Students Learn About Marketing From the Kane County Cougars

Director of Public Relations for the Kane County Cougars, Shawn Touney, speaks to Sports & Entertainment Marketing students about the Cougar's marketing strategies.  Shawn met with students on Friday, November 16th, but is a regular visitor to the Sports Marketing classroom.

Winners of the Tom & Eddie's Burger Challenge

Congratulations to the 3rd Period Intro to Business class for winning this semester's Tom & Eddie's Burger Challenge.  The 3rd Period class won the competition by selling 94 Buffalo Jack Burgers.  The Buffalo Jack narrowly edged out the BBQ Blitz Burger created by North's 5th Period class.  BBQ Blitz finished with 92 burgers sold.  Congratulations to both teams.

Beginning Monday, November 19th, the Buffalo Jack Burger will be on the Tom & Eddie's menu for 30 days.

Burger Challenge at Tom & Eddie's

For the second year, Intro to Business students competed in Tom & Eddie's Burger Challenge.  This competition required each class to create and market an original burger that was placed on Tom & Eddie's menu for one evening.  The burger that generates the most sales is declared the winner.  The entries in this year's Burger Challenge included:  3rd Period's Buffalo Jack Burger and 5th Period's BBQ Blitz Burger.  This year the two classes from North competed against two Intro to Business classes from South.

Results will be released on Wednesday, November 14.  

CTE October Students of the Month

Congratulations to the following students who are being recognized for their excellence in Career and Technical Education:

Business Education:  Mike O'Malley
Computer Technology:  Nicholas Prepejchal
Family and Consumer Science:  Victoria Salamowicz
Industrial Technology:  Karen Klein

Chicago Bear Corey Wootton Speaks to Sports & Entertainment Marketing Students

On Monday, November 5th, Corey Wootton of the Chicago Bears and his agent Mike McCartney spoke to Sports and Entertainment Marketing students.  The presentation focused on marketing an NFL athlete.  Corey Wootton is a Northwestern University grad and is in his third year at defensive end for the Bears.  The afternoon before this presentation, Corey returned a blocked punt for a touchdown; his first in the NFL. Mike McCartney has spoken to Sports & Entertainment Marketing students on numerous occasions about his role representing NFL players. 

Little North Stars Preschool

The week of November 5th Little North Stars Preschool will begin. Be sure to have all your forms in prior to the start date. We do have a few open spots if you know anyone interested.

FCCLA Students Attend Their Annual Fall Leadership Conference

North High FCCLA students attended their annual Fall Leadership Conference at Ashton Place on September 20th. "Attitude is Everything" was the message stressed by the motivational  speaker Sam Glenn. Students were entertained by his sense of humor even though his speech provided a serious message. "The Choices We Make Determine the Direction We Take".-Sam Glenn

Architecture Students Learn From Local Builder

Students in Tony Ciezadlo's Architecture course have been visiting a home being built in Downers Grove to learn from Tim Oko, the builder.  This home is being built for a very important resident of the Downers Grove community, and students have been able to visit the construction site to see it being built from start to finish.  In total, students will make four visits to check on the progress and learn about home construction.   

September Students of the Month

Congratulations to the following individuals for being named Student of the Month in CTE:

Family & Consumer Science-Maria Greco
Business Education-Steven Pulaski
Computer Technology-Gregory Blevins
Industrial Technology-Zachary Baltrus

Preparing for the start of preschool

Child Development classes made paper plate masks today for preschool