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New STEM Program at Lake View High School Continues to Drive Optimism
Enthusiasm and optimism for the future is growing among Lake View High School leadership as the school plans to add five new laboratory study rooms by the beginning of next school year, expanding its new early college Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) program. At a Local School Council meeting Wednesday night, Principal Dr. Lilith Werner announced Read the Rest…
Lake View LSC Candidate Forum: Making Connections With Community
“I’m floored by the number of community members who’ve come out,” said Matthew Fasana, teacher candidate for LSC at Lake View High School, 4015 N. Ashland Ave. Where most schools struggle to draw community LSC candidates, Lake View boasts a dozen competitors for just two positions. Nearly all were on hand to stump for votes Read the Rest…
Outgoing LSCs Could Determine Incoming Principals
On Tuesday, April 10, Amundsen High School‘s Local School Council will meet in a closed door session to begin the search for a new principal, following the announcement in March that Carlos Munoz will retire at the end of the school year. With LSC elections just a week away, the timing of the Amundsen conclave Read the Rest…
Lake View’s STEM Program: Looking for Pioneers
As the excitement settled following last week’s announcement of Lake View High School, 4015 N. Ashland Ave., as one of five newly-designated STEM schools, questions began to surface. How does my student apply? What’s the curriculum? Will my kid be high school for six years? These and a host of other issues were raised and Read the Rest…
Lake View High School Opens Doors to Woo Elementary Parents
Dr. Lilith Werner, Lake View High School‘s first-year principal, welcomed a group of elementary school parents to an open house held Tuesday night: “My one goal is that you walk away from tonight saying, ‘Yeah, Lake View is a viable option for my child.’” A modest goal, but one that would represent a major victory Read the Rest…
Jahn Elementary Leadership Touts New Programs And New Energy
In recent years Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Elementary School, 3149 N. Wolcott Ave., has lacked the same visibility and community passion of Roscoe Village neighbors Bell and Audubon Elementaries. Some would say that it’s for good reason, since Bell and Audubon Schools are ranked by the Chicago Public School system as as “Excellent Standing” schools with above Read the Rest…
Meet Lake View High School’s New Principal
Dr. Lilith Werner is Lake View High School’s first new principal in three decades and she’s got her work cut out for her. Before the school year gets rolling, Roscoe View Journal has her first sit-down interview.
Meet Lake View High School’s New Principal
With her cropped pants and sandals, tousled red hair and Starbucks cup at her side, it would be easy to mistake Dr. Lilith Werner for the student teacher she once was, rather than the administrator she now is. But during a wide-ranging conversation about the state of education, both in Chicago and nationwide, it quickly Read the Rest…
Lane Tech Makes Newsweek’s List of Best High Schools
Newsweek named Lane Tech one of the top high schools in the country. Credit: Patty Wetli. Newsweek’s annual ranking of America’s Best High Schools included a handful of Chicago public schools among the top 500. Northside College Prep, 5501 N. Kedzie Ave., came in at #24, Lane Tech, 2501 W. Addison St., at #216 and Lincoln Park Read the Rest…
