McHenry Community High School District #156

McHenry Community High School District #156 MCHS strives to prepare students to succeed in the 21st Century. https://linktr.ee/MCHS156 Thank you for your understanding.

McHenry Community High School District 156 maintains Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube accounts as a way to reach out to the public and provide a look at the exciting things happening in our school district. We welcome the opportunity to engage with our community, and we encourage our audience to share posts on their channels, too. In an effort to ensure our public engagement is meaningful

and productive, we have established some guidelines for social media commenting. Please remember that your comments can be viewed by many, including our students, and those comments remain in the public domain. While we don’t want to discourage free discourse, we reserve the right to delete posts on our pages that are off-topic; are vulgar or profane; contain personal attacks or accusations; could be offensive to or target specific ethnic or racial groups; incite violence; are considered threatening; encourage others to break the law; could be considered campaigning for a political office; easily identify students and/or staff in defamatory, abusive or generally negative terms; promote services or products; or are rude or deride the opinions of others.

https://tinyurl.com/act156Juniors, register before holiday break to take the ACT early at MCHS on February 14. Students ...
11/08/2025

https://tinyurl.com/act156
Juniors, register before holiday break to take the ACT early at MCHS on February 14. Students who take the ACT in February and then take it again in the spring have a better chance of raising their scores! The school board will pay for your test in the form of a credit on senior year school fees and Black Diamond will give you a Starbucks gift card so your Scores can Rise-A-Latte. For more information please visit our ACT webpage: https://tinyurl.com/act156

Please see the link below for our current job postings, including the recently added District Division Chair of Career a...
11/08/2025

Please see the link below for our current job postings, including the recently added District Division Chair of Career and Technical Education (CTE).
https://bit.ly/2W2wnSh

Students in Ms. Cabalquinto's class and Ms. Hanson's class made pet rocks with student leaders. In the coming weeks, th...
11/07/2025

Students in Ms. Cabalquinto's class and Ms. Hanson's class made pet rocks with student leaders. In the coming weeks, they will be making habitats for their pets while talking about basic needs and adaptations. We love their designs!

Congratulations to our latest AVID Warriors, Coach Beerbower and Principal Eiserman! They completed the twelve-hour AVID...
11/07/2025

Congratulations to our latest AVID Warriors, Coach Beerbower and Principal Eiserman! They completed the twelve-hour AVID strategies training. AVID is a 45-year-old national program that includes an elective class, where the goal is to help students achieve greater success in both the classroom and in their future. This is MCHS' third year as an AVID school.

Tickets: https://gofan.co/app/school/IL15583?activity=Performing%20Arts Come see the freshman/sophomore play, “Shiloh’s ...
11/07/2025

Tickets: https://gofan.co/app/school/IL15583?activity=Performing%20Arts
Come see the freshman/sophomore play, “Shiloh’s Well,”tonight (Friday) or tomorrow. (Saturday) The play follows Shiloh, a high school student overwhelmed by a series of small disasters, who discovers a mysterious wishing well with the power to change the course of the day. The runtime is about an hour. The students did a great job for their staff preview!

11/07/2025

Myles Wagner is heading to state for cross country, so of course we celebrated with a state walk. Thank you, band! Wish Myles luck!

Several MCHS organizations are teaming up to offer the school’s first Bilingual College and Career Expo this Saturday (N...
11/07/2025

Several MCHS organizations are teaming up to offer the school’s first Bilingual College and Career Expo this Saturday (Nov. 8) at Upper Campus.
The event, set for 10 a.m. until noon, will feature representatives from a growing list of colleges and universities, as well as local businesses and organizations.
Read more: https://www.dist156.org/article/2508968

Class of 2029 students and families are invited to join your administrative and counseling teams for our Freshman Future...
11/06/2025

Class of 2029 students and families are invited to join your administrative and counseling teams for our Freshman Future Planning Presentation! This event focuses on how present success builds to future opportunities at MCHS and beyond!! There are two sessions of this presentation:
Wednesday 11/12, 6p.m., Freshman Campus Theater
Thursday 11/13, 8:30 a.m. livestream at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tu9kRw66mw
A recording of the livestream presentation will remain at the same link.

Sign up: https://bit.ly/WarriorPrep2026Grades 9-11: We will be hosting ACT/PreACT prep sessions to prepare MCHS students...
11/06/2025

Sign up: https://bit.ly/WarriorPrep2026
Grades 9-11: We will be hosting ACT/PreACT prep sessions to prepare MCHS students for spring testing. Performing well can open doors of opportunity and access to courses, colleges, scholarships and more.

Waivers available for students who are on Fee Waivers or Free/Reduced Lunch. Exenciones disponibles para estudiantes que tienen exenciones de pago o almuerzo gratuito o reducido.

If you want to help local families as we head into the holiday season, consider the MCHS Food for Thought food pantry.No...
11/06/2025

If you want to help local families as we head into the holiday season, consider the MCHS Food for Thought food pantry.
Nonperishable food donations can be dropped off at the security desks at Upper Campus entrances. Visit the website to make monetary donations.
https://bit.ly/4orJ3xy

Address

4716 W Crystal Lake Road
McHenry, IL
60050

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+18153857900

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McHenry High School District #156 has three key goals as defined in the Strategic Plan (2011-2016). These goals are: Goal 1: The district will steward resources to support a culture of fiscal responsibility. Goal 2: The district will foster a culture of high academic achievement and success for all students. Goal 3: The district will continually strive to communicate with all stakeholders.