Robotics and Aquaponics receive $3000 from the Roscoe Village Neighbors

Congratulations to the Robotics and Aquaponics program, who through the help of our Friends of Lane, received a $3000 donation from the Roscoe Village Neighbors!  The donation also supports the upcoming Green & Gold Gala.  Thank you to Dave Huter and all the members of the Roscoe Village Neighbors!

Navigating the College Application Process

Friends of Lane is please to host an interactive discussion led by counselors, parents, and teachers.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Room 113
7pm

Topics to be discussed include: essay writing, testing and test prep, how to create a list of favorite schools, planning college visits, and deadlines and decisions.  Please join us for an informative meeting!

PSAE/ACT Information - Special Bell Schedules

Wed, Feb 25 (Pre-Gridding)

8:00 - 9:40	Advisory	100 min
9:44 - 10:08	1st Period	24 min
10:12 - 10:36	2nd Period	24 min
10:40 - 11:04	3rd Period	24 min
11:08 - 11:53	4th Period	45 min
11:57 - 12:42	5th Period	45 min
12:46 - 1:31	6th Period	45 min
1:35 - 1:59	7th Period	24 min
2:03 - 2:28	8th Period	25 min

Thu, Feb 26 (PSAE Rally, Pre-Gridding)

8:00 - 8:45	Advisory	45 min
8:50 - 9:34	1st Period	44 min
9:39 - 10:23	2nd Period	44 min
10:28 - 11:12	3rd Period	44 min
11:17 - 12:03	4th Period	46 min
12:08 - 12:54	5th Period	46 min
12:59 - 1:45	6th Period	46 min
1:50 - 2:34	7th Period	44 min
2:39 - 3:23	8th Period	44 min

Tues, Mar 3 (ACT Testing)

8:00 - 12:25 ACT Testing for Juniors

Breakfast will be available in the lunchroom from 6:30-7:45am.  This is a non-attendance day for seniors, sophomores, and freshmen.

Weekend Wins

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 a first place finish by the Algebra 1 team, and 2nd place finishes by the Geometry, Algebra 2, and Pre-calculus Teams.

Additionally, freshman Ari Greenberg placed 2nd in Algebra 1 (Accelerated), sophomore Maggie Scholle placed 3rd in Geometry (Accelerated), and junior Johan Villanueva placed 3rd in Algebra 2 (In Progress).

Coaches: Kyle Eck and Melanie Pierce


Lane finished in 2nd place at the Academic Decathlon City Championships!  State qualifiers were:

Of the 90 subject area medals awarded (10 events x 3 medals x 3 academic divisions) Lane won 22 (over twice as many as last year).  In addition, Celso (Trey) Fuentes and Crystal Pham won the overall silver and bronze medals in the Varsity Division, respectively.  Our team finished second in the SuperQuiz competition.

Individual medal winners are as follows:
Varsity division
Celso (Trey) Fuentes (’17):   1 silver, 5 bronze, 2 honorable mentions (2rd place overall in the Varsity Division)
Crystal Pham (’17):  1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze, 1 honorable mention (3rd place overall in the Varsity Division)

Scholastic division
Anil Chakravorty (’17):  1 silver, 5 honorable mentions
Sydney Somchith (’17):  1 bronze, 2 honorable mentions
Ethan Recinto (’17):  1 gold, 3 honorable mentions

Honors
Amy Argentar (’17):  3 bronze, 4 honorable mentions (overall high team scorer)
Rejhui Pagala (’17):  2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze, 1 honorable mention
Fatima Abusaman (’15):  1 bronze, 3 honorable mentions

Coach Stepek and the entire Lane Tech community are extremely proud of the decathlete's individual and team accomplishments!

LT Chess Takes 10th at State!

Congratulations to the Lane Tech Chess Team for finishing 10th at the 41st annual IHSA State Chess tournament this weekend!  The tournament hosted 146 teams and 1400 students.  Lane was the highest ranking CPS team (Whitney Young 13, Northside 17, Payton 35, Lincoln Park 39).  Kudos to Zhuoxun Jiang, Jeremy Prince, and Phillip Tan for earning medals and finishing in the top 5 of their boards.

