I n addition to its robust Fine Arts offerings (including thenew Media, Visual & Performing Arts Academy) and re-

cently expanded World Language programs (French, Spanishand Mandarin Chinese), Homewood-Flossmoor CommunityHigh School offers its Vikings challenging, experiential learningopportunities in STEM subjects. Jobs in the STEM fields — Sci-ence, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - are growingfaster than any other sector ofthe U.S. economy, according tothe Bureau of Labor Statistics.Students at H-F are given theopportunity to explore thesefields prior to choosing a col-lege or college major.

Programs such as ProjectLead the Way — offeredthrough the Applied Academ-

ics Department — let students solve complex problems in areal-world context. Students focus on the process of definingand solving a problem, not on only getting the right answer.ey learn how to apply STEM knowledge and skills using ad-vanced soware to create and innovate.

“PLTW courses at H-F are more than just curriculum,” saysNate Beebe, H-F’s PLTW master teacher. “ey offer students the

opportunity to explore the fields associatedwith engineering, develop problem-solvingskills and tie content from all of their corecourses into real-world applications.”

is practical side of learning has beenappealing to students. Enrollment inBeebe’s classes — Introduction to Engineer-ing Design, Principles of Engineering, DigitalElectronics, and Civil Engineering & Archi-tecture — has nearly tripled since the intro-

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STEM courses & opportunites grow at H-F

VIKINGCONNECTIONA quarterly newsletter

for the District 233

community

Summer 2016 • Volume 45

hfhighschool.org

They are on their way — The Class of 2016 was celebrated at this year’s commencement. See details on page 6.

H-F’s STEM courses include:

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GRADE 9 - Class of 2019

HIGH HONORS: Maya Alborn •Oyindasola Ayorinde • JosephineBachus • Clayvon Bedenfield • BarbaraBurns • Lily Callen • Lauryn Castagna •Joan Coderre • Kennedy Curtis • Victoria DAstici • Kyndall Davis • Maggie Dunne • Jaida Fourte • AbigailGuerrero • Sierra Harris • Perry Hoag III• James Humphrey • Aisha Ibrahim •Cameron Johnson • Caroline Koranda •Winston Langston • Caroline Larocca •Jeremy Libretti-River • Jeremiah Mailey-Durodola • Shallon Malfeo • Audrey McKillip • Emma McKillip • JadaMontgomery • JackLayden Mott • Kensuke Nakamura • Laurin Neal •Sally Pauss • Matthew Piotrowski • JoyRhodes • Jasmine Sahagun • AutumnStaples • Jeffrey Steele • James Steiner• Henry Thiros • Maeve VanEtten • Hailey Weishaar • Mara Winfrey • Katelyn Zalewski

HONORS: Evan Abraham • ShelbyAkridge • Adrianna Al Amin • Jordan Alfred • Kyle Allen • Jack Anderson •Tnaya Anderson • Udochukwu Anidobu• Marcos Archilla • Edrianna Assam •Dominique Austin • Jace Bell • AlexBenitez • Megan Bolling • Kaila Brack •Joshua Bridges • Audrey Brown •Shelby Brown • Carrington Calhoun •Yvette Cano Montesino • Sydney Carlson • Kaila Chambliss • RobynCole, Jr. • Lindsey Coleman • Christopher Collins • Donald Crocker •Asha Dowell • Jasmyne Duffie • JalenDuffin • Ashley Grace Dureke •Kennedy Echols • Benjamin Eng • AdiaFleming • Jose Julian Garcia • AsiaGardner • Cierra Garrett • Kaniyah Gill •Eli Gonzalez • Michael Gordon •Michael Grupp • Zahra Harmon Cohran• Hayden Henry • John Hertel • Alannah Hill • Camille Hobson • QuintenHope • Jack Johnson • Owen Kreis •Mia Lanier • Mariah Larrieu • GabrielleLaws • Nolan Levy • Brianna Lewis •Zachary Lueder • Dylan Lunceford •Jake Lutz • Mackenzie Lyseng •Joshua Maicach • Laila Malak • MiaMartin • Rebecca May • Kora McMillin •Jessica McReynolds • Kelci Merritt •Carter Middleton • Danielle Montgomery• Destiny Montgomery • MakenzieMoore • Morgan Murphy • Taylor Nash• Grace Ongman • Aliyah Ouedraogo •Elyja Parker • Caleb Pitts-Bowie •Camm Pollmacher • Brandon Prichard •Sean Roby • Alyssa Rosales • LaylaRoss • Alison Ruffolo • Nora Ryan •Jacob Schroeder • Tiana Sharpe •Christen Slaughter • Destiny Smith •Myles Spain • Jalen Stennis • AileenStraley • Tramone Tate • Sabrina Treccani • Gia Troche • Aniya Vaughns• George Waddell • Zoe Weaver • Serena Webster • Josephine Wenckus• Jaelyn White • Autumn Williams •Alexandria Wilson • Samara Zinnerman

GRADE 10 - Class of 2018

HIGH HONORS: Paige Adams • DylanCase • Joseph Cipriano • Megan Connors • Levi Dobben • Evgenia Ermasova • Alexandra Fieramosca •David Hill • Caleb Izenbart • JonathanLuong • Allie Mangel • Madeline Moxley• Amirah Muhammad • Enrique Munoz• Emma Novak • Claudia Pollmacher •Jalen Spain • Tara Thrall • Cole Weber• Simone Williams • Kayla Winfrey

