Spirit Week #SabrePride
2021 Royalty
Homecoming Week in Review Seniors, the class of 2022 prevails throughout the week’s activities! © Copyright 2021
Class with the most Class
Our Staff Production & Publications Class:
Sam Dambra Yesenia De La Torre
Daniella Gallardo Alicia Garcia Jessica Lombos Marcela Nunez Leyva
Diana Perez
Guest Photographer: Heeran Yang
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Yesenia De La Torre Editor’s Note: How Homecoming Began As Streamwood High School celebrated their 43rd Homecoming I began to wonder, how and who started this amazing tradition that happens every school year? Friday the 17th, after the amazing and fun Homecoming assembly I had a substitute teacher who turned out to be Mr. Rosner the Varsity Girls Basketball coach and former Student Council Adviser. I had the honor of interviewing him that day. Mr. Rosner was the Student Council Adviser for 25 years. Him and the group of students within the Council started the extravaganza everyone looks forward to every school year. Homecoming Week. (Continued page )
The Game Students pack the stands for the Streamwood Sabres to take on the Maroons
10 Homecoming Coronation
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See all the members of this years Homecoming Court.
Spirit Days The student body had Sabre Pride all week long!
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More Pics Hallway Decorating Bonfire Powder Puff Football The Dance
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Hallway Decorating
Freshman: Jade Have you seen the movie before? - Yes the original and the remake! Who do you think will win the best decorated hall? - Honestly not sure, but hoping we have a shot
Jessica Lombos
● On September 10th the school was transformed. SHS went to Broadway! The lock-in is when each grade is assigned a hallway and they have to decorate it based on the theme they Choose. During HOCO week their decorations are voted on by the judges.
● What Broadway show did everybody get? • Seniors: Grease • Juniors: Lion King • Sophomore: Wicked
Sophomore: Janet Janet Do you have high hopes for winning? - Yeah! What is the best decoration you have? - Flying monkeys
Junior: Lily & Lariah From senior to freshman who do you think did the best? - Senior, sophomore, junior, freshman How long have you been working on your wall? - A week or two
• Freshman: Beauty & the Beast
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Senior: Aracely What inspired you to choose the scene you did? - It’s a compromise of all the scenes in Grease. We added the iconic parts of the movie in our hall
In the end, everyone did an amazing job and even brought their efforts into their own time on the weekend. A good start to our homecoming week, the decorations were a welcomed surprise Monday morning. The Results: 1st > SENIORS, 2nd > FRESHMANS 3rd > JUNIORS 4th > SOPHMORES
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Yesenia De La Torre
The first activity during homecoming week was the Tailgate/Bonfire that happened Monday, September 13th. Students and staff enjoyed tasty snacks provided by the Girls Tennis team who was serving sweet treats and drinks. HOSA served freshly popcorn along with drinks. Both were fundraising for their own sport/club.
and get everyone pumped up for this week's events. D: How do you feel being involved in these events again after the whole lockdown caused by COVID?: F: I’m so excited to be back out here with the students, I know they really missed it last year and I know that
The Bonfire is a Homecoming tradition that only happens at SHS! Seniors out enjoying the fire!
Homecoming is the favorite time of year for a lot of students so I’m just glad that we have these opportunities where we can get together and show our Sabre Pride.
The Bonfire Kicking off Homecoming Week
The car smash is a freshmen fundraisers
I also had time to interview Junior, Stacy Boschan, a first timer at the bonfire.
Interview with Student Council Sponsor: Mrs. Fernstrom
D: What are you looking forward to tonight?
D: How are you feeling before the event starts this evening?
2025 enjoying the tailgate
F: I’m pretty excited. This year the way the calendar worked out, usually we end homecoming week with the bonfire but we’re using this to kick it off. So I think it’s pretty exciting to announce Homecoming court tonight
B: I am looking forward to helping people, getting the word out about HOSA, and bringing in a lot of fundraising to our club because we definitely need it for this year. I am also looking forward to having fun.
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Spirit Days Class Color Day Seniors always ready to show pride for the class of 2022!
Tie Dye Day
Ms. Allen goes all out from head to toe!
Broadway Day Many students dressed to show off Hamilton, a recent favorite.
Black & Gold Day Mrs. Marker shows off her Sabre Pride with her forever plus one, JT
Pajama Day Monday, Sabres rolled out of bed right into school with their best PJs.
Powder Puff Football Seniors and Sophomores triumphant! Yesenia De La Torre
The boys were not to be left out. Both the Junior and Senior teams had their Sabre boys come out to cheer for support! Both groups of boys performed at halftime for the crowd. They left technique in the dance, room but both routines were highly entertaining!
