Language

University of Illinois& Universidad de

Alcala

Kevin GalichScience

Illinois State University

Courtney PeshaApplied Academics

Eastern Illinois University

Lindsey ZidekEnglish

University of Illinois -Chicago

Carolyn ScanlonMathematics

University of Missouri&

Olivet Nazarene

Sheila McGuireWorld Language

Marquette & National Louis

University

Mark PendergrassApplied Academics

Illinois State University

Eric OlsonPE/Health

Luther College & Trinity Christian

Meet H-F’s Newest Faculty Members

N e w s f r o m C a m p u s

There’s no business like show businessfor some H-F grads. See what theseyoung alumni are doing to pursue theirdreams on the professional stage andscreen:

JessicaDiGiovanni,2003 — Jessica was re-cently nomi-nated as BestSupporting Ac-tress for an IndieSeries for her

work on Twenty Five. Jessica lives in NewYork and has a thriving career in plays,films, TV series and commercials.

CelesteCooper,2005 —She received anominationfrom the 2014Black TheatreAllianceAwards for the

Phylicia Rashad Award as Most PromisingActress.

MichaelMoran,2006 —Michael won a2013 JosephJeffersonAward fororiginal inci-

dental music for City of Dreadful Night at theDen Theatre in Chicago.

ErinSchmidt,2009 —Erin com-pleted herBFA in The-atre Acting atNew York’s

Syracuse University in 2013 and just landedher first professional acting gig. She is cur-rently portraying the misfit 12-year-oldFrankie in Triad Stage’s The Member of theWedding in Greensboro, N.C.

NickNarcisi,2010 —Nick justgraduatedfrom the BFAActing Pro-gram at theUniversity of

Illinois - Urbana-Champaign and receivedthe prestigious, full-year paid acting intern-ship at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.

HillarySigale,2010 –Hillary has ap-peared in twoproductionswith The DeadWriters The-

atre Collective: most recently in Emma, andearlier in the Noel Coward production ofThe Vortex. She has studied at Shake-speare’s Global Theater in London and per-formed at Scotland’s Fringe Festival. Hillarygraduated in 2014 from Washington Univer-sity with a dual degree in neuroscience andpsychology. She is currently enrolled in amaster’s program at the Adler School ofProfessional Psychology.

AerielWilliams,2010 —Aeriel hasbeen nomi-nated for a2014 BlackTheatre Al-

liance Eartha Kitt Best Featured ActressAward for her role as Lorrell in Dreamgirls.

Alumni excelling in world of theatre & entertainment 2014 Illinois State Report Cards Released

Residents will find several informa-tive metrics and features on the2014 School Report Cards, releasedOct. 31 by the Illinois State Board ofEducation. The interactive reportcard has been redesigned to bettergauge the progress of students andschools, especially in terms of meet-ing college- and career-readinessbenchmarks.

In addition to district success indi-cators, the new report card pro-vides a summary of junior yearstudent performance on the IllinoisPrairie State Achievement Exam(PSAE) that was taken in April 2014.This test provides a snap-shot pic-ture of student-achievement indica-tors. H-F utilizes the PSAE results inconjunction with a much larger andcomprehensive assessment frame-work — that not only captures theachievement level of each studentupon entry into the district, but alsocontinues to assess student growthmultiple times each year. This pro-vides teachers with the data neces-sary to ensure that all students aresupported and challenged with arigorous curriculum in order toreach their academic potential.

H-F’s complete report card — andreport cards from around the state— can be viewed at IllinoisReportCard.com. An at-a-glance version ofthe report is available to downloadat hfhighschool.org.


#1 — The first concert of the year — MusicDept. on Parade — was held Oct. 8, featur-ing nearly 500 performers. Highlights in-cluded a performance of The Star SpangledBanner and Viking Choir’s Alleluia.

#2 — This year’s fall play, Eurydice — whichretold the story of a classic Greek myth —hit the Mall Auditorium stage Sept. 26-27.

#3 — The Class of 1984 was one alumnigroup that returned to the H-F campus thisfall for a reunion. These Vikings toured H-Fon Homecoming Day: Friday, Sept. 19.

#4 — Homewood centenarians, Mary Cant-way and Max Eysenbach, were two of 170guests at H-F’s annual Senior Citizens’Breakfast & Tour, held Oct. 15 in the NorthCafeteria.

