Mt. Carmel High School

Seniors: SIU Credit Union Scholarship application can be found at https://siucu.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-Scholarship-Application-Fillable.pdf
The deadline for the application is March 31, 2026.

Cast list - FROZEN. Coming in April!!

Mrs. Witsman’s Illustrator class had a digital gingerbread house competition. The staff voted on the best design, and these three young ladies won gift cards to Scooter’s from Mrs. Witsman!

Mrs. Witsman’s Photoshop class also completed an Oreo Project. The class started the week with a taste test of different Oreo flavors and then designed their new flavor packages and social media post. These were voted as the favorites by their classmates!

All Sophomores and Seniors will be asked to participate in a voluntary survey called the Illinois Youth Survey (IYS). The purpose of this survey is to better understand Illinois youth risk and protective behaviors as they relate to students and their success. Participation will involve completing a survey (with no name or identification numbers) that will be confidential. The survey will be conducted the first week we are back from Holiday Break. If you do not want your child to participate, please complete the form attached and return to the school office.

Local Student Achieves Top ACT Score

Mt. Carmel High School Senior Rhett Andrews, the son of Ryan and Laurie Andrews, has earned the highest possible ACT Composite score of 36 on the ACT test. He has also received the Letter of Commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Rhett is the President of the National Honor Society, Secretary of Student Council, and a leader in Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Rhett is also a three sport athlete playing varsity football, basketball, and track.

About one-quarter of 1% of students who take the ACT earn a top score. In the U.S. high school graduating class of 2024, only 3,041 out of 1.37 million students who took the ACT earned a top composite score of 36.

The ACT test consists of section tests in English, mathematics, reading, and science, each scored on a scale of 1–36. A student’s Composite score is the average of the four section test scores. The score for ACT’s optional writing test is reported separately and is not included in the ACT Composite score.

The ACT test is a curriculum-based achievement exam that measures what students should have had the opportunity to learn in school. Students who earn a top Composite score have likely mastered all the skills and knowledge they will need to succeed in first-year college courses in the core subject areas.

ACT test scores are accepted by major four-year colleges and universities across the U.S., and they are one of the many criteria that inform admissions, scholarship award, and course placement decisions.

Congratulations, Rhett, on this outstanding achievement!

Mt. Carmel High School students, Karson Ash, Luis Bohorquez-Atencio, Emma Etheridge, Jackson James, Karly Mandrell, Mackenzie Sloter, & Gage Wright will be participating in the ILMEA District Festival.

Mrs. Witsman's Adobe Photoshop class completed group teaching lessons. Student groups taught their classmates a new lesson that was not previously learned in class this semester. The students realized teaching is not as easy as they originally thought!

Come enjoy the jazzy sounds of Christmas tonight, December 5th, at Mt. Carmel Christmas Uptown. JH Jazz Band performs at 6:30 p.m., HS Jazz Band performs at 7:30 p.m. 315 N. Market Street (inside the River Church building) FREE!

Our FBLA officers made a special delivery Tuesday at Wabash County Animal Shelter Buddies. Thank you to everyone that brought donations in order to make this such a success! #GivingTuesday

Mt. Carmel High School is exceptionally proud to celebrate the achievements of high school senior Aiden McBroom. Aiden found out this week that he has been accepted to Harvard College. Not only has he been accepted, but through a national program (QuestBridge) he is a National College Match Scholar, meaning he will receive a full ride scholarship! He plans to study mathematics and philosophy at Harvard and eventually enter the field of quantitative finance. All of the faculty and staff at Wabash District 348 are so proud of this wonderful accomplishment. Go Aiden and Go Aces!

Life Skills class shares Thanksgiving feast.

Mrs. Witsman’s Illustrator class has been working hard on an Oreo project in which each student had the task of creating a new flavor and design the package. These designs were voted as the best by their peers!

FBLA gave goodie bags to MCHS staff as a thank you for their guidance and support. Happy Thanksgiving!

MCHS would like to congratulate our 2026 Illinois State Scholars! This year, 14 seniors from MCHS were selected as Illinois State Scholars. Those students are (pictured from left to right: back row): Karly Mandrell, Tristan Bray, Ty Hipsher, Aiden McBroom, Rhett Andrews, William Hudson, Elijah Sharp, and Miley Kennard (front row): Ava Gammon, Mattie Armstrong, Tenley Davis, Isabella Jent, Ava Jent, and Emma Mayhue.

The State Scholar Program recognizes students attending approved high schools for outstanding academic achievement based upon standardized test scores and performance-based academic data. State scholar designation provides honorary recognition with no monetary award. Congratulations again to our scholars, and keep up the good work!

FREE Children's Orthopedic Clinic, Monday, December 15, 2025. Call 1-800-272-0074 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday, to register.