Senior Rachel Krauss, shown here with her parents, is the English Department Student of the Quarter. English teacher Ms. Erin Timmons nominated Rachel and introduced her at the Student of the Quarter breakfast today. Ms. Timmons, who works with Rachel in El Diablo, the student yearbook organization, celebrated Rachel's natural leadership and incredible organizational skills. Rachel is currently the Managing Editor of El Diablo. Congratulations, Rachel!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Student of the Quarter Award Winner: Rachel Krauss
Senior Rachel Krauss, shown here with her parents, is the English Department Student of the Quarter. English teacher Ms. Erin Timmons nominated Rachel and introduced her at the Student of the Quarter breakfast today. Ms. Timmons, who works with Rachel in El Diablo, the student yearbook organization, celebrated Rachel's natural leadership and incredible organizational skills. Rachel is currently the Managing Editor of El Diablo. Congratulations, Rachel!
Friday, October 14, 2011
Two HC finalists in the 2011 Normal Mailer Writing Award
Hinsdale Central Alum Maz King (2011) and Senior Stephanie Lenchard-Warren have earned recognition as national finalists in the 2011 Norman Mailer High School Writing Award for Creative Nonfiction competition.
Evaluation criteria for this elite award reflected qualities of writing Norman Mailer pursued across a lifetime: originality; insight; clear voice and style; artful arrangement of elements and materials; and overall aesthetic, emotional, or intellectual effect.
The essays of Maz and Stephanie were among the top five entries received from high school writers across the country. Congratulations to both of them!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
The New Online Devils' Advocate!
If you haven’t checked out Devils’ Advocate Online, do it now! It is beautiful,very cool, and new, going online earlier this week. And, according to Sue Grady, Adovocate sponsor, and English teacher, a hit across the country with . You can find it here: http://www.hcdevilsadvocate.com/
This is such an exciting opportunity for kids a whole new frontier. While the sliding pictures/headline thing on the homepage is cool, my favorite thing is to go to one of the sections, like sports, and scan down the pictures and headlines – exactly like I do when I'm on online news websites.
This is such an exciting opportunity for kids a whole new frontier. While the sliding pictures/headline thing on the homepage is cool, my favorite thing is to go to one of the sections, like sports, and scan down the pictures and headlines – exactly like I do when I'm on online news websites.
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