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#5 — Youth Night was held Oct. 3 at H-FStadium. Band, cheer and pom membersfrom James Hart and Parker Junior Highjoined the Vikings on the field at halftime.

#6 — On Oct. 20, H-F welcomed represen-tatives from nearly 200 colleges and uni-versities from across the country forCollege Night. Attendees learned about ad-mission requirements, financial-aid assis-tance and more at this annual event.

#7 — This school year H-F expanded itstechnology profile to include 360 additionalChromebooks, which are used by studentsfor their daily coursework.

#8 — H-F's Field Hockey team worked toStick it to Cancer at its home game on Oct. 6.Shirts were sold and donations were made forVoices Against Brain Cancer in honor ofSandy Todd, H-F PE/Health teacher.

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A l umn i New s & Ha p p e n i n g s

Alumni on campus

At the Homecoming football game on Sept. 19, H-F honored players, coaches and cheer-leaders from its IHSA State Championship 1994 Football Team. The event celebrated the20th anniversary of the team’s 13-12 victory over Naperville North. Announced duringhalftime were coaches Tom Bailey, Jerry Eskoff, RossHowatt, along with Head Coach John Wrenn and players:#1 Mike Jerit; #6 Chris Rieckermann; #7 Ryan Harper; #9Ryan Wittig; #10 Tom Conroy; #11 Ted Reichert; #26 TomJasica; #27 Jon Cellini; #32 Shaun Gregory; #34 JamesTowers; #46 Chris Oliver; #47 Kevin Lanz; #50 JohnMatthews; #51 Kevin Matthews; #54 Kevin Smith; #55Marc Jones; #60 Brian LaCien; #62 Greg Harmon; #63 TomO’Brien; #65 Kevin Roth; #66 Chris Havens; #67 RyanHamilton; #70 J.B. Feeney; #71 Michael Abramczyk; #74Shawn Hubert; #75 Rocky Carey; #77 Tariek Gahiji; #80Nate Ross; #85 Jai Bullock; #89 Rich Evans; and #90 MikeMeyer. Players attended with their families — some travel-ing from as far away as California and Texas — and enjoyeda reception prior to the game in the North Building, hostedby H-F’s Alumni Office and Athletic Department.

Alumni UpdateAs always, stories in the

Viking Connection

speak to the wide di-

versity of interests of

our students and we

find that is certainly true of our

alumni as well. In this issue, we’ll

showcase some of these exceptional

alumni, including recent graduates

pursuing passions first ignited during

their days as H-F students.

For a brief few weeks this fall, H-F

could boast that it had two serving

United States Ambassadors among its

alumni. Now we’re pretty confident

that 99% of high schools will nevercount an ambassador among their

ranks, but H-F alumni are anything

but ordinary.

In August, Andrew Schapiro, ’81, was

confirmed as the newest U.S. Ambas-

sador to the Czech Republic. Ambas-

sador Schapiro graciously extended a

once-in-a-lifetime invitation to recent

graduates Desmond Amuh, ’14 (Yale

University), and Jordan Culpepper, ’14

(Howard University), to attend his

swearing-in ceremony.

Weeks later, the Honorable Susan

Page, ’81, stepped down from the post

she’d held for the past three years, as

Ambassador to South Sudan. Since

resigning her post, Ambassador Page

has accepted a position in the Office

of the Special Envoy for Sudan and

South Sudan in order to continue her

work on behalf of the Sudanese peo-

ple. Congratulations to these and all

of our fine alumni!

—Ann Cherry, Director of

Development & Alumni Relations

708-335-5530 • [email protected]

At left: #67 Ryan Hamilton was one ofmany 1994 Viking football players who returned for the Sept. 19 reunion with hiswife and children.

Above: #66 Chris Havenshoists up the 1994 champi-onship trophy — it is theonly football state champi-onship trophy H-F has re-ceived to date.

