News & Announcements

Three members of the Class of 2021 have recently earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36. The students include William DeKeyser '21, Kyle Heinz '21 and Matthew Wolf '21. These students join six current seniors who earned a 36 on their ACT test this past year.
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Congratulations to the students who were inducted into World Language Honor Societies on March 5, 2020. Students achieving the highest academic scores according to National Society parameters were welcomed into applicable honor societies. Society Moderators and Student Officers led the inductions in line with National Society rituals and phrases. Speakers at the event included our Principal Mr. Huther and Chinese and Spanish Student Ainsley Dean '20. The ceremony concluded with a beautiful Spanish song sung by Isabella Poma '20.
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On March 7, Carmel Cadence competed in the Chicagoland Showcase Show Choir competition. Isabella Poma '20 was selected as Outstanding Performer in Cadence and Alexandra Carrera '20 was selected out of 75 solo performances as the Outstanding Female Soloist of the day. Alexandra won a scholarship to Show Choir Camps of America. She also had the honor of singing her solo during the championship round at the end of the day. At the Clash of the Sequins Show Choir Competition on Saturday, February 15, Angel Tejada Martinez '21 was named Outstanding Performer in a Group.
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Registration for academic summer courses is now available. Carmel offers a variety of academic credit courses which allows students the opportunity to have study hall, early dismissal or open space for other electives during the school year.
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Several students from Carmel Catholic competed in the Mundelein Mayor’s Cup STEM Challenge on March 8—in its seventh year and held at Mundelein High School. Carmel students placed in each of the math and engineering contests.
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The Carmel math team placed third overall in the Tao division at the NSML conference meet on March 5. The freshmen math team placed 2nd, while the sophomore team took home 3rd place. Mitchell Brown '20 was the winner of the John Benson Mathematics Award, given for his love of mathematics and his passion to share his enthusiasm and knowledge with others.
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Carmel Catholic Football Coach Jason McKie participated in the first NFL Legends Community Coaching Clinic held February 22-23 during the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. The clinic featured interactive dialogue about proper technique, resources and coaching best practices.
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Science Teachers Marcella Linahan and Kirsten Bartlett presented a biology challenge at CLC's STEM for Girls event on February 29. Their STEM activity, "Build-a-Beak," had students designing a custom bird beak to discover which performs better with a variety of food sources and changing environmental conditions.
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Congratulations to our girls' gymnastics team on their impressive second-place finish at a thrilling IHSA state championship meet February 21 and 22. While also collecting several individual top finishes, Carmel produced two state champions. Lyndsey Basara '21 tied for 1st on the vault and Clare Keane '22 won the uneven parallel bars. Isabella Kropiwiec '20 earned third place on floor while Basara placed fourth. Kropiwiec also tied for fifth on vault, while Keane finished sixth in the all-around.
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Members of the World Champion Carmel Catholic High School Robotics Team rolled into the School of St. Mary gymnasium January 25 and were greeted like rock stars. The Not Year Average Nerds (NYAN) team delivered a presentation on the factors that went into their winning the 2019 World Championship while providing an important message: That robotics and STEM can be cool.
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