Wednesday’s Varsity Results
Girls Wrestling
Stevenson at Batavia Triangular: In the first-ever all-girls dual matches in school history, the Patriots went 11-4 in Batavia in two matches. Defending state champion Sara Sulejmani, a junior, won both of her matches. Also going 2-0 on the night were junior Heather Campos, sophomore Izabella Moszkowicz and freshman Sammie Goldstein. Sophomore Monika Ladavicius went 2-3 and junior Corianna Jensen was 1-1.
Boys Bowling
Stevenson 3,818, New Trier 3,564: Five Patriots broke the 600-series mark as SHS improved to 8-1 with the victory at Fairhaven Lanes in Mundelein. Each team used six bowlers in all three games, rather than the usual five. Juniors Ryan Grabiner and Nicholas Sternes led the way with 662 and 659 series, respectively. Ryan rolled the highest game for the Pats, a 279, while Nicholas had a top effort of 248. Junior Joey Gluck shot a 650 (255), freshman Ender Starr had a 641 (235) and junior Josh Lerner added a 638 (225).
Girls Gymnastics
Stevenson 140.0 Lake Forest 135.4: Senior Emily Weinstein won the all-around competition and two individual events for the visiting Patriots. Emily captured the vault (9.3) and uneven bars (9.2) en route to posting an all-around score of 36.20. She also was runner-up on floor exercise (9.1) and tied for third on balance beam (8.6). Freshman Ashley Schabes was second in the all-around (34.95), and also placed second on balance beam (8.8) and uneven bars (8.75). Junior Jessica Maher was third in vault (9.0) and classmate Ainslee Cutler placed third on uneven bars (8.65). – Official Results
Girls Bowling
Lake Zurich 2,437, Stevenson 2,102: Junior Esther Lee led the Patriots with a 482 series at Fairhaven Lanes in Mundelein. She had a high game of 179. Junior Kelly Radelet rolled the best game of the day for Stevenson, a 205, en route to a 451 series. Senior Noa Givati added a 431 series that included a high game of 176.
Girls Basketball
Libertyville 57, Stevenson 54: The visiting Wildcats (5-4, 2-1) erased a 17-point deficit in the fourth quarter to upend the Patriots (7-3, 1-2) in the Sports Center. Senior Avery King and sophomore Simone Sawyer led SHS with 21 and 18 points, respectively. – Daily Herald, NFHS Network replay (subscription required)
STUDENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Students Can Update iPads to iOS 13.3
Students can update their SHS iPad to iOS 13.3 to take advantage of the latest Apple security updates released Monday. Click here to learn more about the updates. If you have questions, stop by the SMARTdesk in the Link Lab.
Celebrate Lost and Found Day on Friday
Did you know that Friday, Dec. 13 is Lost and Found Day? What better way to celebrate than stopping by one of the lost-and-found areas to look for your lost lunch bag, sweatshirt or some other item of importance! Lost-and-found items are placed in Room 2416 in the West Building, and in Room 5024 (in the Field House lobby) in the East Building.
COLLEGE
Interested seniors can apply for the 2020 HEAR (Health Education And Relief) Scholarship program. Applicants must have an unweighted GPA at or above 3.0, an ACT score of 22 or higher or SAT at or above 1,110, demonstrated financial need, excellent character, impeccable work ethic, and a commitment to service. Applicants must intend to enroll in a four-year college in 2020 and must be a U.S. citizen. Students can learn more about the scholarship at: www.hearfoundation.org. The application deadline is Friday, Jan. 31.
ILLINOIS EDUCATION NEWS
Since mid-May, DCFS has opened a total of 21 abuse investigations involving students at Gages Lake School, which serves young children in suburban Lake County with behavioral and emotional disabilities. Citing evidence from surveillance video, agency reports describe workers grabbing children by the wrists, shoving them into walls and throwing them to the ground in a cluster of seclusion spaces — some with lockable doors, others open — that the school calls “the office.”
As a candidate, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot promised to revisit school funding and to consult the public about how to do that. Now she appears ready to fulfill her promise. According to her office, by the 2021-22 school year, Chicago could shift how it hands out funds to schools.
NATIONAL EDUCATION NEWS
When the Every Student Succeeds Act became law four years ago, it was hailed as a bipartisan example of reasoned policymaking, successfully threading the needle between protecting students’ civil rights and giving states a greater hand in overseeing schools. Though the bipartisan sheen has long since worn off, an important, and deceptively simple question remains: Is ESSA working? As with so many large-scale federal policies, the answer, well, depends.
A Georgia Southern freshman promoted white supremacist ideology in a class presentation, on the heels of a book-burning protest by some white students weeks earlier. The university says the presentation falls within his free speech rights. Now students of color say they feel unsafe because of his protected speech.
A consulting service for international students seeking to attend elite American universities, Crimson Education, is touted by its co-founder as a booming success. The company says it has grown in value to $260 million and employs thousands of tutors to help its international clientele and U.S. students as well. But as Crimson Education’s fortunes have grown, critics have questioned the quality of tutoring it provides.
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