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IBCA All-State Recognizes Five from ICHS
Just like the baskets this season, the awards keep pouring in for key members of the 2009-2010 basketball teams at Immaculate Conception High School. Leading the way, ICHS Girls Basketball Head Coach, Dan Murray, was named the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Class 1A/2A Division 3 Coach of the Year. In addition, junior Kasey Reaber was named to the IBCA Class 1A/2A First Team All-State and will play in the IBCA’s 25th Annual Girls All-Star game on June 19th at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. ICHS senior standout Taylor Reaber was also named to the IBCA Third Team All-State. On the boy’s side, ICHS junior Demetrius Mobley also earned a spot on the IBCA Third Team All-State while teammate and ICHS senior Mike Randick garnered Special Mention on the All-State team.
CONGRATULATIONS Coach Murray, Kasey, Taylor, Demetrius and Mike!
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ICHS Senior Will Cronin Named to IHSA All-State Academic Honorable Mention Team
Congratulations to ICHS senior Will Cronin who was recently names to the IHSA All-State Academic Honorable Mention Team. Heading to South Bend, Indiana next fall to attend the University of Notre Dame, ICHS’s Cronin has shown remarkable dedication in the classroom during the past four years. It was a balancing act that included maintaining a minimum of a 3.50 grade point average on a 4.0 scale after 7 semesters, outstanding service to his community and excelling in three sports which include football, basketball and track that earned him the Honorable Mention recognition on this year’s team.
Selections to the IHSA All-State Academic Team, which included 500 nominations, were made by a committee made up of IHSA principals, representatives of the Illinois Activities Directors Association and representatives of the Illinois Athletic Directors Association. The IHSA All-State Academic Team will be honored at a banquet at the DoubleTree Hotel in Bloomington to be held on April 19, 2010.
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Seniors Maggie Ryan and Will Cronin Named Honorable Mention for the 2009-2010 Daily Herald Leadership Team
Congratulations to seniors Maggie Ryan and Will Cronin for being named Honorable Mention on the 2009-2010 Daily Herald Leadership Team! The Daily Herald Leadership Team recognizes area students for their outstanding contributions to their communities. In its 9th year, the Leadership Team recognizes high school students who stand out among their peers, not just for volunteering their time, but also for demonstrating outstanding leadership characteristics. Members of the Leadership Team were selected from a pool of nearly 100 public and private schools using a blind judging process where the judges did not know the names or schools of the students they were considering.
Maggie Ryan’s service to her community includes being on the Student Youth Board for Cystic Fibrosis, a volunteer at Hinsdale Hospital, assisting with the Notes to Neighbors Campaign for American Cancer Society, an Annie Ryan Fun Run volunteer and an Osteogenesis Imperfecta Golf Outing volunteer.
Will Cronin’s community service includes founding Repeat Your Cleats, volunteering at Our Lady of the Angels Mission food distribution, a member of the Elmhurst Peer Jury, and participating in numerous National Honor Society service projects.
We are very proud to have both Maggie and Will represent ICHS on the Daily Herald Leadership Team.
To view the entire Leadership Team, please click on the following link:
2009-2010 Daily Herald Leadership Team – DuPage County
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POWER RANGERS Take the Title in ICHS’s Annual Dodgeball Tournament!
Congratulations to the Power Rangers who won the hard fought 4th Annual Dodging for Dollars Tournament held this past Friday, March 12th. With their win, the Power Rangers announced that they would be donating all of the proceeds (well over $600) from the event to The Ronald McDonald House charity. With a record 20 teams competing in this year’s event, the ICHS students had a great night of fun, food and friendly competition!
Team members for the Power Rangers included Colleen Manion, Kasey Reaber, Kevin Nutley, Conor Hendricks, Bryan Quinn and Austin Hennessy. The team would like to thank Nick Perrone (from the Cubs) for filling in after an unfortunate injury sidelined Hennessy going into the final rounds.