HONORS: Maryam Adebayo • Sarah Albers • Kylie Andersen • Emma Anderson • Antonio Archilla • MariamBabawale • Kori Barnes • Andrea Barrera • Hayli Bentley • Rachel BereyWingate • Grace Bingham • RamonBlanco • Harrison Brooks • HasaniBroomfield • Autumn Brownfield •Ronald Butler II • Ava Calpino • SierriahClemons • Bradley Coen • MichaelColton • Braydon Crawford • LucyCrump • Lauren Davidson • NatalieDavis • Raven Davis • Anthony Dowd •Griffin Doyle • Tamila Dozier • SandraDriscoll • Max Dunlavy • OritsematosanEgbesemirone • Michael Fanello •Opeyemi Fatuki • Amanda Fieramosca• Allyson Finkelstein • Karen Fonseca •Leia Fuentes • Chloe Gallery • AriannaGarry-Bell • John Geary • Jaden Gladden • Ryan Gorton • Chase Gray •Danika Griffin • Philip Hallam • SydneyHampton • Nathaniel Hardy • AndrewHarris • Asante Hayes • Delaney Herkert • Jordyn Hester • Whitney Hopson • Allison Hrechko • JosephHumphrey • Brendan Hurley • AngelinaIzguerra • Destiny Izguerra • JohniyaJohnson • Kobe Junious • BrianaKazee • Melvin Keeler • Aaliyah Ko-rkoyah • Jorden Levine • JonathanLewis • Ariyana Maddox • Jacob Majda• Elyse Mansfield • Erik Manzig • ChadMartin • Ricardo Martinez • KaylaMatthews • Ayanna Mayes • Ruth Mc-Manus • Pershia Mohseni • HannahMonteilh • Stephen Morrow • GarretOatis • Liam OConnor • Nathaniel Oh •Olufemi Orekoya • Uriyah Patterson •Stephen Peacock • Grace Prado •Courtney Pugh • Lior Rafalovitz • AlexRechsteiner • Andre Reed • RavenReeves • Michaela Reid • Tyler Rober-son • Sierra Ross • Jonathan Rusek •Clare Grace Ryndak • Kyle Salley •Kathleen Schmidt • Michael Shipp, Jr. •Sarah Skorupa • Grace Sowacke • Bre-ana Spight • Kyla Stinson • LucaStrohmeier • Margaret Sullivan • EmmaTemple • Josha Thomas • Mya Toliver •Paityn Trantham • Bridget VanEtten •Tyler VanKley • Alessandro Vazquez •Zaid Walker • Chloe Walls • TawniWeathers • Chad Wheeler • ChloeWhite • Arthur Willis • Kyla Wilson •John Wootton • Mariah Wordlaw

GRADE 11 - Class of 2017

HIGH HONORS: Olivia Bergeron •Melinda Berman • Michael Bonthron •

Vanessa Bowers • Emma Brown • Violet Buchtel Devine • Joshua Chambers • Erin Cook • Cooper Dague• Aislinn DeButch • Bailey Didier • ClaireFortman • Payton Gallery • EmanuelGomez • Joseph Greenebaum • EricHagerman • Sydney Hayes • AmberHaywood • Henry Heligas • Mary Huff-man • Blessing Ibe • Shannon Jordan •Brennan Kaiser • Reese Kaiser •Samantha Klupchak • Caroline Madden• Glynnis McManamy • Brianna Meyer •Gabrielle Pizza • Jacob Rothchild •Lucy Sloan • Eliza Sykes • Aira Tantoco• Malika Toguem • Robert Venegas •Catherine Wassilak • Sarah Weiner •Tsai-Yun Yang

HONORS: Leah Adams • NicholasAdams • Desean Aikens • BoluwatifeAjanaku • Matthew Anderson • Sopuluchukwu Anidobu • TobalaseApata • Joshua Bishop • Jenna Bostick• Nathaniel Bouchie • Justin Caldwell •Camille Campbell • Tylar Canty West •Rebecca Cockrell • Hailey Coghlan •Cinae Collins • Courtney Commodore •Anne Julie Constant • Anne Rodie Constant • Justin Correll • SummerCowley • Courtney Davis • Eboni Davis• Jordan Davis • Kerrington Davis •Lance Davis • Ashley Deckelman •Maya Dent • Camron DeVine • AbigailDiemer • Carnell Dodd • Philip Donahue• Kathryn Donermeyer • Sydney Du-Bose • Krystal-Flora Dureke • Zion Epperson • James Fields • SydneyGear • Lillian Hamer • Azrien Handy •Joseph Henry • Michael Hillegass • KyleHinton • Benjamin Hoefle • KatelynHolmgren • Alexis Hunter • AshleyHunter • Eric Hunter • Tiara Jackson •Sophia Johnson • Jaylah Jones • CierraKing • Stephen Kirchschlager • WilliamKnox • Katya Kolimas • Henry Kreis •Nicholas Lambros • Anna Lane • ElijahLeake • Jonathon Lee • HannahLeonard • Dylan Lewers • Lester Loyd •Nicholas McAlister • David Meehan •Alexis Meiner • Alexander Mendoza •Jessica Minor • Emily Montalvo • KailoniMontgomery • Keithina Montgomery •Thomas Moore • Jessica Myles • Morgan Myles • Chiedozie Nwaru •Cessanye Osby • Nana Osei • DylanParrott • Meera Patel • Daniela Pena •Gianmarco Petrelli • Maryah Phillips •Emma Piotrowski • Michael Price •Myah Rhodes • Jennifer Riner • JaimieRobinson • Lauren Robinson • EthanRunburg • Dilan Rutland • KaitlynSanders • Kyra Schaffer • Matthew Scholefield • Michael Schutz • AminatShittu • Kennedi Sidberry • ThomasSimon • Malik Sims • Jordan Singleton• Michael Singleton • Clayton Smailes •Kimani Smith • Tess Sobolewski • IanStern • Hayley Sutherland • JunoSuzuki • Brandy Taylor • Taah Tompkins • Mya Valadez • SebastianValentin • Michael VanEtten • Alexia Villanueva • Zakiya Walker • JaneWenckus • Eunice Whang • DejaWilkins • Harrison Wojcikowski

