 Oak Leaflet E-Newsletter
Oak Lawn Community High School
January 9, 2015
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Curriculum Night Rescheduled
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Parents Requested! Registration for the 2015-16 school year will begin with the Annual Curriculum Night presentation for parents of students in the Classes of 2016, 2017, and 2018 on:
Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 7:00 p.m.
Auditorium Gym
Students will receive registration materials and summer school information in the pre-registration seminars during the school day. Parents are urged to attend the program and to take an active role with their student in selecting courses for the 2015-16 school year.
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Bowling Benefit Raises Money for Scholarship Fund
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Family and friends will gather to honor the late Megan Hurckes with a birthday bowling benefit at Arena Lanes on Saturday, February 7, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. The friends and family of Megan Hurckes are honoring her birthday by participating in one of her favorite past times - bowling.
Megan is the late daughter of former Oak Lawn trustee Jerry Hurckes. Since Megan's death at age ten in 2009, the Hurckes have celebrated Megan's birthday by raising money for a good cause. The Hurckes Family is taking over Arena Lanes to raise money for the Megan Hurckes Scholarship Fund. Rather than mourn her death, the family started the fund as a way to celebrate Megan's life and keep her name and memory alive. "When Megan passed away we asked people not to give flowers but donate to a memorial fund," Jerry Hurckes said.
The family has raised over $40,000, which has gone to high school students continuing on to college, grammar school students going to high school, the Children's Museum and Westside Baseball.
Megan Hurckes would have been 15 this year. She died after an ATV accident in 2009. Megan was a straight-A, fifth-grade student at Kolb Elementary School, a member of a champion girls' softball team for Westside Baseball, and an actress in the Oak Lawn Park District theater program.
The bowling benefit/birthday party kicks off at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 7, 2015, at Arena Lanes Bowling Center, at 4700 W. 103rd St. (103rd Street and Cicero Avenue).
Those who are unable to attend but wish to make a donation can send checks payable to the Megan Hurckes Scholarship Foundation, c/o 7036 W. 96th St., Oak Lawn, IL, 60453.
For more information about Megan's candlelight bowling birthday party and benefit, call 708-599-7302
*The quotes and related information were courtesy of the Oak Lawn Patch.
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Fall Sports Season Honors Top Athletes
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The snow has already begun and winter sports are in full swing, but the fall athletes were recently recognized for their hard work and solid play at Oak Lawn Community High School. Each sport honored its top athletes for a job well done. Here is the breakdown of honorees.
In Football, Ryne Melnik and Joe Robinson shared the Most Valuable Player Award, while Tyler Loehr won the Sportsmanship Award. Melnik, Robinson and Peter Ruane were each recognized as All South Suburban Red selections. As a team, the Spartans were chosen for the SSC Sportsmanship Award.
For Boys Golf, Billy Dunne was awarded the Most Valuable Player award, and Sean Baldwin and Liam Blake shared the Sportsmanship honors. The team also received the SSC Team Sportsmanship Award.
In Boys Soccer, Giovanni Barragan and Michal Szaflarski were the Co-MVPs, while Edvardus Simonelis was the Sportsmanship Award winner. Both Barragan and Szaflarski were all-conference selections.
In Girls Swimming, freshman Eleanor Featherstone was the MVP, and senior Samantha Lopez was the Sportsmanship Award winner. Featherstone was all conference in the 200 freestyle individual, and the 200 free relay team of Hannah Featherstone, Eleanor Featherstone, Samantha Lopez and Shannon Mottl also achieved all-conference status.
In Girls Tennis, the MVP honors were split between Gina Dymit and Kathryn Fahy, while Julia Kasprzak and Emma Palhegyi were the Sportsmanship Award winners. Dymit was an all-conference selection.
On the court in Girls Volleyball, Simona Tomczak was the Most Valuable Player, and Brianna Markusic was the Sportsmanship Award recipient. All-conference selections included Markusic, Tomczak and Allison Yacko. Rebecca Suarez and Samantha Lesiak were honorable mention players.
In Girls Cross Country, the team qualified for the Illinois High School Association Sectional meet, and Tasneem Jaber and Jessica Sciaky qualified as individuals. Jaber was the team MVP, and Sciaky was the team's Sportsmanship Award selection.
In Boys Cross Country, the team had great success qualifying for the regional, while Luis Garcia qualified as an individual. Garcia was the team MVP, and Dan Reyes was the Sportsmanship Award winner. All-conference selections included Diego Arana, Luis Garcia, and Nick Minnella. <<read more>>
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Oak Lawn Community High School District 229, Oak Lawn, Illinois |
Mission Statement. Oak Lawn Community High School exists to: inspire, challenge, and empower students and staff in a safe, supportive environment; maximize individual potential through academic and personal growth; and graduate students who attain the high standards set forth by our community.
Board of Education:
Matthew Egan, President
Robert Loehr, Vice President Kathleen Berry, Secretary Timothy Burke, Member Stephen Greene, Member
Michael McCarthy, Member
James Melnik, Member Administration: Dr. Michael Riordan, Superintendent/Principal Richard Hendricks, Assistant Superintendent Joseph McCurdy, Assistant Principal
Dr. Jeana Lietz, Assistant Principal
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