Pride In Performance Winners 

  

Congratulations to our Pride in Performance winners for the 4th grading period!

EAST CAMPUS -

Academics:  MARISSA ILAG is an outstanding student who currently has straight A's ith a rigorous schedule that includes several Honor's and AP courses.  She currently has the highest grade in Mr. Regan's Honors Biology class.

Achievement:  JORDAN DECLERK is doing a terrific job as a student and athlete at Lake Park.  He maintains all A's and B's in a demanding academic load while participating on the Lake Park Gymnastics Team.

Activities:  SARA DURRANI is a wonderful person who works daily with our special needs students.  She has a great attitude in working with students and staff along with performing well in her classes.

Athletics:  DREW KLOPACK had an outstanding year on the freshman wrestling team.  He was the Champion in three tournaments and runner up at the Upstate Eight Conference Tournament.  His overall record for the season was 20-7.

WEST CAMPUS -

Academics:  MAGGIE MANZIE is an exceptional student with a strong work ethic.  Maggie stands above her peers because she puts in the time to apply the lessons and skills she is learning in AP English Language to produce model work.  The maturity of her writing is amazing.

Activities:  KIRSTIE McHUGH has had many outstanding accomplishments as a member of the LPHS Speech team this season.  She was tournament champion at an invitational, placed 3rd at Regionals and 6th at Sectionals.  Kirstie has been involved in Contest Play and LP theatre, appearing in many musicals and dramas. 

Activities:  ADAM ZEITOUN - As a member of the LPHS Speech Team, Adam was tournament champion at an invitational.  He placed 3rd and 3rd at Regionals and 2nd and 6th  at Sectionals.  He is a State qualifier in his event.  Adam has also been an active member of  Lake Park's Thespians, appearing in many LP productions including the upcoming production of "Guys and Dolls"  He is also a member of Contest Play. 

Athletics:  ALEXIS HAHN has been a stand out player this year, excelling on the court for the girls basketball team.  She scored 498 points this year, 6th in the record book for all time scoring in a single season, as well as scoring 35 points in a game which put her 4th in the record book for a single game scoring record.  She was the second leading scorer in the area, averaging 18.4 points per game.  She was named Player of the Week for the Daily Herald.  Alexis has demonstrated excellent leadership ability as one of the 3 team captains.  She is a tremendous player who is very humble and willing to do anything for her teammates.   

LP Lancettes Crowned AAA State Champs

Congratulations to the Lake Park Varsity Lancettes dance team on being named State Grand Champions, after capturing the AAA Lyrical State Title and ranking 3rd Place in the Open Dance Category at last weekend's Team Dance Illinois State Championship Competition in Peoria.  Both the Grand Championship and Lyrical Title are firsts in Lake Park history and add to other record-breaking accolades earned this season in regional competition, including repeated artistic and technical wins as the highest scoring team across all categories and divisions.  
 
The team clinched the State Championship with their chilling Lyrical performance "Calm Under the Waves" ---one that moved the girls, their coaches, and their parents to tears.  It was a magical moment to witness as the girls left their hearts and soul on the dance floor and told the story of saying goodbye to someone you love, using motifs of water, waves, and breeze, as choreographed by Varsity Coach Stephanie Hageman. 
 
In the Open Dance category, the Lancettes celebrated cultural dance forms in "Waving Flag," choreographed by Maria DiPrizio and Lauren Caputo.   This upbeat, exciting, and celebratory dance was a crowd favorite all season.
 
The Varsity team had experience on their side, comprised of 6 seniors, including captains Lauren Dahly and Maria-Cristina Gianni, 7 juniors, 2 sophomores and 1 freshman.   Varsity Coach, Stephanie Hageman has coached almost all of the dancers since their freshman year.   This experience, along with the addition of team ballet classes, elevated the technical standard of the whole team and definitely paid off as the Lancettes reached new heights in this memorable and historic season.

  

This past season was an impressive one for Lake Park athletic teams.  Congratulations to all the teams for their accomplishments this past season!

