Math Team
Congratulations to the Lane Tech Math Team for finishing first in their division in this weekend's CCML (City of Chicago Math League) competition here at Lane Tech.
The team was led with first place finishes by the Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 teams.
Additionally, sophomore Maggie Scholle placed 3rd in Geometry (Accelerated); juniors Johan Villanueva placed 2nd in Algebra 2 (In Progress), and seniors Magda Dziadkowiec and Alex Paez finished 2nd in Precalculus (Accelerated).
Coaches: Kyle Eck and Melanie Pierce
Academic Decathlon
On Saturday, Lane hosted its 5th Annual Academic Decathlon Invitational. Nine schools and nearly 100 students attended including Northside, Lincoln Park, Von Steuben, Mather, Amundsen, Social Justice, Little Village and Foreman.
Lane Tech's team won going away topping our nearest competitor, Northside, by over 5,000 points. Seven subject matter events were tested and of the 63 medals awarded (7 events x 3 divisions x 3 medals) Lane secured 39.
Showing true team strength and overall consistency across subject matters, Rej Pagala (Soph.) won the overall gold medal in the Honors Division closely followed by Amy Argentar (Soph.) who won the silver.
In the Scholastic Division, Lane swept the top three overall scorers with Mohammed Khan (Sr.) taking the gold and his teammates, Ethan Recinto (Soph.) and Ricardo Ortiz (Soph.) taking the silver and bronze, respectively.
In the Varsity Division, Trey Fuentes (soph.) won the overall silver medal while Crystal Pham (soph.) won the overall bronze.
Our next event is the CPS Regional Competition to be held at Chicago Vocational High School on January 24th
