Mission Advancement Update

Family and Blessings

As I write this, Thanksgiving is just a blink away. Being a relational person, it is one of my favorite times of year. God and family are always at the top of my priority list which you most likely can relate to.
However, during this Thanksgiving and Christmas season, the two just naturally come together. It is not just about the “turkey and trimmings” shared at the dinner table, but it is also about recalling with one another the blessings God provided throughout the year. When one takes the time to gather and ask each other what blessings have been received, it is amazing to realize the breadth and scope of God’s provisions day in and day out. Whether you, personally, are a relational person or not, you have another “intentional” family of which you are a vital part but who will not join you at the table for a meal 🙂 the Yorkville Christian High School family. What could be better than to have an intentional family where a Christian environment provides a quality education, competitive sports, social interaction, healthy friend relationships, and caring support for one another? And…the Yorkville Christian family has many amazing blessings that can be shared with one another. As we all know, with family and blessings come responsibilities – praying for one another, attending and celebrating achievements/events, empathizing and sympathizing when worlds turn upside down, and providing dollars within our ability when needed.

As a member of this intentional family, we always ask for your prayers which provide support not only for our students but also for our staff and Board. Students excel when parents, relatives, and friends
attend events. Financial support of our Annual Fund is needed and appreciated – your dollars, no matter the size of the gift, make a difference in providing quality education for students to impact the world for Christ. To provide Annual Fund financial support, visit our website at: YorkvilleChristian.com; click on “Donate” and complete the information. Or, mail or deliver your donation to:

Yorkville Christian High School
Attention Mission Advancement
2001 Whitekirk Lane
Yorkville IL 60560

Whether you are alumni, parent, grandparent, friend, or business, we are excited that you are part of our family. Your prayers, attendance at events, and financial gifts make a difference at Yorkville Christian High School day in and day out.

“My student is so excited about coming to school each day.  He has said that he really feels like the teachers care about him much more than he’s experienced in the public schools…”

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Connie J. Brott

Director of Mission Advancement

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YORKVILLE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL HOSTS MATH AND SCIENCE SHADOW DAY

On Thursday, November 4, Yorkville Christian High School hosted a Math and Science Shadow Day.  The day consisted of several exciting events including a special science lesson on the density of various liquids and the use of microscopes to look at various items; a math lesson that included a special project focusing on factoring skills working with trinomials and binomials; students attended chapel; a pizza lunch with a question and answer session with our Math and Science departments; made fresh salsa in Ag class; and the opportunity to attend other classes with a shadow host.  The shadow students and the hosts had a great time, and it was a privilege to be able to have guests come and visit Yorkville Christian High School.

MUSTANGS HOST “STEP UP DAY”

Yorkville Christian High School hosted a 7^th and 8^th Grade “Step Up Day” on Thursday, November 11.  The purpose of the day was to help show middle school students some of the main differences between middle school and high school to help facilitate a smooth transition to high school.  Guests attended classes; experienced chapel; participated in mixer games with members of the Yorkville Christian High School Student Council; enjoyed a pizza lunch with current students who shared their experiences about transitioning from middle school to high school; participated in Sports Performance Hour, and much more.  It was great having guests from many different schools join us for the day.

 

CLASSROOM CORNER

Geometry

Mrs. Tickel’s Geometry students recently completed a “GeoTowns Project”.  The project covers the concepts of parallel lines and transversals creating new angles.  The students learn the relationships between these angles by creating their own town equipped with 12 landmarks based on their creative themes.  The students really show their creativity in creating their GeoTowns, and it is a great project to help reinforce the geometrical concepts.

Physical Education

The Yorkville Christian High School Physical Education classes, under the direction of Mr. JR Veliz, recently completed a three-week volleyball unit.  After spending time teaching the fundamentals of the game, rules, and proper techniques, the unit culminated with a tournament, and each period had a class champion.  The champions of each class period are below.  Great job Mustangs!

Algebra 2

Mrs. Tickel’s Algebra 2 students recently completed a lesson where each student was required to make an original piece of art using the skills they learned in writing equations for lines in horizontal, vertical, and diagonal form using y=Mx+b slope intercept form.  The students really enjoyed the lesson and were very creative with their pieces of art.

Algebra 2

Students in Algebra 2 practiced their factoring of 7 types of quadratic and 3^rd degree polynomials with a fun matching game.  This hands on activity serves as a great review tool for the students’ upcoming quiz. 

