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Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s campus will soon be hometo a new organic community garden. Early this school year,

Alumni Director Ann Cherry fielded a call from an alumnus whowas passionate about the farm-to-table movement — producingfood locally for local consumers. He anonymously made a $10,000donation in support of an organic garden project for the Home-wood-Flossmoor campus. Local alumni, H-F staff and current stu-dents stepped up to make this garden a reality. Jennifer (Perkins) Ermshler, H-F ’93; Maggie (Walton) Bachus,

H-F ’88; and Carrie Malfeo had been active participants in the plan-ning and managing of the vegetable garden at Flossmoor’s WesternAvenue School. They came to Homewood-Flossmoor to help re-search and plan for this new organic garden. About the same time,H-F juniors Nora Grasse and twins Julia and Marcia Schwietermanwere looking for a Gold Award project for their Girl Scout Troop60144, and Julia and Nora were needing an International Baccalaure-ate service requirement. The group next had several meetings withnotable Glencoe organic gardener, Jeanne Nolan. Nolan runs TheOrganic Gardener Ltd. (theorganicgardener.net) and helps people

learn to plant and harvest organic produce. She also works with or-ganizations, such as the Chicago Park District’s Lincoln Park Zoo.With her guidance, the students created a proposal of the project andpresented it to the District 233 Board of Education in February. The construction of the 29-x-19-ft. raised garden beds will be com-

pleted by Tom Wagner, H-F’s director of Operations, and his staff,and students from H-F’swoodworking classes,under the direction of KevinThomas, department chairof Applied Academics.There will be a total of about300 sq. ft. of growing space.“We chose to start smaller

so we know the first yearwill be a success,” saysGrasse. “There is room forexpansion in the future.”The tentative day for

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Organic gardener Jeanne Nolan (inhat) helps plot out the new H-F garden.

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Organic garden project grows community, student & alumni involvement at H-F

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H-F students — (l. to r.) Anna Novak, Maddy Hallahan, Nora Grasse, Julia Schwieterman and Shaleahk Wilson — help plant organicseeds for the new garden in the school’s greenhouse in March.

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H-F Summer Sports Camps will provide student-athletes in our

community with a foundation of fundamental skills, knowledge,

character, leadership and love for athletics. Recognizing that

while skills and drills are critical to the improvement of an athlete,

making the sport fun is essential to developing the passion for

the game. We hope you’ll join the tradition of H-F athletics this

summer by training and learning from some of the best coaches

in high school athletics in some of the best facilities in the coun-

try! Camps are available for the following: Badminton • Baseball

• Basketball • Cheerleading • Cross-Country • Dance • Field

Hockey • Football • Golf • Gymnastics • Lacrosse • Soccer •

Softball • Speed School • Strength & Conditioning • Track &

Field • Volleyball • Water Polo

REGISTER AT: hf.8to18.com/dashboard/catalog

SUMMER SPORTS CAMPS

Thank you to our 2015 Career Fair participants

• ABC 7 News• Advocate Charitable Foundation

• Agilent Technologies• AT&T• Athletico• Attorney: Timijanel Odom• CAAN Academy of Nursing

• Carpenters Apprentice Program

• Chamberlan College of Nursing

• Chicago Center for Sports Medicine

• Chicago Heights Fire Dept.• Clinical Psychologist:Dr. Linda Wright

• Columbia College• Cook County Sheriff Police Department• The Cottage on Dixie• Court Reporter: Donna Bishop

• Department of Natural Resources

• EADG4• Elite Ambulance Service• FBI• Federal Aviation Administration

• The Field Museum• Financial Representative: Joseph Bernstein

• Flossmoor Animal Hospital• Flossmoor Fire Department• Flossmoor Police Dept.• Flossmoor Public Library• Global Fusion Inc.• Good Shepherd Center• Governors State University• The Hart Wellness Center• Homewood Fire Dept.• Homewood Police Dept.• Homewood Public Library• Illinois Center for Broadcasting

• The Illinois Institute of Art• Illinois State Police• Ingalls Memorial Hospital• Interstate Emergency Vehicles• Jenner & Clock, LLP

• John Amico School of Hair Design• Johnson & Wales • Jordy Cakes• Journalist: Daphne White• LeMay Productions• Lewis University• Mary Kay• McDonald’s Corp.• McGraw-Hill Education• Melody Mart• Microsoft Corporation• Miller Resource Group• Museum of Science & Industry

• NCAA Women’s Basketball Official: Kevin Dillard

• Nursing: Shirley Oberg• OAI Inc.• Obstetrician/Gynecologist:Dr. Shelley Amuh

• Pharmacist: Louis Thompson• Pipe Fitters Union 597• Prairie State College• Probation Officer: Paulette Taylor• Psychologist: Dr. John Farrell

