Happy Holidays from Lane Tech!

How did Lane Tech celebrate?  In addition to the Holiday Musical Assembly (check out our Twitter and Facebook for photos), the Glee Club performed at the Jingle Mingle, Mr. Sweet's guitar classes and Mr. Chipman's German classes sang carols through the halls, the Key Club held the annual Canned Food Drive, and the Math Department created Snowflakes for Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Oh, and our executive team starred in a music video.

See you in 2013!  Remember, January 3 and 4 are student attendance days.

Lane Facebook and Twitter

Still haven't followed us on Twitter or Liked us on Facebook?  Our 1000th follower on Twitter and 1500th Like on Facebook will receive a commemorative Lane Tech Pen and Pencil set.

Check out the Twitter and Facebook pages for updates from the holiday events at Lane!

Input for the 2013-2014 School Calendar

From CPS:

Parents and students: Please give Chicago Public Schools your input and ideas for the 2013-2014 school calendar!

CPS and the Chicago Teachers Union are working together to develop a single-track calendar for next year. Take a few minutes to complete this brief survey about the calendar. Go to the survey by clicking this link: http://svy.mk/Rs1D8R
Español: http://svy.mk/TXquzs
Polish: http://svy.mk/TeAvH2

NOTE: You must input your child’s student ID number in order to complete the survey. Your child’s student ID number can be found on all CPS progress reports and student report cards or by visiting the Manage Students page in the CPS Parent Portal.

Holiday Assembly Bell Schedule

1st Period	8:00 - 8:22	22 minutes
2nd Period (A)	8:26 - 9:56	90 minutes
2nd Period (B)	10:00 - 11:30	90 minutes
3rd period	11:34 - 11:56	22 minutes
4th period	12:00 - 12:45	45 minutes
5th period	12:49 - 1:34	45 minutes
6th period	1:38 - 2:23	45 minutes
7th period	2:27 - 2:49	22 minutes
8th period	2:53 - 3:15	22 minutes
9th period	3:19 - 3:41	22 minutes

Principal's Page Update

The recent school tragedy in Connecticut has devastated many lives connected to the Newtown school district and touched the hearts of all nationwide. As Friday's events continued to unfold, and the scope and magnitude of the Newtown tragedy became evident, we held a special "Code Red" meeting at Lane to revisit our own emergency plan.

Please visit www.lanetech.org and view the Principal's Page to learn more about Lane's Code Red response.

Lane Robotics Team Members Present at Northwestern University

On Saturday, December 15, Dimitrios Tianis, Cydni Heidermann, Dennis Hehn, and Charles Kucharzak of the FRC Team represented Lane at the CPS FIRST Robotics meeting hosted by Northwestern University.

The team was asked by a FIRST represented to present to FRC team members from Whitney Young and Northside College Prep.  The Lane students presented on various Drive Train options for FRC robotic design.

Empty Bowls Fundraiser

Check out some of the student artwork from the ceramics classes taught by Ms. Beeman and Ms. Moore!

Lane's ceramics students also created bowls that will be sold during the "Empty Bowls" event, which raises money to end hunger.  The event will take place on Wednesday, December 19 from 11am to 6pm in Room 133.