Introduction to Agriculture

Introduction to Agriculture students recently completed a class project where each student was asked to create his/her own signature salsa that appealed to younger families, teenagers, and college students.  The students had to create their own salsa using fresh ingredients and design a marketing plan for the product including a creative name.  The students really enjoyed the activity!  Thank you to our Ag teachers, Mrs. Wiesbrook and Mrs. Stewart, for designing the great learning tool.

Foreign Language

Foreign Language students recently completed a lesson entitled “Restaurants Around the World”.  The students had to pick a country and then design and start their own restaurant in that country.  The restaurant’s food had to fit the culture of that country.  Students had to design their own menu and create a branding/marketing strategy for the restaurant.  They even had to design the attire the restaurant staff would wear.  It was a great learning experience for the students to learn more about foreign countries and the culture and food in various parts of the world.  

Life Skills

On Tuesday, November 16, Ms. Amber Holup, a realtor with Home Smart Realty, visited the Life Skills classes at Yorkville Christian High School.  Ms. Holup spoke to the classes about every aspect of renting and buying a property, including interest rates, 15- and 30-year mortgages, what to look for when purchasing a home, her experiences with flipping homes, and much more.  It was an outstanding lesson for our students, and we really appreciate her taking time out of her busy schedule to share her knowledge with our students.  A special thanks to Mrs. Schnyders for organizing this opportunity for her students. 

Film Analysis

Mr. Vester’s Film Analysis class recently had the privilege of having Mr. John McDavitt visit the class and share his experience and knowledge regarding mechanical/optical special FX.  Mr. McDavitt, a professional artist, spent time with some of the top Hollywood makeup artists on films such as “Halloween” and “The Thing” and he shared his expertise with our students over the course of two days actually breaking down the scenes in the films and answering questions.  It was such a great experience for our students.

Biology

Biology students in Mrs. Schnyders’ Biology classes recently studied “Chemistry in Biology”.  In order to help the students put the knowledge into action, students built molecules out of gum drops, marshmallows, and toothpicks.  Students then broke down those molecules and rebuilt them into the products that would be formed following a chemical reaction.  Learning how things function at the molecular level helped the students understand how cells function.  It was a great hands-on learning activity.

Biology

Biology students, under the instruction of Mrs. Schnyders, recently performed an experiment to help them understand covalent bonds.  Students used a friction pen to draw pictures of things for which they were thankful, as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday.  Once students finished their pictures, they used the heat from a hair dryer to break the covalent bonds in the ink, and the heat made their pictures (ink) disappear.  The students then used the cold air from a keyboard cleaner spray to spray over their papers, and their pictures reappeared.  It was a great lesson to help students understand how covalent bonds work.

MUSTANGS IN THE COMMUNITY

SENIOR CLASS SERVES AT FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN

On Wednesday, November 3, the Yorkville Christian High School senior class volunteered at Feed My Starving Children in Aurora.  Feed My Starving Children is an organization that serves meals to those in need around the world.  In fact, one of the facts shared during the visit was that Feed My Starving Children has shipped 9,004,608 meals around the world during this fiscal year.  God is really at work at Feed My Starving Children, and it was a privilege to help them in a small way.  This is one of the major missions of Yorkville Christian High School – to have our students take the Christ-centered learning that is presented to them at our school, and use it to energize each and every one of them to go out and be a bright light for Christ and impact His world!  We are so thankful for opportunities to serve at organizations like Feed My Starving Children.

FORMER MUSTANG BASKETBALL PLAYERS OPENS COLLEGE SEASON AGAINST BIG 10 OPPONENT

On Tuesday, November 9, former Mustang basketball player, Micah Schnyders, opened up his college season playing for Eastern Illinois University against the Northwestern Wildcats at Welsh-Ryan Arena.  It was great to see college basketball fans in the stands again, and it was a great atmosphere.  Coach Sovern, Micah’s high school coach, was able to see the game in person along with his family and friends.  Even though the outcome wasn’t what Eastern Illinois hoped for, it was a great experience and great to see a former Mustang play in a Big 10 arena.  Best of luck to Micah, as he continues to use his God-given talents to glorify God.  #AlwaysAMustang!

MUSTANG HOOPS STAR SIGNS WITH DUKE UNIVERSITY

On Wednesday, November 10, Yorkville Christian High School senior basketball player, Jaden Schutt, signed his national letter of intent to play basketball at Duke University next year.  Jaden is currently ranked as the number one player in the state of Illinois.  The event was covered by several media outlets including the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicagoland Prep Hoops, and the Kendall County Now.  The event consisted of an opening speech by Jaden thanking all of those who helped him achieve his dream; the actual signing of his letter of intent; and a time of photos with family, friends, coaches, and teammates.  Yorkville Christian High School is so proud of Jaden, and we cannot wait to see what God has in store for his future.  Congratulations to Jaden and the Schutt family!

COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVES CONTINUE TO VISIT YORKVILLE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL

Yorkville Christian High School continues to welcome college and university representatives to visit and speak with our students.  We strongly encourage our students even from freshman year to spend time with these representatives to get a blueprint for what they need on their college resumes.  During the month of November, representatives from several college and universities will visit and spend time with our students.  We thank these fine institutions for their time and effort with our students.  Pictured below are some of our students meeting with a representative from Olivet Nazarene University.

BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM STARTS THE SEASON RANKED #1 IN PRESEASON POLLS

The Yorkville Christian High School boys’ basketball team, under the direction of Coach Aaron Sovern and Coach Eric Long, topped many of the preseason boys’ basketball polls as the #1 team in the state in Class 1A.  The team also made several Top 25 Preseason polls for the entire state and across all classes (including the Chicago Sun-Times Top 25).  The players and coaches are very excited for the upcoming season, and look forward to the opportunity to play more of a normal season this year, and glorify God with their actions on and off the court.  GO MUSTANGS!

GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM BEGINS INAUGURAL SEASON

After over a year of anticipation and Covid delays, the Yorkville Christian High School girls’ basketball team is ready for their inaugural season to begin.  The team, led by head coach, Tierney Burdett, and assistant coach, Danette Bulson, competed in the Reed Custer High School Thanksgiving tournament.  After a couple tough losses in the tournament, the team won their final game of the tournament in convincing fashion by defeating Gardner South Wilmington High School 68-20.  Senior, Felicity Allgood, was named to the All-Tournament Team.  The team has a nice mix of experience and youth and has been working very hard to get ready for the upcoming season.  The Yorkville Christian community is very excited to welcome Coach Burdett and ready to cheer on this team!  GO MUSTANGS and good luck the rest of the season!

WRESTLING PREPARES FOR AN EXCITING SEASON

The Mustangs were able to win 13 out of 16 dual meets last season (in just year three of the program) even with giving up 30-36 points per dual in forfeits.  The team will continue to test itself against the best in the state with a very tough schedule that includes tournaments and duals against some of the best 3A, 2A, and 1A competition.  The team will also take a trip north for the Cheeseland Invitational in January.

The Mustangs return five qualifiers from last year’s IWCOA state tournament (Isaac Bourge, Drew Torza, Tyler Martinez, Mike Esquivel, and Tyler Edwards).  Edwards was injured in preseason preparing for Super 32’s and will miss the 2021-22 season.  Martinez comes off a 3^rd place IWCOA state finish and All-American achievement in Fargo during the summer, so big things are expected from Tyler.  Heavyweight Michael Esquivel captured 5^th at state last year and returns for his senior year poised to climb the podium once again.  Isaac Bourge is a two-time state qualifier and will look to land on the podium in his senior campaign.  Drew Torza returns at the same weight he qualified for state at last season, so he should be a strong 152.  Jack Gillen and Noah Dial carried undefeated records into sectionals last season but missed making it to state, so they will have plenty of motivation and fire power to get to Champaign having spent the offseason training for the coming season.  Braulio Flores, a senior and previous IHSA qualifier in 2019-20 (1 match from medaling) returns to the mats after sitting his junior season and should make a deep run in the state tournament.

The lineup will be full most meets, which will help the team continue to be successful in head-to-head competitions.  Look for very good things from incoming freshman Aiden Larsen at 106.  Also, making their returns to the Mustang lineup from injuries a year ago, are juniors Jeremy Loomis and Chris Durbin (both sectional qualifiers as Freshman).  Both have been waiting patiently for a chance to get back to the grind and make a run toward state.  It should be a VERY exciting season!  GOOD LUCK MUSTANGS!

Wrestling Update

The wrestling team had a very successful first week of the season!  The team finished week one of the season with an overall dual record of 7-1.  The team defeated Willowbrook by a score of 48-28.  The team defeated Westmont (60-21) and St. Bede (74-6).  The team also wrestled in the DeRousse Invitational and won against the following teams — Providence Catholic (52-19), Lakes HS (70-12), Waukegan (72-12), Geneseo (54-21), and Deerfield (39-28).  Geneseo and Deerfield were ranked 2A teams, so those were big wins!  The team finished 4 out of 18 teams and had champions in the gold bracket in Tyler Martinez at 160 pounds and Michael Esquivel at 285 pounds.  Jack Gillen (170) and Aiden Larsen (106) placed 2^nd in the gold bracket and Noah Dial (132) finished 4^th.  Also qualifying for and placing in the gold bracket for the Mustangs was Tristan Gleason (126), Braulio Flores (138), Jeremy Loomis (145), and Drew Torza (152).  GREAT START MUSTANGS!