• Rexam• The Score• Silver Cross Hospital• South End Savings• South Suburban College• State Representative: William Davis• Three Dimension Massage• Thornton Township Youth Committee

• Trace Ambulance Service• UIC College of Nursing• U.S. Air Force• U.S. Army• U.S. Bank• U.S. Coast Guard• U.S. Marines• U.S. Navy• U.S. Secret Service• Village of Flossmoor• Weigel Broadcasting WCIU TV• Yesterday’s Jazz Barber Shop

On Monday, March 9, our H-F stu-dents had the opportunity to explore

a variety of professions during the annualCareer Fair, held in the new Fieldhouse.Thank you to Paula Lueder, our secretaryin the North Building Assistant Principal’s

Office, and Lawrence Cook, assistant principal, for coordinatingand organizing this memorable event. A very special thank youalso to the dedicated volunteers from the HFPA who made ourexhibitors feel welcome and helped make sure everything ransmoothly: Rochelle Agrigento, Janice Barry, Lisa Berner, AltheaCurtis, Michelle Condon, Andrea Nicole Harris, Florence Jackson, Dr. Keesha Kariem, Nichelle Mazique, Suzie Moore,Eugenia Pauling, Cheryl Price, Angie Lee Ratlif, Nancy Schwieterman, Theresa Thomas, Linda Van Kley, StephanieWeber, Ann-Marie Webster and Nate White. Thank you also toour exhibitors who took time out of their busy schedules tospend the day with our students. You can read the full list of ourcommunity exhibitors on page 2 in this newsletter.

Community involvement is growing at Homewood-Flossmoor inother ways, too. Be sure to read our cover story on the new or-ganic garden project, which is being led by three H-F juniors:Nora Grasse and twins Julia and Marcia Schwieterman. Theproject first began with a donation from an anonymous alumnusand meetings with local alumni, Girl Scout leaders and a masterorganic gardener from Glencoe, Jeanne Nolan. Watch for the re-

sults of this grassroots project take place in our community oncampus this May.

You can support othermembers of our schoolcommunity by seeingthem on stage. H-F Eng-lish teachers, J.R. Roseand Anne Calderon, areinvolved in a specialproduction of First Date,running now at

Chicago’s Royal George Theatre. Mr. Rose is the director, andMrs. Calderon is one of the actresses in this romantic comedy.Bonus H-F connection: alumnus Charlie Lubeck portrays themale lead, Aaron. Get more information on the production —which is running now until May — attheroyalgeorgetheatre.com.

Lastly, I would be remiss if I did not mention the upcoming localelection day. District 233 and District 161 — in addition to theVillage of Flossmoor — have multiple candidates running for afew board seats. Please be sure to exercise your right to vote onTuesday, April 7. Voting is one of the most important ways to bepart of a healthy, welcoming community.

— Dr. Von Mansfield, Superintendent

Note from the Superintendent

Community efforts all around

For the 12th time in school history, the Var-sity Scholastic Bowl team from Home-

wood-Flossmoor was one of eight teams thatqualified for the IHSA State Tournament, heldMarch 20-21 at the Peoria Civic Center. Theteam became IHSA Sectional champions on

March 14 after defeating Marist High School370-250, Sandburg High School 330-240 andProvidence Catholic High School 350-180. Theteam was led by All-Conference and All-Sec-tional players Michael Gislason, Lily Hamerand Jacob Fontana. Also competing were

Caleb D'Amico, Caitlin Lamb, Malina Word-law, Nathaniel Bouchie, Harri Wojcikowkiand Ethan Bosch. Their coach was MichaelSacks, H-F math teacher.The No. 17-ranked team headed to State with

a season record of 72-14. According to CoachSacks, the team faced tough competition atState with round-robin play scheduled againstNo. 2-ranked Illinois Math & Science Academy,No. 3 Hinsdale Central and No. 5. BloomingtonHigh School. The other remaining teams wereNo. 1 Auburn, No. 6 Carbondale, No. 9 Fremdand No. 21 Dunlap.The road to State for H-F also included cap-

turing the IHSA Regional title earlier in March.At regionals, H-F topped Thornton HighSchool 220-70 in the quarterfinals, Rich CentralHigh School 280-50 in the semifinals andReavis High School 300-70 in the finals.At press time, State results were not avail-

able; visit hfhighschool.org for an update. HF

H-F Scholastic Bowl: Top 8 in State

H-F’s Scholastic Bowl team members — including sponsor Michael Sacks (third from left)— stand together with their IHSA Sectional plaque in March.

