Spring Break Reminder

This message was broadcast to all the students at York High School this morning. Good Morning, Dukes! With spring break upon us, it’s crucial that everyone makes smart personal decisions. We have a lot at stake to consider after the break, including prom, graduation and (juniors) open campus privileges next year! Remember that the Code of Conduct applies over break and summer and we want to ensure the safety of all of our students today and throughout all of your years as Dukes! Enjoy spring break! Go Dukes!

World Down Syndrome Day

Please encourage your students to rock their socks next Tuesday, 3/21 in honor or World Down Syndrome Day. The idea behind rocking mismatched socks is to celebrate individuality and to embrace acceptance of all. Of course, my daughter Emma is the reason I started this tradition four years ago in District 214, and the students loved it. I will plan to ask all participants to stop in the commons at the end of the day to take a picture that I will post to Facebook and Twitter! Have a great week! Go Dukes!

St. Baldrick's Foundation

This email went home yesterday from Mr. McGuire: We are excited to host a St. Baldrick's event this year at York. The St. Baldrick's Foundation helps to support research for childhood cancer. We have staff and students ready to make this event memorable and successful for our school community. Since this is our 1st year holding our event, we have set our fundraising goal at $10,000. But we are very hopeful that we will be able to exceed that goal. Our own Mr. Doherty has laid out a challenge of $15,000 to shave his head. I believe those locks are worth every penny! Please take a minute to visit our page and consider donating for this worthy cause! Our event will coincide with a spring spirit week and conclude with a pep rally on March 24th. We will be shaving the heads of our top fundraising individuals and hopefully Mr. Doherty himself! I have faith in our community to come out strong for an amazing cause! If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Joe O'Malley at jomalley@elmhurst205.org or Mr. Drew McGuire at dmcguire@elmhurst205.org.