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Dundee-Crown High School seniors enter the floor for their graduation ceremony May 21 at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
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Dundee-Crown High School Valedictorian Camden Svec addresses classmates during the school's graduation ceremony. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
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Dundee-Crown High School held its graduation ceremony May 21 at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
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Dundee-Crown High School Salutatorian Connor Mogge speaks during the school's graduation ceremony May 21 at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
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Dundee-Crown's Gabe Rivera moves the ball against Prairie Ridge in boys varsity basketball. Patrick Kunzer for Shaw Local
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Dundee-Crown's Gabriella Myslo competes in the 3,200-meter run at the Class 3A Rolling Meadows girls track and field sectional meet. John Starks | Staff Photographer
Graduates in Class of 2022: 661
Graduation ceremony: Saturday, May 21, Now Arena
Valedictorian: Camden Svec
Salutatorian: Conner Mogge
Class Officers: Brady Taylor, Student Council Executive Board
Extracurricular achievements:
• Camden Svec -- Illinois High School TheatreFest All-State Cast, ILMEA All-State Honors Vocal Jazz Ensemble
• Joshua Sanchez -- ILMEA All-State Honors Chorus
Athletic achievements:
• Boys Soccer -- IHSA Regional Championship
• Girls Soccer won the first Regional Championship in school history.
• Boys Track qualified for state in two sprints and the 4x100 Relay. The relay included two seniors: Diego Farias and Alekzander Ledezma
Theater productions:
• "Elf the Musical"
• "Peter and the Starcatcher:"
Senior Class gift:
Inflatable Spirit Tunnel
What was new in 2021-22:
• Field House floor and main gym
• More in-person Elgin Community College classes
What challenges did the Class of 2022 face as they returned to in-person school full time, and how did they overcome them: One-way halls that lasted a week; Plexiglass in the cafeteria.
Principal's reflections on the Class of 2022: Much has been said about the Class of 2022. You missed too much school, and you missed too much time with your friends. You lost too much of your adolescence, and you spent too much of high school learning remotely.
But here's something I also know. The Class of 2022 has done much more than learn about and on Zoom. In the past year, you, too, returned to Dundee-Crown's classrooms and hallways, even when we briefly made you walk in one direction around the building.
You, too, reunited with your friends, teammates, and your teachers. You, too, showed all of us that we could again attend football games and perform "Elf" on Dundee-Crown's stage with a live audience! You, too, remembered to find joy in celebrating the smallest of experiences ... like "Anything But a Backpack" Theme Thursday when you started walking in the door with coolers, shopping carts, and aquariums!
You, too, stood and applauded when the drumline again marched through our hallways to congratulate the Debate Team for their successes and you, too, made history as the first Charger Women's Soccer team to bring home a regional title. Our esteemed graduates taught us all how to emerge from the cocoons of our homes to embrace our lives once again.
We wish you more successes than failures and more laughter than tears as you move onto your future endeavors and journey toward your dreams! Congratulations Class of Twenty Twenty-TWO!
-- Principal Katie Wishowski-Wetzel