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S t u d e n t New s

Fine Arts Department

• H-F senior Jayla Neelywas selected as a fi-nalist in Photographer's Forum magazine's 35thAnnual College & High School PhotographyContest. Her 13-x-19-in. digital print, From theSmoke She Came, was selected from more than17,000 submitted photographs. Jayla now hasa chance to receive cash grants or photogra-phy equipment, as well as having her photopublished in the May 2015 issue of the maga-zine. "It feels great to be honored for one of myfavorite photos,” she says. “I worked hard inmy Art Concentration class and am so happythat my work is getting out there to a placewhere many people can appreciate it."

• H-F had six student representatives at theIllinois Music Education Association conven-tion this year. The student-musicians were se-lected at the District 1 festival in November,then rehearsed at the convention for two daysbefore their concerts, held on Saturday, Jan. 31.Congratulations to: Anya Brumfield, violin;Imani Mason, bass; Brian Mayo, trombone;Mason Riedel, trombone; Annie Reilly, fu-ture music educator; and Isabel Weber, clar-inet.

Activities Department

MATHLETESThe Viking Mathletes team finished 2nd Placeat this year’s ICTM Regional competition. Theteam's highlight of the competition was a 1stPlace finish in the Frosh-Soph 8-person com-petition (Lily Hamer, Katie Huffman, JacobRothchild, Thomas Simon, Michael Colton,Tara Thrall, John Weeks & Simone Williams).Also, senior Marcus Mangel finished in 1stPlace individually in the Precalculus competi-tion and freshman Allie Mangel finished in2nd Place individually in the Algebra 1 compe-tition. These 10 students have qualified for the

ICTM State Mathletes competition, set for Sat-urday, May 3, at the University of Illinois - Ur-bana. Additional 2nd Place plaques andribbons were won by the senior Precalculusteam (Peter Cipriano, Gita Connelly, JacobFontana, Marcus Mangel, Leah O'Shea &Kelsie Wilkins), and the Junior/Senior 8-per-son competition (Michael Gislason, NoraGrasse, Kira VanVoorhees, Shaleahk Wilson,Malina Wordlaw, Peter Cipriano, Gita Con-nelly & Caleb D'Amico). Also noteworthy,Michael Gislason finished in 4th Place in Al-gebra 2, and Jacob Fontana finished in 6thPlace in Precalculus - both were only one ques-tion away from qualifying for State!

SPEECHThree members of theH-F Speech Team com-peted in the IHSA StateSpeech Finals Tourna-ment in February at thePeoria Civic Center.The team ranked 33rdoverall out of the morethan 170 teams in thestate. The H-F State

qualifiers all ranked in the top 3% of the entirestate of Illinois, outranking students who camefrom more than 75 qualifying schools. SeniorEdwyn Mitchell commanded the 6th placespot with his Original Oratory, Popping the Fil-ter Bubble. The two other events came in strongin both preliminary rounds: • Senior Marlene Slaughter narrowly missedmaking the final round by one point, placing7th overall in Humorous Interpretation. • Junior Mikey Ruizmade his State debutcoming in at 14th in Radio Speaking.

DECAH-F DECA had an outstanding showing at theSectional competition, which was held atMoraine Valley Community College in Janu-ary. Eighteen of our students finished 1st intheir event: • Frank LePore - Auto Services Marketing• John Weeks - Business Finance• Branden Levine - Business Services

Marketing• Kevin Steiner - Food Marketing

• DeJanee Callahan - Human Resources Management

• Madison Thiros - Marketing Management• David Cline - Quick Serve Restaurant• Leah O'Shea - Restaurant & Food Service

Management• Joseph Greenebaum - Sports &

Entertainment Marketing• Hannah Lichtenberg - Apparel & Accessories• Peter Mitchell - Principles of Hospitality &

Tourism• Lonzo Lynn - Principles of Marketing• Lauren Agrigento & Nicole Wood -

Business Law & Ethics Team• Anthony Stringer & Elijah Watson -

Financial Services Team• Josiah McFadden & Jordan Kouassi -

Hospitality Services TeamThey competed along with 30 other H-F stu-dents at the State Tournament in March.

DEBATE TEAMIn February, the H-F Debate Team competed inVarsity Policy at the California Berkeley Invi-tational, one of the largest tournaments in thecountry. H-F had three teams of two compet-ing at Berkeley: Jazeth Diaz & Marcus Man-gel; Carter Levinson & Bobby Swetz; andEvan Runburg & Jacob Fontana. Out of 198teams, Carter and Bobby were undefeated inpreliminary rounds, advanced to quarterfinalsand received their third bid to attend the Uni-versity of Kentucky's Tournament of Champi-ons, with Carter also winning 14th Pl. speakerout of 396 total competitors. Evan and Jacobfinished preliminary rounds 5-1, advanced tooctofinals and received their second bid,which qualified them to also attend the TOCin April. HF

Edwyn Mitchell

H-F Debate Team at UC-Berkeley in February

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Students here are getting significantlyless sleep than recommended by the Na-tional Sleep Foundation, according to 158juniors polled by The Voyager this week.Nearly 90 percent of students said theyare getting less than the eight hours rec-ommended. About 36 percent said theyget five or fewer hours of sleep a night.