For a full list of results, visit http://www.ihsa.org/SportsActivities/Chess.aspx

Senior Debt Deadline - April 16

In order to walk at graduation, all senior debts must be paid by April 16.

CPD Junior Citizen Award

Congratulations to Frederick Weichmann (Sr), Sofia Rodriguez (Sr), and Mae Christianson (Jr) on receiving the Chicago Park District's Junior Citizen Award!  The studunts are being honored on February 19 for their outstanding service to their local Chicago Park.  Go Lane Go!

Computer Science Fair 2015

Interested in learning about app development? Websites? Programming? Robotics? Want to investigate if the computer science field is for you?   Zero experience? Beginner? Intermediate or advanced? All are welcome to participate!

CS Fair Overview:
Register for the Computer Science Fair by Feb 23: http://tinyurl.com/LTCSFair15. The CS fair will take place during a School day April. There will be big prizes include and opportunities to learn from current industry gurus.

CS Fair Topics:
Identify a problem that can be solved by using one of the categories below:
·  Android Application (MIT App inventor, Eclipse, etc )
·  Website
·  Video Game using Alice, Scratch. http://oswing.sourceforge.net/ . etc
·  Open Division: (Program writing in any language or robotics)

More Information can be found at:
http://tinyurl.com/LTCSFairInfo

Quarter 2 Honor Roll

Congrats to all the students who made the Quarter 2 Honor Roll!

The students on the Principal's Honor Roll received all As: http://goo.gl/i9r0r7

The following students received all As and Bs: http://goo.gl/8QfXeB

Last Call for Yearbooks

The Lane Tech Arrowhead and LTAC Artifacts yearbooks are still available for purchase, but not for long!  Sales will end on February 27th as we are required to submit our final numbers to the printers. Unlike years past, NO EXTRAS will be available after the books arrive. Arrowhead yearbooks are $55 and LTAC Artifacts are $45.  Books can be purchased with cash or money order to Ms. Jennings in Room 137 or directly online at www.jostens.com.  Not sure whether or not you've already purchased a copy?  Check the list hanging outside of ROOM 137.

Lane Tech College Prep High School presents Footloose!

Wednesday, February 11		3:00 pm
Thursday, February 12		3:45 pm
Friday, February 13		7:00 pm
Saturday, February 14		7:00 pm

Tickets are $7 and will be sold in front of the auditorium doors before each show.

Enter through door "M."

2015-2016 Course Registration

Beginning tomorrow, students may log onto this course registration site to view assigned course request times.  This information will only be available to students who have completed the 2015 My Voice, My School Student Survey.  If you complete the survey after February 10, you must wait 24 hours before viewing your course request time and/or accessing the course registration site.

Parents, please visit the parent page to link your account.  If your account is linked, you will receive approximately 5 emails during the course registration process.  Each email will contain important information regarding your child's course selections for the 2015-2016 school year.

NHS Application 2015 - Juniors and Seniors

Interested in joining the National Honor Society?  The application deadline is Friday, February 20.  Check your CPS emails for more info!

Lane Today, Hollywood Tomorrow

Please follow the link below to read about Ricardo Zapata's upcoming performance on the Boston NPR program "From the Top". http://www.fromthetop.org/show/boston-ma/ Also, check out the independent film entitled "The Dance," which features Lane Tech High School student Fernando Borges at Instituto Cervantes on February 17, 2015 at 6:00pm. Congrats to our talented Lane students!

Send a Lane Tech Valentine Shirt

I-Days & I-Nights Info

I-Days will be held in Gym I on March 12 and 13.  The event is only open to current Lane students.

I-Nights
Friday, March 13 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 14 2 p.m. (New!)
Saturday, March 14 7 p.m.

Tickets are $7.  Lane Tech Auditorium

There will be no tickets sold at the door.  They will be sold in the main office starting 3/9 during school hours.

Alexandra Kwasny named Assistant Concertmaster for IMEA All-State Orchestra

After a day of auditions, our Sinfonietta Concertmaster Alexandra Kwasny has officially earned the Assistant Concertmaster position of the IMEA All-State Orchestra. This means that she is the second-best violinist in the entire state of Illinois!

The orchestra consists of the top student musicians in the state, playing professional-level music.

Congrats, Alex!