GRADE 12 - Class of 2016

HIGH HONORS: Jessica Barry • RyanBergal • Mae Carroll • Juliana Castagna• Shiloah Coley • Margaret Colton •Heather Culbertson • Samuel Cutrara •Elaina Dague • Meagan Donermeyer •Aliaa Eldabli • Arlaina Gardner • MichaelGislason • Sarah Greene • BrittanyHenry • Aileen Humphrey • JoshuaIzenbart • Morgan Jackson • RosemaryJoyce • Ethan Kaiser • Lauren Kuchta •Hannah Lichtenberg • Grace Lipscomb• Michelle Maass • Sean MacCormack •Jacqueline Mazique • Sophia O’Connor• Thomas Planera III • Kayla Reiser •Warren Richards • Mandy Sigale • Cassidy Spuhler • Nicholas Thompson •Aubria Thornhill • Kira Van Voorhees •Isabel Weber • Shaleahk Wilson • KaylnWright

HONORS: Jomarie Arban • ChristineAugustin • Meg Austin • Isabella Aviles• Marcus Baker • Tia Baldwin • TaiylarBall • Carli Bell • Anthony Bello • EverettBirkII • Kevin Blacke • Wesley Blakely •Tamika Bobo • Temara Bobo • MilesBohlman • Ashley Bowens • Kai Brady• Caleb Brayboy • Rashelle Brownfield •Kristen Clark • Bernie Coderre • SarahCoghlan • Luke Colin • Benjamin Conforti • Kayla Conner • Tyler Connors• Jeremy Correll • Taylor Cox • JadeCurtis • Cheyenne Danner • AlanaDavis • Mary Donkel • Tristan Donohoe• Angelica Dorn • Brenden Drinkard McFarland • Shannon Dunne • Christopher Elion • Christian Evans •Alec Fidanza • Jessenia Figueroa •William Flowers • Krystin Forte • JordanFox • Michael Gavin • Preston Genett •Gabrielle Glomb • Lila Grant • NoraGrasse • Alexia Hamilton • VatsanaHargrove • Michael Havighorst • HaileyHeining • Brent Hughes • Hidemi Ihaza• Erique Johnson • Alvin Jones • Morgan Jordan • Raina Kalas • SyriaLaird • Laura Larocca • MadisonLarocca • Hannah Levy • Luke Logan •Kyle Loudon • Jaida Macklin • AlexisMalone • Emily Mathews • DavidMitchell • Kate Morrill Ploum • ParisNapue • Ikeoluwapo Nelson • ChibuikeNwaru • Linda Nwumeh • Ianna Oatis •Nija Onuegbu • Mary Paetow-Fanning •Brianna Rauch • Demetrio Reed • AnnReilly • Claudia Roberts • Cobi Sabo •Taylor Saucier • Johnathon Schmidt •Mia Schumann • Julia Schwieterman •Ethan Senesac • Mechai Sharks • Taylor Shults • Luke Smailes • AbbeySowacke • Koryn St. Clair • Keani Staton • Kevin Steiner • CourtneyThompson • Zach Thompson • KatiaTingue • Cassie Toolan • Lauren Torian• Grace Tosi • Johnathan Truex • BlakeVanNiel • Elizabeth Voelker • DestinyWatson • Tyler Wheeler • Brittany White• Emily White • Payton White • ChadYranela

Honor Roll — 2nd Semester 2015/16

T his week we will be welcoming students and staff forwhat I am confident will be another great year here at

Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School. On Aug.17, the Class of 2020 will eagerly enter our doors with wide-eyed anticipation ofwhat their future at H-F holds for them. I assure you that our administration andstaff are ready to embark on their high school journey with them, as we will con-tinue to provide our newest Vikings — and all of our students — with an outstand-ing education. Our mission, our greater purpose, remains clear: to promote eachstudent to reach their full potential. Our commitment to the overall success of ourstudents will again be evident this school year, as well as in the years ahead.

In preparation for the opening of school, necessary duties and tasks have beencompleted to ensure a smooth start to the school year. I, along with our currentadministrators and department chairpersons, are positioned to assume many ofthe duties and tasks of the principal's office. As we move forward into the schoolyear, the Board's Personnel Committee and administration will continue to eval-uate if additional supports are necessary, ensuring that the needs of our studentsand staff are being met. Each school year brings endless opportunities to ouramazing students, and we truly value the support and involvement of the entireH-F community.

For our district families, as concerns or questions arise throughout this schoolyear, please feel free to contact one of our assistant principals for assistance:Craig Fantin (708-335-5593, cfantin@hf233.org) or Dr. Lawrence Cook (708-335-5604, lcook@hf233.org). As always, parents, students and community mem-bers are welcome to contact me directly at 708-335-5500, vmansfield@hf233.org.

is fall, the new principal selection process for the 2017-18 school year willbegin. We will be involving as many stakeholders as possible through surveys, focusgroups and various interview committees. Stay tuned to our website for future up-dates regarding the principal search: highschool.org/news.