Senior Kennedy Davis said it is difficultfor her to get adequate sleep and main-tain a tight schedule at the same time.

“My sleeping habits are all over the placebecause I don’t even have a set bedtime,”Davis said. “I usually get five hours ofsleep each night, but at least five times amonth I get two to three hours of sleepbecause of all of the homework and ex-tracurricular activities I have.”

Davis has four AP courses and is also in-volved in the Speech team, NHS, SpanishHonors Society, Math Honors Society, APScholars and badminton. Nearly 50 per-cent of the students surveyed said home-work is the main issue interfering withtheir sleep.

The National Sleep Foundation releasednew recommendations last month for ap-propriate sleep durations. These recom-mendations had different sleep durationsfor newborns, toddlers, school age chil-dren, teenagers, adults and elderly peo-ple. The younger someone is, the moresleep they need. Teenagers are recom-mended eight to 10 hours of sleep, andless than seven hours of sleep is un-healthy.

Although Davis has an extremely rigor-ous schedule, she said she still managesto handle it. “I try to take things piece bypiece and practice time managementskills,” Davis said. “I try to focus onwhat’s really urgent.”

Even though Davis manages her timewell, she can still qualify for being sleepdeprived, according to the study.

Although the rigor of school can easily in-terfere with sleep, there are many other

factors that can disrupt sleep as well.About a quarter of the students surveyedsaid television, video games or socialmedia were the main reasons for theirlack of sleep.

Others are up because of worrying. Soph-omore Alexia Villanueva said frequentnightmares interrupt her sleep.

“Although I usually go to bed at 10 p.m., Inow go to bed at midnight because I can’tfall asleep,” she said. “This is mostly be-cause of my nightmares that happenthree times a week.”

These nightmares caused Villanueva togo from eight hours to six hours of sleep.

Davis isn’t alone. 40 percent of all Ameri-cans get only six hours or less of sleep, ac-cording to the National Sleep Foundation.About 11 percent of juniors here saidworrying was the main interference intheir sleep.

This inefficient sleep dynamic is muchworse for teenagers. Only 15 percent ofteens reported sleeping around eighthours on school nights. Many teens haveirregular sleeping patterns throughoutthe week. They usually stay up late andsleep in late on weekends. This can affecttheir biological clocks and harm the qual-ity of their sleep.

AP Psychology teacher Lauren Chaseydescribed how sleep deprivation can dis-rupt how people function: “Some effectsof sleep deprivation are clumsiness, for-getfulness, irritability, disruption ofhunger, and distractibility,” Chasey said.

Although Chasey has numerous responsi-bilities, she still manages to get adequatesleep each night.

“Sleep has been a priority for me since Iwas little,” Chasey said “I am sure itstarted with my mom making sure I gotenough sleep, but I know with less thaneight hours I can’t function, so I makesure I get enough every night that I can.”

Unfortunately, most students fail to dothis. This can easily result in drowsinessthroughout the day. Math teacher SteveTobin explained how he often sees tiredstudents in his classes. “Although stu-dents don’t often sleep in my class, stu-dents definitely show signs of being tired.I see that a lot,” Tobin said.

Even though the students are tired, Tobinmanages to keep them active if possible.

“Keeping students moving is usually thebest approach. When I see very tired stu-dents, I quietly suggest they go out intothe hall and get a drink of water,” Tobinsaid.

Students aren’t the only ones who strug-gle with sleep. IB Language teacherJoshua Brown said that he had someproblems with sleep.

“I always have had inabilities to fallasleep. When I go to bed, it takes a half anhour to 45 minutes to fall asleep,” Brownsaid.

Although work overload is a major causeof loss of sleep, there are often other rea-sons for sleep deprivation.

“Work doesn’t really interfere with mysleep. My son will occasionally wake meup in the middle of the night, but that for-tunately doesn’t happen too often sincehe is a pretty good sleeper,” Brown said.

HF

The Voyager — H-F’s student

newspaper — is a member of the

Columbia Scholastic Press Associa-

tion, the National Scholastic Press

Association and Quill & Scroll. The

newspaper seeks to fairly and ac-

curately reflect the interests of the

students and residents of the

Homewood-Flossmoor community.

