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Members of the Hinsdale Central boys track and field team will leave their Wednesday, April 27, practice with a new skill - one they can use to save a life. The athletes will be trained in CPR through a partnership with the Mend a Heart Foundation in Clarendon Hills. And there's no telling when that training might come in handy, said Chicago firefighter Josh Daisy, a volunteer who is leading the training. "I think it's a very valuable skill that everybody should know," Daisy...
With the Stuff the Squad event taking place across District 181 last week, members of the Hinsdale Middle School Kindness Club decided to leverage the opportunity and add the ever popular YouTube "Domino Effect" to help increase donations. Using cereal boxes for dominoes, students created a maze of more than 600 boxes that weaved from the Washington Street entrance to the front door of the school near the parking lot. As last-minute boxes kept arriving, the kids had to...
Annie Koziel describes her character in Hinsdale Central High School's spring musical as melodramatic, narcissistic, insecure and oddly endearing. "She's so ridiculous, but also relatable," Koziel said of Rona Lisa Peretti, a lead character in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," opening April 22 on the Hinsdale Central stage (turn to Page 22 for details). The show centers on a fictional spelling bee at the equally fictional Putnam Valley Middle School. First produced...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, April 18 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: math resource recommendation, officer elections, 2022-23 board meeting calendar, elementary music and world language pilots, district office building update, celebration of award winners (6 p.m.) Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, April 14 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda:...
The Windhover has been whisked away from its post on the west side of Hinsdale Middle School for its long awaited makeover. Well, flatbed-ed away is a more accurate description of how the 4,500-pound fabricated steel sculpture was transported Monday from the east side of Washington Street to a firm in Lake Bluff for a complete refinishing. It was a special sight for Corlyn Simmons. "It was surreal," said Simmons, a member of the Windhover Restoration Committee. "This has been...
How does a video game help protect kids? As a former middle school teacher and principal, Katie Gallagher is familiar with the challenges faced by teens and pre-teens. As education director at Candor Health Education in Hinsdale, she's helping students to prepare for those challenges. The newest tool in Candor's efforts to protect kids from the dangers of drugs and alcohol comes in a form familiar to today's teenagers. "Pixelton Adventures" is a video game that presents...
Teens CANDIDATES FOR U.S. AWARD Candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program Five seniors from Hinsdale Central High School have been named candidates for the 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. They are Jui Khankari, Maximilian Lai, Andrew Metzger, Nadir Muzaffar and Grant Zhang. Each year, up to 161 students are named Presidential Scholars, which is considered one of the nation’s highest honors for high school students. GALASSI NAMED TO ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM Vincent Galassi from Hinsdale Central has been named t...
While other children his age were busy with Little League games and trips to the swimming pool, fourth-grader John Coyner of Hinsdale was researching and discussing how to confront violent extremist groups in the Middle East as a delegate at the Model United Nations and Debate Camp held each year at The Community House. Nearly eight years later, Coyner is a high school senior and a member of the National Model UN Championship team. Coyner, fellow Hinsdalean Annika Geiersbach...
After a strange spring season last year due to COVID-19, athletes and coaches at Hinsdale Central High School are looking forward to a traditional regular season and postseason. Some new coaches and new contests are keeping things interesting for teams as the season begins. This is the third in a series of four spring sports previews. Girls badminton First match: March 15 @ HC Quad (V won all matches) Last year: sixth at state Head coach: Serge Penksik Seasons as head coach:...
Name: Erin Milligan Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale What drew you to track? I've liked to run since I was little. It was just a sport that I thought was really fun, and I actually started track in middle school. How have you evolved since freshman year? I think I've gotten a lot more confident racing. I've always been competitive, but I believe in my training more now and can put myself in better position now than when I was a freshman. You've transitioned from sprints to...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, March 14 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: math resource recommendation, Rising Star Extended Day pilot recommendation, 2021-22 assessment calendar update Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 10 Hinsdale South High School,7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: preliminary staffing recommendation for 2022-23 school year, three-year calendar...
Name: Kaila Kuo Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you first start playing softball? I did taekwondo from third grade up until middle school. My dad wanted me to get involved in team sports. He said I could do track or softball. I figured softball would have less running, so I did softball. What do you enjoy most about the sport? I just like meeting new people, hanging out with them and being able to build that team relationship. It's not like other friends you find at...
Loren Williams joined The Community House as director of social impact late last year, but her work toward the organization's mission began more than a decade before. As a volunteer with the Community Consolidated District 180 Saturday reading program and later as a part-time clinician at The Community House, Williams has shared the organization's goal to provide social services throughout Hinsdale and the surrounding communities. When the search for a director of social...
