Tomorrow is World Down Syndrome Day. Every year on March 21, people all around the world come together to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day by wearing brightly colored, mismatched socks. March 21 is symbolic because people with Down syndrome have 3 copies of their 21st chromosome. The tradition of wearing socks was chosen because the karyotype of Down Syndrome chromosomes looks like a pair of mismatched socks! Best Buddies encourages everyone to wear their bright, mismatched socks tomorrow to spread awareness and celebrate our friends with Down Syndrome.
Miss VandenBerg's AP Statistics classes are ready for March Madness and a little competition ! Some students filled out their bracket using a coin flip, and some with what they swear is their extensive knowledge of basketball. We'll use statistics to see who scores better - the random flip or the experts!
LWE Juniors and Seniors! A reminder to purchase your prom tickets before spring break. Please read the instructions carefully if you are bringing an outside guest. Allow enough time to do this! Also, there are food stations which include a variety of food options!
Mrs. Casterline's Algebra 1 class celebrated Pi Day today! The celebration included wearing Pi gear, a Pi digit memorization contest, Pi sampling and taste contest, and lots of Pi songs! Enjoy your Pi Day on 3/14
Congratulations to our Scholastic Bowl Regional Champs! This is their 7th consecutive Regional win!
We are grateful for our social workers at Lincoln-Way East High School!
🌟 Dine & Donate Fundraiser Alert! 🌟
Join us on Wednesday, March 12th for a delicious way to support LWE students!
Come out and help raise funds for the Class of 2027 & 2028 by dining at Chipotle!
Mrs. Zolk’s English 2 Honors students added some movement to their analysis by completing a question trail on recent reading of A Tale of Two Cities. They answered questions that tested their skills in analyzing characters, literary devices, author’s choices, and theme, and they retraced their steps to figure out where they went wrong if they had any missteps. Good teamwork, scholars!
The Medical Anatomy students visited the cadaver lab and learned about alternative health careers at National University of Health Sciences
Computer clubs final project of the year was a game jam contest where the club members made their own video games.
LWE's Be the Change club had a busy day with fun freebies to promote mental health during the lunch periods and their 'Make A Bouquet' activity after school.
Lincoln-Way East Future Business Leaders of America visited a new business in downtown Frankfort for a full tour, round table discussion on starting a business as an entrepreneur, and did a taste test of 6 flavors! Nautical Bowls opened up 3 months ago. The owner Briley Birkey is a great addition to the community!!
LWE art students and their teacher devoted their time, talent, and creativity to help support the Frankfort Arts Association’s Resonance exhibition and scholarship fundraiser. Abigail Bunch, Noah Powell, Reese Valek, Eleni Xenidis, and teacher Dena Cavazos each transformed a used violin into a beautiful piece of artwork that will be auctioned to raise money for an art scholarship to be awarded to a Frankfort student pursuing a degree in the arts. The community can begin bidding on the violins starting March 13th at 8:00am and ending March 27th at 8:00pm by visiting the Frankfort Arts Association website, or using the QR code on the flyer. https://frankfortarts.betterworld.org/auctions/resonance
Mr. Leonard's class did a fun presentation the last two weeks where they were randomly assigned a government and had to research, present, and make the class their government for the period. They dressed as the leader of their assigned government and made rules and consequences for the students and adults in the class.
Best Buddies at East will be kicking off their campaign next week. Stop by during lunch hours to check out all the exciting things you can do to participate!
Mark your calendars! Our annual Lincoln-Way fish fry with music and singing is sure to bring people together for some good food and great entertainment.
Lincoln-Way's annual ArtWorks Festival is Saturday, March 15th at L-Way East from 10am--3pm. The public is invited to attend this event that will include a student art exhibit, musical performances, art demonstrations, and hands-on art activities for kids. The art exhibit will feature over 1,000 pieces of student artwork from 30 area schools and include work from all grade levels, kindergarten through high school. See the ArtWorks event flyer for a schedule of activities.
Congratulations to the Lincoln-Way East Mathletes team for capturing their 5th Straight Regional Championship this past Saturday. The Griffins absolutely dominated the contest taking first place in 8 out of the 10 contests. First place finishes in Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Pre-Calculus, Calculator, Fresh-Soph 8 person, Fresh-Soph 2 person and Junior-Senior 8 person. Individually placing for the Griffins were Sahana Vijayaraj in 1st place, Joseph Nasser in 2nd , Cooper Williams in 4th , Jaxson Plutz in 1st, Ben Hayward in 2nd, Dominik Lokes in 5th, Ethan Krone, Anthony Russotto, Griffin Chojnacki all tied for 2nd, Tyler Mercado in 2nd and Ashlyn Huizenga in 4th. Incredible win by the Mathletes! The next step will be the State Contest in April at Illinois State University.
Incoming Freshman, Class of 2029! Please see these reminders for this week if you didn't attend our Open House last week.
Congratulations to all of our Griffin Royalty and talent show contestants. Our winners are Mr. Griffin Charlie Cosich, Miss Griffin Rachel Bacon and talent show winner Emerson Deanching.
