By Owen L., 4th grade This year the Chicago Chess Foundation accepted South Loop Elementary School into their Rook, Rattle & Roll program. They gave the school chess sets and Coach Isaac to help teach. Coach Isaac is very smaaaaart. He is in college at Illinois Institute of Technology studying computer engineering. The first chess...Read More
Congratulations to the debate team for a great job at last Saturday’s Conference Championship! Here are the results:Varsity: Miles Reeves and Zach Ziegler – First Place TeamGrace Bauer and Becky Chan – Fourth Place Team Miles Reeves – 1st Place SpeakerZach Ziegler – 2nd Place Speaker Becky Chan – 8th Place Speaker Junior Varsity:Maya Agrawal and Kya Somers – 7th Place Team Maya Agrawal –...Read More
On Saturday, January 19th the South Loop Chess team weathered the snow storm and 5 rounds of chess with other students from the Chicago land area. The kids demonstrated great sportsmanship and the ability to have fun while competing!**K-2 grade placed 8th overall out of 21 schools****3-4 grade placed 6th overall out of 23 schools**Our...Read More
After the chess enrichment one day, Owen asked if he can join the upcoming chess tournament. I knew he enjoyed chess but was surprised he was interested in competing. I registered him for the free Chicago Chess Foundation tournament held on December 1, which they host monthly throughout the city. Three other friends from the...Read More
