Weekend Wins

Band Solo Contest
38 students received a SUPERIOR rating
43 students received an EXCELLENT rating
Rebecca Enamarado received a High Honors Superior, receiving a perfect score!

Congrats to all our talented band students and directors, Brad O'Brien and Reed Flygt!

Academic Decathlon
Lane competed Saturday in the state championships and took 2nd.  Congratulations to the students and coach Paul Stepek!

Of the 90 subject area medals awarded (10 events x 3 medals x 3 academic divisions) Lane won and shared in 27.  In addition, Crystal Pham won the overall silver medal in the Varsity Division.  Our team finished second in the SuperQuiz competition behind Whitney Young (32 to 28)

Varsity division
Crystal Pham (’17):  2 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze (2nd place overall in Varsity Division)
Jack Narowski (’17): 1 silver, 1 bronze

Scholastic division
Jerry Zhu (’16):  1 gold, 3 silver
Sergej Kulikov (’17):  2 gold, 2 bronze
Sydney Somchith (’17):  1 silver, 2 bronze

Honors
Rejhui Pagala (’17):  2 silver, 2 bronze, speech showcase presenter
Amy Argentar (’17):  1 gold
Celso (Trey) Fuentes (’17):  1 gold

CPS Solo & Ensemble Contest 2016 (104 Medals Received)
Dennis Aguilar
Male Ensemble-High Honors Superior Medal
Solo-Superior Medal
Christon Allam
Male Ensemble-High Honors Superior Medal
Daniel Coonley
Male Ensemble-High Honors Superior Medal
Solo-High Honors Superior Medal
Mixed Ensemble-Superior Medal
Daniel Costas
Male Ensemble-High Honors Superior Medal
Mark Gullickson
Male Ensemble-High Honors Superior Medal
Joshua Hansen
Male Ensemble-High Honors Superior Medal
Solo-Excellent Medal
Mixed Ensemble-Superior Medal
Marc Hill
Male Ensemble-High Honors Superior Medal
Mixed Ensemble-Superior Medal
Nathan Ho
Solo-Superior Medal
Male Quartet-Superior Medal
Mixed Ensemble-Superior Medal
Rashid Jackson
Male Ensemble-High Honors Superior Medal
Solo-Excellent Medal
Joel Jose
Male Ensemble-High Honors Superior Medal
Michael Lavin
Male Ensemble-High Honors Superior Medal
Solo-Excellent Medal
Mixed Ensemble-Superior Medal
Michael Lesko
Male Ensemble-High Honors Superior Medal
Solo-High Honors Superior Medal
Male Quartet-Superior Medal
Mixed Ensemble-Superior Medal
Kendall Reed
Male Ensemble-High Superior Medal
Solo-Superior-High Honors Superior Medal
John Stark
Male Ensemble-High Honors Superior Medal
Solo-Superior Medal
Nicholas Taraszkiewicz
Male Ensemble-High Honors Superior Medal
Solo-Superior Medal
Male Quartet-Superior Medal
Christ Tran
Male Ensemble-High Honors Superior Medal
Male Quartet-Superior Medal
Mixed Ensemble-Superior Medal
Rene Valenzuela
Male Ensemble-High Honors Superior Medal
David Won
Male Ensemble-High Honors Superior Medal
Female Vocal Solo & Ensemble Awards
Troy Allen
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Jean Ansley Ang
Chamber Mixed Ensemble-Superior Medal
Solo-Superior Medal
Kayla Arjona
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Sarah Joan Baloyo
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Amanda Bernett
Chamber Mixed Ensemble-Superior Medal
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Solo-High Honors Superior Medal
Anna Borelli
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Kathleen Bridge
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Ashley Carrera
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Diamond Dadej
Solo-High Honors Superior Medal
Nicole Dadoly
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Solo-Superior Medal
Olivia Fergusbrummer
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Solo-ExcellentMedal
Cathlyn Ferolin
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Rachel Fuller
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Imani Fleming
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Lorena Grajeda
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Kiely Green
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Cadence Haase
Chamber Mixed Ensemble-Superior Medal
Julianna Hasselberger
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Vanessa Jacinto
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Jenny Joseph
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Jenna Little
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Andrianna Melidones
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Taylor Mitchell
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Solo-High Honors Superior Medal
Ilana Neusner
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Solo-Excellent Medal
Marissa Olavarria
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Citlalli Ortiz
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Kamila Postolowicz
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Solo-High Honors Superior Medal
Duet-Superior Medal
Mia Purnell
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Savannah Rivera-Agapay
Chamber Mixed Ensemble-Superior Medal
Michelle Robles
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Alyssa Salas
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Solo-Excellent Medal
Marla Salazar
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Briana Sanchez
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Nastasia Scales
Chamber Mixed Ensemble-Superior Medal
Solo-High Honors Superior Medal
Duet-Superior Medal
Caitlyn Schenatzki
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Ifeoluwa Sholeye
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Solo-Excellent Medal
Eva Stees
Chamber Mixed Ensemble-Superior Medal
Solo-High Honors Superior Medal
Duet-Superior Medal
Alyssa Stein
Chamber Mixed Ensemble-Superior Medal
Solo-Superior Medal
Michael Strzalka-Steil
Chamber Mixed Ensemble-Superior Medal
Solo-High Honors Superior Medal
Ilda Susterac
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Czaerra Ucol
Chamber Mixed Ensemble-Superior Medal
Solo-Superior Medal
Carlisle Wagner Sherer
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Emily Welch
Female Ensemble-Superior Medal
Solo-Superior Medal
Duet-Superior Medal