Co-Ed Competitive Cheerleading - This was the second year in which the Lancer competitive cheerleading squad participated in the co-ed IHSA category.  The Lancers had another impressive season by winning the IHSA Co-Ed Division State Champions, IHSA Sectional Champions, and Upstate Eight Conference Champions.  Congratulations to the team and head coach Samantha Pavesich and her assistant coaches Kelli Mildren and Lyndsey Urbik!

Girls Bowling - Led by head coach Larry Dunn and Joe Regilio, the Girls Bowling team was the IHSA Sectional Champions and Team State Qualifiers.  Rebecca Brown, Jessica Fuja, and Lauren Svendsen were named to the All Upstate Eight Conference.  Jessica was the IHSA Sectional Individual Champion.

Boys Bowling - The team's success this past season was highlighted by them qualifying for the IHSA Team State Qualifiers and Finalists; IHSA Sectional Champions, and Upstate Eight Conference Champions.  Aaron Adams placed 3rd at State and was named to the All Upstate Eight Conference as were Adam Keith, Ryan Keith, Guner Rud, Tyler Sadowski, and Zach Tsiodras.  Zach was also the IHSA Sectional Champion.  They were coached by Greg Edwards and John Hobscheid.

Boys Wrestling team were IHSA Regional Champions and Upstate Eight Conference Champions.  Joe Kubica, Blake Santi, and Farai Sewera all qualified for state competition.    Joe was the Regional champion in the 145-lb. category; Chris Kowalski was the regional champ in the 152-lb. category; Matt Adcock was the regional champ in the 130-lb. category, and Jon Verlotta was the regional champ in the 112-lb. category.  Austin Schoen was the Upstate Eight Champion in the 125-lb. category.  Congratulations to head coach Todd Raymond and his assistant coaches Pete Willis, Gary Zizzo, Anthony Miserendino, and Matt Gunderson.

Boys Swimming - Kyle Casper placed 8th at State in the 50 Free and also competed at State in the 200 Free Relay and 400 Free Relay.  He was the IHSA Sectional Champ in the 50 Free.  Nathan Schingoethe placed 10th at state in the 100 Back and also competed at State in the 200 IM and 400 Free Relay.    He was the Upstate Eight Conference Champion 100 Back and 200 IM.  The following boys competed at the IHSA State competition:  Brian Layer, Scott Granfeldt and Sean Gregor in the 200 Free Relay.  Sean also competed in the 400 Free Relay with Bobby Patschke.

Girls Basketball - Alexis Hahn was named to the Upstate Eight Conference and the Daily Herald All Area Team.

Girls Gymnastics - The team was a sectional qualifier and Jessica Lewis qualified to compete at State in the Floor exercise.

Congratulations to the LP Chess Team!  The entire team qualified for State and Aaron Boyer placed 2nd at Board 3 with six wins and one tie.  Lake Park placed 42nd out of 138 schools.  Any student interested in playing on the Chess Team can contact Phil Groark or Bob Wozniak.  Meetings are held each Monday after school in room 175 at East Campus.

On February 18 and 19, Adam Zeitoun represented the Lake Park High School Speech Team at the State Individual Events Competition where he placed 9th for Dramatic Interpretation for Speech.  Adam, a two-year member of the team, earned his place at State after finishing second at the Sectional competition in Dramatic Interpretation.  This event requires the competitor to perform an eight minute scene from a play.  Adam chose an emotionally charged monologue from "The Woodsman".  Kirstie McHugh and Adam also placed in the Regional competition for their Dramatic Duet Acting.

The math team competed in the North Suburban Math League conference finals this week at Evanston High School. Based on their performance throughout the school year, the seniors placed first overall in their division. The senior mathletes included: Fumin Dang, Barbara Blachut, Dwani Patel, Robbie Webber, and Dan Hirsbrunner who earned a perfect paper last night. Additionally, Robbie Webber placed 3rd overall in the division in the Oral Presentation category. Finally, Dan Hirsbrunner won the prestigious John Benson Mathematics Award that is awarded only to 2 students in the entire 55 school conference who show an exemplary love of mathematics and passion to share his enthusiasm and knowledge with others. Congratulations Dan and the rest of the mathletes!  They are coached by LP teachers Bill Roloff, Evelyn Nelson, Candice Sagliano, and Ashley Castellanos. Thank you to retired LP teachers Diane Semro and Barb Smith who volunteer their time to coach the team as well.

