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NEWS

May 12, 2023

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

May 12-13 - Ecology Club Native Plant Sale

(see information below)

May 13 - Senior Prom 7 PM

May 16 - Last Day of Class for Seniors

May 17 - Senior Honors Night 7 PM

May 18 - Senior Breakfast 8 AM

May 19 - Class of 2023 - Mandatory Marching Practice 9 AM

May 21 - Class of 2023 Graduation 3 PM at the Rosemont Theater

May 24 - Last Day of Class for grades 9-11

May 25-26 - Flex/Support Days

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

May 12, 2023

Dear Maine East Families,

We are saddened by the difficult situation our Maine West staff, students and families experienced this morning. We appreciate your trust in us as we assessed our own situation at Maine East. We determined that there was no safety concern here at Maine East. Based on the limited information we had at the time, we did make a decision to cancel an assembly. Your students were wonderful and patient with the unexpected news and change in schedule. We are so grateful that our Maine West community is safe.

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns. Enjoy a peaceful weekend with your family.

Sincerely,

Melissa Pikul

Principal

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It is hard to believe that in a few short weeks, the 22-23 school year will come to an end! Please note that the last regular day of the school year for 9th - 11th grade students is Wednesday, May 24th.

On Thursday (May 25th) and Friday (May 26th), teachers will invite students for make-ups, extended time, or individual and/or small-group support. Students can also request support from teachers. Students who are not requested to come in or who do not make appointments with teachers will not be required to come into the building. Your student only needs to report to school on the 25th or 26th if they have an appointment with a teacher.

STUDENT ADVISORY

This week in Advisory:

9th-11th grade students started updating their profile in Schoolinks and were introduced to making a resume.

12th grade students have time this week and next week to complete their required end of the year senior survey.

CTE EVENTS

Auto Club recently took a field trip to P & L Motorsports in Lisle for an after hours, behind the scenes tour. Josh Linder is my former student who graduated from East in 2009 and now manages the business. Students got to sit and start a $300,000 Lamborghini Huracan and see many other high performance cars they modify for customers. Students also got a tour of their fabrication space where ideas go from CAD, to 3D printer prototypes, to CNC Mill or CNC plasma cutting table. We were not able to take many pictures due to the secrecy of car modifications but the kids had a wonderful time and I really appreciated seeing a successful grad!!

High Mileage Vehicle Competition

Last week, Engineering Design & Capstone students packed up the High Mileage Vehicles they built (and a TON of equipment) into our big U-Haul and drove to the Autobahn Country Club Race Course in Joliet, IL for a 2 day event. Both cars passed Tech Inspection on Sunday and were able to race on the 2 mile track on Monday. It was cold, rainy and 30mph winds but kids had a blast. Huge thanks to Sabrina for grilling and keeping a lot of kids and us fed!! Several companies made donations to support the project which included Harbor Freight and Schroth Safety Restraints (each seat belt harness was $300 and they provided them to all 3 schools!) Both cars broke down but students were able to weld and fabricate parts to continue competing all day! One car placed second with the best Stopping Distance.

SKILLS USA Competition

Over 4,000 students recently competed at the SKILLS USA Competition in Peoria. Four Maine East students earned medals, and everyone had a great time!

Rudhra Patel - 2nd Silver sUAS Commercial Drones

Hemil Patel - 2nd Silver sUAS Commercial Drones

Kajetan Lorenc - 2nd Silver Computer Programming

Timothy Schaefer - 3rd Bronze Teaching Portfolio

ATHLETICS

Special Congratulations go out to Boys Gymnastics superstar, Henry Morrison. Henry made it to the State competition in 5 individual events and the all around competition. He will compete at State on May 12-13. Good luck Henry! Good luck to all competing in Conference and State Competitions this week. Finish strong!

Maine East and Maine West will be hosting a Sports Physical day on May 26th 10am -1:00pm sign up through your 8to18 account

ECOLOGY CLUB NATIVE PLANT SALE

The Ecology Club is teaming up with Go Green Park Ridge again this year for our annual native plant sale - May 12th (4-6pm) & 13th (9am - noon). We'll have over 40 species of native flowers and grasses. We will be offering tours of the oak savanna and will have people available for garden design help if you need it. Check out the species list here and feel free to share the flyer.