We are pleased to welcome Andrew Lindstrom back to our Board of Educa-tion this year. Andy — a life-long Homewood resident, financial expert, a class of1972 H-F High School alumnus, father of six H-F alumni and possibly thebiggest Viking fan of all — will serve the community at least until April 2017.Andy previously served from 2007-13 and chaired the Board's Finance Commit-tee for most of his term.

In other staffing news, two H-F departments will have new, outstanding de-partment chairs: English — Janet Daniels and World Language — Jenna De-Fazio. Read more about them, their experiences and plans for the year on page10. We look forward to their contributions and leadership this school year.

Lastly, I’d like to acknowledge and thank you for your support and involvement inour school. Community input, feedback and caring are what helped create District233 and its commitment to excellence nearly 60 years ago, and it is what will alwayssustain us and keep us moving forward as one of the best high schools in the coun-try. As in the past, I look forward to seeing you at the many exciting academic andextracurricular events that will showcase the talents and outstanding accomplish-ments of our students and staff. —Superintendent Dr. Von Mansfield

Message from the Superintendent

SUMMER 2016 VIKING CONNECTION • 3

District 233 Board of Education

President Richard T. Lites

Debbie L.Berman, ’84

Dr. John Farrell

Andrew Lindstrom ’72

Homewood-Flossmoor High SchoolLet here prevail the greatest expectations in academics,

civil responsibility and personalgrowth within a diverse community.

2,800 —Average number of students

17 —Average class size

15:1 — Student-to-teacher ratio

96% — Graduation rate

93% —2016 grads enrolled in a 2- or 4-yearcollege or university

FacebookHomewood-Flossmoor-High-School

Twitter & Instagram@HFHS59

Gerald Pauling, ’85

JodyScariano

TimWenckus

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Hom ew o o d - F l o s s m o o r - O n S t a g e

PE Dance RecitalFor the second consecutive year, H-F’s Physical Ed-ucation / Health / Driver Education Departmenthosted an evening dance recital, giving the greaterH-F community a chance to enjoy the talents of theschool’s Dance class participants. The eventwas held May 2.

Senior Conductors’ ConcertAnya Brumfield (Jacobs School of Music, Indiana

University) was one of 17 senior conductors at this year’sfinal orchestra concert, held May 17. She conductedEvermore by Dave Grohl; featured songs ranged fromartists as diverse as Coldplay to Cab Calloway and TaylorSwift to John Williams.

Contest PlayThis year’s Contest Play —Better Nate Than Ever —took 8th Place at the IHSAState Finals. Two castmembers were named All-State: congratulations,Jacob Rodriguez and Jessica Ashby.

Red & White ConcertCongratulations to our WhiteChoir & its directors — Rosemary Joyce (University of Minnesota) & Marcia Schwieterman(Marquette University) — for winning the 52nd Annual Red & White Concert, held May 19.

The Laramie ProjectThis year’s spring play presentedthe Matthew Shepard story, toldfrom the perspective of residentsof Laramie, Wy., and the play-wrighters who interviewed them.The production ran April 28-30.

Fine Arts

is May H-F's 3D Art - under the direc-tion of teacher Greg Petecki - completedan installation of a new large-scale pieceof art that will be displayed in front ofthe Flossmoor Public Library for thenext three years. e sculpture, KineticVision, is the first of its kind made by H-F students. It is a large-scale kinetic steelpiece that the class designed, fabricatedand installed. It represents the essence ofcommunity with all of its moving com-ponents, each working together to createbalance and harmony. Other H-F teach-ers who contributed to the planning andbuilding of the sculpture were BrianDvorkin, Jim Boswell, Mark Pender-grass and Benjamin May. A dedicationceremony was held on May 24 that in-cluded a ribbon-cutting by FlossmoorMayor Paul Braun (holding scissorsabove). Congratulations to these stu-dent-artists: Kylie Andersen, Alex Brig-gins, Cinae Collins, Noah Colon,Aryanna Jackson, Jaida Jordan,Danielle Jordan, Caitlin Lamb, StephenManning, Johnna Mitchell, PershiaMohseni, Kayla Troiani-Wendt andShaniya Wiley.

Applied Academics

irteen students from Janet Marks'Advanced Culinary class received theirFood Service Sanitation Manager Cer-tification this spring and are now certi-fied through the Illinois Department ofHealth. e students were tested on theServSafe exam in late April. is is thefirst time that H-F has had the oppor-tunity to teach this curriculum andhave students sit for this exam. Con-gratulations to: Sebastian Ascencio,Dylan Aver, Marquis Ball, TamikaBobo, Gabrielle Bello, AllieHumphrey, Jazzmine Lee, Cole Lewis,Emma Nwumeh, Serai Payton, AlyssaTabb, Jasmine Travis and AmariihVaughns.

World Language

Congratulations to the followingFrench students, who earned a total offive medals for their outstanding scoreson Le Grand Concours NationalFrench Contest (below, le to right):French 5: Michael Gislason - bronze;French 4: Lucy Sloan - bronze andKatie Donermeyer - silver; and French3: Allie Mangel - silver. Not picturedwas French 3 student JosephHumphrey - bronze. HF

A r o u n d C a m p u s

SUMMER 2016 VIKING CONNECTION • 5

H-F Journalism Team:No. 1 in State!