Twenty of our students have qualified for the ICTM State Finals which will be held on Saturday, April 30th at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Congratulations to these students as they move towards the state competition: 
 
Individual Events:
Algebra Written - Gordy Zak
Algebra II Written - Jeff Chan, Zachary Gross
Pre-Calculus Written  - Barbara Blachut, Fumin Dang, Daniel Hirsbrunner, Hannah Hoffmann, Dwani Patel, Robbie Weber
 
Team Events:
Frosh-Soph 8 Person Team - Jordan DeClerk, Jeremy Carter, Alyssa Perez, Jakub Jesusek, Alex Pinter, Gordy Zak, Dobril Ilivanov, Gustavo Contreras
Junior-Senior 8 Person Team - Jeff Chan, Zachary Gross, Mark Hirsbrunner, Chris Lorenz, Barbara Blachut, Daniel Hirsbrunner, Dwani Patel, Robbie Weber
Calculator Team - Vassil Mladenov, Mark Hirsbrunner, Alex Merza, Daniel Hirsbrunner

Something as simple as saving the tabs from your can of pop can make a tremendous difference for families of seriously ill children.  HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) is sponsoring the third annual pop tab collection drive through Monday, March 21.  Collect them at home and have your WC student bring them to their first hour class.  The class with the highest percentage collected per student will win a Panera breakfast on March 24.  Last year, Lake Park collected nearly 181,000 pop tabs (for a cumulative total of 321,000 over the past two years).  We hope to eventually reach the "Thanks a Million Club". 

The pop tabs are recycled and all proceeds go towards the Ronald McDonald House at Loyola Medical Center.  Ronald McDonald Houses provide a home-away-from-home for families of seriously ill children receiving treatment at nearby hospitals and are located in over 30 countries. 

Lake Park's Physical Education department will sponsor their annual Hoops for Heart fundraiser on Friday, March 25.  The students will be joining the fight against heart disease and stroke, America's number 1 and number 3 killers, by collecting funds for research and education.  The annual event features a basketball tournament which encourage students' heart health.  Students can support Hoops For Heart by playing in or watching the tournament, buying drawing tickets to win a variety of items, or buying a smoothie created by our culinary students.  If you'd like to support Hoops For Heart by making a donation, please click here.

March is National Nutrition Month and this year's theme is "Eat Right With Color".  Patrick Thompson, Sodexo Food Service Director at LP, stressed that point in special "lunch and learn sessions" at both campuses.  Sodexo staff worked with students by showing samples of "healthy" vs. "not so healthy" breakfast and lunch meal trays.  Above, Sodexo dietetic intern Mital Pandya talks to McKinley Pendergrass and Cory Lair about good food choices.  Since McKinley is a vegetarian, Mital showed her a food pyramid designed especially for vegetarians.  To find the pyramid that's right for your personal path to good health, click here.

  

This month, Market Day introduces three new items.  Now you can prepare you own ice coffee. Try our NEW Caramel Latte Ice Coffee Mix . Mix with milk and serve over ice or blend with ice as a frozen drink.  Health eating is easy to do with our NEW Haddock Fillets.  For a quick  snack try our NEW Asian Style No Bonz Chicken bowl.

In March, Market Day has some great special offers.
With a $40 purchase you get a FREE Salt For All Seasonings
With a $90 purchase you get a FREE Pork Tenderloin  just enter promo code:  MARBONUS

March is the second month to qualify for our Freequent Buyer Program.  Make two purchases of $40 between February and April .  Then place a third order of $40 in May  to receive a FREE 3 Drawer Storage Cube at your May sale pickup.