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DiVito Scores a 2nd Place Finish in Class 2A Three Point Showdown
ICHS would like to congratulate junior, Allie DiVito, who finished 2nd in the State Finals of the Country Financial Three Point Showdown this past Friday at Illinois State University. The 32 State Final qualifiers, from IHSA Class 2A schools, were placed into four groups of 8, and shot the preliminary round on Thursday, February 25th in Redbird Arena. With only the top shooter from each group advancing to the 2A finals, Allie hit 9 three pointers to earn one of four spots in the final round on Friday night. Allie then hit 7 three point shots in the opening round of the finals only to find herself tied with two other players. In the tie breaking round, Allie hit 5 shots which fell just short of the winning player’s 7 shot round.
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Sean Doherty Named Finalist In The 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program
Immaculate Conception High School senior, Sean Doherty, has been named a Finalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program. A key student leader at ICHS, Sean has captained both the Cross Country and Bowling teams in his junior and senior years, is a three year National Honor Society member, is the editor of the school newspaper, and is the Executive Board Vice-President. Sean is also is a member of the track team, Ecology Club, a Christian Service Leader, a Knight Ambassador and has served in the Student Council for multiple years. The outstanding work that Sean has done both in and out of the classroom are evidenced by his acceptance to top universities such as University of Notre Dame, Marquette University, University of Illinois – Champaign, Loyola University, and Michigan State University.
Approximately 15,000 Semifinalists advanced to the Finalist level and it is from this group that some 8,200 National Merit Scholarship winners will be chosen. Winners will begin to be announced in April of 2010.
Congratulations Sean and best of luck in the rest of the competition!
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ICHS Honors Three Distinguished Alumni with Award
What does a senior U.S. Appeals Court Judge, a two-star Navy Admiral and a leader in the aviation industry have in common? If you guessed that they are all Immaculate Conception High School graduates – you are correct. On Tuesday, February 2, three ICHS alumni were presented with the Distinguished Alumni Award. This year’s recipients were Judge William Bauer ’44, Rear Admiral John Messerschmidt ’75 and Charlie Priester ’56.
In 2005, ICHS established the Distinguished Alumni Award. This award is given annually during Catholic Schools Week. It is intended to recognize an Immaculate Conception High School graduate whose achievements reflect excellence, commitment, and service, and gives witness to the heart and spirit of Catholic education. The award serves as a standard to which current ICHS students can aspire.
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Immaculate Conception High School Honors 2010 Illinois State Scholars
Immaculate Conception High School Principal Pam Levar is pleased to announce that 13 ICHS students have been recognized as “2010 Illinois State Scholars”.
Illinois State Scholar winners rank in the top ten percent of the state’s high school seniors from 752 high schools in all 102 counties. Selection is based on SAT, ACT and of Prairie State Achievement Exam scores, and/or class rank at the end of the junior year. High school guidance counselors work in conjunction with ISAC to determine the winners.
The 2010 Illinois State Scholars from Immaculate Conception High School are: Christopher Cella, Christopher Cheng, Will Cronin, Sean Doherty, Michael Farina, Thomas Hart, Stephen Maloney, Matthew McMahon, Taylor Medeiros, Gerald Morrow, Maggie Ryan, Lukas Stanczyk and Shaun Stringer.
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ICHS Business Club Hosts Regional Competition
The Immaculate Conception High School Business Club hosted a Regional Competition on Thursday, January 21st. ICHS students competed against students from Maine West High School in Des Plaines. Individual competitions included banking and finance, interview skills and desktop publishing. Small business management will be the only competition that was scored as team. Top scoring students and/or teams can advance to the State Competition, which will be held at the State Leadership Conference on March 4-6 at the Doubletree Hotel in Oak Brook.
ICHS Business Club members who participated in the Regional Competition are Patrick Rodaha, Michael Lestina, Deirdre Gillette and Krystian Seebert in Banking and Finance; Katie Fenton, Katie McCarthy and Alejandra Reyes in Interview Skills; Bria Walker in Desktop Publishing; Alexis Heit and Kathryn Parker in Small Business Management.