This year’s editor-in-chief is Jaida

Macklin. The newspaper is spon-

sored by Glen Leyden, English

teacher.

This article was originally pub-

lished in the March 4, 2015, issue.

More Voyager articles can be

viewed at hfvoyager.com.

Tired? You’re not aloneBy Ginger Washington, Voyager News Writer

#1 — Students in H-F’s New Faces Theatregroup presented Almost, Maine on the MallAuditorium stage in February. The produc-tion was directed by Jill Bonavia-Galligani,H-F English teacher.

#2 — Teachers Julio Jimenez and SarahWhitlock and students gathered togetherfor a “selfie” after the Winter Jazz Concert,held Feb. 4, in the Mall Auditorium.

#3 — Young dancers had a chance to per-form with H-F Poms team during halftimeat a February Boys Basketball game aspart of the Poms Buddies program.

#4 — March was National Youth Art Month.H-F celebrated with a special travelingsculpture in town. The 12-x-4-x-1.5-ft. sculp-ture was created by students from H-F,Parker Junior High, James Hart School andInfant Jesus of Prague School.

Homewood-Flossmoor Snapshots

#3

#2

#1

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#5

#6

#8

#5 — The Career Fair, held March 9, in-cluded exhibitors from many professions.Here, H-F alumni — Lawrence Holmes(The Score) and Ben Bradley (ABC 7Chicago) — represented broadcasting.

#6 — Local professionals also attendedCareer Fair. Here are librarians (and sis-ters) Margie Wegrzyn (Flossmoor PublicLibrary) and Mary Wegrzyn (HomewoodPublic Library).

#7 — Cindy Farkos prepares to have herhead shaved during the 6th Annual NHS St.Baldrick’s Day event. At right, she cele-brates with fellow shavee, daughter Riley.

#8 — H-F students participated in the Genet-ics Update Conference on Feb. 24. The pres-entation by Indiana University Professor SamRhine included the latest information on ge-netics, including tumor formation and hetero-geneity.

#7

Al umn i New s & Ha p p e n i n g s

Winter alumni social held in Chicago

On March 13, the H-F High School AlumniAssociation hosted an alumni gathering atJohn Barleycorn in the River North area ofChicago. The event, held in the atriumarea of the restaurant, allowed alumni liv-ing and working in the North Side to cometogether to show their Viking pride. More than 75 alumni and friends attendedthe event and enjoyed catching up withclassmates and making new acquaintances.Guests had an opportunity to enter adrawing for a chance to win fun H-F mer-chandise. Thanks to Alumni AssociationBoard Members Susie Finder Goldberg,’61; Bob Lucas, ’67; Julie Gustafson Smith,’80; Sarah Carr Huffman, ’84; Paul Zavod-nyik, ’84; Alicia Rodriguez, ’01; JamesShannon ’08; and student representativeLadye Cook, ’15, for all their hard workand dedication in creating interestingalumni events and activities.

Reunions 2015Right now, H-F reunionvolunteers are hard atwork creating fabulousevents for their class-mates. Visit hfhighschool.org for

updates or contact the Alumni Office708-335-5530.

Class of 1964 – Sept. 18 & 19• Friday: TBD

• Saturday: H-F Tour 11 a.m.; Reunion Dinner 6 p.m. at Flossmoor

Country Club

Class of 1965 – Oct. 2 & 3• Friday: Meet & greet 6:30-9:30

p.m. at Aurelio’s• Saturday: H-F Tour 10 a.m.; LunchBuffet 11:30 a.m. at Wiley’s Grill;

Reunion Dinner 5:30 p.m. FlossmoorCountry Club

Class of 1975 – Aug. 28 & 29• Friday: Aurelio’s; Pub Crawl

• Saturday: Golf (Optional) – early; � H-F Tour 1 p.m.; Reunion Dinner 6 p.m. at Idlewild Country Club

Class of 1985 – Sept. 24 & 25• Friday: H-F Foundation Golf Classicat Glenwoodie Golf Course (open to

all alumni and friends of H-F)• Saturday: TBD

Class of 1995 – July 24 & 25• Friday: Red & White Golf Classicbenefitting H-F Athletics (open to all alumni & friends) Noon at Coyote

Run Golf Course• Saturday: Gibson’s Bar & Grill

8 pm.