Spelling bee champ - Advaith Balakrishnan delivers the correct answer during the District 181 spelling bee in February at Hinsdale Middle School. He went on to capture the district's first place spot, which gave him the opportunity to compete on the countywide level. He also won the DuPage County Bee. He will now compete at the Scripps National Bee in Washington, D.C., in May. This is the fifth consecutive year that a District 181 student will go on to nationals. Please turn...
HMS announces HONOR ROLL Hinsdale Middle School has released the names of students who earned a place on the honor roll for the first semester of the 2021-22 school year. Sixth grade HMS honor roll Farida Ads, Hassan Ads, Javier Aguilar, Sahana Ahuja, Hadi Al-Khudari, George An, Luke Antinossi, Lucia Aschinberg, Noor Atassi, Tuleen Attassi, Jacksen Baird, Savanna Barrios, Josephine Braden, John Burgstone, Jack Burke, Dominique Charles, Michael Chen, Gabriella Chillo, William Cowhey, Eva Crittenden, Ava Dannhausen-Brun, James...
Twenty-two years ago a 13-year-old Melanie Lamoureux was running summer theater camps out of the backyard of her Hinsdale home. Last month she took students that age and younger to compete in the prestigious Junior Theatre Festival in Sacramento, Calif. BAMtheatre's Junior Conservatory Ensemble was one of six groups to win the festival's highest award for outstanding production. "We've always wanted to go and we finally felt like we had a group that was ready to take this on...
Students across District 181 participated in the annual district spelling bee last month at Hinsdale Middle School. Participants included (clockwise from left) Srinidhi Rao, HMS; Madeline McNaughton, Walker; Cody Bankert, Monroe; Celsey O'Hare, Elm; and Nayan Rao, Prospect. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
It's not every day that you get to interview a rocket scientist. But that's exactly what eight students from Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills middle schools did last week for a District 181 Foundation webinar with David Ellis of the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. "I was always really interested in space and wanted to meet an astronaut for a long time," said Taylor Muehlhauser, a seventh-grader at HMS. "I thought it was a really cool opportunity to talk to someone with...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: property tax abatement amount, increasing substitute pay, FY 2022 update, 2022-23 and 2023-24 school calendars, five-year forecasting Hinsdale Economic Development Commission 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: Restaurant Week 2022, spring business highlights Hinsdale High School Dist...
COLLEGE STUDENTS ON DEAN’S LISTS Several college students from Hinsdale have earned a place on the dean’s list or the equivalent for the fall 2021 semester at their respective colleges and universities. • Max Aziz, University of Wisconsin-Madison • Cary Bone, Wheaton College • Caroline Booras, University of Wisconsin-Madison • Catcher Brown, University of Wisconsin-Madison • Olivia Campbell, Minnesota State University-Manketo • Gabi Conidi, University of Wisconsin-Madison • Shea Draddy, University of Wisconsin-Madison...
Both the Hinsdale Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade boys basketball teams beat their opponents Friday night at HMS to win their West Suburban Middle School Athletic Conference titles. The seventh-grade Spartans defeated Clarendon Hills Middle School 36-30, and the eighth-graders defeated Bryan 32-27. Seventh-graders J.J. Rastorfort (top row), R.J. Lewis and Cam Linn drive to the basket. Eighth-graders Cullen Bradley (left) and Aryan Bansal (above) contributed to the...
HMS MUSICIANS CHOSEN TO PLAY The Hinsdale Middle School Chamber Strings Orchestra was asked to be the Middle School Lab Orchestra for the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Conference, which has been held annually in Chicago each December for the last 75 years. This is a great honor, as only one middle school group each year is asked. No audition takes place; rather, the board of directors makes recommendations based on feedback from performances at the state conference in January 2020. The orchestra performed Dec. 15...
Preparing for battle - Charlotte Sunderson helps her friend Lucy Rogero adjust her head gear at Hinsdale Middle School Friday evening. The seventh- and eighth-grade boys basketball teams were both playing for their conference championships. The seventh-grade team defeated CHMS and the eighth-grade team defeated Bryan to bring home the titles. Please turn to Page 36 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Jui Khankari was used to people mispronouncing her name. But when her mother's phone followed suit, she decided to do something about it. After just a few tweaks, Khankari had taught Siri the correct pronunciation of her name, and Siri had introduced Khankari to the world of artificial intelligence. Several years later, Khankari's study of AI as a tool to detect ischemic stroke garnered the country's most prestigious science award for high school seniors - the Regeneron...
Growing up in New Jersey, Jay Moody started playing lacrosse before he was in kindergarten. "I was always an East Coast guy before I was transferred out here to Chicago," the Hinsdale resident said. "I thought lacrosse was going to be bigger out here than it was." The father of three boys was disappointed that the only acknowledgment he saw of his favorite sport were signs saying, "No throwing lacrosse balls" at the elementary schools. So Moody, a former Brown University...