YORKVILLE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL RODEO TEAM EXCITED FOR UPCOMING SEASON

The Yorkville Christian High School Rodeo Team is excited for another great season.  Under the direction of Mrs. Stewart, the team consists of nine team members.  Here is a list of the team members and the events in which each team member participates:

Emma Schleining – 8^th grader – barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, and trail course

Emma Rienke – 9^th grader – barrel racing and pole bending

Ellie Stewart – 9^th grader – barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, ribbon roping, breakaway roping,

      and trail course.

Kloe Pottinger – 10^th grader – barrel racing, pole bending, and goat tying

Audrey Breen – 11^th grader – breakaway roping and goat tying

Chance Ness – 11^th grader – bull riding and ribbon roping

Anna Merrigan – 12^th grader – barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, and breakaway roping

Maggie Stewart – 12^th grader – barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, breakaway roping, ribbon 

roping, trail course, and team roping.

Riley Harrington – 12^th grader – bull riding

Pictured in the photo are (L to R) Emma Rienke, Ellie Stewart, Chance Ness, Anna Merrigan,  Maggie Stewart, Riley Harrington, Audrey Breen, Kloe Pottinger, and Emma Schleining.

STUDENT COUNCIL HOSTS BONFIRE EVENT

On Wednesday, November 17, the Yorkville Christian High School, under the direction of Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Wiesbrook, hosted a bonfire event at the school.  The night featured great food, a DJ, games including bean bags, smores for dessert, and a great bonfire!  The students really enjoyed the event and had a great deal of fun.  Thank you to Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Wiesbrook for all the hard work planning the event, but also the many parents who helped plan and organize the event, especially Mrs. Debbie Kraulidis, who served as the chairperson for the entire event.  Great job and thank you!

STUDENT COUNCIL HOSTS “SNOWCOMING” DANCE

The Yorkville Christian High School Student Council hosted a “Snowcoming” Dance on Friday, November 19.  Over 100 tickets were sold for the dance, and the night was a great success, as students danced the night away.  Special thanks to Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Wiesbrook and the Student Council members for planning the event and making it happen.  Also, a special thanks to the many parent volunteers who spent many hours decorating the school to make the event a special night for our students.  Thank you!

BOYS BASKETBALL PROGRAM HOSTS “MEET THE MUSTANGS” NIGHT

The Yorkville Christian High School Boys Basketball program hosted “Meet the Mustangs” Night on Saturday. November 20.  The event started with a wonderful meal provided by Culvers of Yorkville.  Guests enjoyed cheeseburgers and chicken tenders.  After dinner, guests entered the Canyon to watch a series of scrimmages with the freshman, sophomore, and varsity teams.  It was a great opportunity for fans to meet all the members of each team and get a preview of how the teams look, as they prepare to start the season.  There were also contests such as a half court shot with the winner getting a year’s supply of Culvers custard, and a 3-point contest where each varsity basketball player was able to pick a fan to shoot with them.  There was also a silent auction for an autographed Derrick Rose jersey, and an autographed Khris Middleton jersey.  The night was a huge success with several hundred fans coming out to support the Mustangs!  It should be a fantastic season!

UPCOMING EVENTS

• December 9, 2021 – Fine Arts Shadow Day                           

• December 20, 2021 – Christmas Vacation Begins

**JESUS is the reason for the season!**

Isaiah 9:6 – For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be 

Upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

John 1:29 – Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

• January 3, 2022 – School Resumes
• January 13, 2022 – End of Second Quarter
• January 14, 2022 – NO SCHOOL
• January 17, 2022 – NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
• February 21, 2022 – NO SCHOOL – Presidents Day
• March 18, 2022 – End of Third Quarter
• March 21-25, 2022 – NO SCHOOL – Spring Break
• March 28, 2022 – School Resumes
• April 12, 2022 – FFA Banquet

PLEASE NOTE:  ALL Athletic Schedules for ALL teams can be found on our website www.yorkvillechristian.com under the Athletics Tab.  Come  out and support our Winter Sports Programs:

Girls Basketball

Boys Basketball

Wrestling

Rodeo