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The postseason is here, and it's time to show your LWC Knight Pride!

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Let's fill the stands with blue and gold and cheer our Knights all the way through the playoffs!

#LWCKnights #KnightPride #PlayoffBound #LWCFootball
5 days ago, Dustin Waddell
Knight Pride
Thank you to Cindy Ojczyk (LW Class of '81) who came to speak to Mrs. McAllister's Creative Writing Club students about her journey as a writer.Cindy read an excerpt from her memoir Mom Loves the Dogs More and then shared her experience of the writing and publication process.❤️🖤
6 days ago, Lincoln-Way Central High School
book cover
students and presenter
students and presenter
students and presenter
students and presenter
Did you know we have a Writing Center at Central where students can go to get help from tutors? The tutors have been hard at work this week helping their peers brainstorm, draft, and polish final revisions. Appointments and walk ins welcome! ❤️🖤
17 days ago, Lincoln-Way Central High School
students working
students working
students working
students working
students working
students working
students working
students working
LWC English 1 Honors classes had their annual “Boo” Radley poster competition this week! Students are required to identify, evaluate, and cite text evidence to support their drawings and explore characterization from To Kill a Mockingbird. The students created exceptional work!
19 days ago, Lincoln-Way Central High School
students looking at posters
students looking at posters
students looking at posters
students looking at posters
students looking at posters
students looking at posters
students looking at posters
students looking at posters
🎓 The Annual District 210 College Fair was a tremendous success!

With 155 colleges and universities in attendance and over 1,000 attendees, students and families had the opportunity to connect with admissions representatives, explore academic programs, and learn more about future college and scholarship opportunities.
19 days ago, Tina Boseo
College Fair Counselors
Field House College Fair
Main Gym
University of Kentucky College Rep
Northwestern University College Rep
FAFSA Presentation
College Rep

Join us for the District 210 College Fair on Wednesday, September 23rd from 6-8pm at Lincoln-Way Central! Over 140+ Colleges and Universities will be in attendance. 🔴🔵🟠🎓
Get ready to explore your future! Dress professionally and come prepared to connect with college representatives. This is your chance to gather important information about admissions, application deadlines, scholarships, FAFSA, and much more.
Register for the college fair here: https://app.strivescan.com/registration
Use this link to view which college will be in attendance: https://sites.google.com/view/lwcollegefair2026/home

about 1 month ago, Tina Boseo
District 210 College Fair on September 23, 2026 from 6-8PM at Lincoln-Way Central High School
📢The annual Career Fair is coming soon! We are looking for participants of local businesses and career representatives in all areas of industry to come share their expertise with Central students on Wednesday, Oct 21st from 9:30-12:15 in the fieldhouse. Link to sign up: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/tcWPU8xm7G Email MRowell@lw210.org for info
about 1 month ago, Lincoln-Way Central High School
career fair Wed 10/21/26
The 2026 Lincoln-Way Rock Orchestra video is online and ready to view - many thanks to New Lenox Community Television for your amazing recording support!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feYKTs5gsms
3 months ago, Lincoln-Way Central High School
Rocco George and Grant at Rock Orchestra

Lincoln-Way Rock Orchestra will present their annual "Summer Rock Spectacular" concert this Friday, June 12th at 7:00PM in the Lincoln-Way Central High School Charles R Stark Center for Performing Arts.

The 80-piece orchestra, spanning sixth grade through collegiate performers, will perform rock favorites from The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Muse and more. Tickets through Omella; https://omella.com/549qy

4 months ago, Lincoln-Way Central High School
Flyer for Lincoln -Way Rock Orchestra with link to purchase tickets
Rock Orchestra 2025
LWC LIFE Skills had so much fun at our district picnic with LWW today! We had McDonald’s for lunch, a kickball game, karaoke, games, and more! 🍟🛝🎤
5 months ago, Lincoln-Way Central High School
students at the park
students at the park
students at the park
students at the park
students at the park
students at the park
students at the park
🎶 Our 3rd Hour Individualized Music class wrapped up the semester with an awesome performance this morning!
Students sang favorites like “I Met a Bear,” performed energetic bucket rhythms to “Soda Pop,” and brought the room to life with colorful Boomwhacker performances. 🪣🎵🌈
So proud of the creativity, teamwork, and joy these students shared with such an enthusiastic audience today. Great job, everyone! 👏❤️
5 months ago, Lincoln-Way Central High School
Mr. Mroczek's Adaptive Music Class in their spring recital
Congradulations LWC Anglers Club! Placing 1st at Regionals!

Seniors Zach Yozzee and Drew DuBois placed 1st at Regionals with a total fish weight of 11.84 pounds, including the 2nd place Big Bass weighing 2.49 pounds. Junior Patrick Ciukaj and Senior Jaxson Kruizenga also had a strong performance, placing 3rd with a total weight of 7.75 pounds.

