An unforgettable day at Special Games 2025! 🔴⚫️
The Future Business Leaders of America club is proud to share that Lincoln-Way Central had a record-breaking year in our partnership with Versiti Blood Centers! This school year, our students and staff helped save up to 312 lives by donating blood at three separate drives, with 54 first-time donors stepping up to make a difference. Even more amazing—we increased our total units collected by 82% compared to last year! Thank you to everyone who donated, shared the opportunity with your students and helped make this impact possible. We can’t wait to keep saving lives next school year!
Coach Taylor & FBLA
Go Knights!
The doors are decorated and the athletes are ready. One more day until Special Games 2025! Let's celebrate our Knight Era! ❤️🖤
The LWC Music Boosters are awarding five $500 Charles R Stark Summer Music Camp scholarships to the following musicians:
Nathaniel Hoch, Electric Guitar - Illinois Summer Youth Music
Nicholas Lask, Piano - Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
Ben Petrik, Oboe - Illinois Summer Youth Music
Jordan White, Double Bass - OPUS Chamber Music Camp
Brody Wise, Violin - OPUS Chamber Music Camp
Congratulations to all!
Update on Our Final Blood Drive!
We’re fully booked from 3–5 PM tonight, but there’s still time to help! Walk-ins and new sign-ups are welcome between 5–7 PM. Don’t miss your last chance this year to make a life-saving impact.
Please spread the word to your friends and students — students can earn four community service hours for donating!
Join FBLA’s final blood drive of the year at New Lenox Village Hall. Your donation can:
✅ Save up to three lives
✅ Get a cool t-shirt
The blood bank is critically low, and your generosity can change lives.
👉 Use this link to schedule your appointment now: Schedule Your Blood Donation
📍 Event Details:
📅 Wednesday, April 23, 2025
⏰ 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 New Lenox Village Hall – Community Room
Can’t make it on April 23? You can still donate at the Tinley Park or Joliet Versiti Blood Center—just mention Lincoln-Way Central in the notes when scheduling.
After donating tonight (or even if you can’t!), celebrate with us at Raising Cane’s for our Dine & Donate event - be sure to mention LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL at the register! 🍗🎉
Let’s come together to make a difference. Thank you for stepping up to help those in need!
Jolly Giraffe Bookstore was a perfect place for a book talk and more! 📚
This month we celebrated our amazing Paraprofessionals! We are so appreciative of all that you do for our students. Thank you! 🎉
This year LWC's Environmental Action Club is hosting an ALL DAY Dine and Donate event on Earth Day (TODAY) at Panera Bread in Frankfort. All proceeds from this event will be donated to an environmental organization (such as Nature Conservancy or water.org), which will be voted on by club members.
Please consider participating for this worthy environmental program. Make sure you show the attached flyer if ordering in person or type in FUND4U for any orders online so LWC EAC will receive credit for the event.
📚✨ IT’S ACT WEEK! ✨📚 Here’s your last-minute math survival guide — quick tips that can seriously boost your score 💯
🔢 1. Pick-a-Number Trick: When a problem is full of variables (like “If x is twice y…”), plug in your own numbers to make it real. Way easier than untangling abstract algebra!
🧠 2. Backsolve Like a Boss: Answer choices are there to HELP you. Plug 'em into the question instead of solving from scratch.
⏱️ 3. Don’t Get Stuck: If you’re stuck for more than 45 seconds, circle and move on. Every question is worth the same — no heroics needed!
📐 4. Know Your Formulas: You don’t get a cheat sheet — so memorize the essentials: area, slope, SOHCAHTOA, special triangles, etc.
🌺The LIFE and Pathways classes took a trip to Pilcher Park to learn how maple syrup is made and have a pancake breakfast. They also learned about plants and animals found in Illinois! Thank you to the Joliet Park District! 🍁🐿️🐍
Prom tickets on sale now! 🎆
LWC Juniors and Seniors: Do you need ideas for social?! Check this out! 🐭🤠🌺
❓ACT English Test Tip of the Day❓
❓All Production of Writing and Knowledge of Language questions have QUESTION STEMS that will guide you in selecting the right answer. ❓You have analyzed (and have maybe even classified) these stems in English class over the past 9 weeks so that you know what the question is asking.
