English Department
About This Department | Department Members | General Information
About This Department
The Minooka Community High School English Department offers four years of sequential English courses, as well as both semester and year-long electives. Starting with the class of 2010, three and a half years of English and one semester of speech are required for graduation. All students are required to take two year-long writing intensive classes. One of the two year-long classes must be English II A, English II, or English II Honors. Course levels are English A, regular, and honors/advanced placement.
Extracurricular activities include the Speech Team, Yearbook Publication I-IV, Journalism I-IV and Kaleidoscope. Speech team participates in various local competitions, the Suburban Prairie Conference, and the IHSA State Speech Meet; Yearbook Publication I-IV produces the M-DI-AN; Journalism I-IV publishes the school newspaper, Peace Pipe Chatter; and Kaleidoscope creates the school literary magazine.
Students may not advance to the next level of English without successfully completing at least one semester of the previous level in the sequence.
Department Members
Cheryl Pillsbury
Instructional Leader
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Beth Binotti
Anne Blanco
Heather Danek
Erika Downey >Teacher's Web Site
Sabrina Dubik
Lori Dunn-Reier > Teacher's Web Site
Jen Gabel
Janel Grzetich
Leslie Hencinski
Kellee Hill >Teacher's Web Site
Mike Kargle > Teacher's Web Site
Dan Kemock
Julie King
Laura Kuhel
Laura Landers
Nancy Lehman
Becky Nemeth > Teacher's Web Site
Christine O'Brien > Teacher's Web Site
Ann Rapsky
Julia Riedmaier
Susan Smith > Teacher's Web Site
Matt Thomas >Teacher's Web Site
Janis Tisher
Andres Torres > Teacher's Web Site
General Information
To view the 2012-2013 curriculum course offerings for the English Department, please click here.
To view the 2013-2014 curriculum course offerings for the English Department, please click here.
To view the complete 2012-2013 Curriculum Guide, please click here.
To view the complete 2013-2014 Curriculum Guide, please click here.