Advisory Tomorrow

Attention all students:
Information about tomorrow's advisory has been sent to your Google@CPS accounts.  Please check it so that you know what room you are reporting to.

Seniors, make sure you attend tomorrow's Senior College and Honors Assembly, followed by the  breakfast.  We will also premiere the Class of 2013 Senior Video by Aleksandra Deren.  Don't miss it!

Remember, attendance is mandatory for ALL students tomorrow.

Wednesday, May 29 - Bell Schedule

Freshmen and Sophomores will take the Explore/PLAN Test

Senior will attend the Honors Awards and College Assembly (more info available on the Graduation page at lanetech.org).

Juniors and LTAC students should report to advisory.

Testing/Adv - 8:00 - 10:40 (160 min)
7 - 10:45 - 11:35 (50 min)
4 - 11:40 - 12:30 (50 min)
5 - 12:35 - 1:25 (50 min)
6 - 1:30 - 2:20 (50 min)
8 - 2:25 - 3:15 (50 min)

Periods 1, 2, and 3 are cancelled

The Lane Tech Play Festival

5 plays written, directed, performed

by Lane Students

Thursday, May 30 3:30 pmFriday, May 31 7:00 pm

$5

(Tickets sold in front of the auditorium doors before each show.)

Enter through parking lot door “M.”

No plans tonight? Pie a teacher in the face!

By Erica Rocha

     Make a difference in a child’s life by smearing a pie into a teacher’s face! Whether it is for revenge on a teacher who gave too much homework or for that one test that lowered the class’ average, students will have the opportunity to throw a pie at a teacher to help benefit children born with facial birth conditions.

     The “Pie Your Teacher” event will be held on the same day and place as the Lane carnival. Although the carnival will be open to the public from Friday to Monday, this event will only take place Friday from 4pm to 6pm. The fee is two dollars per pie and all the money raised will go to The Craniofacial Center at UIC. This will help children who could not afford the surgical care for their facial birth conditions like cleft lip.

     Jessica Puma, Div. 370, is one of many people who were born with a facial birth defect. Her face looks like a normal teenager, however, reconstruction from surgeries is evident. The condition she was born with is called bilateral cleft lip and palate. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently estimated 4,437 babies are born with this condition each year. As an effect of this facial birth condition, Puma had experienced severe ear problems. In an attempt to rid her of the pain, she endured the risk of 16 surgeries in a matter of 18 years. Although the government has paid for all her surgeries, not everyone has that opportunity. Those children who are born with facial defects and were not born here in the U.S., do not get any help to pay for the surgeries from the government.

     “My first surgery was when I was three months old. I had no form of lip or nose so they had to close my lip up to form some sort of lip. When I was nine I had a bone graft so they basically took [a part of] the bone from my hip to put it into my mouth since I’m missing bones,” Puma said.

     Puma experienced both physical and emotional problems due to this condition. The pain in her ears was not the only reason she wanted the surgery, Puma wanted her deformed face to be reconstructed. Her experiences dealing with this birth defect inspired her to help others with similar conditions.

     “Throughout my whole life I have been bullied and people have said stuff and I’ve had a lot of problems to go through and I don’t want someone else to go through all of that,” Puma said.

     People in school started to tease Puma in the third grade. She believed it would be different in high school, especially at Lane, however it only got worse.

     “I was not a good student back in elementary school but I was told that people in high school are more mature so I studied really hard. And I got straight A’s, there were no B’s in my report card in seventh grade,” Puma said proudly.

     However, her motivation only led to disappointment. Earning better grades to get into a high school where people are suppose to be more “mature” was not enough. People still continued to bully her.

     “The first week of school I already got bullied by seniors, so that wasn’t good,” Puma said.

     Along with having to deal with the teasing from her peers, Puma was also let down by the results of some of the surgeries.

     “Most of the time I felt happy because I kept getting closer and closer to being done with all the surgeries but something would always end up going wrong so I was also terrified of what would happen next,” Puma said.

     Puma would either end up getting an infection or sometimes the surgery had to be done over again. She tried to ignore the these problems but she could not (resist)WC) all the anguish that she felt.

     “Sometimes I would ignore it but there were times when I would just break down and come home crying. Lately I try to keep myself occupied by doing things outside of school like volunteering at hospitals or at the church I go to,” Puma said.

     One of those hospitals is the UIC Craniofacial Center. To organize this event, she received help from Mrs. Hart, the assistant principal. In one of the teacher meetings, Puma was able to tell all the teachers about what she has been through with this condition and her goal in helping others with facial birth problems.

