Beyond the Blue is on Saturday, February 11th in the gymnasium from 7 PM - 10 PM. No bags or backpacks are allowed at the dance. If you are being dropped off, you will enter Door#1. If you are driving, park by tennis courts and enter Door#9.
LWE Chess players are at the State tournament!! This 2-day tournament is with 1,400 players. It is the largest Scholastic Chess Tournament in North America.
Summit Hill and Hickory Creek 8th graders got a sneak peek of high school this week. Mr. Griggs led a team of staff and students to showcase LWE's offerings including course options, electives, sports, and activities. The 8th graders were entertained by the LWE choir and guitar classes. Our Griffins shared invaluable advice on how to get involved, try new activities, and maintain good grades. We hope our 8th graders walked away feeling high school is going to be a fun experience!
Spanish 2 students are testing both their Spanish reading comprehension and Super Tazón(Super Bowl) knowledge before game day this weekend!
For TWIRP spirit week we have Thursday's theme Dream Career. We have some new sheriff's in town dressed to impress supporting spirit week for our students.
Key Club students created Valentine's cards to be delivered to The National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI offers educational programs, advocates for individuals and families affected by mental illness, and operates a toll-free helpline.
Thank you LWE PPS! We are grateful for your never-ending support and guidance.
LWE E-Sports competed against TEN schools at Evergreen Park’s facility. Our Rocket League team took first place! Smash Bros Team had great potential for this season.
The LWE Mathletes took 1st place in their 4th consecutive SWSC season. These students brought home countless awards worked hard . Come out to support LWE at Regional Contest at Crete-Monee on Sat 2/25.
LWE was bustling with a variety of presentations for students today. Seniors received a scholarship and SchoolLinks workshop led by Mrs. Jurges from PPS. Dr. Skarbek spoke to our students about what it means to be College Bound. And Librarian, Mrs. Siemann presented tips on internet search to English freshmen.
Bring Change2 Mind members are preparing positivity messages for Valentine's Day!
BSU members Dorean and Michael, helped design inspirational posters to educate and celebrate Black History Month.
Scholastic Bowl is preparing for big competition tomorrow afainst Bolingbrook and Sandburg.
The Lincoln-Way East Chess Team took 2nd place out of 26 teams at Sectionals on Saturday, and qualified for the IHSA State Tournament. Go Griffins!
Lincoln-Way East Newspaper Club had a great time learning more about journalism at the SWSC Newspaper Conference at Stagg. Victoria Robinson and Will Hayden both won awards for articles they wrote in the first semester. Students from East, Central, and West listened to 5 differen
Today our students were allowed to tour Argonne. The LWE Argonne-Exemplary Student Research Program, is a team led by Benjamin Voliva and includes the following students: Tori Lucarelli, Andrew Nilsson, Dev Patel, Divya Thumu, Liyat Zekarias, Madelyn Dryier, Shay Parchem, and Max Bacon. The students were given a tour of the Advanced Photon Source by Ms. Sturner, met with their scientist for this year's project Dr. Sukumar, and toured the Center for Nanoscale Materials with Dr. Pfieffer. For this visit they were accompanied by last year's ESRP member and Science/AJROTC student of the year Manny Tsoukatos and Honors Physics teacher Ryan Lodes.
Save the dates for the 2023 East Music Department Fish Frys: February 24, March 10 and March 24 from 5-8pm. Students, families and the entire Lincoln-Way community is invited to attend the Fish Frys to enjoy performances by LWE jazz bands, vocal jazz, orchestra, and other vocalists, as well as a sneak peek from the Spring Musical, “SpongeBob SquarePants”!
East Scholastic Bowl team's Annual Teacher Scrimmage had an incredible turnout by students and teachers. There were two full games - one Varsity and one Frosh-Soph. It was an exciting match amongst both squads!
In the Frosh-Soph game, the team jumped out fast, building a 170-point lead. The teachers came back with a strong second half led by Mrs. Arme's 50 tossup points to close the gap, but the Frosh-Soph players were able to put up just enough points to hold on to win 310-250. Ms. Graham, Mr. Watters, Mr. Olson, and Mrs. Venezio also put up points for the teachers.
In the Varsity game, it was the teachers who sprinted out of the gate, led by Mr. Eiden and Mr. Leonard, taking a commanding 170-60 lead. This time it was the players who clawed back, rattling off 6 straight tossups, and winning 11 of 13. Varsity won by a score of 410-300, with Mr. Trayser, Mrs. Gonzalez-Jensen, and Ms. Reusz also contributing points on tossups and bonuses for the teachers.
Seniors! A reminder to submit your community service hours to meet one of your graduation requirements. Download the community service form from www.lw210.org and turn it into the main office.
L-Way East art students competed in the 2023 Scholastic Art Competition this past week and were recognized with several awards for their work. The Scholastic Art Show is the most recognized and prestigious high school art exhibition in the nation. In our region, 46 area schools submitted 2,347 works of art with only a small percentage of pieces awarded and accepted into the show. L-Way East students won 2 Honorable Mention awards.
Award winning students are:
Paulina Gutierrez - drawing
Lauren Staszak - photograph
