Carmel Catholic honored:

Mundelein's Carmel Catholic High School has been named one of thebestschools.org's "50 Best Christian High Schools in America." Carmel Catholic is the only school in Illinois and one of six Catholic schools nationwide to be named to the list. To develop its list, thebestschools.org used the following criteria: coeducational day schools; academic excellence; extracurricular richness; geographic and demographic diversity; and Christian faith taken seriously. Reviews by parents and students also were considered.