❓POW and KLA question stems and answer choices require a bit more reading, but take the time to do so! These are often not hard questions, they just take a bit longer to read.
❓When you return from spring break, you will have the opportunity to take a full online ACT English test during your English class❤️🖤
☀️ACT English Test Tip of the Day☀️
The final countdown is on! From now until April 16th, our test tips will focus on preparation strategies to get you ready!
☀️Practice Active Reading Strategies
When you read...
✔️focus on identifying the TOPIC and PURPOSE of the passage
✔️predict the theme or argument of the text and then test the accuracy of your prediction
✔️annotate main ideas and key concepts, keep track of opinions and points of view, and ask questions while you read
☀️See your English teacher if you are looking for more multiple choice or essay practice.
LWC Pathways and LIFE students had a great time learning about space at the JJC Planetarium! 🌏🌌
🙌ACT English test tip of the day🙌
✔️Read all answer choices carefully. Notice differences between answer choices.
✔️If any part of an answer choice is wrong, the whole answer choice is wrong.
✔️Use the annotation tools to "cross out" or "mask" wrong answers to better focus on options.
✔️Don't just choose an answer because it "sounds good." Be sure the answer is grammatically correct.
✔️Don't be afraid to choose "NO CHANGE." Sometimes the original way the passage is written is correct.
🙌You will be taking a digital practice English test in class this Wednesday! It is a great opportunity to test out the platform and your skills in a "no risk" situation.
🙌You've got this Knights! ❤️🖤
Students in Ms. Rush's English 1 Honors class took to the hallways of LWC to begin their Hero's Journey posters. Students got to choose a film to articulate the hero's journey through visuals.
🎯 ACT Math Strategy Reminder - Traditional Math
When in doubt, go with what you know.
Traditional math — the stuff you learned in class — is almost always the fastest way to solve ACT questions. 🧮✏️
✅ If a question feels familiar, trust that instinct. Use what you’ve already practiced.
🔍 Focus on finding the first step — that unlocks the rest of the path.
🚫 Can’t solve it right away? Use that step to eliminate wrong answers and narrow it down.
Work smarter, not harder. Let your math class knowledge work for you on test day! 💡💯
#ACTPrep #ACTMathTips #MathStrategies
😎ACT English Test Tip of the Day...Spring Break edition!😎
When you take the English test, there are some questions you may be able to answer by just focusing on the underlined/highlighted portion, BUT some questions require you to consider the larger context of the sentence, paragraph, or entire passage.
✔️Read (or at least skim) the entire passage.
✔️Most Conventions of Standard English questions require you to at least read the entire sentence.
✔️Most Production of Writing and Knowledge of Language items require you to be familiar with the passage as a whole. Note the writing style/tone of the passage (formal/informal), purpose/focus of the passage, and organization of the passage.
😎You have been learning about and practicing how to answer these question types for the past 9 weeks in English class-you've got this!
😎When you return from break, you will have the opportunity to take a full practice English ACT in your English class. ❤️🖤
😎ACT English Test Tip of the Day...Spring Break edition!☀️
😎Be aware of timing on the English test. You have 45 minutes to answer 75 questions. These questions are spread over five passages with 14-16 questions each.
😎Mathematically, this breaks down to 9 minutes per passage/question set. Some questions, such as usage questions, will take you seconds to answer, while other questions (those on rhetoric, style, and organization) may take a bit longer because they involve more reading. EACH QUESTION HAS THE SAME POINT VALUE! DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING BLANK! Take the time to READ the longer questions/answer choices. Often, these are NOT hard questions, they just require you to read a bit more. DON'T LEAVE POINTS ON THE TABLE!
😎Keep enjoying your spring break! When you return, your English teacher will be offering the opportunity to take an online practice English ACT in class.❤️🖤
