Upper School:
The US Scholastic Bowl team came in 2nd in the 2A Masonic Academic Bowl State series and won the 2A IHSA Sectional tournament to advance to State for the first time in the 2A division on March 16. Ana P. '18 was 2nd team all Sectional.
The US Robotics Team was the captain of the winning alliance (which included Francis Parker) that won the Chicago League Championships on February 10. They then competed in the Illinois State Championships that took place in Elgin on February 24.
Middle School:
Congrats to our Chicago Regional Spelling Bee champ Jaden F. '24! His winning word was "recidivist." He will compete at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. in May.
On March 10, the MS Science Olympiad Team attended the Regional competition at the College of Lake County. The team consisted of one varsity and two junior varsity teams, a total of 45 students. JV #1 came home with 11 medals and JV #2 (mostly first-time competitors) placed in the top five spots in five events. The Varsity team came home with 19 medals, four of which were 1st place. Due to the impressive performance of the Varsity team, they placed 3rd at the competition overall and have won a bid to the State competition. This will be held at the University of Illinois on Saturday, April 20.
The MS Robotics team came in first in the Skinner North Regional in December. They went to State in January and did not place but are looking forward to next year!
Ryan R. '23 qualified to compete at the National Geographic State Geography Bee competition that will be held at Illinois State University on Friday, April 6. Good luck, Ryan!
On January 27, Latin hosted its 19th annual middle school mathematics contest, "Mathletes Convene in 2018." There were 330 students from 17 schools who competed in an individual round and a team round. Three of Latin's teams earned awards. The 6th grade team, "Number Ninjas", captured 4th place out of 21 teams. In 7th grade, "Graphic Content" finished in 2nd place, competing against 19 other teams. The 8th grade team, "Pi thon", captured 4th place out of 22 teams.
Lower School:
Rohin S. '27 took 5th place at the Regional Spelling Bee. Rohin will find out later this month if he is eligible to compete at the National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. at the end of May. Rohin says he decided to do the spelling bee because the lower school has so many fun things to try.
This past weekend first grader, Ryan Z. '29 won 1st place in the K-1 group at the 2018 Illinois State Chess Championship. Ryan had a perfect performance winning seven out of seven games. Ryan started playing chess in JK (he thinks). He says, "It's fun and challenging."
Theodore T. '26 placed 5th among 4,940 fourth graders and Austen W. '27 placed 8th out of 4,588 third graders nationwide in the Math Kangaroo 2018 competition. It is a 75-minute exam and the largest international math competition with over six million participants in grades 1-12 from over 50 countries.
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