Mother McAuley High School is proud to announce the hiring of Laura Gill, as the school's new athletic director beginning her tenure on July 1, 2024. As a result of an extensive search and multiple rounds of interviews with key stakeholders, Gill's practical experience, leadership, commitment to Catholic education, and passion for women's sports made her the natural choice to assume this leadership position.

Summer camps are in full swing at Mother McAuley, and our campers are having a blast! It's not too late to register. 

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We are MIGHTY proud to congratulate Maureen Curran '25 on being awarded the Michael Sullivan Family Foundation Scholarship for Excellence in Mathematics!

The Michael Sullivan Family Foundation recognizes and awards students in their senior year who excel academically in mathematics. Congratulations, Maureen!

Mac-Tail Hours are back, and we hope to see you there! McAuley Alumnae (21+) are invited to join us on Wednesday, June 5th for drinks and networking at Tiny Tapp on the riverwalk 

Enjoy your first drink complimentary of Mother McAuley! RSVP today!

Celebrating our athletes, coaches, and their families at the Spring Sports Banquet! Congratulations to all of our spring sports teams on a great season!

Congratulations to the following Mighty Macs who qualified for the Track & Field State Finals! 

Maya Hooks '25 - Shot Put

Mary Claire Deacy '25 - High Jump

Jada Jones '25 - 100m & 200m

Sarah Speski '24 - Pole Vault

Our entire school community gathered together to close out the school year with our Time & Eternity Mass.Following the Mass, the Class of 2024 took an oath to join our community of 29,000 Mother McAuley Alumnae!

Our Performing Arts Department concluded the year by hosting their annual Spring Chorus, Strings, and Band Concerts! 

We had a great morning celebrating College Decision Day for the Class of 2024 on Wednesday, May 1st!

It was another MIGHTY great afternoon on 99th Street! On April 30th, we unveiled the brand new scoreboard and lights on our turf field, thanks to the generous support of the Tom Hopkins Foundation and Marquette Bank.

Mother McAuley is proud to be the first all-girls school in Chicago with a state-of-the-art turf field. We celebrated this investment we are making towards equity in women’s sports with our Mighty Mac Community today.

Special thanks to Alderman Matt O’Shea, Mayor Terry Vorderer, Committeewoman Fran Hurley, WLS TV, WGN News and Fox 32 Chicago. 

We recognized a truly unique and exceptional accomplishment at our Honors Assembly this morning. Lieutenant Colonel Tim Grebs, Admissions Liaison Officer to the United States Air Force Academy, officially appointed our very own Sophia Rowan ‘24.

Sophia is the second student in Mother McAuley’s history to be appointed to the Air Force Academy, and she is one of approximately 25 students in Illinois to be appointed this year.

Thank you to Lieutenant Colonel Tim Grebs for taking the time to help us congratulate Sophia today.

Our school gathered for an Honors Assembly to recognize our students' academic achievements and celebrate the essence of Mother McAuley – a community dedicated to excellence, mercy, faith, and the pursuit of knowledge.

Congratulations to ALL of the honorees that received awards and recognitions today! We are MIGHTY proud of you!

Our Visual Arts Department held their induction ceremony for the National Art Honor Society! Congratulations to the newly inducted members of NAHS!

We are MIGHTY proud to share that our very own, Ellie White '24, was named Honorary Coach for the 2024 Special Olympics Opening Ceremonies!

The 56th Annual Opening Ceremonies were held this past weekend at Soldier Field. Each year, an Honorary Coach is selected to kick off the games in celebration of Special Olympic athletes! Ellie joins a list of Chicago sports legends that have preceded her in being named the Honorary Coach.

Congratulations on this incredible honor, Ellie!

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

The Mariachi Club is one of Mother McAuley's newest student clubs, and we are MIGHTY proud of their latest accomplishment sharing a stage with Los Lobos!

Our Daniel P. Haerther Scholars enjoyed their final program event hosted by the generous Haerther Trustees. The Senior Send Off luncheon took place downtown and included all seven catholic high school presidents, mentors and scholars. Congratulations and best of luck to these four amazing seniors, Makilah Cooley '24, Giselle Godinez '24, Martha Rios '24 and Ava Grace Sales '24. We will miss you!