The H-F Journalism Team was namedIHSA State Journalism champions for

the second time in five years with a win thisspring at Eastern Illinois University. TheVikings proved that consistency is the keyas they performed well across the board,resulting in a winning team score of 30points. Following in 2nd place with 18 pointswas Stevenson High School. H-F studentsplacing in the top three are listed below,along with their categories:

• Thomas Planera III - 1st Place in Review Writing

• Shannon Dunne - 2nd Place in Editorial Cartooning; 3rd Place in Advertising

• Tia Baldwin - 2nd Place in Headline Writing

• Langston McHenry - 2nd Place in Sports Writing

• Kennedi Sidberry - 2nd Place in Yearbook Copy Writing

The champion team was sponsored thisyear by Candi Helsel-Wilk, art teacher, andGlen Leyden, English teacher.

Read recent Voyager articles at hfvoyager.com

6 • VIKING CONNECTION SUMMER 2016

Commencement DayI t was a warm and nearly cloudless Me-

morial Day Sunday on May 29 when

students from the 57th graduating class

from Homewood-Flossmoor Community

High School gathered to form the school

initials (photo above) then walked across

the stage at H-F Stadium to receive their

diplomas and begin their next life chap-

ter. District 233 Board of Education Presi-

dent Richard T. Lites was the guest

speaker, Student Government President

Alvin Jones led the pledge of allegience,

and Senior Class President Morgan Jack-

son gave a farewell speech , recapping

the students’ four years at H-F. Under the

direction of Sarah Whitlock, the Viking

Symphonic Band provided entrance and

dismissal music and members of the

Viking Choir, directed by Mike Rugen,

performed Good News, Chariot’s A-Com-

ing for one last time together. Superin-

tendent Dr. Von Mansfield presented the

Viking Scholars (page 7), then the

school’s guidance counselors presented

the remaining graduates to the crowd of

spectators and supporters. Board of Edu-

cation members helped distribute the

diplomas.

View event photos from graduation at the

following website:

hfhighschool.org/2016-graduation/

110% Athlete AwardBernie Coderre MeaganDonermeyer

Basketball / Baseball Soball

Daniel H. Murray Memorial Scholarship

Lauren Kuchta Josh IzenbartSoccer Football / Track & Field

Jan Nolting AwardLinda Nwumeh Field Hockey / Soccer

Calvin Mall AwardBryce Gray Baseball / Football

Senior Athletic Awards

Congratulations to our 2016 IB Diploma candidates: Kwame Amuh • Jessica Barry • Ryan Bergal • BernieCoderre • Margaret Colton • Heather Culbertson • Preston Genett • Lila Grant • Michael Havighorst •Hannah Levy • Jared Moore • Leah Moss • Jackson Mulligan • Michael Ojeda • Demetrio Reed • JuliaSchwieterman • Nicholas ompson • Lauren Torian • Kira VanVoorhees • Isabel Weber • Shaleahk Wilson

Karen Roseberry Memorial SchoolSpirit Award & Ron Magruder Award

Johnathon SchmidtSwimming / Water Polo

Alec T. Anderson Memorial ScholarshipAlvin Jones Bryce Gray

Cheerleading Baseball / Football

SUMMER 2016 VIKING CONNECTION • 7

Viking Scholars -

“Jessica approached herstudies and extracurricularpursuits with a dogged deter-mination and singular focuson success.”

— Mr. Matt Knoepke

“Ryan’s work was always wellplanned out and very thought-ful and full of symbolic con-tent. He was one of the hardestworkers in class, always refin-ing and perfecting his art. Hewas truly one of the studentsyou would hope to have multi-ple years in class, as he was in-spiring to myself, as well asother students.”

— Ms. Jackie Wargo

“Bernie is truly the nicesthuman being I know! He em-bodies characteristics thatmake every room he is in amore enjoyable place. I havenever heard a negative wordfrom him. He certainly setsan example for other stu-dents as to how to be a betterperson.”

– Ms. Jackie Wargo

“Maggie is the epitome of hardwork and dedication. She alwaysgoes above and beyond whencompleting a task. She doeseverything with a passion andher energy is contagious. She wasa phenomenal leader in the bandprogram and I will miss her. Wewill see great things from her inthe future. She will represent H-Fvery well.”

– Mrs. Sarah Witlock

“Heather’s deep sense of caring and curiosity about theworld gives me tremendous faiththat her impact will be both significant and compassionate.”

— Mr. Matt Knoepke

“Shaleahk was a joy to havein class. He is a model of hardwork and dedication, not onlyto his musical cra, but alsoto every organization he is as-sociated. Shaleahk pushed meas a musician and is one ofthe best we have had at H-F.”

– Mrs. Sarah Whitlock

“Preston was a very hardworker in my class. He wasthe type of student who tookdirection well and was alwayswilling to learn. He was al-ways also willing to betterhimself and to keep onachieving his goals.”

— Ms. Jackie Wargo

“Michael has been an outstand-ing AP Music eory student inevery way. He began by complet-ing all assignments then ex-tended by undertaking extrawork to develop self-assessedweaker skill areas. I’m certainthat this so-spoken senior willone day be a major voice inwhatever community he becomesa member.”

— Dr. Michael Rogers

“Hannah is among the most well-rounded and responsible students Ihave had the pleasure of teaching.She approaches challenges with apositive attitude, which impactsthose around her. She has provenherself to be an effective leaderamong her peers. I look forward towatching her accomplish her goalsand inspire others along the way.”

— Mrs. Helsel-Wilk

“Isabel is a gem. She always hasa smile on her face and is alwaysready to tackle challenges. She isan incredible musician who al-ways raised the bar musically forher peers and her ensembles. Shemade me a better teacher! ”

— Mrs. Sarah Whitlock

Class of 2016’sTop Academic Performers

Beyond Illinois’ private and state universities, the next popular

destinations for this class are the Universityof Iowa & Western Michigan University.