After serving two internships with the com-

pany, Jamaal is now employed by State

Farm Insurance as a systems analyst. Ja-

maal graduated from the University of Illinois

— Springfield with a degree in computer sci-

ence. While at UI-S, Jamaal was elected to

serve as a student representative on the larger University of Illi-

nois board, along with students from the Urbana, Chicago

campuses and prominent political and business leaders. Ja-

maal also volunteered for the Leadership for Life service group,

was treasurer of the student organization funding association

and served as captain of the UI-S squash team. Jamaal honed

many of his leadership skills right here at H-F. He was a mem-

ber of Viking Band and the Computer Club and was named H-

F’s Computer Science Student of the Year in 2010.

Brad is the assistant di-

rector for Division I

Men’s Basketball Cham-

pionship Game Opera-

tions for the NCAA.

Prior to this position, he

was the assistant ath-

letic director at Southern Illinois University. At H-

F, Brad was the sports editor of The Voyager,

when he decided to pursue a degree in journal-

ism at the University of Missouri - Columbia.

Brad graduated in 1999 with a double degree in

Journalism and Business then went on to receive

a master’s degree in Athletic Administration from

Ball State University. In his current position, Brad

oversees the year-round training of more than

100 officials through a series of stringent clinics,

designed to ensure that all officials are well

versed in the mechanics and rules of the game,

as well as preparing manuals for participating

teams and venues. Brad, who was recently back

on campus to share his story with H-F students,

now resides with his family in Indianapolis, Ind.

His older brother,

Kyle Taylor, ’91,

played basketball

and was a member of the track team at H-F, all

while maintaining good grades in the honors

program. He attended the University of Illinois -

Urbana on scholarship and participated in track.

Kyle was an integral member of the UI-Urbana

track team and was an All-American discus

thrower his junior and senior years. His team won

the Big Ten Outdoor title during his junior year.

He graduated with a degree in finance and

worked for IBM immediately out of college be-

fore moving on as director of production printers

for the Central Region for Ricoh.

Al umn i Ne a r & Fa r

Brad Taylor, ’94 Assistant Director for Division 1 Men’s Basketball - NCAA

Jamaal Holl ins , ’10Systems Analyst - State Farm Insurance

In August, An-

drew Schapiro

was sworn

into office as

U.S. Ambassador to the Czech

Republic. Senator Dick Durbin

(D-IL), Ambassador Diplomat in

Residence for the Midwest Ian

Kelly, and Congresswoman Jan

Schakowsky (D-IL) spoke be-

fore Schapiro was sworn in by

Judge Richard Posner of the

U.S. Court of Appeals for the

Seventh Circuit. Ambassador

Schapiro’s role will be to help

shape mutual relations be-

tween these two allies in terms

of cultural, economic, defense

and security issues.

Ambassador Schapiro’s family

has roots in the Czech Republic.

His maternal grandmother fled

Czechoslovakia in 1938. This is a

first-time diplomatic post for

Schapiro as he comes to the

position from the prestigious

role as a litigator and partner

for the international law firm of

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sul-

livan.

Ambassador Schapiro re-

ceived a B.A. from Yale Univer-

sity, an M.A. from Oxford Uni-

versity as a Marshall Scholar

and his J.D. from Harvard Law

School, where he served on the

Harvard Law Review with

Barack Obama. After law

school, he clerked for Judge

Richard Posner and for Justice

Harry Blackmun on the U.S.

Supreme Court. In 2001, he

joined the law firm of Mayer

Brown rising to partner before

leaving the firm in 2011 to join

Quinn Emanuel.

At H-F, he is remembered for

his easy-going demeanor, wit

and intellect. He excelled at

speech, winning the 1980 IHSA

championship in extemporane-

ous speech. He served on stu-

dent council and sang in Viking

Choir and performed in theatre

productions. He was joined at

H-F by his sister, Tamar, ’82,

who followed him to Yale and is

now an associate professor of

Philosophy at Stanford Univer-

sity. Andy and his family are

very excited by this new chap-

ter in their lives.

Andrew Schapiro , ’81U.S. Ambassador to Czech Republic


Kyle Taylor, ’91Director of ProductionPrinters - Ricoh

Facility News

Winter is fast approaching,and the district is pre-pared to keep H-F’s buildings

warm and safe for students. In

2011, the original 50-year-old boil-

ers were replaced in the South

Building. This new heating plant’s

energy savings have been remark-

able and — when normalized for

seasonal weather temperature —

result in approximately a 30% natu-ral-gas savings. When maintenance

repairs are factored, the district has

estimated that it has seen a cost

savings of nearly $100,000 annually

due to the new heating system. ________

Now that the weather is turning

colder, H-F is pleased to announce

two fitness opportunities for com-

munity members to utilize through-

out the winter:

• Fieldhouse Indoor Track — District

233 residents are invited to walk,

jog or run the indoor track Mondays

through Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. on

days when school is in session

(pending any athletic events going

on that evening in the Fieldhouse).

