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Viking Commons

Today, students were pleasantly surprised to find some new furniture located in the Auditorium hallway. This area, now to be called the Viking Commons, will be accessible to students before and after school, and during their open periods. Our school desperately needed another place for students to go to study or relax. By day's end, the space's potential was coming into focus, as students flocked to the new attraction.

Highlights and Successes

• Congratulations to Coaches Andrew Kittrell, Brian Newby, Kristen Newby and Courtney Billittier and the Fremd Swimming & Diving Teams with a record of 7-2, in MSL; 2nd in Frosh/Soph, JV, and Varsity MSL Conference Championships.  Varsity MSL Conference Award Winners include:  Carly Goodsite 3rd place Diving and Morgan Faulkner 6th place diving; Grace Grzybek, Rebecca Ballo, Kristina Buzuloiu, and Becca Rutkowski were Conference  Champions in the 200 Medley Relay; Emily Bolger 3rd place in the 200 Free; Jiamin Huang 6th place and Grace Grzybek 4th place in the 200 IM; Becca Rutkowski 2nd place  in the 50 Free; Kristina Buzuloiu 2nd place and Paulina Pappas 6th place in the 100 Fly; Emily Bolger 6th place and Emily Kini 5th place in the 100 Free; MJ Poss 5th place in the 500 Freestyle; Emily Kini, Becca Rutkowski, Emily Bolger and Grace Grzybek 3rd place in the 200 Free Relay; Jiamin Huang 5th place and Grace Grzybek was the Conference Champion in the 100 Back; Rebecca Ballo 3rd place in the 100 breaststroke; Emily Kini, Becca Rutkowski, Jiamin Huang, and Emily Bolger 2nd place in the 400 Free Relay.
• Congratulations to the following Swimming & Diving Sectional Award Winners and State Qualifiers:  Carly Goodsite, 2nd place diving and State Qualifier, Morgan Faulkner 6th place diving; Grace Grzybek, Lauren Savage, Rebecca Ballo, Becca Rutkowski, 2nd place Medley Relay and State Qualifiers; Grace Grzybek, 2nd place, 200 IM and State Qualifier; Becca Rutkowski, 3rd place, 50 Free and State Qualifier, Emily Kini, 6th place 50 Free; Emily Kini, 100 Free, 4th place and State Qualifier; Emily Kini, Becca Rutkowski, Shae Taylor, Emily Bolger, 4th place, 200 Free Relay; Grace Grzybek, Sectional Champion, 100 back, Pool record holder and State Qualifier; Jiamin Huang, 6th place 100 back; Rebecca Ballo, Sectional Champion 100 breast and State Qualifier; Emily Kini, Becca Rutkowski, Emily Bolger, Grace Gryzbek, 3rd place 400 Free Relay and State Qualifiers.
• Congratulations to this week’s Viking Pride recipients:MacKenzie Basile, Tom Cao, Ixchel Cruz, Leslie DelaTorre, Andrea Espinoza, Jessica Fishburn, Timothy Fuhs, Mark Guo, Zoe Hannon, Lani Kong, Jonathon Lee, Sydney Lenz, Samantha McPherrin, Kasey Mileski, Timothy Reidy, Corey Schultz, Julia Severance, Sarah Tanios, and Ian Wojcik.
• Congratulations to Coach Kevin Palmer and the Frosh-Soph and Varsity Scholastic Bowl teams for winning the MSL Pre-Season Tournament at Hoffman Estates

Upcoming Home Activities and Varsity Events

November 20	Girls Swimming & Diving State Meet Girls Basketball Tournament vs. Elk Grove, 7:00 p.m.
November 21	Girls Swimming & Diving State Meet Poms Invite - 12:00 p.m.
November 24	Student Blood Drive Wrestling Quad @ FHS - 5:00 p.m. Girls Tournament @ Lake Zurich - 5:00 p.m. Boys Tournament @ Mundelein H.S. - 6:00 p.m.
November 25	Wrestling @ FHS - 1:00 p.m. Girls Tournament @ Lake Zurich - 2:00 p.m. Boys Tournament @ Mundelein H.S. - 3:00 p.m.
November 27	Boys Tournament @ Mundelein H.S. - 4:30 p.m.

For a more complete list, please visit our Athletics Page.

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