     Ms. Gonzales, math teacher, signed up to participate in this event along with 30 other teachers. These teachers include:

    Askar, Hamed
    Carity, Jeff
    Chochola, James
    Corrine, Ulmer
    Curt, Maslanka
    Danja, Mohamed
    Darbyshire, Sara
    DeRoss, Micheal
    O'Brien, Bradley
    Elkins, Felipe
    Gonzales, Christine
    Hansen, Kristin
    Hosty, Tom
    Jennings, Shalynn
    Logalbo, Nick
    Machaj, Katrin
    McAdam, Ryan
    Meacham, Molly
    Ojofeitimi, Karen
    Perez, Lucy
    Polley, Daniel
    Reid, Brian
    Rose, Ashley
    Ruckauf, Joe
    Schnell, Victoria
    Sebestyen, Susan
    Smith, Missy
    Silverstein, David
    Thompson, Kerri
    Trine, Karen
    Young, Lucy

     “It was very admirable [of her to do this] and I think that’s why a lot of the teachers decided that they would volunteer their time and do this for her,” Gonzales said. “It was very touching and I very much felt for her situation. More so, I’m glad that she’s doing something about it and she’s being active and trying to help other children who may not be able to afford the same type of surgeries financially.”

     Gonzales’s reaction was similar to that of other teachers after Puma had told them about this event.

     “I had random teachers come and hug me and say that if I needed anything to come and talk to them. My teachers would like be happy [I was doing this] and they were like ‘I didn’t know this was going on,’” Puma said.

     Through her motivation, Puma was able to not only get teachers to sign up to get a pie thrown in their face, but to create awareness of these facial conditions.

     “I’m excited; I think it’ll be fun… I mean when are you ever going to get pied in the face?” Gonzales said.

Friday, May 24 - Bell Schedule

1 - 8:00 - 8:38 (38 min)
2 - 8:42 - 10:42 (120 min)
3 - 10:46 - 11:19 (33 min)
4 - 11:23 - 12:13 (50 min)
5 - 12:17 - 1:07 (50 min)
6 - 1:11 - 2:01 (50 min)
7 - 2:05 - 2:38 (33 min)
8 - 2:42 - 3:15 (33 min)
9 - 3:19 - 4:09 (50 min)

Join the Lane Tech Robotics Team!

Are you interested in engineering, computer programming, graphic design, web design, fundraising or public relations?  Want to be part of a program that made it to the World Championships their rookie year?  Lane Tech’s 9th -12th grade Robotics Teams are now accepting new members.  If you are interested, please speak with either Mr. Durham or Ms. Smit after school in room 214 for more information. Regular meetings start in June.

(Members of Lane Tech's Robotics Team team volunteering at this year's Green Festival at Navy Pier)

Senior College & Honors Assembly

Click here to RSVP!

Student artwork to be featured at Daley Plaza's Farmers' Market

Congratulations to Lane student, Jose Melgoza, whose winning artwork will be on 10,000 tote bags given away at the Farmers' Market at Daley Plaza!  The artwork was created in Ms. Diamond's Design Class.  He also won a $1,000 scholarship.  Juana Delao from Ms. Simanis' class was a finalist and received a $500 scholarship.  Way to go!  Stop by the main office to see the winning design!

Juniors - ACT Registration

Today (May 17) is the deadline to sign up to take the ACT this June.  If you need to take the ACT with writing (which you might for college), you should sign up to take the exam again.  Register on the College Board website.

Lane Wins Mock Trial!

Lane's Mock Trial Team won the City Wide Mock Trial Competition!  Congrats to Senior Matt Sexton (photo below) on winning the individual competition.

Congrats to all the students who competed in the Special Olympics!

Gold Medals

BJ- Standing long jump

Selena- Tennis ball throw

Emily-Tennis ball throw

Jeremy Nelson- running long jump

Noah- Standing long jump

Selena-50 Meter run

Kirubel- tennis ball throw

Emily- 100 M walk race

Jonathan- Tennis ball throw

Carlos Cruz- Standing long jump

Silver Medals

Steve- 50 M. Run

Jeremy Hernandez- 100 Meter Run

Carlos A.- Tennis ball throw

Bronze

Raymond- Tennis ball throw

Leroy- Standing long jump

4th place

Jeremy Nelson- 50 M run

Jeremy Hernandez- standing long jump

6th place

Juan Rivera- Standing long jump

Participant Ribbon

Ray- 100 M Walk race

Freddy- 100 M walk race

Leroy- 100 M run participant

Carlos A- 50 M Run

Freddy- Tennis ball throw

Nasirpal- tennis ball throw

Irvin- tennis ball throw

Steve- Standing long jump

Juan-Standing long jump

Michael Hernandez- Tennis ball throw

Attention all Senior Prom Attendees!