Class of 2005 – Sept. 18 & 19• Friday: Homecoming Football

Game 7 p.m with cookout on VikingCountry Hill; H-F Tours

• Saturday: TBD

—Ann Cherry, Director of Development & Alumni Relations

708-335-5530 • acherry@hf233.org

H-F has its own

budding entrepre-

neur in recent

graduate Jordy

Gaines. Jordy dis-

covered the recipe

for success

through baking after taking a variety of

baking and cake decorating classes of-

fered through the Applied Academics

Dept. Jordy started her baking operation

in her family’s kitchen while at H-F. After a

successful KickStarter campaign raised

nearly $20,000, she became the youngest

bakery owner in the Chicagoland area

when she opened JordyCakes Custom

Cake & Cupcake Boutique in Country Club

Hills. Jordy has made cakes for events

throughout the Chicagoland area and

even created fabulous, mouth-watering

delicacies for celebrities, such as Chaka

Khan, Dwyane Wade and Steve Harvey.

Her cupcakes and baked goods are also

available at O’Hare Airport and the Hyatt

Regency. This busy baker has also gotten

married and had a baby recently. In her

spare time, she enjoys sharing her pas-

sion with young people by being a fea-

tured speaker at local high school and

community programs. HF

JordyGaines, ‘11Bakery Owner

The Class of 1998 was well represented by (l. to r.): Robert Skipwith, Mike Scheffki, Matt Youngblood & Cameron Flagg.

(L. to r.): Sarah Carr Huffman, ‘84; Katie BaffesCoderre, ‘84, & Julie Benzaquen Dickett, '84

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planting the beds — whichwill be located near the H-Fgreenhouse behind the SouthBuilding — is Saturday, May2. Community volunteers arewelcome. They will be usingcertified organic soil, seedsand fertilizers, and a spe-cialized irrigation system.According to Grasse, a vari-ety of plants are planned,including herbs (cilantro,chives and three types ofbasil); fruit (Hearts of Gold Cantaloupe); andvegetables (Zebrune Shallots, Early FortuneCucumber, Black Beauty Zucchini, four typesof tomatoes and three types of peppers). Throughout the summer growing months,

the students will plan the work schedule forthe garden with help from local alumni andgardening enthusiasts. Students from H-Fclubs, including Gina Slusinski’s Environ-

mental Vikings and Chris Stiglic’sZooBots, will also be involved. Atharvest time, H-F’s culinary classes— led by teacher Janet Marks —will benefit from the produce, aswill local food pantries.Grasse says that they are excitedto be a part of this “amazing op-portunity to give back to the com-munity.”“We would very much like to

thank our Gold Award project ad-visors. There are so many commu-

nity members who are so supportive that helpget projects like these off of the ground,” shesays. “We would also like to thank the Boardof Education for being so enthusiastic aboutthis project.”For more information on how you can get

involved or help out with planting day, pleasecontact the Alumni Office at 708-335-5530,acherry@hf233.org. HF

Children’s Play: Lizzie Bright & the Buckminster Boy

April 30-May 2 • 7:30 p.m.

Children’s play directed by J.R. Rose Based on the 2005 Newberry Honor book

by Gary D. Schmidt

Turner Buckminster III is the newkid in town: he plays baseball dif-ferently and he stumbles upontrouble at every step. Turner’sonly friend is Lizzie Bright Griffinfrom Malaga Island, an impover-ished community founded by for-mer slaves. The town (andTurner’s father) disapproves oftheir friendship, but Turner andLizzie remain friends. When pow-erful forces threaten Lizzie andher family, Turner faces the ulti-mate test and learns a hard-earned lesson about courage andloss. TICKETS: $8/adult; $5/stu-dent/senior

CAST LIST

Turner Buckminster:

Gianmarco Petrelli

Lizzie Bright: Aundria LaNier

Reverend Turner: Zachary Martens

Mrs. Cobb: Emma Anderson

Grandfather: Andre Thomas

Sheriff: Duncan Wood

Deacon Hurd: Joey Cipriano

Willis Hurd: John Geary

Bobby Tripp: Tina Calhoun

Abbie Tripp: Shelby Leigh Dorsey

Mary Tripp: Joli Gill

Associate Director - Micaela Davis

Assistant Directors - Malina Wordlaw &

Sydney DuBose

After working hard in their classes andfundraising approximately $45,000 as a

group, 60 H-F students are heading to Spainfor spring break. The group — being chaperoned by seven

H-F teachers and staff members — will betaking walking tours, enjoying local restau-rants, and visiting cathedrals and museums,including the Museo Picasso and the MuseoNacional del Prado. The trip to Madrid,Barcelona and Zaragoza is not a standard va-cation, however. The students will be rehears-ing and performing in concerts, as well. Theirfirst planned concert is a partnership eventwith music students from L’Escola Municipalde Musica de Vidreres.

