What is your favorite memory at Palatine High School? by https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha Post your response to the discussion topic by clicking the plus button below. en-us 2025-08-05 15:10:08 UTC 2025-08-12 16:31:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4ac.png https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537826473 Taste of ESL

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537827056 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537827099 Making floats for royal rally and storing it in someone’s garage

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537827738 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537827876 Homecoming game assembly!

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537827917 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537827945 Meeting my future husband!

]]> 2025-08-07 13:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537827945 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537827999 The flashmob dance the teachers organized and surprised the students with at an assembly

]]> 2025-08-07 13:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537827999 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828034 Being young,free,and my time with friends.

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828069 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828072 Working alongside Lari Barr

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828102 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828103 When 10 of our Cutlass kids went to state in spring 2024!

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828213 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828222 Royal Rally at night in the early 2000s. I’m SO EXCITED it’s coming back this year! Great idea to celebrate 150 years!🎉

]]> 2025-08-07 13:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828222 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828228 decorating golf carts for the golf cart parade each year!

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828317 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828328 My favorite memory was playing in a semi finals football game my junior year after a massive snowstorm. The whole community came together to shovel the field so we could play on time. We needed up losing, but that moment felt larger than anything else.

]]> 2025-08-07 13:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828328 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828339 Too hard to pick one. I love my job!

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828352 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828362 SPED holiday party 2 days after I started. It was so special and welcoming! The kids were amazing and the staff was wonderful.

]]> 2025-08-07 13:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828362 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828381 The old Royal Rally(s) on Thursday night(s) with the entire community! I came every year as a kid and LOVED it!

]]> 2025-08-07 13:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828381 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828403 Sharing an office with Morris!😜

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828420 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828443 Listening to Mr Filian’s jokes every morning.

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828443 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828450 The very first Lunchapalooza for Palatine’s PROMISE, seeing ALL of our students represented and shining!

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828473 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828497 Coaching a 2x state champ at the IHSA state swim meet.

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828513 emahoney41 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828531 Boys Basketball State 2024

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828531 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828548 My favorite memory of PHS was when I was coaching varsity flags and we won our first state championship

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828548 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828553 Black History Month Talent Show!!

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828553 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828559 Senior walk into school on the first year Fall 2004.

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828559 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828570 Coming in with such an incredible group of teachers all in the same department!! #senioryear

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828570 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828573 Royal Rally from my early days when it was at night and you had to get here early to get a seat!

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828578 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828596 Friday morning coffee talks with the Deuce

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828596 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828617 Semifinal football game (2014) on a Saturday night with a snow storm. The entire community came out and shoveled the field and stands to get the game in.

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828617 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828636 Every time one of our kids in Project Excel gets accepted into their dream college.

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828657 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828661 Going to camp sunrise with ELS

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828661 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828665 When the boys basketball team went to state and the amount of support from EVERYONE. I chaperoned and we had the most student busses of any other school there, and not only that driving through the community the send off was incredible. Goes to show how much people care about this school and the students.

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828666 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828671 When Palatine Basketball made it to state and the small group of us that stayed behind had watch parties with our classes and cheered the team on from afar!

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828671 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828673 Halloween Trick or Treat Fest, especially when I brought my kids back when they were little.

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828673 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828708 The student response every time the PEP squad performs at an assembly

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828708 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828714 2020 Senior Car Parade

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828714 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828722 My favorite memory of Palatine High School was roving the hallway with different teachers from different departments. It was always fun to meet new people. I was able to get to know the foreign language department well during roving and even learned some Spanish. #BillyLaBufanda

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828722 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828744 1/2 scale house in GIC!

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828744 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828759 When my twins were the pages for Royal Rally 2003.

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828759 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828760 Writing a couple here. As a student, it was having Mr. Zandi for math class two out of my four years at PHS. His loud laugh could be heard from the entire third floor, he brought the same energy to his teaching every single day. As a teacher, it was getting voted to read names at the 2024 graduation ceremony, and getting to read off my little brother’s name as he walked across the stage. -Anthony Portera

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828760 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828776 B Bomber Football C Chop Squad Football and hanging w John Nalley and watching our B and C kids starting on Varsity on Friday nights making their mark on history.

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828779 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828799 Recognition assemblies for our Sports!

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828799 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828829 Win over Warren in basketball super sectionals at NIU to go to State

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828844 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828850 Being apart of the wrestling team that took 4th place in state twice.

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828874 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828881 Saturday afternoon homecoming games!

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828881 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828889 Working as the Police Counselor from 1985-1988

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828893 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828898 Demonstrating the solar eclipse with inflatables during the pep assembly

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828898 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828911 Favorite memory, the first day I met the team, teachers and staff with Bob and became a Pirate 🏴‍☠️

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828911 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828936 All the memories seeing Project Excel students succeed and achieve their goals!

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828936 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828938 Too many to list over the last 25 years, but every time a student reaches out for help and starts to believe in themselves.