Prom tickets go on sale this Monday, May 20 and Tuesday, May 21 during lunch periods in room 113.  Please bring your I.D., money order or cashier's check, and your signed prom contract.  Tickets are $95.50 per person.  The prom contract is new this year.  All students attending must sign the contract.  No tickets will be given out without a signed contract.  Dates can sign one contract.  You may download the contract here: http://www.lanetech.org/announcements/prom-contract.pdf

Remember:  No senior may attend prom if he/she has a debt to the school (this includes if someone is paying for your ticket).  If you have a debt and would like to go, please see Ms. Rzadzki in the budget office to create your payment plan.  No senior may attend prom if you did not complete your FAFSA.  If you have enlisted in the military service or are an undocumented student, please see Mrs. Hanly regarding prom.  No senior may attend prom if you do not have your 40 service learning hours completed.

If you have any questions or concerns, please stop by and see Mrs. Hanly in the main office.

Get published!

2501 is Lane Tech's annual literary and art magazine made by students for the public. We accept original writing in any genre on most topics, but please keep it PG-13. We encouraged both Lane students and faculty to send in a copy of their best creative writing piece. Not all submissions will be published, but all submissions will be considered. Please submit as soon as possible to techprep2501@gmail.com.

The deadline for submission is Friday May 31st, 2013

If you have any questions please see Mr. Telles in room 231.

Attention Lane Tech Parents

There are 2 open LSC Parent Representative positions for the 2013-2014 school year. If you are interested, please pick-up a Candidate Nomination packet at the Lane Tech main office before Thursday, May 16th. All interested parents should complete the packet and attend the Thursday, May 16th LSC meeting at 6p.m. to give a brief statement of interest.

State Science Fair

Congratulations to the students who participated in the State Science Fair at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Congrats to the following students who won awards at the event:

Marcelina Puc - Gold
Aya Musleh -Gold
Alex Pauer - Gold
Bushraa Shamshuddin - Silver
Arpad Neale - Gold
Nicole Williams - SIlver
Hugh Yeh - Gold

Best of luck to Marcelina Puc as she competes at the International Science Fair in Phoenix, AZ!

Donate Your Shoes!

Looking to get rid of old shoes?  The LTAC and environmental club shoe drive in support of www.shoemanwater.org is still taking place.  Used shoes can be donated in front of the main office until May 8.

Lane Tech makes Newsweek's list of best high schools!

Lane Tech was listed as one of the 2000 best public high schools in the nation!  Newsweek selected schools that were most effective in turning out college-ready graduates.

Check out the full list and all the selection criteria:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/05/06/america-s-best-high-schools.html

DVDs from International Days

DVDs are in!  Stop by the PTSO Spirit Store on Fridays from 11am-1pm to pick them up.

X-Machina World Championship Recap

FIRST Robotics has just released the wrap-up video from the World Championship in St. Louis!  Check out Lane Tech's very own Mark Lewandowski around 1:49 in the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNGzTg53zDY

For more info about the X-Machina journey and the Robotics Program, check out their Top of the Totem Pole features on lanetech.org.

Congrats to senior, Gaby Zamora, on receiving the ExxonMobil Engineering and Mathematics Award!

Hispanic Heritage Foundation Honors Outstanding Student 

Lane Tech senior awarded scholarship for engineering and math talent 

Gabriela Zamora, a senior at Lane Technical College Prep High School, is congratulated by Nicolas Media, ExxonMobil, on receiving the ExxonMobil Engineering and Mathematics Award from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation. She was one of three area students to be named an ExxonMobil scholar at the Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards regional ceremony in Chicago on March 21. As the bronze medalist in the engineering and mathematics category, Zamora received a $1,000 scholarship to support her plans to pursue a degree in biology.

Background Information:
The Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards program offers educational grants to Hispanic high school seniors chosen by regional selection committees based on their academic achievement, leadership, community service, category focus and an essay about the important role their heritage played in their success.

May Web Updates

May all your May days have no maydays!

Principal's Page (lanetech.org/principalspage.php)

Top of the Totem Pole
Club: X-Machina (http://lanetech.org/features/club.php)
Senior: Kevin Morales (http://lanetech.org/features/senior.php)
LTSA: Zach Coleman & Amanda Tse (http://lanetech.org/features/lanespirit.php)
Department: Math (http://lanetech.org/features/department.php)
Event: Clay & Arts Fest (http://lanetech.org/features/event.php)
Program: Robotics (http://lanetech.org/features/event.php)
Teacher: Kevin Kopack (http://lanetech.org/features/teacher-feature.php)

Top of the Tribe
Athletes: Antonio Abreu & Jasmin Carrera (http://lanetech.org/features/athletes.php)
Team: Boys Track & Field (http://lanetech.org/features/team.php)

Vote for LT Girls Basketball!

Vote to make the Lane Tech Girls Basketball Team the High School Team of the Year!

http://www.wnba.com/sky/news/teamoftheyear2013.html

Every vote counts!  Online voting will run until June 14.

Teacher Appreciation Week

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week (5/6-5/10), students can submit a positive note for their favorite teachers to the main office by this Friday, May 3. Messages will be sent to teachers next week.