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.