Dear EPCHS Families:
As we've entered the second month of the year, it's important to keep the momentum that we've created in January moving forward. We've already seen quite a few successes in 2025, and expect to see even more as the second term progresses.
We were pleased to see another successful implementation of our e-Learning plan when extreme temperatures came through the area on Jan. 21. Our students and staff quickly adapted to the plan and were able to hold a full school day virtually with little to no interruptions.
In January, we recognized the students who succeeded in the first term of the school year, with 58 percent of them making either the high honor roll or honor roll and nearly 150 achieving A's in all their courses.
This month, we encourage our students to grow not only academically, but also socially and emotionally by engaging the broader community of our school. There will be plenty of opportunity to do so, as our winter sports teams reach the home stretch and our Fine Arts department puts on their Musical, "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella," from February 28 through March 2.
Sincerely,
Thomas O'Malley, Superintendent
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- One-hundred forty two Evergreen Park Community High School students were recognized for receiving all A's on their report cards from the first term of the school year.
- Many more students - 58 percent of the student body - were named to either the Honor Roll or High Honor Roll for their first term grade point averages.
- Two EPCHS seniors, Megan Klimowski and Muhammad Asim (pictured below), have earned IT Essentials badges from the Cisco Networking Academy, a global education program that teaches students how to design, build, troubleshoot and secure computer networks. Megan and Muhammad are the first EPCHS students to earn these badges in recent years.
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MUSTANG PRIDE AWARDS: Twenty four Evergreen Park Community High School students were recognized with the Mustang Pride Award, an honor in which students are nominated by their teachers for outstanding and unique achievements in and out of the classroom.
Mustang Pride winners from the first term of 2024-2025 are Muhammad Asim, Kameryn Brown, Juan Hernandez, Donavan Herrera, Lucas Landry, Gabriel Lucio, Bryanna Morin, Julia O’Hare, T.J. O’Rourke, Jacob Ramirez, Karim Rashid, Rowan Smyth, Ava Tyszkiewicz, Aubrey Walczak, Omarri Bey, Maya Cisneros, Abby Delgado, Billy Duffner, Sofia Esquivel, Hope Etapa, Moises Martinez-Liera, Nyela Owens, Antonia Padilla and Dalia Rangel.
The parents/guardians of these students were invited to a breakfast held on Jan. 22, when the students received a certificate of recognition, Mustang Pride t-shirt, and EPCHS pen.
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- Senior Suzanne Summers performed in the IHSA All-State Chorus in Peoria after qualifying for the event that includes only the state's best high school singers for the second year in a row.
- Three other student singers, Matthias Davis, Eileen Brady and Rosebud Summers, represented EPCHS at the AERO Karaoke Showdown held on Jan. 29 at Argo Community High School. The annual event is a fundraiser for the AERO Special Education Cooperative, of which EPCHS is a founding member.
- EPCHS' e-Sports lab has already hosted its first competition of the season, and will also host both the conference and IHSA state final e-Sports events this spring.
- Student members of EPCHS' Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) club were treated to dinner at "The Whistle" restaurant in Oak Lawn and learned a few tips on entrepreneurship from restaurant owner Joe Lombardo.
- The Scholastic Bowl team started its season 5-1 after strong performances from Megan Klimowski and Ben Long, among others.
- SAVE THE DATES: EPCHS Fine Arts' production of "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella" will be performed on Feb. 28, March 1 and March 2 at the Marshall Batho Auditorium. Tickets are on sale now.
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SSC Honors Band Day Held at EPCHS
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Evergreen Park Community High School was host to the 2025 South Suburban Conference Honors Band event on Jan. 15.
Student musicians from all 15 South Suburban Conference schools spent the day at EPCHS, many of them working together for the first time and with a guest conductor, preparing for a tremendous concert that was performed in the Large Gym that night.
Eleven EPCHS students were involved in the day-long event, including nine who took part in the concert band and two in the jazz band.
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EPCHS students who were named to the South Suburban Conference 2025 Honors Band are Juliana Bosch, Adrian Buenrostro, Joe Duffy, Quinn Farell, Alex Francisco, Miles Landry, Isiah Matthews, Zion McCadd, Erin Wade, Ilaan Wheeler and Trevor Wolfe.
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- EPCHS' wrestling program continues to excel, winning the conference dual championships en route to an impressive 23-2 team record.
- Wrestling stars Chance Woods and David Johnson both notched their 100th career victories during recent meets.
- First-year girls basketball head coach George Shimko has the Lady Mustangs sporting a winning record as the postseason approaches. At one point during January, the team won seven consecutive games, the longest winning streak the program has had in seven years.
- Girls bowling has also piled on the wins, finishing their regular season slate with an 11-1 record.
- Boys bowling qualified as a team for the IHSA sectional round.
- JV cheer won the South Suburban Conference championship for the third consecutive year, as the Mustang varsity squad finishes second at that level.
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Dance Team Qualifies For State
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Evergreen Park's Dance Team qualified for the IHSA State Finals with their sectional championship win at Maine South High School on Jan. 25.
The State Finals were held over the final weekend of January at the Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington, Illinois.
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- February 2: Evergreen Park Basketball Sunday Shootout
- February 4: Girls Basketball Senior Night
- February 6: Boys Basketball Youth Night
- February 12: Financial Aid 101
- February 17: Presidents Day, No School
- February 19: Trades/Union Form during IDEA
- February 23: D231 Board Meeting
- February 26: Make up date for incoming freshman registration
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