Student Leaders and Teachers met to plan the April 28th HBRHS Community Service Day. Projects include helping at local libraries, Farm Friends in Big Rock, community and forest preserve trash pick-up, sewing/knitting, food panty, and school grounds landscaping. #WeAreHBR
Mrs. Rich's Foods students competed in Burger Wars, whipping up their secret recipes to impress the student and faculty judges. That room smelled like summer and tasted like success! #WeAreHBR
In preparation of the forecasted snow fall tonight, 3.9.23, and tomorrow morning, 3.10.23, we are sharing the options in our inclement weather procedures (https://5il.co/1npnj). If a change in our school day occurs tomorrow, we will communicate no later than 6:00 am. #ReadyToGo
Tonight was the 64th annual FFA Awards program. This year's seniors wrote and delivered the keynote address. They did an awesome job capturing the twists and turns of their journey over the past four years. There is much to be proud of with our FFA students and program! #WeAreHBR
Our final parent-athlete meeting of the year is tonight at 6:30pm at the high school. Please join Mrs. Halverson if you haven't attended a meeting yet and your student is planning to participate in a spring sport!
The banquet will be held on Wednesday March 8, 2023, in the main gym at Hinckley-Big Rock High
School beginning at 5:00 p.m.
Parents are invited to our 3rd Conversation and Connection Meeting in the HBRHS library at 6:00 pm on March 14th. Student vaping is on the rise across the nation and in our community. Insights about vaping will be shared by speakers from Northwestern Medicine. Please join us.
Senior Bridget Wilkening was a panelist at a CTE conference hosted at Waubonsee this morning. She shared about her skill development and personal growth through her FFA supervised agricultural experiences (SAE) and record book. Nice work Bridget! #WeAreHBR #RoyalPride
Check out this week's Every Royal's Voice blog post to gain insight and perspective from our @HBRHS429 Assistant Principal, Dr. Borne, on his experiences - There is just something about HBR . https://tinyurl.com/HBR-Blogspot. #WeAreHBR #ReadyToGo
In preparation of the forecasted snow fall tomorrow, 3.3.23, we are sharing the options in our inclement weather procedures (https://5il.co/1npnj). If a change in our school day occurs tomorrow, we will communicate no later than 6:00 am. #ReadyToGo
Our Royals basketball team fell 59-49 in a hard-fought sectional game. Battled back from down 12 to cut the lead to 2 with 3 minutes to play but just couldn’t get one more basket. A tough loss tonight, but congratulations to our Royals for a great season! #WeAreHBR #RoyalPride
GOOD NEWS!
Both sectional semi-final games tonight will be live streamed.
See links below.
Game 1: https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/il/?B=539170
Game 2: https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/il/?B=539175
#LetsGoRoyals
Do you know any HBR staff members that you want to give a shout out to? Please consider nominating someone for the HBR Excellence in Education award. Nominations are due March 31, 2023. Visit https://tinyurl.com/HBR-Excellence-In-Education-23 to provide your nomination.
The Board of Education welcomes your input as we begin our search for a new Superintendent for Hinckley-Big Rick CUSD #429. We will use this online survey to create a profile of our next leader. The survey will be available until March 3rd, 2023. See our website for the link!
Our Royals are headed to Sectionals! Tickets are available for purchase through GoFan for $7 and must be bought before the game. Game time is 7pm on Wednesday, March 1st at Elgin High School. Let's GO ROYALS!
#HBRBasketball #SectionalPlay
Our FFA had a great time celebrating FFA Week last week!
#HBRFFA #RoyalsProud
HBRHS students are so fortunate to have Indian Valley Vocational Center to immerse themselves in practical career training: auto body & tech, graphic design, fire science, computer programming, culinary, welding, construction, EMS, nursing, aviation, teaching & more! #WeAreHBR
Victory! Our Royals basketball team put on a show in front of the hometown crowd topping Rochelle Zell 57 to 18 for the regional championship! They join our Lady Royals with a regional victory for both boys and girls for only the fourth time in HBR history. #RoyalPride #WeAreHBR
Reading a book in Spanish! Mrs. Lopez's Spanish 2 students are reading a novella, "Daniel El Detective," in class to sharpen their comprehension and fluency skills --further developing and applying these literacy skills in another language. #WeAreHBR
