A new issue of The West Gazette is now available. You can get inspiration for spring break, check out a few Irish bands in time for St. Patrick's Day, celebrate the accomplishments of bowling and cheer, read an interview with Lynnae Ryan, and much more! Check out the whole issue at www.TheWestGazette.org.
Good luck to the student-athletes in our Badminton program! They open up their season today with a quad at Lincoln-Way West.
West Fest is this Saturday! Support the Lincoln-Way West Music department and shop over 100 booths, door prizes, food from Pizza Mia and Auntie Anne's, as well as entertainment all day long from our students!
The Book Club is back! The West Book Club will be meeting this Wednesday after school in the library. Stop in the library with any questions. #GetInvolved
Attention juniors and seniors: Prom and Social season is here! Prom is on Saturday, May 7, at Tuscany Falls in Mokena from 6:30 – 10:00 p.m. Tickets are $90 each and ticket sales will be online at MySchoolDance.com from March 21 through April 21. Social will be on Wednesday, May 18, at Zachary’s Red Barn in Homer Glen from 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 each and sales will be online on MySchoolDance.com. If you buy your Social ticket between March 21 and April 21, you can receive a $5.00 discount. Social is for Lincoln-Way West juniors and seniors only. No outside guests may attend Social.
Lincoln-Way West is proud to present SHREK the Musical Friday, April 8 through Sunday, April 10! For tickets and more information, follow the link: https://lincoln-way-west.ticketleap.com/lincoln-way-west-presents-shrek-the-musical/
Woodworking students learn about pocket holes as they study different forms of joinery.
Yesterday’s Interact Club meeting was all about showing appreciation for our bus drivers! Students wrote thank you cards and created treat bags for our bus drivers that were dropped off today at Transportation. #WarriorsAreKind #GetInvolved
Warriors wear orange on Fridays.
Addison Meadows working hard today at Art Club on her watercolor painting for her Drawing & Painting class.
The IHSAE Northern Regional Exhibition is a “Best of the Best'' show featuring over 750 works of art competing for prestigious awards. The exhibition annually brings the best student artists together from over 100 Illinois suburban, public and private high schools to compete and celebrate the power of art in their lives. This year's IHSAE Awards Ceremony Event is on Sunday March 13th at the Bridgeport Art Center in Chicago.
The talented students representing our school in this exhibition are:
Jenna Davis
Caeley Doran
Madeline Dul
Sarah Fuchsgruber
Maggie Gonzalez
Attached artwork is by Sarah Fuchsgruber
We are proud of Madison Medina & Emmett Thompson who were selected as this year’s Michael McHugh Scholarship winners! Both seniors are Manhattan residents who were honored this weekend as the King & Queen of the Manhattan Irish Fest.
Good luck to Aubree Schultz who is heading to State tomorrow for the IHSA 3-Point Shootout! She is our first student-athlete to represent the Warriors in this competition. Aubree also qualified for the IHSA State Tennis tournament in the fall. We are proud of you, Aubree!
A&P medical students toured a clinic and learned about PT, OT and speech therapy at Helping Hands Children's Therapy in New Lenox. Thank you to Nicole Hennings who is the owner for providing this opportunity for our students!
Warriors wear orange on Fridays.
West Gazette students hosted the SWSC newspaper conference and had the opportunity to meet journalists from ESPN, WBEZ, and The Chicago Tribune. They had the opportunity to hear about many ways to incorporate communication strategies both in their journalism and everyday lives.
Senora Hamilton’s Spanish 3 students had the opportunity to try “chicharrones” and “tostones” in class while learning about Caribbean foods.
Congratulations to Hailey LeGrand for reading all 25 books on this year's Read for a Lifetime list and for participating all four years. #ReadLikeAWarrior
Join us as we encourage our students to participate in Mindful March! Begin the month by setting an intention to live with awareness and kindness. #YouMatter
Congratulations to Maggie Scherha, Anna Zheng and Tristan Minarik who recently represented Lincoln-Way West in the Chicago Regional Bridge Building contest at Illinois Institute of Technology! Missing from picture Isabella Gentle.
