Chippewa has participated the Futures Unlimited program through Oakton Community College for many years now. This year, despite Covid, 8th grade math teacher Lindsay Cichowicz was able to bring the program to our building for an in school field trip.

Futures Unlimited is an educational program that provides eighth-grade girls with exciting opportunities to explore diverse careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

Here are some of the activities they got to experience:

• Sessions with Maine West and East promoting courses and clubs related to STEM
  
  
• Predicting the Future with Math: analyzing and predicting using graph simulations of pandemics
  
  
• Postural Influence of Gaming, Texting, and Extended Computer Use: impacts of slouching and exercises to counteract it
  
  
• Keynote Speaker: Eugenia Cheng spoke about her accomplishments and connected math to baking and spoke about how math has given her many opportunities in life
  
  
• Electronics: Hands on activity where students connected wires to a circuit board in order to get a light to light up and a speaker to sound.
  

Donations will benefit Des Plaines residents.

Collection will take place in advisories. Due by December 3.

Maine WEST Freshman Info Night

Tuesday, November 30 at 6:30pm at Maine West High School

Maine EAST Freshman Info Night

Thursday, December 2 at 6:30pm at Maine East High School