Debate

The Lane Tech Debate Team competed in the 2016 IDCA JV/Novice State Debate Tournament at Niles North High School against Northside Prep, Whitney Young, Walter Payton, University of Chicago Lab School, Glenbrook North, Glenbrook South, New Trier, Niles North, and many others.

Congratulations to novice octofinalists: Jordon Egger, Emayli Holmes, Simon Jillson, and Ousaf Moqueet!

Top speaker awards went to Simon Jillson in seventh place - in novice, and to Abdu Hytrek in second place - in jv.  

At the Mayer Brown Urban Debate League City Qualifier, Jared Croitoru and Maeve Gilbert placed third overall, with Jared Croitoru earning a ninth place speaker award.

Finally, a huge congratulations to Abdu Hytrek and Lily Craelius who were the overall IDCA JV State Debate Champions!

Each student will receive a scholarship (ranging from $250.00 to $1,000.00) from his or her choice of the following summer debate camps: University of California - Berkeley, Emory, Dartmouth, the University of Michigan, or Michigan State University.

Congratulations to all of our debaters and coach Andy Fine and assistant coach Ali Sears!

Orchestra
On Saturday March 12, our orchestra students competed at our solo contest and had fantastic results:
    *23 students earned Superior Ratings
    *23 students earned Excellent Ratings
    *3 students earned Honors Superior - Rebecca Vazquez, Reuben Park, and Lucas Kaiser. Reuben and Lucas also earned perfect scores on their performances!

Congratulations to all of our orchestra students and their teacher Devon Morales for their hard work!

March LSC Meeting

Lane Tech, Room 113
Thursday, March 10, 2016
6:00p.m.

Agenda
I. Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance
II. Roll Call/Establish Quorum/Electronic Participation
III. Approve Agenda
IV. Approve Minutes
a. Approve Minutes of the February 11, 2016 Regular Meeting
V. Reports
a. Principal’s Report
b. Advocacy Committee Report
c. Budget Report
d. Communications Committee Report
e. Curriculum Report
i. English
ii. History
f. Facilities/Construction/Parking Lot Report
g. FOL Report
h. PPLC Report
i. Student Report
VI. Public Participation
VII. Old Business
a. Testing (AP/ACT, SAT, PARCC, etc.)
b. Principal Evaluation
c. CIWP
d. Western Avenue Construction
e. Athletic Trainer
f. LSC Committees
VIII. New Business
a. Budget Request(s) and Approvals
i. Check Requests/Purchase Orders
ii. Line Item Transfers
iii. Fundraisers
b. FOL Fundraiser(s)
IX. Adjournment

Math Team Results

This weekend, the Lane Tech Math Team performed very well, maintaining its number one position for Division B in the city!  Our algebra team was led by Daniel King, who had the top score city-wide for the B/C test.  Eric Cheung, Izabela Bilska, and Si Yuan Ye also placed at the contest.  Our Geometry Team was led by Bart Diaz, who also had the top score city-wide for the B/C test.  In second place for Geometry was Arkadiusz Balata.  Our Algebra II team was led by Urooj Amir, who had the second place score city wide and Tanner Patton, who came in third.

Academic Decathlon City Championships

Congratulations to the Lane Tech AcaDec team who finished 2nd at City this past weekend!  The team will advance to the State Competition at Northeastern Illinois University.

Varsity division
Crystal Pham (’17):  3 silver, 2 bronze, 1 honorable mention (2nd place overall in the Varsity Division)
Jack Narowski  (’17):  1 gold, 1 silver

Scholastic division
Jerry Zhu (’16):  2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze (3rd place overall in the Scholastic Division)
Sergej Kulikov (’17):  1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
Sydney Somchith (’17):  2 silver, 2 bronze, 3 honorable mentions

Honors
Rejhui Pagala (’17):  3 silver, 4 bronze  (overall 3rd place in the Honors Division and high team scorer)
Amy Argentar (’17):  2 bronze, 1 honorable mention
Matthew Jarosiewicz (’18):  1 bronze, 1 honorable mention

Q2 Honor Roll & Perfect Attendance

Congratulations to all the students who made the Honor Roll and Perfect Attendance lists!

Principal's Honor Roll: http://goo.gl/PHLBD7
Regular Honor Roll: http://goo.gl/IwvVBF
Perfect Attendance: http://goo.gl/QeXcFk

Friends of Lane: Navigating the College Application Process

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