Friday, July 11, 2014

Summer Building Hours

In case you missed it in our Parent Letter...

The building is only open Monday - Thursday (closed on Fridays)
Main Office & Records Office - 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 
Counseling Office (Room 212) - 8:00a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 
Extended School Year for Special Needs Students - 9:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m

Monday, June 23, 2014

Student Ventra Cards

Ventra cards are available for current students during the summer.  However, the student rate is not available until the school year begins in September.  Students using their Ventra cards during the summer will have to pay full price.

Incoming freshmen can purchase their Ventra cards during Quick Start.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Molly Murray & Anna Zhu are going to Nationals!

Congratulations to 7th graders Molly Murray and Anna Zhu whose History Fair exhibit 'Trapped Inside the Tunnel Fire! How the Chicago Sanitary Tunnel Fire of 1931 Changed Workers' Safety' qualified for National History Day. The students will travel to the University of Maryland to compete in the national competition on June 16. Congratulations to their history teacher Andrew Chipman for all of his hard work with the students!

Monday, May 19, 2014

Weekend Wins!

Three Lane students are featured in the Mash's 18 Under 18: Celebrating 18 Amazing Chicago Teens.  Congrats to Raul Espana, Rialin Jose, and Dana Torres!

Angelica Soto was the recipient of the Coogan Scholarship which honors students in English achievement.

The Architecture students of Lane Tech will be awarded the Traveling Trophy for the most Grand level prizes in the Newhouse Architecture Competition sponsored by the Chicago Architecture Foundation & CPS.  The awards ceremony & exhibition will be held at the UIC Art & Architecture Building on Thursday, May 22th at 6 P.M.

Students will be vying for paid Internships, Taliesin Scholar Apprenticeships, & paid Architecture workshops at IIT Chicago or U of I Urbana-Champaign.

The award winners are:
Division 1- Orthographic Drawings
Ruben Aranda
Joshua Zamudio
Michael Arenas

Division 2- Physical Model
Barbara Orlowska
Patrick Begalowski
Yasmin Mijarez
Amaan Baiyat
James Jarr
Patric Hruswicki
Lisette Velazquez

Division 3- Digital Model
Aaron Guevarra
Roberto Millan-Ayala
Jonathan Aguilar
Alex Morales
Adam Glueckert
Emilio Sepulveda
Piotr Jelonek

Division 4- Vanguard Design: Homeless Shelter
Piotr Jelonek
Ricardo Chaidez
Amaan Baiyat

Division 5-Industrial Design: Furniture
Benjamin Hernandez
Juan Zavala
Ronan King
Sergio De La Vega
Mabel Escobar
Jake Davis
Alex Morales
Maxwell Zelenka

Division 6- Interior Design: Salon
Rebekah Latham
Rilla McKeegan
Carlos Reyes-Zgarrick

Division 7- Beginning Design: Pocket Park Adventure Playground
Aaron Guevarra
Stephanie Islas
Adam Glueckert
Samuel Tomko-Jones
Dante Bonilla

Division 8-Intermediate Design: Athletic Pavilion
Edmond Fitzgerald
Steven Todde

Division 10-Photography and Film: Place and People
Penelope Martinez
Xochitl Castel
Owen Watelle & Adam Sacha

Division 11- Hand Drawing: Space and Story
Ivan Alejandre
Alejandra Burgos
Ariana Sojos
Jonathan Negron

Division 12- Graphic Design: Monsters of Chicago
Xochitl Castel
Axel Lopez
Penelope Martinez
Angel Estrella

Special Bell Schedule - 5/20


Testing/Advisory 8:00 – 10:43 163 minutes
Period 1 10:47- 11:17 30 minutes
Period 2 11:21- 11:51 30 minutes
Period 3 11:55 – 12:25 30 minutes
Period 4 12:29 – 12:59 30 minutes
Period 5 1:03- 1:33 30 minutes
Period 6 1:37- 2:07 30 minutes
Period 7 2:11– 2:41 30 minutes
Period 8 2:45 – 3:15 30 minutes
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.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

College Tour - Spring 2014

Check out the photos from the College Tour!  Students visited Earlham College, Vanderbilt University, UVA, and Denison University.



Want to support the College Tour program? Check out the Lane Tech PTSO website for more info!

Monday, May 12, 2014

Weekend Update

Congratulations to the Lane Tech Symphonic Band and the Lane Tech Sinfonietta for scoring a SUPERIOR RATING at this years CPS Citywide Band & Orchestra Contest held at Schurz HS. Both groups also scored a High Honors Superior in the sight reading category.  Congratulations to Brad O'Brien and Devon Morales and all of the students!

Congratulations to our Boys and Girls Track and Field Teams who both won city championships!  We are so proud of our athletes and all the coaches (Kris Roof, Francisco Marchan, and Jerry Gonzalez)!  Way to go!

Congratulations to the following 7th grade LTAC students who earned "Superior" Blue Ribbons for their History Fair projects at the Illinois State Expo in Springfield on May 8:
- Liam Draper (who also received the Abraham Lincoln Association Award)
- Daniel Dardon
- Gavin Atack
- Karina Cortez
- Tamara Mazets
- Sydney Chanen & Margarita Kugotova
- Samantha Sorich  & Johanna Bozic
- Jack Gitschlag & Dugan Kenaz-Mara 
- Molly Murray & Anna Zhu
- Zachary Plumley & Alex Orlowski
- Radoslaw Chrzanowski, Jack Joshi, Daniel King