“It is our last game, so we are kinda emotional. A lot of emotions are present tonight.”Senior Cynthia Ramirez
September 15th Powder Puff kicked off with the Freshman VS Sophomores at 5:30, the Juniors VS Seniors following at 7pm on Millennium Field. The Sophomores beat the Freshmen 18-7. The Freshmen made a good showing, considering they had zero subs and only 1 day of practice!
This was the first time playing Powder puff football for both the Freshmen and the Sophomores. Sophomore Paola Valdez commented, “I was very anxious, I feel so excited though, because we won! I didn’t think we would win because none of us play flag football like that.”
Sophomore Alexis Culli pulling the flag
Seniors huddle to plan their attack
Pink Ladies showing their moves
The Senior game was intense, despite the 25- 0 defeat for the Juniors. The Senior team is undefeated in their 4 years of playing Powder Puff football, so it is nothing to feel bad about. The juniors managed to play hard the entire game, even making some long runs almost to the touchdown zone. Before the game, senior, Sayuri Ishikawa, exclaimed her excitement over Powder Puff being able to happen after coming off this pandemic year: “It feels really good, I’m glad that we actually were able to have a senior year. Hopefully we could beat the Juniors this year, take a W for our senior year!
Junior girls fighting until the end,
Fans came ready to cheer!
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The Assembly The Culmination
Dani Gallardo
The assembly was on September 17, 2021 at 9am. The event was held on Millennium Field at Streamwood High School. The Masters of Ceremony were Mr. Barone and Mr. Polovin.
Team, as well as both the Junior and Senior Powder Puff Cheerleaders. The crowd never stopped cheering. It was heartwarming to see our groups performing live again.
The student body enjoyed performances from the Sabre Marching Band, the Cheerleaders, the Dance
We also saw 2021’s Mr. and Ms. Black and Gold: Brian Garduno and Diata Rodriguez.
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On September 17 at 9:00 am, the 2021 Streamwood High School Homecoming assembly and Homecoming Coronation took place. This was the 1st time ever that the assembly took place outside. The royal court consisted of 10 senior candidates for King and Queen, and two representatives from the classes of 2023, 2022, and 2024 as supporting royalty. Each member of the court made a royal entrance across the Sabre crowd. Going along with the 2021 Homecoming theme, SHS on Broadway, each King and Queen candidate was given their opening night box. With anticipation, the court opened their boxes at the same time. Inside the boxes were roses and the tickets to Broadway with the King and Queen having the golden tickets to hold up high and show the crowd.
Seniors, Jojo Chamopoulos and Jordan Rohner were crowned King and Queen of the Sabres.
Natalia Maniak: Captain of varsity volleyball, President of Best Buddies, and a member of DECA, Key Club, and the Principal’s Student Advisory. Cynthia Ramirez: Vice President of National Honor Society, Student Council, and Class Council.
“It was an honor to be on court, and to be considered a role model at school.” – Ester Cardenas
Coronation Alicia Garcia
Ester and her mom. The court was so thankful to have their parents present..
Homecoming Candidates are chosen by their peers for their Sabre Pride and involvement in SHS.
Jordan Rohner: Jordan has played volleyball for SHS all 4 years.
The Queen Candidates:
The King Candidates:
Ester Cardenas: Is a Vice President of National Honor Society, a member of Student Council, Class Council, and is on the soccer team.
Cris Calderon: Captain of the varsity basketball team, and has played all 4 years.
Hannah Dale: Is on the Varsity Dance team and participated in Cheer.
A Royal Event
Jojo Chamopolous: A 3 sport athlete for 4 years: football, wrestling and track and field.
Ian Hernandez: Participates in HOSA, Best Buddies, Student Council, Class Council, and Latinos Unidos. Richard Santiago: A 3 sport athlete in football, basketball, and baseball
Nicholas Trybulec: Basketball all 4 years The Supporting Court: Juniors: Jaiden Thomas & Keyli Navarro, Sophomores: Chris Marquez & Gianna Caruso, Freshmen: Lupe Pinedo & Melanie Voravong
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Mr. Barone clinching the win for the seniors by selling the roll. New Career?
Teacher Dress Up What is it?
Timon and Pumbaa, the perfect pair for laughs and entertainment.
Sophomores had some pretty great costumes. They should have put a spell on the judges!
Freshmen get an “E for Effort” for the homemade costumes, but we know they will bring a better game next year.
As part of the Class with the Most Class Competition, each class has 2 minutes to dress a teacher to match their chosen theme for SHS on Broadway. The class council hides the teacher as they dress him/her until the big reveal.