Average ACT score for our Viking Scholars? 31.4

For our top 10% by GPA? 29.15

More than 240 scholarships — at an estimated value of $10.8 million — were

earned by H-F’s Class of 2016.

Jessica BarryUniversity of Notre Dame

Ryan BergalUniversity of Michigan

Bernie CoderreIllinois Wesleyan U.

Margaret ColtonUniversity of Chicago

Heather CulbertsonEvangel University

Shaleahk WilsonNorthwestern U.

Preston GenettVillanova University

Michael GislasonWashington University

Hannah LichtenbergEmory University

Isabel WeberUniversity

of Notre Dame

Congratulations to our 2016 IB Certificate graduates: Juliana Castagna • Nora Grasse • Hannah Lichtenberg • Christopher Norling • Kiwane Perry

Darius Slatton • Wesley rall

Alumnusreturns,inspiresstudentsQuintin E. Primo,III, H-F ’73, wasthe featured guestspeaker at the May3rd NationalHonor Society Induction Ceremony. Quintin is chairman/CEO of Capri Invest-ment Group, a group of affiliated companies providing real estate investmentmanagement services globally to pension fund and other institutional investors.Capri currently holds more than $4 billion in real estate assets around the globe.

Quintin attended Homewood-Flossmoor High School for only his senioryear, yet had extremely complimentarythings to say about his time at H-F. Com-ing back here aer so many years, he re-mained impressed by the exceptionaldedication, diversity and scholastic ac-complishments of our students. He ad-dressed the students, reminding themthat during his career he has met numer-ous set backs and failures, but continuedto fight through and overcome obstacles.Quintin also issued a challenge to thestudents to put themselves out there toembrace multiculturalism, as well as to lead with service and compassion.

He has been in the real estate market for more than 30 years and is guidinghis company into emerging markets in Africa, India and the Middle East.Quintin claimed that one of the keys to the success of Capri Investment Groupis that the company generally “zigs” when everyone else “zags.” On a personalnote, he is also the co-chairman of the Primo Center for Women and Children,was founding chairman of the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness, and is aboard member of the Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs. He received his MBAfrom Harvard University and a B.S. in Finance with honors from Indiana Uni-versity - Bloomington. In addition to public company board experience, he isoen featured in major news publications and is a business contributor toCNBC. He and his family reside in the Chicago area. HF

A l u m n i N e w s & H a p p e n i n g s

Alumni OfficeDo you have news to shareabout an H-F alum, ques-tions about an upcoming re-union or how you can helpsupport today’s Vikings?

Contact Ann Cherry, director of Alumni Re-lations & Development, at 708-335-5530,acherry@hf233.org.

H-F CLASS REUNIONS

CLASS OF 1960 & 61 — 55 years• Sept. 30 - Flossmoor Station• Oct. 1 - Balagio’s Restaurant

CLASS OF 1966 — 50 years• Sept. 23 - H-F Football Game• Sept. 24 - Idlewild Country Club

CLASS OF 1986 — 30 years• Oct. 1 - Ravisloe Country Club

CLASS OF 1991 — 25 years• Sept. 24 - Aurelio’s PIzza

CLASS OF 1996 — 20 years• Aug. 27 - Ditka’s Restaurant

CLASS OF 2006 — 10 years• Oct. 7 - H-F Football Game• Oct. 8 - TBD

8 • VIKING CONNECTION SUMMER 2016

“Subject yourself to

understanding, learning,

being educated with the

multiculturalism that is

upon us. You should not

run from it; you should

embrace it.”

- Quintin Primo, H-F ’73

“Fundamentally, Homewood-

Flossmoor High School is

better than the august or-

ganizations and schools out

East because of who you are

& what you represent.”

- Quintin Primo, H-F ’73,on diversity & education

Nicole has had two books published this

spring: Yoga for Hikers and Yoga for

Climbers. For the past four years, she has

penned a weekly fitness column for The

Seattle Times called Fit for Life. Nicole

graduated from Dartmouth College cum

laude with a B.A. in Comparative Literature. After college, she lived in China for a year,

teaching English and eventually settled on the West Coast where she has resided for the

past decade. Nicole has also worked for the Anchorage Daily News. Today she is a certi-

fied yoga teacher who writes, plays piano and spends her spare time exploring the moun-

tains and beaches of the Pacific Northwest. As an H-F student, Nicole was a member of

the Viking tennis team for four years, ran track for one year, performed with the orchestra

and also served in student government. Her sister, Ingrid, is also a Viking.

Scott Adametz, ’02Director of Systems Architecture & TechnologyAccording to retired H-F Broadcasting teacher,

Bob Comstock, “I always remember how

Scott’s eyes would light up every time we in-

troduced new technology.” Scott took his pas-

sion and interest in technology further in his

career at the Pac-12 Networks. He is a two-

time National Emmy Nominee for Technical

Achievement in Broadcast for his role in pur-

suing innovative solutions to deliver high-qual-

ity sports programming. New technology

allows the Pac-12 to deliver first-rate productions from the more than 850 college sport-

ing events that are covered using only a few onsite operators while the majority of the

work is created from their main production studio in San Francisco.

Scott was a stand-out Viking, competing in speech and competitive drama. He took

home a State Championship for his acting role in Le Misanthrope in 2000 and another

State Championship as technical director for the 2002 Contest Play Orthello. In State

Speech competitions, he was the 2000 State Champion for his Performance in the

Round. He was a VTV anchor, station engineer, operations director and a WHFH Station

Manager. Scott was a member of the National Honor Society, Honor Roll, Gifted Pro-

gram and a Board of Education Distinguished Scholar. He graduated from the Univer-

sity of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign as a Chick Evans Scholar with his degree in

Broadcasting.