Good Luck to all the participants!
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ICHS Honors 21 New Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees
The IC Gymnasium was buzzing with excitement this past Friday night for the ICHS Boys Basketball game against St. Edwards. While the packed house was treated to a hard fought win on the court, what many came to see was the impressive group of ICHS alumni being inducted into this year’s Athletic Hall of Fame. After enjoying the game and the halftime introductions, the inductees along with their families and friends gathered for a reception and awards ceremony held in Plunkett Hall. Each of the inductees, introduced by the person who submitted their nomination, spoke about their experiences at ICHS and beyond. Many expressed gratitude towards their families, teachers, teammates and coaches for their help and inspiration along the way.
Immaculate Conception High School established an Athletic Hall of Fame Award in 2006. It is intended to recognize ICHS graduates whose achievements reflect the ideals of excellence, commitment, service and gives witness to the heart and spirit of Catholic education, athletic integrity, and leadership. The award has been created to serve as a standard to which current students can aspire.
Congratulations to the newest members of the ICHS Athletic Hall of Fame: Pete Schmidt, Darren Howard, Tom Anstett, James Long (’67), Donald Drozd (’67), Mike Doyle (’72), Tom Doyle (’73), Joe Ryan (’75), Warren Meyers (’75), Bob Cronin (’78), Pat Morgan (’80), Katie Kerrigan Wheatland (’80), Joe Curran (’81), Gina Ensalaco Gasbarre (’81), Pete Shepherd (’82), John King (’83), Ron Schmidt (’84), Dave Collignon (’85), Karen Lawton Russ (’87), Bill Schmidt (’93), and Katie Callaghan Barrett (’98).
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Sean Doherty Named Semifinalist in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program
ICHS senior, Sean Doherty, has been named a Semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program – a group that represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors and includes the highest scoring entrants in each state.
Last year, more than 1.5 million juniors from about 22,000 high schools entered the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test which served as the initial screen of program entrants. To become a Finalist, a Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by their high school principal and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test. Approximately 15,000 Semifinalists are expected to advance Finalist level and it is from this group that all National Merit Scholarship winners will be chosen. Winners will be announced in April of 2010.
Congratulations Sean and best of luck in the rest of the competition!
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Will Cronin Named Winning Illinois Male Athlete in the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award Competition
Congratulations senior Will Cronin for becoming the winning Illinois applicant (male) for the annual Wendy’s High School Heisman Award! High Schools nationwide submitted two applicants (male/female) from their school for consideration for this award earlier this Fall. Will was then selected as one of 1,020 State Finalists in Illinois and has now become one of 102 State Winners from which only 12 National Finalists will be chosen. These National Finalists will be invited to the Wendy’s High School Heisman National Awards Banquet on December 11, 2009, in New York City. They also will attend all Heisman Memorial Trophy Weekend festivities, receive a gold medal and Heisman patch, and their high schools will receive a $2,000 monetary award in their name. National Finalists will also receive a $100 Wendy’s gift card.
To be eligible for this award, students must exhibit excellence in academics, athletics and community/school leadership.
BEST OF LUCK WILL and GO KNIGHTS!
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2009-2010 BLUE & WHITE CASH RAFFLE WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The 2009-2010 school year Blue & White Cash Raffle Winners were drawn this past Saturday night, December 12th, at halftime of the Varsity Boys Basketball game. The Blue & White Cash Raffle is an annual tuition fundraiser for current ICHS families. Congratulations to all of this years raffle winners!
First Prize ($3,000) |
Angela Walker
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Second Prize ($1,500) |
Theresa Rice |
Third Prize ($1,000) |
Bob and Anne Peachey |
culate Conception High School has received a $750 grant from the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance program to support the school’s technology program. Distributor Fouzia Hussain of the Mobil Travel Plaza in Wilmington, Illinois worked with school officials to secure the grant, which is one of 4,000 available to schools across the country served by Exxon or Mobil stations. Fouzia Hussain is the mother of ICHS senior Shazad Hussain. The grants were made possible by funding from the Exxon Mobil Corporation.