On Thursday, May 2nd, we held our Thespian Induction and Theatre Awards Ceremony! Congratulations to all of the new inductees and award winners!

We showcased the exceptional artwork that was created by our students in B-Wing throughout the school year during our annual ARTAPALOOZA event. Thanks to all of our families and friends who spent the afternoon with us! We are MIGHTY proud of our incredibly talented and creative student artists.

Please join us in congratulating Eliza Sweeney '25 on being named the Grand Prize Winner of Chicago Public Library’s "Young Artist Award" as part of the Teen Winter Challenge!

Eliza's portfolio was selected from among 200 submissions, and it stood out for her exceptional skill in depicting realism. Eliza's artwork will be featured prominently at a downtown exhibit in the Harold Washington Library Center. The winning piece will also be included in the annual Teen Winter Challenge catalog, which will be added to the Chicago Public Library’s permanent collection - ensuring it remains accessible to the public for years to come!

Congratulations on this MAC-nificent accomplishment, Eliza!

Our entire junior class spent the morning volunteering at Feed My Starving Children as part of their Junior Retreat. Students packed hundreds of nutritious meals for people in need all around the world!

We are MIGHTY proud to announce that all of our Winter Sports Teams received the IHSA Team Academic Achievement Award! Congratulations to our student athletes for maintaining excellent cumulative team grade point averages during the 2023-2024 season.

We are MIGHTY proud of our 10 senior athletes who signed letters of intent to play collegiate sports on Signing Day!

CONGRATULATIONS to the Professional ABC's Club on their FIRST PLACE win in the State Championship Competition for the second year in a row!

Personal Finance students participated in a semester-long Stock Market Game with over 60 teams in the Chicago Region. We are MIGHTY proud to share that the following students placed THIRD in the competition as a team:

Congratulations to every member of this year’s Spring Play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", McAuley's first ever Shakespeare production!

We are MIGHTY proud to congratulate Hannah Stepek '24 and Emma Gudenau '24 on being named Chick Evans Scholars!

Our Mighty Macs spent the afternoon viewing the solar eclipse!

Mother McAuley & Brother Rice Band and Orchestra students traveled to Nashville over Spring Break for an incredible trip full of music.

Our Mighty Macs visited the Grand Ole Opry, recorded at RCA Studio B (the same studio used by Elvis, Dolly Parton, Chet Atkins, and so much more), performed at the National Museum of African American Music, saw Elvis Presley's Piano, and even spotted a celebrity along the way!

Our Daniel P. Haerther Scholars went on a field trip to the Morton Arboretum! While there, students went on a scavenger hunt to explore and learn about its tree-filled landscape. They also met with employees from Morton to learn about career and internship opportunities! Thank you to our generous Haerther Trustees for hosting this great event - we are blessed!

Book Club took a field trip to CFS Coffee Shop and Barnes & Noble in Oak Brook!

Book Club is just one of the 40+ student clubs and organizations that we are proud to offer at Mother McAuley. Mighty Macs get involved and stay involved with over 94% of students participating in one or more clubs/organizations!

Journalism students attended the Scholastic Press Association of Chicago Conference held at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism in Chicago this week. The students participated in panels and received awards for their work on our student run news magazine, Inscape!

Maya Krueger '20 recently held a one woman exhibition of her artwork at the home of Kwang-Wu Kim, the President of Columbia College Chicago.

Congratulations to Maggie Hughes '24 on being named the 2024 Erica Heilmann Scholarship Award Winner!

The award is presented annually by the Heilmann family in honor of Erica Heilmann, who was recognized by the Tony Awards for Excellence in Theatre Education and who passed away in 2018. It is presented to the individual who demonstrates, through the arts, character with compassion, leadership with understanding, selflessness with strength, and always a welcoming heart.

Macs with Merit is an award given to a student by a teacher or staff member on behalf of their honorable character, diligent work ethic, and notable contributions to the McAuley community.