The touring students have earned the op-portunity by virtue of auditions, good behav-ior and community service. They haveauditioned into the top performance group intheir respective orchestra, band or choir andare considered leaders by their fellow studentmusicians. This school year they were ex-pected to maintain good grades and behaviorand had to complete 16 hours of communityservice and participate in raising funds.This tour marks the continuance of a long-

standing touring tradition in H-F’s Fine ArtsDepartment. Each year the trip rotates be-tween Orchestra, Band and Choir students.The tour is sponsored by the H-F Fine & Per-forming Arts Council. HF

Students head to Spain for performances, fun

Culinary students hope touse the organic produce in

their kitchen this fall.

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Be a part of the inaugural

RED WHITEGOLF

CLASSICSponsored by the

H-F Athletic Department

Join with former classmates

& coaches to support

Homewood-Flossmoor High

School Athletics!

All proceeds from this scramble-

format outing will be used to

fund summer sports camp

scholarships and to support H-

F’s 75+ athletic teams for the

2015-16 school year. Located di-

rectly across the street from H-F,

Coyote Run Golf Course is a par-

71 course, managed by the H-F

Park District and Golf Superin-

tendent Dave Ward, H-F alumnus!

Hole sponsors and donations

needed! Contact Dan Vosnos at

708-335-5003. Register to golf at:

www.il.8to18.com/HF

This year’s Varsity Girls Basketball Team finished 4th inthe IHSA State Class 4A Series,after hard-fought losses at Illinois State University’s Redbird Arena to eventual statechampions Benet Academy andNew Trier High School.

After being named IHSA Regional Champions, the

Varsity Boys Basketball teamfell to No. 1-ranked Simeon

High School in the IHSA Eisenhower Sectional.

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

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Friday, July 24

2 p.m.

Coyote Run

Golf Course

The H-F Co-Ed Cheer teamfinished 11th at the IHSAState Final Tournament,held at U.S. Cellular Coli-seum in Bloomington. Theteam was coached by ZeniaSmith and Johnna Kerr.

H-F Foundation to offer scholarshipsWith help from communitydonors, the H-F Foundation isable to award several scholar-ships each year to graduatingseniors. Applications will be ac-

cepted until April 10. Dollar amountsvary between $250-$3,000.

Alec T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship — In memory of

late Athletic Director Alec Anderson

Bruce Keene Scholarship

Class of 1960-61 Scholarship

Elizabeth F. Barry Memorial Scholarship — In honor of Elizabeth F. Barry, H-F ’08

Elyse Bell Girls Golf Scholarship —In memory of Elyse Bell, Girls Golfcoach and mother of two H-F

graduates

Flossmoor Service League Scholarship

Friends of the Library Scholarship

H-F Parent Association Scholarship

Kevin F. Maher Memorial Scholarship — In memory of

Kevin F. Maher, H-F ‘95

Korean United Methodist ChurchScholarship

Lowry Family Scholarship

Peter Hedburg Memorial Scholarship — In memory of Peter

Hedburg, H-F ‘04

Scott Sims Memorial Scholarship —In memory of Scott Sims, H-F ‘05

Suzanne E. “Nebs” Nebendahl GirlsGolf Scholarship — In memory ofSuzanne E. (Nebs) Nebendahl

For more information on applying,

please call the H-F Guidance Office

at 708-335-5612.

Principally Speaking

Dear Stakeholders of H-F Community High School:

Ihope you take the time to read the many accomplishments of our stu-dents in this issue of the Viking Connection. Congratulations especiallyto our Students of the 3rd Quarter! These are students who exhibited ex-cellent attitudes and efforts this quarter. They are: Morgan Bohlman(Business Education); Taylor Bush (Fine Arts); Denise Contreras (Reading);Courtney Davis (Guidance); Eboni Davis (Social Science); Brianna Harris(Mathematics); Morgan Jordan (Family & Consumer Science); Asia Mitchell

(World Language); Rebecca Mooney (Career & Technical Ed); Jeremy Orbik (PE/Health/DriverEd); Gianmarco Petrelli (Guidance); Mason Riedel (Fine Arts); Tegan Todd (English); MyaValadez (Science); Jaita Waller (Guidance); and Edward Wick (English).This is a special year at H-F as our first class of International Baccalaureate students will be

graduating. This group of 19 students completed the required Extended Essay for their IBDiploma in February. The essays were completed under the guidance of Theory of Knowledgeteacher Matt Knoepke. Students also worked one-on-one with teachers who mentored themthrough the process. I hope you enjoy reading their amazing, challenging essay topics below.