New customer offer - Save $5 on your purchase of $25 - enter promo code NEWFIVE during on-line checkout.

There are several ways to order Market Day products.  Return completed order form to either Lake Park campus.  Go online to www.marketday.com and enter account # 11062.  Call Market Day at 877-632-7735.  Have a problem with pick up contact,    Maria Roberti at  robertihouse@sbcglobal.net or call 630-893-2139. 
Orders can be placed on the internet up to 11:00pm the Saturday before our pickup date.  Pick up your order at West Campus cafeteria from 5pm to 6pm on March 23rd.  Profit from Market Day sales help support the LPPE and All Lake Park Band programs. We appreciate your support and we're looking forward to seeing you at our Market Day Sale!

Last week was National School Counseling Week and in honor of that, we'd like to highlight the mission of the department and our professional staff members who work with your students.  The mission of the LPHS Counseling department is to prepare all students academically and socially to contribute at the highest levels as productive members of society, through a partnership of empowered students, educators, parents or guardians, and the community responsible for the learning process. 

Beth Bazukas:
BA in Secondary Education in English, minor in Spanish-NIU
MS Ed in Counseling-NIU
MA in School Leadership-Concordia completing in May 
"I started my career in education as an English and Spanish teacher at St. Laurence High School in Burbank, IL.  Before coming to Lake Park, I was a counselor at West Chicago High School and worked mostly with ELL and Special Education students.  As a counselor, I still consider myself to be a teacher, and I really enjoy the fact that I get to teach students such a wide variety of things, from emotional resilience to how to conduct a college search."

Gary Campana:
BS Education-Drake University
MS Counseling-Drake University
MS Administration-NIU
Taught Physical Ed & Health and coached football at high school and college levels.
"I like the variety of challenges and the ability to work with kids on an individual level."

Tim Czuba:
BA in History, minor in Sociology-DePaul University
MS school counseling-Lewis University
MS in Liberal Studies-North Central College completing in June
"I taught Social Studies at Burlington Central High School for five years before becoming a counselor.  I have been at Lake Park for the past ten years.  The thing I like best about being a counselor is the pleasure of working with my fellow East Campus counselors.  We make a great team!"
 
Eliza Freedman:
BA in Journalism and English-Indiana University
MS Ed in School Counseling-Loyola University Chicago,
MA in School Leadership-Concordia completing in May
"The best part about my job is the interactions I have with students, parents and staff community at Lake Park.  I love the fact that every day is completely different from the next.  Whether I am working with a student on their college application, helping a student through a crisis at home or contacting parents about their student's social/emotional health, I am able to help and advise throughout these circumstances."        
                                                                               
Chris Fruehling:
BA in Economics and Minor in Bus. Admin., Eastern Illinois
MS Ed School Counseling, Eastern Illinois
Teacher Certification - Physical Education
"I was fortunate to start at Lake Park straight out of graduate school.  What I like best being a counselor is that I have the opportunity to help students each day and that no two days are ever the same."

Patrice Lovelace:
MA in Business Communications NIU
MS Ed in Counseling from National Louis
"I worked in the business world at Motorola for five years before becoming a counselor. I did my counseling internship at Lake Park and was very fortunate to be offered a position at Lake Park as a counselor.  I love working with students and being able to help them navigate through their high school career, helping them any way I can."

  

East Campus counselors will host Sophomore Parent Night on Wednesday, March 23 at 7 pm.  This event will include EXPLORE-PLAN-ACT information, as well as a presentation from a DePaul University Admissions representative who will discuss how to prepare for college.  If you are the parent of a sophomore, please plan to attend this important evening.

Need a job? Want to improve your job searching skills?  Come to KidsMatter's 2011 Student Job Fair which will be held Wednesday, March 23 from 5:00 to 7:30 pm at Merner Field House on the North Central College Campus.

This event is free to all students.  Although the KidsMatter Job Fair generally targets youth age 16+, there are limited opportunities for 14 and 15 year olds.  Information concerning work permits will be available at the Fair.