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SCHOOL NEWS 2023 - 2024 Highlights

ABC 7's Terrell Brown reports on air with Mighty Macs cheering around him

Featured on ABC 7 News Flyover Friday

The Volleyball team won the State Championship for the second year in a row, with players and coaches receiving major awards

Ellie White ‘24
Gatorade Player of the Year for the second year in a row

Peyton Heatherly ‘27
MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year for 2023

Jen Rees Dejarld ‘87
National Volleyball Coach of the Year by the National High School Coaches Association for 2023

Hosted the Young Hearts for Life screening event at McAuley - more than 50% of students received a free, potentially life-saving ECG screening

A sold-out weekend of Chicago

Amanda Schuler ‘25 (pictured left) was named to the All-State Orchestra and Amélie Villaseñor ‘25 - All State Chorus and All State Production - first student in McAuley’s history to be selected for both of these prestigious performances in the same year

Makilah Cooley ‘24 shared a reflection on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Christmas Sermon which was featured on WVON AM 1690 Voices of King media campaign

9 IHSA STATE APPEARANCES

Marykate Halleran ‘24 & Nora Wolfe Halpern ‘25 - Tennis Doubles
Eileen O’Connor ‘24 - XC
Emily Mangin ‘26 - XC
2023-2024 Volleyball Team
Maggie Zuber ‘25 - Wrestling
Maya Hooks ‘25 - Shot Put
Mary Claire Deacy ‘25 - High Jump
Jada Jones ‘25 - 100m & 200m
Sarah Speski ‘24 - Pole Vault

Students viewed the
solar eclipse on the lawn
during the school day

Mother McAuley & Brother Rice Band and Orchestra students traveled to Nashville over Spring Break

AP SCHOOL HONOR ROLL PLATINUM AND AP ACCESS AWARD

Sophia Rowan ‘24
was named a
NATIONAL MERIT
SCHOLARSHIP SEMIFINALIST,
and was officially
appointed to the
UNITED STATES
AIR FORCE ACADEMY
at our Honors Assembly - only the second student in Mother McAuley’s history

 

6 VISUAL ART students selected for the IHSAE Senior Scholarship Exhibition

A performance by Mother McAuley’s Advanced Chorus and Symphony Strings was featured during Cardinal Cupich’s Easter Morning Program on ABC7

Mother McAuley Mariachi Club opened for the Grammy Award-Winning Rock Band, Los Lobos, at the St. Germaine Cinco De Mayo Celebration