Lincoln-Way West

Juniors & Seniors – Social tickets are now on sale! Social tickets are on sale for $30 on GoFan from May 1-May 8. Social is on May 15 from 7pm-10pm at Zachary's Red Barn in Homer Glen. Only Lincoln-Way West juniors and seniors may attend. Tickets will not be sold at the door for this event.

Do you play an instrument or sing? There will be an open mic in the library tomorrow before school. Sign up in the morning or stop in to watch the performers. #GetInvolved

Bring Change 2 Mind prepared for Mental Mealth Awareness Month this morning by creating a “Take One/Leave One” board. This is one of the various activities that will be included in next week’s “Shape Your Mind” presentation on May 8 during advisory hours in the Warriors Lodge!

Freshmen, Sophomores & Juniors - Are you interested in being a class officer for the 2024 - 2025 school year?! Scan the QR for the Class Officer Election information. The Microsoft Form will be open until this Friday, May 3 at noon. See Mrs. Ende with any questions. #GetInvolved

Join us in Meaningful May!  This month is promoting various tips on ways to find value, purpose and meaning in daily activities. Start the month by doing something kind for someone you really care about. #YouMatter

Last week, members of the West Business Leaders went to the Fitness Premier headquarters in Frankfort. CEO Jason Markowitz and franchisee Mike Orwig of Fitness Premier shared knowledge on networking, persistence, and grit with our students. #GetInvolved

Join the Special Services Department next week with their Special Games Spirit Week! 🎥🍿🎞️

A special congratulations to Jenna Cronk, Ryan Dennison & Matt Reid who earned 1st place in Welding Fabrication at the SkillsUSA State Championships this past weekend! We are proud of this team of three for being the first group of students in Lincoln-Way West history to earn first place honors at SkillsUSA State. #AWarriorWithin

Mrs. Horn's Honors Biology classes at West practiced the Gel Electrophoresis technique. They simulated loading DNA from DNA sequences from bottlenose dolphins at Brookfield Zoo and the Mote Research Marine Lab in Sarasota, FL. Students practiced micropipeting simulated DNA samples into the gel and setting up their electrophoresis chambers.

A&P Medical students went to Helping Hands Children’s Therapy in New Lenox earlier today in order to learn from owner Nicole Hennings about OT, PT and speech therapy for kids.

Warriors wear orange on Fridays. #AWarriorWithin

Students were celebrated Thursday evening for their outstanding work in Art this school year. Congratulations to all of the students who had artwork in the LWW Spring Art Show this week. A special congratulations to Marie DeSilva for winning the Purchase Award this year. Marie's drawing will be added to the permanent collection in the auditorium lobby.

Congratulations to all of our seniors who earned the following academic honors: National Merit Finalist, National Merit Commended, National Hispanic Recognition Award, National African American Recognition Award, National Rural and Small Town Scholar, Summa Cum Laude, AP Scholar and Illinois State Scholar! Seniors were honored this morning before school for their academic accomplishments. We are proud of you, Warriors!

Mathletes celebrated a season for the record books earlier this week! A special thank you to Gatto’s for hosting our students! #GetInvolved

Last week four students completed their three month School-To- Apprenticeship training. Their journey ended with a formal awards banquet at the IBEW Local 176. Congrats, Warriors!

Last night was a wonderful night of singing, dancing and a ton of fun for our Best Buddies program! Great job to all of our participants and thank you to everyone who supported our students at the Best Buddies talent show! #GetInvolved

Congratulations to our new members of the Lincoln-Way Math Honor Society!  Students were able to socialize with their classmates while playing games and listening to music at yesterday’s luncheon where they also received their certificates.  #AWarriorWithin

Students attended a presentation today about how to establish and maintain healthy relationships as well as Erin’s Law from Guardian Angel Community Services. Students should go to PPS if they are looking for additional resources from today’s presentation.

Game & Sim students Mikey and Macklin face off in The Tank Wars game creation. Good luck!

We are looking forward to the Best Buddies talent show! The event is tonight at 5:30 pm in the Auditorium. #GetInvolved