Class of 2022
1st
Dressed Mr. Barone as a Pink Lady from Grease
Class of 2023
3rd
Dressed Mr. Mota and Mr. Galvan as Timon and Pumbaa from The Lion King
Class of 2024
2nd
Dressed Ms. Balzer as Elphaba and Ms. Mueller as Glinda, the witches from Wicked
Class of 2025
4th
Dressed Ms. Gamboa and Mr. Spencer as Beauty and the Beast from (you guessed it) Beauty and the Beast
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1. To prepare for the game : “ It is important to eat and stretch and just have a great mindset heading into the game”
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2. Get in the right headspace: “Homecoming and homecoming week is such a fun and great time but when it comes to game time you have to factor out all the fun of homecoming and focus on the game”.
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Heartbreaking Defeat
3. Playing a man down: “It will be pretty tough without our starting quarterback, but we have a pretty good backup and are pretty confident he will do well.
SHS loss 34-30 Sam Dambra speaks to Gio and Richard about game Day.
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4. The lookback: ”Everyone was locked in for the whole game with the Sabers scoring 4 touchdowns and a very aggressive rushing attack. It came down to the final minutes. The game was played with fury and heart.
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The Dance was an Insta worthy evening! - Sam Dambra
The Dance Sam Dambra & Alicia Garcia
September 18, 2021 the weather set the mood for a perfect evening. Students were excited to be back on the dance floor, as the Homecoming Dance was cancelled last year due to the pandemic. Senior Haley Perez stated, “I am most excited to enjoy my last homecoming with my friends.” The Homecoming Dance focused on each classes themes with a playbill as you walked in and had photo ops for your stories. From start to finish everyone was dancing with their friends; happy to be back to normal. The dance was a success, and a perfect way to close an amazing Homecoming week.
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Editor’s Note (continued) Yesenia De La Torre
Old and new Student Council Sponsors Mrs. Fernstrom and Mr. Rosner
During those 25 years have you gained a meaning of Homecoming?
I think Homecoming is special and in the years that we did it we were starting from scratch, we have never done anything like this before. We went to other schools to see how they did it, and we tried to build a tradition here. Which I think we did; we kind of established our type of Homecoming over those years and every year you try to make it better than the year before. Homecoming is special for every high school; you
try to make it the best experience possible for both staff and students. Can you tell me how you feel looking at Homecoming and what it has become now? I think we set a tone for Streamwood High School and to see it get better
Out of all the years you were Student Council Advisor, what was your favorite year? There was a lot we used to do: a 12-hour lock in. In the early days the students would stay overnight. They would be locked in from 6 in the afternoon to 6 in the morning to decorate the whole school. If there was one thing that stands out is that one year we were trying out new paint. It was supposed to be great, and we painted all over the school. Then we realized afterwards that the paint was not the water soluble paint. It wouldn’t come off! The assistant principal at the time called me and my co-sponsor in and said “what did you do?” We had to get the entire student council and everyday for a month we had to scrap the windows and doors to get the paint off.
Mr. Rosner shared with me that during the first few years Student Council had to convince the school to do Powder Puff. The school did not want to approve Powder Puff, because they didn’t want to see girls hurt each other. Now, it is our most attended event. Mr. Rosner has been a part of Streamwood High School Community for a total of 42 years. We are certainly grateful for all the work he has done with coaching Golf, Varsity Girls Basketball, as well as starting the amazing tradition we celebrate every single year that is Homecoming.
and better every year; it’s good to see it. Mrs. Fernstrom, has been doing it for a long time. She was with me in my last year of being a Student Council Advisor. I think she has done a fabulous job with keeping the traditions going and coming up with new ideas. I don’t know what we would do without her planning this, because it is a very difficult job, but I think the students enjoy it and look forward to it.
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This concludes SHS on Broadway Homecoming 2021. Overall, we had an amazing week of spirit. Everyone participated in different events and made this homecoming week one to remember!
That’s a Wrap …Until Hoco 2022!
The Results: 4th- The Freshmen 3rd- The Juniors 2nd- The Sophomores 1st- The Seniors
Ruling: Seniors have the Most Class!
Your Sabre Scoop Staff
Seniors enjoying their winning hallway decorations.
By: Marcela Leyva Nunez
The Class with the Most Class competition came to a close Friday. Points were totaled the entire week during the Hallway Decorating, Powder Puff, Class Chant, and Teacher Dress Up as well as points from each class’s attendance throughout the week during the events.
This Production and Publications class was thrilled to be back in school and in action bringing you SHS’s 1st edition on the Sabre Scoop! It was so great to have a full Hoco week and show Sabre Pride after the pandemic. If you would like to get involved in becoming a journalist or photographer for our next edition of the Sabre Scoop, email Mrs. Fernstrom, nicolefernstrom @u-46.org for more details. 16