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ductory level class was first offered atH-F six years ago.

eir efforts in the classroom canearn students internships and scholar-ships. is past year eight students inCivil Engineering & Architecture tookpart in the ACE Mentor Chicago pro-gram. is aer-school program helpsmentor high school students and in-spires them to pursue careers in designand construction by finding hands-onexperiences with area businesses andsupporting them with scholarships andgrants. All eight ACE students — grad-uating seniors Kayla Robinson (Bowl-ing Green University) and ChristopherElion (Valparaiso University); and newseniors Emma Brown, EmanuelGomez, Katie Huffman, BrennanKaiser, Reese Kaiser and HenryVanEtten — were either awarded ascholarship or an internship throughACE this year.

A similar, experiential class — TonySvozil’s College Engineering offeredthrough the Science Department — hashelped recent students land paid intern-ships with Exelon Generation. issummer graduating students NolanCardona (Iowa State University), ParisNapue (Clark Atlanta University),Blake VanNiel (Marquette University),and Kayln Wright (University of Ten-nessee) have benefitted from the classconnection to Exelon. H-F is the onlyhigh school that Exelon has partneredwith for this program, says Svozil.

For more details on H-F’s STEMcourse offerings, view the course cata-log at www.highschool.org. HF

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NicoleH.C. Tsong, ’96Certified Yoga Instructor / Author

Photo by Erika Schultz

A r o u n d C a m p u s

Meet H-F’s new Department Chairs

Janet Daniels has been anEnglish teacher at H-F for

11 years, teaching a varietyof language arts levels plussummer classes. She has ledPLC teams and curriculumprojects, and has served the

district in a number of ways, including asa mentor teacher, member of the SchoolImprovement Committee, professional de-velopment coordinator, co-facilitator ofNew Teacher Week, Writing Center tutor,behavior intervention program facilitator,and volleyball coach. This fall she willserve in another role as the new Depart-ment Chair of English, replacing currentchair Jake Vallicelli, who will be returningas an English teacher. She holds a B.A. inEnglish from the University of Iowa, a mas-ter’s degree in Education from St. XavierUniversity and a master’s degree in SchoolLeadership from Olivet Nazarene Univer-sity. She says she is hoping to further im-prove H-F’s English curriculum —especially in the area of writing — growinstructional practices, and introduce moreengaging, relatable texts to students.

Jenna DeFazio is thenew World Language

Department Chair, replacingretiring chair Donna Sayler.Jenna comes fromGrayslake Central HighSchool, where she was World LanguageDepartment Chair and a Spanish teacher.Previously, she taught Spanish at LockportTownship High School. She holds a B.A. inSpanish Language & Literature from North-ern Illinois University, an M.A. in Educa-tional Leadership from Northeastern IllinoisUniversity and an ESL certificate from theAmerican College of Education. Jenna hasa passion for working with students andteachers and a passion for Spanish lan-guage and culture.

H-F ART STUDENTS

Congratulations to Emma Novak forreceiving Best in Show at this year'sNational Art Honor Society SpringArt Show. is was Emma's secondBest in Show award this year; thistime her paper sculpture, Nest, tookhome the big prize. Other “Best of ”student-artists were: • Kaia Jackson, Tiger

(Fundamentals)• Shiloah Coley, Green, Greed and

Grapes (Painting)• Mia Calloway, Coy (Mixed Media)• Lucy Sloan, Nested (Drawing)• Nick ompson, Tree Twine

(Graphic Design)• Maddie Vargo, e Dancers

(Color Photo)• Kayla Reiser, Escaped (Black &

White Photo)

GIRLS TRACK:7th in State

Congratulations to ourGirls Track & Field team,which finished up 7thoverall at the IHSA StateTournament this year!

Jaimie Robinson took 3rd Place inTriple Jump and 5th Place in LongJump. e H-F 4-x-200 team (JaimieRobinson, Jacqueline Bassey, TrelynNewkirk & Olivia Oliver) finished3rd and the 4-x-100 team (same run-ners) finished 7th.

H-F ACT-SO WINNERS

At the regional qualifying event heldin May at H-F, nine H-F studentsearned gold medals and a ticket to at-tend the ACT-SO National Competi-tion, held July 14-17 in Cincinnati.Congratulations to (pictured belowle to right): Naj’ee Chatman, ’16(Vocal Classical & Poetry Written);Aundria LaNier (Dramatics & VocalContemporary); Janelle Butler, ’16(Photography); Leah Moss, ’16(Short Story); Nacyla Mitchell (Ora-tory); and Ashlie Glasper, ’16(Drawing); and not pictured: KeitaMorris (Spoken Word); Justinomas, ’16 (Music Composition);and Camryn Hutchinson, ’16 (Mod-ern Dance). For more informationabout ACT-SO, please contactTammy Hunter at thunter@hf233.org. HF

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Janet Daniels

Jenna Defazio

Scholarship Recipients

Several H-F students receivedscholarships & awards at theMay 18th Honors Convocation,including:

• Bob Comstock Computer Science: Hailey Heining

• Brian Miller Memorial: Luke Logan• Br. Richard Storey Memorial & NAAIA

Scholarship: Emanuel Mohan• Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship: Nicolas Cueller & Michael Havighorst

