Hinsdale Central art and writing magazine wins national award

The 2016-2017 Hinsdale Central Art and Writing Magazine Solstice was awarded the Gold Medal rating by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.  Solstice also won a special "All-Columbian" rating for the visual aspects of the magazine.

Congratulations to the editors and staff members of Solstice and to the two faculty advisors, English teacher Jim DiDomenico and art teacher Pat Potokar. 

Congratulations to English Department Student of the Quarter, Nick Ness

I'm proud to announce that  Nick Ness (Class of '20) is the English Department's Student of the Quarter. He was selected by her English 2 teacher, Sheri Horwitz.  When Ms. Horwitz introduced Nick at the Student of the Quarter Breakfast this morning, she spoke about his great spirit, adaptibility, willingness to help his peers, leadership, and kindness.  Congratulations Nick!

Yale Improv group performs at Central

Tonight at 7:00pm in Room 216, The Purple Crayon Improv Troupe from Yale will be performing.  There is an HC alum currently in the group, and they offered to stop here on their Chicago tour as a fundraiser for the musical.  If you’re free, please join us tonight, and feel free to bring your family! 

Two HC English teachers present at IATE state educational conference

Congratulations to Chris Kostro and Mike Palmquist who presented at this year's annual Illinois Association of Teachers of English conference in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois.  Their
presentation, titled “Revising Shakespeare: A New (Better) Approach,” focuses on re-imagining the approach to Shakespeare that is both highly engaging, enjoyable, and in-line with current skill-building assessment practice.  Congratulations on being selected to share the innovative teaching methods!

El Diablo photographer featured in national magazine

Walsworth, the publisher of the Hinsdale Central yearbook, El Diablo, is featuring a photo by Central student Katie Wang ('18). Katie's work has been selected out of a national pool for the cover of their design magazine with national distribution.  You might recognize this photo because it's also on the exterior door of the Bouchard Center by the baseball field.  Way to go, Katie! Great shot of some Red Devil pride.   And congratulations for more national attention to El Diablo sponsors Erin Palmer and Lesley Nagle. 

 You can learn more about Walshworth here:

https://www.walsworthyearbooks.com/

You can see the cover up close here:

https://www.walsworthyearbooks.com/make-fabulous-fall-fall-2017-issue-idea-file-magazine/