The ExxonMobil Educational Alliance program is designed to provide Exxon and Mobil retailers with an opportunity to invest in the future of their communities through educational grants to local schools.
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ICHS Alumni Rear Admiral John Messerschmidt Receives Promotion from Navy
At a ceremony on October 1st, 2009, Rear Admiral (lower half) John Messerschmidt was promoted to the grade of Rear Admiral (upper half). The ceremony, in which RADM Messerschmidt received his second star, was held at the Headquarters of the Navy Reserve Forces in Norfolk, Virginia where RADM Messerschmidt is serving as Commander, Navy Reserve Forces Command. RADM John Messerschmidt is a 1975 graduate of Immaculate Conception High School.
Ann Messerschmidt (mother) and Lizann Messerschmidt (wife) shared the honor of pinning on the second star with other family members in attendance including his three sons Cory, Connor and Colin. Also in attendance were RADM Messerschmidt’s brother Alan and two sisters Jane Venafro (ICHS Class of ’68) and Julie Schweppe (ICHS Class of ’79).
Please click on the following link to view a feature story on RADM Messerschmidt that appeared in the October 23rd edition of the Elmhurst Press.
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/elmhurst/news/x185906862/Elmhurst-native-grabs-second-star
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Olivia Vatch Featured on Comcast's Prep Profile Series
In September, Immaculate Conception High School senior Olivia Vatch, place kicker for the Knights Football team, was selected as a feature player for Comcast’s Prep Profile series. This interview was aired on Comcast Digital Cable On Demand.
Olivia became the first female to score a point in the IHSA football state finals during the 2008 Class 2A State Championship victory!
Congratulations Olivia!
Click HERE to view the video.
The video is also available on YouTube.
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Congratulations Pat Haggerty on Another Great State Golf Final!
Junior Pat Haggerty completed his season at the IHSA State Finals on Saturday in Peoria. This was Pats' 2nd consecutive year advancing to the State Finals. Congratulations to Coach Sujack, Coach Truesdale and the entire IC Golf Program on a great season!
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Freshman Student Council Announced
Freshman Student Council elections were held recently for the 2009-2010 school year. Congratulations to the following students who were elected as council members:
| President |
Cody Baker (Eastview Middle) |
| Vice President |
Lauren Roberto (Visitation) |
| Treasurer |
Patrick Headley (Visitation) |
| Secretary |
Colleen Maloney (Visitation) |
| Public Relations |
Genarra Bell (Forest Park Middle)
Katie Fenton (Visitation)
Emily Hartnett (ICGS)
Kelsey Packer (ICGS)
Kyle Perrone (Visitation) |
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ICHS Bids Farewell to the Class of 2009
ICHS bid farewell to the Class of 2009 on Saturday, May 23rd at the Baccalaureate Mass in the IC Chapel. We would like to thank the faculty, parents, family members, and friends who walked together on this journey to help develop these students into the amazing young adults they have become today. We applaud them for all their accomplishments and wish them well as they begin the next step of their journey through life. To the Class of 2009 remember, Once a Knight, Always a Knight.
Valedictorian: Joshua Fenton
Salutatorian: Katie Heidorn
- 100% of the class continuing their education
- 1 National Merit Commended Scholar
- 18% of the Class of 2009 are Illinois State Scholars
- 29% of the Class of 2009 are members of the National Honor Society
- 18% of the Class of 2009 accepted into the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
- Top 10% average ACT Score‐ 31 Top 25% average ACT Score‐ 28.82
- 42% of the Class of 2009 earned over $144,000 each in college scholarships
- 2 Daily Herald Leadership Team Members
- 2 NCAA Division I Athletes
- 6 NCAA Division III Athletes
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