• Class of 1976 Scholarships: Christine Augustin, Janelle Butler & Lonzo Lynn

• Elizabeth Barry Memorial:Thomas Planera III

• Elyse Bell Girls Golf: Lauren Lett• Flossmoor Service League: Jerome Beverly, Shannon Dunne, Maya Smith & Katia Tingue

• Frederick Douglas & Susan B. Anthony Award: Amber Haywood

• Friends of the Library: Leah Moss• George Eastman Young Leader: Zakiya Walker

• Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois: Erique Johnson

• Homewood Rotary Club: Jade Greear• HFPA: Isabella Aviles, Michael Gavin, Ashlie Glasper, Morgan Jackson, Frederick Lindsay & Gabriel Temple

• Kevin F. Maher Memorial: Tyshae Edwards & Sara Valdivia

• Korean United Methodist Church: Thomas Planera III & Ethan Senesac

• Lowry Family: Claudia Roberts• Magic Johnson Foundation: Destiny Watson

• National Merit/Achievement: Whitney George & Jordan Kouassi

• Peder Hedberg Memorial: Laura Larocca & Victoria Pope

• Posse Foundation: Shiloah Coley, Santago Concepcion Wall, Anthony Davis & Andre Thomas

• QuestBridge Scholarship: Shaleahk Wilson

• Rich Township Service: Mizani Day• Ron Edmonds: Bryce Gray• Scott Sims Memorial: Luke Santefort• Superintendents’ Commission: Emanuel Mohan & Jason Thomas

• Suzanne E. Nebendahl Girls Golf:Aileen Humphrey

• Xerox Award: Matthew Scholefield• Zeta Phi Beta: Taiylar Ball

SUMMER 2016 VIKING CONNECTION • 11

2016 Graduate called to U.S. Air Force Academy

S tudents from this year's class are headed all across the country — fromNortheastern University in Boston, Mass., to San Diego State University in

San Diego, Calif. One senior — Max Morales of Homewood — is heading to theprestigious U.S. Air Force Academy, located in Colorado Springs, Colo.

“My mom was in the Air Force until I was five, so I always thought I would servein some capacity. I assumed I would go to a civilian school, but then a few years agoI found out about the service academies,” says Morales.

He applied to both the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and the U.S.Air Force Academy. Like applicants at highly selective civilian schools, service-acad-emy applicants are required to have high GPA and ACT/SAT scores, but they mustalso pass a physical fitness test and medical screenings. ey must also have playedmultiple sports and have volunteered. e last requirement for admission is to benominated by a member of Congress or Senate or the President of the United States. Morales was nominated by U.S. Congresswoman Robin Kelly.

Morales also applied to — and was accepted at — civilian schools: the Universityof Illinois - Champaign-Urbana; Miami University of Ohio; the University of Wis-consin - Madison; the University of Iowa; Iowa State University; the University ofMinnesota - Minneapolis; Michigan State University; and Tulane University. He wasthen admitted to West Point and had accepted, until receiving admission also intothe Air Force Academy. He had quite a decision to make — in the end, however, hedecided to follow in his mother, Karen's, footsteps.

Morales will study nuclear engineering, then apply to graduate school, followedby his four years of military service. He has worked hard while at H-F, teachers say,taking difficult classes and earning a high GPA.

“Max challenged himself by taking an Advanced Placement class as a freshmanand excelling,” says Scott Aronson, H-F Social Science teacher. “I have also hadMax as a senior when he has done a stellar job exploring international relations andU.S. foreign policy. I am personally very excited for Max and see nothing but suc-cess in his future.” HF

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15 .........Late Registration

@ South Cafeteria, 2-6 p.m.

17 .........First Day of School

18-20 ....Leaders In Theatre Ensemble:

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

@ Bio Pond, 7 p.m.

22-23 ....Dance Team Tryouts

@ North Dance Studio, 3:15 p.m.

24 .........HFPA Meeting @ TLC, 6 p.m.

.............HFU for Parents: Transitioning

to H-F @ TLC, 7:15 p.m.

25 .........Back-to-School Night

@ South Gym, 6:30 p.m.

S E P T E M B E R

5 ...........Labor Day - School closed

6 ...........H-F Foundation Meeting @ South

District Conf. Room, 5:30 p.m.

7 ...........College Planning & Financial Aid

Meeting @ Mall Auditorium, 8 p.m.

12 .........Flossmoor Fest Marching Vikings

Performance @ Downtown

Flossmoor, 11 a.m.

14 .........HFU for Parents: Cybersmarts

@ South E1, 7 p.m.

.............Tri-M Induction Recital

@ South M1, 7:30 p.m.

16 .........H-F Foundation Golf Outing

@ Glenwoodie, 11 a.m.

23 .........Homecoming Football Game

@ H-F Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

24 .........Homecoming Dance

@ South Gym, 7:30 p.m.

26 .........Managing College Costs

@ Mall Auditorium, 7 p.m.

28 .........HFPA Meeting @ TLC, 6 p.m.

.............HFU for Parents: Home

Connections @ TLC, 7:15 p.m.

30 .........Children’s Play:

A Year with Frog & Toad

@ Mall Auditorium, 7 p.m.

O C T O B E R

1 ...........Children’s Play:

A Year with Frog & Toad

@ Mall Auditorium, 2 p.m.

10 .........Columbus Day - School closed

12 .........Yom Kippur - School closed

13 .........Fall Orchestra Concert

@ Mall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

16 .........Fall Viking Choir Concert

@ Mall Auditorium, 3 p.m.

19 .........All-School Testing Day

1:20 p.m. dismissal

.............Senior Citizens’ Breakfast & Tour

@ South Cafeteria, 9 a.m.

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