Griffins! Are you looking for a day to walk your schedule, buy spirtwear and more? Join us on Wednesday, August 9th for an optional event. See attached for Back To School Open House details!
East Griffins! Check out this opportunity for ROTC! You do not need to be enrolled to participate.
Congratulations to Lincoln-Way East's very own Nate Borgens, Rex Ehman, and Kylie Steinhauser for their acceptance into the 2024 Illinois High School Theatre Festival's All-State production of SHE KILLS MONSTERS. The production will take place in January at Illinois State University. Break a leg!
The Lincoln-Way East Future Business Leaders of America recently had ten students compete at the national conference. Five of the students finished in the Top 15 with one group taking 4th place out of more than 200 teams! All of our students were outstanding in representing Lincoln-Way East.
Seniors! Check out information on senior parking permit registration. Click on the link below.
https://forms.office.com/r/GUb9pWSkMm
Students from Lincoln-Way East High School won top prizes at the 2023 National Leadership Conference of Future Business Leaders of America, Inc. (FBLA), the nation’s largest career and technical student organization focused solely on business. The event, held in Atlanta, Georgia, from June 27 to 30, attracted more than 13,000 middle school and high school students and educators from across the country.
Students also engaged in learning workshops, networked with representatives from more than 60 colleges, universities and employers, and heard from Jordan Davis, an educational speaker and FBLA alumnus, during the opening ceremony.
To learn more, visit the website: https://www.lw210.org/article/1167468
Griffins! Mark you calendars:
Aug. 8 – Freshman Orientation: 9:00 am – 11:00 am.
Aug. 9 – Open House: 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Aug. 9 & 10 – Senior Parking Sticker Pick Up 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Aug. 16 – 1st Day of School
See details daily about each event starting with August 8th!
Congratulations to LWE's 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year, Mr. Benjamin Voliva from the Science Department.
Congratulations to our Griffin Senior Standouts. Today we are featuring Adeola "Petey" Olaleye and Delaney Reh. You can access their videos on YouTube by clicking on the the following links.
Adeola "Petey" Olaleye : https://youtu.be/Z4hj8gScyY8
Delaney Reh: https://youtu.be/FJeyp2z3TAc
Congratulations to our Griffin Senior Standouts. Today we are featuring Benjamin Heerde and Maddy Hickey. You can access their videos on YouTube by clicking on the the following links.
Benjamin Heerde: https://youtu.be/EhREiD7OQSo
Maddy Hickey: https://youtu.be/0qOeS9XAyEk
The Senior Class Board presented the 2023 Senior Class gift which is called "The Griffin Senior Standout." The interactive mural highlights four graduating seniors nominated by their class who are making extraordinary contributions to their school or community.
This recognition is celebrating its inaugural year and will become a tradition for the next senior class annually. Check out the introductory video on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/MzxU3Yu0NQM
We present to you our Class of 2023! Congratulations!
Go East! Go Griffins! Go Blue!
Farewell Class of 2023! Our seniors spent their last day at LWE signing yearbooks, enjoying lunch and saying goodbye to students and staff. We look forward to celebrating you at your graduation this Tuesday at 6:30 pm.
Today was our seniors last walk in their College Writing class!
💙Class of 2023💙
Students and staff celebrated the last Coffee House in the LWE library today. Mr. Teare's guitar classes jammed the morning away while the Griffins enjoyed coffee and tea from Frankfort's grounded coffee shop.
Mr. Harrah's Religions and Philosophy students completed a unit on Islam where two students taught the class about their favorite holiday and played a Kahoot! game for the whole class. Mr. Harrah also arranged for middle eastern cuisine of falafel and chicken shawarma. The class enjoyed it!
Mr. Griggs met with students who were nominated by a staff member to become a future Griffin Guide - a new peer mentoring program comprised of juniors and seniors working with freshmen that will start next year. This is a great leadership experience for our students. There is an application process in case more students want to apply.
Mr. Ken Andresen, proud Lincoln-Way alum -- class of 2000 -- taught Excel to Ms. Vandenberg's math classes.
Congratulations to Sophia Jensen for winning the Our Fallen Hero 5K T-shirt Design Contest. Sophia is a sophomore at East and created the design in her Digital Design class. Her design will be used on the 2023 race t-shirts.
Mrs. Wilson's Forensic science students created a diorama displaying their crime scenes. Lots of creativity to be had!