There is no charge, but a valid ID

showing residency is required.

• Natatorium Pool — On Sundays,

4-5:30 p.m., H-F’s indoor pool is

open for a $1 open swim session. A

lap lane and lifeguards are avail-

able. For more information on H-F’s

community swim program, please

visit HomewoodFlossmoorSwim.org.

Homewood-Flossmoor Girls’Tennis won its 30th straightsectional title on Saturday,Oct. 18, claiming the MarianCatholic Sectional crown by de-feating Illiana Christian 25-19.Singles Kaela Mack and dou-bles Sophia Osabuohien &Timara Maxwell and LaurenMansfield & Julia Wenckusheaded to the state tournament.The team was coached by DonBaron, social science teacher.

H-F Viking Football playedstrong with a 8-2 start thisfall. The team was led by

Bryce Gray, a junior quarter-back, and coached by Craig

Buzea, PE/Health teacher. TheIHSA playoff series began

Friday, Oct. 31.

This year’s Boys' Golf Teambecame the first H-F Boys'Golf Team to qualify for theIHSA State Tournament since2009. The team - Jack Mulli-gan, Ted Wick, PrestonGenett, Jack Calderone, BrentHughes and Kevin Steiner -competed at The Den at Fox Creek in Bloomington and finished in 12th place in its divi-sion. The team was coached by Chris Stiglic, science teacher.

H - F Vi k i n g At h l e t i c s


National Merit &Achievement StudentsSeven H-F students were named

2015 National Achievement Pro-

gram Outstanding Participants

Referred to Colleges. Congratula-

tions to: Al Collier, Austin Grandi-

son, Victor Ibe, Michael Morrow,

Joel Osei, Reginald Peacock &

Jaron Perry.

More than 1,600 African-American

high school seniors - including

three from H-F - were designated

semifinalists in the 2015 National

Achievement Scholarship Compe-

tition. Congratulations to: Ladye

Cook, Whitney George & Jordan

Kouassi.

Approximately 34,000 high per-

formers on the 2013 PSAT test

have been named Commended

Students in the 2015 National

Merit Program. Four students

from H-F have received this

honor. Congratulations to: Gita

Connolly, Jacob Fontana, Mia

Guzynski & Marcus Mangel.

The National Merit Scholarship

Corporation has announced the

names of approximately 16,000

Semifinalists in the 60th Annual

National Merit Scholarship Pro-

gram. H-F's Evan Runburg now

has the opportunity to continue in

the competition for a National

Merit Scholarship that will be of-

fered this spring.

Principally Speaking

Dear Stakeholders of H-F Community High School:

Having just concluded the first quarter, it is with great excitement thatwe reach out to you to celebrate many of our successes. Homewood-Flossmoor was again acknowledged as one of the best high schools in thecountry by Newsweek/Daily Beast at No. 473. While summative rankingscan be seen as an indicator of a quality school — from my seat — the realvalue of any school is the work of the students and faculty on a dailybasis that often is not reflected in such global markers.

As a school, we recently honored our National Merit/Achievement award winners (at right), along with our Students of the Quarter: Ashley Asauskas, Mia Battle, Andrea Barrera, Toluwalope Efunkoya, Sydney Floyd, Alexia Hamilton, Jason Hampton, MaryKatherine Huffman, Roderick Jackson, Hanna Johnson, Imani Mason, Lauren Minga, Tylon Ross, Marcel Sams, Heather Smith, Ray Thomas and Ginger Washington. I am alsopleased to be able to congratulate our students involved with our recent theatrical produc-tions, concerts, and sports for both their commitment and quality of performances this fall.Our teachers continue to focus on methods to maximize the performance of our students

within their classrooms. Working with their colleagues and Department Chairs, conversationsat an increased frequency are occurring relative to student performance and instructional prac-tice. This work represents a natural progression from the concentration in past years on cur-riculum and assessment development. This year, all communities will be hearing about the PARCC assessments and

