Take Flight 🦅

.. At the Brain Fair, that is! On Saturday, November 2nd, Principia (West Leyden's Science Olympiad) attended the annual event hosted by Northwestern University’s Brain Awareness Outreach program. The fair took place at the Lurie Medical Research Center in downtown Chicago. Students learned about the field of neuroscience by engaging in hands-on activities and attending a graduate student panel. We THINK that a good time was had by all!

On Sunday, November 3rd, Leyden's students were there en masse to show their support! 215 members of East Key Club, East and West Service Clubs, East HOSA, East NHS, and East SHS cheered on the runners and passed out chocolate and water. The group was assigned an entire first aid station which was almost two blocks long. They cleaned up in record time, and the volunteer coordinators were so impressed with the group. It was a really successful day!

World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” – officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11th, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.”

Veterans Day continues to be observed on November 11th, regardless of what day of the week on which it falls. The restoration of the observance of Veterans Day to November 11th not only preserves the historical significance of the date, but helps focus attention on the important purpose of Veterans Day: A celebration to honor America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.

https://department.va.gov/veterans-day/history-of-veterans-day/

On Thursday, November 7th, Leyden honored veterans everywhere by performing its annual Veterans Concert at East Leyden. Leyden Bands, Choirs, Orchestra, and Color Guard came together to celebrate all who served our country in the military.

The West Suburban Conference Leadership Team is comprised of upperclassmen nominated by faculty/staff for exhibiting leadership potential and/or skills. The club allows these students to further develop their leadership abilities while using their voice to initiate positive changes at Leyden.

Congrats to the following sophomores and juniors selected to be on this year's West Leyden WSC Leadership Team: Michelle Abeja, Josh Armedilla, Aaron Barbosa, Valeria Barbosa, Elise Bertsche, Olivia Casper, Inel Chavez Ramos, Julian Cisneros, Ailene Clunie, Mohamed El-hindi, Rain Goucher, Jonathan Guerrero, Leila Herrera, Rogelio Herrera Reyes, Ximena Magana, Lizeth Montiel Romero, Reyna Morales, Andrea Prado, Nataly Salgado, Ivan Saucedo, Tavey Tran, and Molly Turacek.

Leyden's "Strive for 95" campaign offers a lot of cool prizes for students who strive to maintain 90% or higher attendance:

• Monthly raffles to win Leyden clothing, free Prom tickets, Stanley drinking cups, Javaccino dollars, pizza parties for you & your friends, and much more.

For those soaring eagles who maintain 95% or higher attendance:

• $20 off Prom tickets (juniors & seniors only)

Click on the image above 👆 for more information!

We Are... Awards nominees can qualify to receive Javaccino (students) / Gold and Bold Café (staff members) gift cards. In addition, students may be recognized at Student of the Month breakfasts and staff members may be recognized at staff meetings.

To nominate a student or staff member, you need to fill out this We Are... Awards Google Form.