Macs Got Talent 2024

Our Mighty Macs marched in both the Southside Irish Parade and the Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade during St. Patrick's Day Weekend! The parades made us proud to celebrate McAuley's Irish Heritage and the Chicago community that we've been a part of for more than 175 years. Special thanks to the BRMM Band and all of our alumnae who joined us!

We are MIGHTY proud of our eight senior students who were awarded the A. Franklin Pilchard Foundation Scholarship this year! This is an $8,000 renewable scholarship awarded to students attending an Illinois college/university. Congratulations, Macs!

Congratulations to Kathleen Sullivan '16 who was selected to serve on the Queen's Court for the 2024 St. Patrick's Day Parade! Kathleen marched in the Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 16th!

Mother McAuley students participated in Advocate Christ Medical Center's annual art contest to expand its permanent art collection. This competition was open to students from schools involved in the "Live from the Heart" Program, and the submissions were judged by faculty from Saint Xavier University and experts from Acorns to Oaks Studio. Students from Mother McAuley stood out by having their artwork displayed, some chosen for the hospital’s permanent collection, and others received various awards.

Mother McAuley's first ever Scholastic Bowl team competed in the IHSA regionals on Monday, March 4!

The team won their opening round in order to make it to the regional semifinals where their season ended. We are MIGHTY proud of their impressive first season!

Congratulations to Mr. Josh Meyer who was named the Educator of the Year at the Best of Blue Island Awards this past weekend! He received more votes than any other category in the awards. What a testament to the impact he has made on the Mother McAuley community!

Members of our Macs LEAD club once again led the charge in organizing McAuley's participation in the Chicago Polar Plunge. We joined forces with Brother Rice, and our Best of Both Worlds team was the most successful it has ever been with more than 70 students participating and over $17,000 raised this year! We also placed 3rd in the school team challenge.

The Math Macs are going to STATE! We are MIGHTY proud to share that the team won 1st place at the Regional Math Competition last weekend, and they will be competing at the State Competition on April 6th.

Congratulations to Lucy Pfeiffer '24 on being named an Honorable Mention recipient for the IHSA All-State Academic Team!

Our entire school community gathered together this afternoon for our Black History Month Prayer Service! Thank you to our Black Student Union for hosting the beautiful service filled with community, prayer, reflection, dance, music and stories.

Thank you to all who joined us for our Sacred Concert!

We had a wonderful morning hosting our annual Donor Appreciation Breakfast at Mother McAuley yesterday. Our scholarship recipients had the opportunity to meet their generous donors and thank them for all they do to support our Mighty Mac community!

In honor of Black History Month, our Black Student Union and Alumnae Office partnered to create a Q&A series celebrating distinguished Black alumnae. Next up is Avan Alleyne '16!

We had a MAC-TASTIC day welcoming our 6th and 7th grade shadows to McAuley on Presidents' Day! Our Future Macs learned about our school, met our teachers, became a part of MacNation, and SO much more. Thanks to all who joined us on this MIGHTY fun day!

The Class of 2024 had a blast during their Senior Lock-in! They enjoyed games, activities, snacks, photo booths, and more! 

Our Black Student Union explored a variety of career paths from guest speakers at their Cultural Spotlight: Career Edition Panel! Mother McAuley and Brother Rice students had the opportunity to hear from a Research Scientist, Investment Accountant, Family Nurse Practitioner, Licensed Esthetician, and CPD Detective.

Our Inscape Staff just announced the theme for our 2023-2024 yearbook: There's No Place like McAuley! Purchase your Yearbook today.

Get ready for a MAC-nificent summer at McAuley! Our 2024 Summer Camps are now open for registration now! Learn more about our summer camps and register today. 

Our Latinas Lead club attended the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Conference last week. The USHLI Conference provides an extraordinary opportunity for students and young professionals to interact with recruiters, national policy-makers, and future employers

Our annual One Act Festival was a MIGHTY success thanks to our talented D-Wing students!

Our entire school gathered together this morning for a pep rally to celebrate all of our recent Mighty Mac accomplishments! Students, faculty and staff participated in games, cheers and much more!

We are so excited to congratulate our very own Coach Jen Rees DeJarld '87, who was named National Volleyball Coach of the Year by the National High School Coaches Association!