— Ryan Pitcock, Ph.D., Principal

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H-F Extended Essay Topics 20154 “How does ACL rehabili-tation affect the developmentof players in the sports of soc-cer and football?” by SobeAnidobu

4 “The portrayal of Muslimsin Western media and the so-cial implications it causes” by Valeria Carrillo

4 “The contribution of the1893 Columbian Expositionto Progressivism” by PeterCipriano

4 “Saturday night satire: Therelationship between satireand society” by Gita Connolly

4 “To what extent has West-ern intervention in China af-fected the development and progress of human rights lawenforcement issues in Chinaafter 1950?” by Khayleia Foy

4 “The impact of smart-phone technology onwomen’s rights in Saudi Ara-bia” by Mia Guzynski

4 “The rise of elitist CarnivalKrewes in New Orleans” byTerez Hobson

4 “Music in the countercul-ture” by Emma Kaye

4 “Limitations in society andsport: An analysis of howDavid Foster Wallace ex-plores self-awareness in both‘derivative sport in tornadoalley’ and ‘tennis playerMichael Joyce’s professionalartistry as a paradigm of cer-tain stuff about choice, free-dom, discipline, joy,grotesquerie and humancompleteness’” by JordanKouassi

4 “Analytics in the NFLdraft” by Branden Levine

4 “Violence and Islam” by Josiah McFadden

4 “What were the impactsfrom the arrival of the Russ-ian Ballet Russes Company tothe Parisian ballet scene in theearly 1900s?” by Nadia Men-doza

4 “Hinduism’s influence onIndian art” by Lauren Minga

4 “The implementationof cognitive rest in concussionrecovery” by Fiona Moran

4 “What effect does socialmedia have on human inter-action?” by Jeremy Osei

4 “To what extent will thedevelopment of internetbanking and other such tech-nological innovations changethe way we do commerce?”by Joel Osei

4 “How does altering thepH of a cleaning solution af-fect its ability to emulsify andremove stains from cottonfabric?” by Justin Strong

4 “What social and religiousfactors contributed to the1692 Salem Witch Trials?” by Madison Thiros

4 “What major events inNelson Mandela’s life preced-ing, as well as during his presidency, led to substantialchange and, eventually, thetermination of apartheid inSouth Africa?” by KelsieWilkins

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Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233999 Kedzie, Flossmoor, IL 60422Viking Connection is a newsletter for residents of Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233.

POSTAL CUSTOMER

APR I L7 .............Classes resume

................H-F Foundation Meeting @So.

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

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

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

@E1, 7 p.m.

10 ...........Spanish NHS Blood Drive, 9 a.m.

11 .............Operation Snowflurry

@ South Building

14 ...........Songtime Concert

@ Mall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

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

@ TLC, 8:45 a.m.

................Music Dept. Honors Recital

@ Mall Auditorium, 1:30 p.m.

20..........Edda Magazine Showcase

@ South Cafeteria, 6:30 p.m.

22...........Guitar Showcase

@ South Cafeteria, 7:30 p.m.

30..........Class of 2019, Welcome to H-F!

@ Mall Auditorium, 6 p.m.

................Children’s Play: Lizzie Bright &

the Buckminster Boy

@ Mall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

MAY1-2..........Children’s Play: Lizzie Bright &

the Buckminster Boy

@ Mall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

2 .............Community Campus Tour,

@ Mall Auditorium, 5:30 p.m.

4.............P.E. Dance Recital

@ Mall Auditorium, 7 p.m.

5 .............National Honor Society

Induction Ceremony

@ Mall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

6.............Art Recognition Reception

@ E1, 6 p.m.

7 .............Spring Instrumental Concert

@ Mall Auditorium, 7 p.m.

11 .............Academic Awards Night

@ Mall Auditorium, 7 p.m.

12............ H-F Foundation Meeting @So.

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

13............National Art Honor Society Art

Show @ Mall Auditorium, 7 p.m.

................Spring Jazz Concert

@ Mall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

14 ...........Theatre Seminar Showcase

@ Mall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

15............Advanced Theatre Performance

@ Mall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

16............Prom @ Harris Theatre, 8 p.m.

18............Spring Athletic Awards Banquet

@ South Building, 7 p.m.

19............Red & White Choral Concert

@ Mall Auditorium, 8 p.m.

20..........Honors Convocation

@ Mall Auditorium, 7 p.m.

21............Chamber Orchestra Concert

@ Mall Auditorium, 6 p.m.

................Orchestra Senior Conductors’

Concert @ Mall Auditorium,

7:30 p.m.

22...........Thespian Induction Ceremony

@ Mall Auditorium, 7 p.m.

28 ..........Senior Athletic Awards Banquet

@ Idlewild Country Club, 7 p.m.

31............Graduation Day @ H-F Stadium

(weather permitting), 1 p.m.

JUNE8.............Summer School begins

9.............H-F Foundation Meeting @So.

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

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