Common Core learning standards and their subsequent impact on classroom learn-ing. Both the PARCC and Common Core present challenges to all schools. Home-wood-Flossmoor has aligned to the ACT’s College Readiness Standards in all of ourclasses. Moreover — despite the change in format to an assessment taken online —we feel our students are prepared for PARCC because of the commitment we havemade to increasing rigor in our courses, which is best represented in the perform-ance of our students on other important assessments, such as the ACT and Ad-vanced Placement. I believe I would be remiss to not take this as an opportunity to thank the commu-

nity for your support last school year, which proved to be difficult in a number of areas. Withyour support, we were able to maintain our academic focus in the midst of grief and chal-lenges. At Homewood-Flossmoor High School, we are committed to school improvementthrough intentional efforts to improve student performance. Because of this, I believe the 2014-15 school year will be another year our community can celebrate all things H-F.

— Ryan Pitcock, Ph.D., Principal


Are you new to the area? Are you the parent of a junior

high student? Would you like to know more about H-F?

Join us for a Community Coffee & Tour! Enjoy an informal

meeting with Superintendent Dr. Von Mansfield and Princi-

pal Dr. Ryan Pitcock, followed by a tour of campus. Please

RSVP with your name and hometown to 708-335-5581, [email protected]

for the following dates:

Thursday, Jan. 15 • 8:45 a.m. • Wednesday, April 15 • 8:45 a.m.

Sunday, March 22 • 1:30 p.m. - Stay for the 3 p.m. Viking Orchestra concert!

Saturday, May 2 • 5:30 p.m. - Stay for the 7:30 p.m. Children’s Play:

Lizzie Bright & the Buckminster Boy on this date!

New! Community Coffees & Tours

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POSTAL CUSTOMER

NOVEMBER20-23...Operation Snowball @Camp

Manitoqua

26 ..........Early Dismissal Day, 1:20 p.m.

................Viking Choir Community

Thanksgiving Service @

Flossmoor Comm. Church, 7:30 p.m.

27-28 ...Thanksgiving Holiday

DECEMBER3 .............Voyage to Excellence

Open House @South Building,

7 p.m.

6.............Incoming Freshman Testing

@ South Building, 7:45 a.m.

................Holiday Music Instrumental

Concert Series 1

@ Mall Auditorium, 2-5 p.m.

7 .............Holiday Music Instrumental

Concert Series 2

@ Mall Auditorium, 2-5:30 p.m.

9.............H-F Foundation Meeting

@ South District Conference

Room, 5:30 p.m.

................College Financial Aid Meeting

@ Mall Auditorium, 7 p.m.

10 ...........Inspirational Voices Concert


11 .............Art Recognition Reception

@ South Cafe, 6 p.m.

13............Holiday Tuba Concert


14 ...........Winter Choral Concert


16-18......First Semester Final Exams

19............Marking Day (No Classes)

................Boys’ Basketball Alumni Night,

5 p.m. @ South Gym

22...........Winter Recess Begins

JANUARY6.............Classes Resume

7 .............HFPA Meeting @ TLC, 5:30 p.m.

8 .............Jr. High Presentation

@ Parker Jr. High, 7 p.m.

10 ...........H-F Steppers Show


13............H-F Foundation Meeting

@ South District Conference

Room, 5:30 p.m.

14 ...........Jr. High Presentation

@James Hart Jr. High, 7 p.m.

15............Community Coffee & Tour

@ South Building, 8:45 a.m.

17............H-F FPAC Silent Auction

@ South Cafeteria, 6 p.m.

19............MLK, Jr. Day (No Classes)

26 ..........Tri-District Orchestra & Band

Concert @ Mall Auditorium, 7 p.m.

27...........Tri-District Choral Festival

@ Mall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

29 ..........College Planning for Juniors


31............Operation Snowflake

@ South Building

................Summer School Registration,

8 a.m.-2 p.m. @ North Cafeteria

President Richard T. Lites

Vice President Dr. David Mayer

Debbie L. Berman, H-F ’84

Gerald Pauling, H-F ’85

Jody Scariano

Tim Wenckus

District 233 Board of Education

Dr. John Farrell

C O M M U N I T Y C A L E N DAR

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