Our teams competed against 11 other schools and 19 total boat teams. Both teams now advance to Sectionals on May 21st at the Big Basin, where they will compete against 28 other schools.

Knight Anglers are lead by Coach Joe Hall and a huge thank you goes out to Glenn Banks for serving as both boat captain and coach. Special thanks as well to past boat captains/coaches Matt Wolfe and Glenn Daugherity for helping prepare the team for Regionals. Your support, experience, and dedication have meant a great deal to the success of this program.

Great job, Knights, and good luck at Sectionals!
5 months ago, Dustin Waddell
LWCAC
LWC MUSIC DEPARTMENT 2026 “100 POINT CLUB” INDUCTEES

The LWC Music Department is delighted to recognize the following students who have accumulated over 100 points participating in various curricular and extracurricular music endeavors throughout their four years at Lincoln-Way Central.

Congratulations to the 2026 inductees of the LWC Music “100 Point Club”

Isabella Hays (106)
Madalyn Messlein (124)

"We are so proud of all of our 2026 graduates who went over and above in participation and spirit to make our LWC Music programs everything they can be!" says Stacy Williams-Jackson, LWC Music Chair.
5 months ago, Lincoln-Way Central High School
Isabella Hays
Madalyn Messlein
Students from all three Lincoln-Way Music departments participated in a side-by-side concert day with the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra on Tuesday, May 5th..

The program, "Harmony and Hogwarts" drew an audience of over 2000 students to Governors State University.

From Lincoln-Way Central: Benjamin Powers, Brody Wise, Finnegan Goulet-Raffety, Nathaniel Hoch, Nolan Bahn

From Lincoln-Way East: Aileen Wang, Alex Langlois, Allison Pearson, April Cerda, Audrey Brown, Brandon Khuu, Ellie Freeland, Hope Polansky, Nadia Thompson, Reese Valek

From Lincoln-Way West: Juliana DeBoer, Marissa Szostak, Maritza Orozco

Directors are Michelle Freeland, Chris Mroczek and Stacy Williams-Jackson
5 months ago, Lincoln-Way Central High School
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra at Governors State University
Cello section and IPO
Bassist and IPO
Nolan Bahn and IPO
Benjamin Powers and IPO
vioinists for IPO
Lincoln-Way Strings at Governors State University
Excellent concert tonight by our LWC Bands! Congratulations to our LWC Band Class of 2026!
5 months ago, Lincoln-Way Central High School
Wind Ensemble
LWC MUSIC CLASS OF 2026
LWC MUSIC DEPARTMENT 2026 “100 POINT CLUB” INDUCTEES

The LWC Music Department is delighted to recognize the following students who have accumulated over 100 points participating in various curricular and extracurricular music endeavors throughout their four years at Lincoln-Way Central.

Congratulations to the 2026 inductees of the LWC Music “100 Point Club”

Murdoch Becker (112)
Nolan Bahn (114)
Benjamin Powers (116)
Béla Jackson (154)
With 154 points, Béla Jackson has accumulated the most participation points in LWC Music Department history
5 months ago, Lincoln-Way Central High School
Murdoch Becker, 2026 LWC 100 Point Club Inductee
Benjamin Powers,  2026 LWC 100 Point Club Inductee
Béla Jackson, 2026 LWC 100 Point Club Inductee
Nolan Bahn, 2026 LWC 100 Point Club Inductee
This year, LWC participated in the Exemplary Students Research Program (ESRP) at Argonne National Lab. The school's 1st research team worked throughout the school with year IIT scientists to understand more about the effects of a catalyst on a battery. Last night, they rubbed elbows with Argonne scientists, Universities, and other ESRP teams such as LWE all presenting their work in a poster session. A huge round of applause to these students!
5 months ago, Lincoln-Way Central High School
LWC all stars
ESRP poster
both LWC and LWE ESRP team members
poster of program
Lincoln-Way Rock Orchestra returns for Summer Rock Spectacular 2026! Camp dates are June 1-4, June 8-11 5:30-8:00PM. Concert is June 12th, 7:00PM at Lincoln-Way Central High School. Registration through Omella: https://omella.com/hd0mr
5 months ago, Lincoln-Way Central High School
Summer Rock Orchestra Flyer with dates and QR code to sign up
Doors are decorated, halls are cleared, and the send-off is complete! Let's go Knights! Good Luck at Special Games 2026❗️
6 months ago, Lincoln-Way Central High School
group of students
group of students
students in gym
students in gym
students in gym
decorated door
decorated door
decorated door
decorated door
decorated door
The LWC student-formed rock band Gone Gone performed at the inaugural ILMEA Singer-Songwriter and Modern Band Festival held at the Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 in Joliet on Tuesday, April 28th. Members of the band are Murdoch Becker, Adrian Didion-Jones, Nick Lask, John Sever, and Judah Mullin. Great job!
6 months ago, Lincoln-Way Central High School
Gone Gone receiving feedback from  Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66
Gone Gone performing at Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66
Gone Gone performing at Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66