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828938 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828962 My favorite moment at PHS is when I attended my first homecoming assembly watching Pep Squad perform. I was brought to tears seeing all the support and inclusion.

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828962 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828974 2005 Royal Rally Thursday night in the gym. Seeing a camel and a horse in the gym was amazing.

]]> 2025-08-07 13:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537828974 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829029 ELS holiday luncheons - LOTS of work but so much reward!

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829067 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829133 My first royal rally

]]> 2025-08-07 13:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829133 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829135 Meeting my future wife!

]]> 2025-08-07 13:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829135 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829159 Royal Rally on Friday night with real zoo animals!

]]> 2025-08-07 13:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829159 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829181 Every student that gave a thank you and heartfelt gratitude as we finish up their senior year and transition to college😊

]]> 2025-08-07 13:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829181 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829224 Visiting my kids at Pirate Pete Preschool & then seeing them perform at PHS pep assemblies & compete in PHS sports!! Once a Pirate always a Pirate!! 😍

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:44:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829235 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829248 Creating that huge flag after 911 and our ceremony on the field. A memory I’ll never forget.

]]> 2025-08-07 13:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829248 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829268 As a senior in high school my basketball team won the supersectional and Palatine HS was the host school. Bob Carroll was there loo!

]]> 2025-08-07 13:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829268 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829316 At my first pep assembly, the PHS pep squad got the largest celebration of any performance group.

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Project Excel makes my heart happy. Such amazing students!



]]> 2025-08-07 13:44:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829317 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829417 During hybrid learning French 3 students did a music video project in January & it was the first time I got to see most of their faces that year. I cried happy tears on zoom. The projects were all phenomenal too. 🥹

]]> 2025-08-07 13:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829417 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829427 2025-08-07 13:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829427 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829444 2018 Softball Team - 3rd place in state. More specifically, beating Barrington at Barrington in the super sectional to go down state. We were down 0-2 going into the 6th inning and we hit two homeruns to take the lead 3-2. So many Palatine fans were there to cheer us on! It was AWESOME!

]]> 2025-08-07 13:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829444 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829526 The first concert we had in person in May of 2021. After over 12 months of being separated by delayed video learning due to the pandemic, it was overwhelming to be creating in real time in front of an audience at last!

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829688 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829724 Beating Fremd at the buzzer to clinch the division in girls basketball…we led the whole game, Fremd hit a 3 with 7 seconds left to go ahead by one and then Kendra Lindell knocked down a 15 foot turnaround as the horn sounded to win. Score was 43-42 and those numbers are still in my phone passcode…xoxo MJ. Oh and we went 1-15 against them in my career as HC only time we beat them

]]> 2025-08-07 13:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829724 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829858 Girls cross country team wins the state meet in 2009!!

]]> 2025-08-07 13:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829858 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537829995 Watching my twins, their friends and fellow classmates parading in on their first day of Senior year…. Proud Mom of Nora and Connor Loftus ( Class of 2022)

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]]> 2025-08-07 13:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537835843 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537837928 Student vs Teacher Basketball games - It was so fun to be part of the cheerleading squad! :)

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]]> 2025-08-07 14:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537840216 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537841354 My favorite memory of Palatine is my graduation. Marching out of the gym through the East Gym hallway. Seeing all my teachers line the sides clapping and congratulating me meant a lot.

]]> 2025-08-07 14:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3537841354 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3538081720 When my daughter was able to be a page and deliver a flower to a member of the Homecoming Court during Royal Rally

]]> 2025-08-07 22:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3538081720 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3538126878 Getting to do a story for Channel 7 with Liz about how we are 2 (of the many) former students who ended back at PHS to teach. ☺️

]]> 2025-08-08 00:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3538126878 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3538757647 When my daughter Sierra Hanson was on homecoming court one year and when they announced her name in the gym, she raised her hands in the air and the entire school was cheering for her

]]> 2025-08-08 17:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3538757647 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3538757994 When I was Orchesis director and we created the Holiday Spectacular Show including a kids matinee and a Rockettes inspired tap dance (my dream job other than being a math teacher!)

]]> 2025-08-08 17:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3538757994 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3538763961 Every assembly when the Pep Squad performs everyone always gives a standing ovation. Palatine supports its people and it always gives me chills.

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]]> 2025-08-08 18:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3538782123 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3538787449 Latin Dance Crew

]]> 2025-08-08 19:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3538787449 jrivera425 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3539428104 Being a college senior visiting my future place of employment with family not knowing I would be here 30+ years later!

]]> 2025-08-10 17:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3539428104 https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3539448736 Winning 3rd in state in soccer with Coach Filian in 1994!

]]> 2025-08-10 19:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3539448736 ldefalco https://padlet.com/tmedina30/a3lxx7ljvbc2amha/wish/3541548215 I remember talking to Dr. Robb and Coach Jerry O'Brien about my ideas to start World Fest at PHS and how fun the first year went in the gym. They way everyone helped to make this event possible was amazing!

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