Congratulations to the 10 Skinner West 3rd grade students were chosen to compete among 350 students. Isabella R - Cat Ear Cleaner 3000 Shlok S - Home Plant Saver oshua Mu - Trapdoor Road Dilan J - Recess Mud Guards Sonya T - Bring It! App Lucy K - Hallway Helper Kayleigh L - Astro Bow Joy C - Go Goal Kalista R - Bunk Book Holder Aiden R - Picker 3000 On Saturday April 6th, the citywide Invention Convention was held. The following students won prizes. Honorable Mention: Kayleigh L. Shlok S. Kalista R. 3rd Place Sonya T. 2nd Place Lucy K. Sonya T. and Lucy K. were invited to attend the National Invention Convention as a part of the top vote recipients overall.
Congratulations to the 10 Skinner West 3rd grade students were chosen to compete among 350 students.
Isabella R - Cat Ear Cleaner 3000
Shlok S - Home Plant Saver
oshua Mu - Trapdoor Road
Dilan J - Recess Mud Guards
Sonya T - Bring It! App
Lucy K - Hallway Helper
Kayleigh L - Astro Bow
Joy C - Go Goal Kalista R - Bunk Book Holder
Aiden R - Picker 3000
On Saturday April 6th, the citywide Invention Convention was held. The following students won prizes. Honorable Mention:
Kayleigh L.
Shlok S.
Kalista R. 3rd Place
Sonya T. 2nd Place
Lucy K. Sonya T. and Lucy K. were invited to attend the National Invention Convention as a part of the top vote recipients overall.
On Sunday, February 24th, 2019 Skinner Superstars and Families welcomed Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Alderman Walter Burnett at the Grand Opening Ceremony of our new Annex. The four-story annex has provided Skinner with the much needed twenty-two new classrooms.
Over the 2018 holiday season, CNA presented Skinner with a $40,000 check in celebration of 40 years of partnership with our Superstars! Mrs. Clark has approval to use half of those funds to purchase brand new computers for our new computer lab in the annex. The primary chorus students sang holiday songs and enjoyed a holiday lunch after their performance.
...participated in the Chicago Middle School Debate League Tournament Five the 2018-2019 season on Saturday, March 9. The overall topic for the year is: 'Immigration', and the cases being debated at this Tournament were 'H-1B Visas and 'Open Borders'. Over 300 debaters across 90 teams from 31 schools competed at the tournament, but the students did a great job against some tough competition and won the awards listed below. Some highlights we would especially like to point out are: 1) Of the 16 teams that are moving on to the State Tournament, Skinner West is sending 8 of them, as many as the rest of the entire CMSDL combined. 2) Skinner West won 35% of all possible awards at the tournament (26 out of 74). Novice: Individual Winners: 4th- Mary Y 5th- Isabelle G 7th- Arhan G 9th- Rebecca B 11th- Darian K 13th- Aadi K 15th - Sophie M 17th - Jonathan C 20th - Amber P Team Winners: 2nd-Mary Y. and Rebecca B 3rd- Darian K. and Arhan G. 4th-Isabella G and Sirrena J 5th-Maya S. and Ashna S. 6th-Barry G. and Gabriel K 7th- Jonathan C. and JunHui G. JV: Individual Winners 1st - Anna S. 2nd-Sunshine P. 3rd-Nikita A. 6th-Max B. 14th-Trey T. 20th-Katelyn L. Team Winners 2nd-Sunshine P. and Trey T. 4th -Nikita A. and Anna S. Varsity: Individual Winners 8th-Jake L. Team Winners 5th-Jake L. and Alex G. 8th-Jenny C. and Nicole B.
...participated in the Chicago Middle School Debate League Tournament Five the 2018-2019 season on Saturday, March 9. The overall topic for the year is: 'Immigration', and the cases being debated at this Tournament were 'H-1B Visas and 'Open Borders'. Over 300 debaters across 90 teams from 31 schools competed at the tournament, but the students did a great job against some tough competition and won the awards listed below. Some highlights we would especially like to point out are: 1) Of the 16 teams that are moving on to the State Tournament, Skinner West is sending 8 of them, as many as the rest of the entire CMSDL combined. 2) Skinner West won 35% of all possible awards at the tournament (26 out of 74).
Novice:
Individual Winners:
4th- Mary Y
5th- Isabelle G
7th- Arhan G
9th- Rebecca B
11th- Darian K
13th- Aadi K
15th - Sophie M
17th - Jonathan C
20th - Amber P
Team Winners:
2nd-Mary Y. and Rebecca B
3rd- Darian K. and Arhan G.
4th-Isabella G and Sirrena J
5th-Maya S. and Ashna S.
6th-Barry G. and Gabriel K
7th- Jonathan C. and JunHui G.
JV:
Individual Winners
1st - Anna S.
2nd-Sunshine P.
3rd-Nikita A.
6th-Max B.
14th-Trey T.
20th-Katelyn L.
Team Winners
2nd-Sunshine P. and Trey T.
4th -Nikita A. and Anna S.
Varsity:
8th-Jake L.
5th-Jake L. and Alex G.
8th-Jenny C. and Nicole B.
We're proud to have been selected as one of the inaugural independent schools selected as part of the Independent school principal program. CPS will allow experienced, high-performing principals to run their schools with less oversight from Central Office and greater flexibility to innovate.
Skinner West is ranked as a Top 10 school in Illinois! Skinner West ranked 7th among 2,202 elementary schools in Illinois and 1,430 middle schools in Illinois, with 99.2% of Skinner West students meeting or exceeding state standards! The rankings are based on the Sun-Times' analysis of state achievement test data, and reflects the average scores of students within each school. Congratulations to Skinner West's students, faculty, administration, and parents for Skinner West's continued success.