South Loop Elementary Blog

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 –...

By Will S., 4th grade Have you walked or driven by the new school yet? It’s looking really good! The outside looks almost done and the inside looks like it’s coming along quickly. The brick varies from black to white to blue. It looks like one of the biggest elementary schools in Chicago! If you...

South Loop’s 6th Grade ELA teacher, Mr. Rocha is a finalist for UIC’s Rising Scholar Award. This is Mr. Rocha’s 3rd year teaching at South Loop, in addition to his year as Mr. Coppola’s student teacher. Please consider taking a moment to vote for him by visiting the link below. You will have to vote for others nominated for...

By Will S., 4th grade The 2019 Boosterthon is up and running! You can donate money and have your kids get awesome prizes. Those prizes include a headband, a water bottle, a glow rocket, an electric scooter and wireless headphones. I interviewed one of the Boosterthon team members. They’ve been coming to South Loop for...

South Loop graduate (Class of 2015), Andre “AJ” Reynolds just signed with the Chicago Fire Soccer Club! AJ has been with our South Loop family since Kindergarten. We watched him grow into an incredible young man and talented athlete! We are so proud of his accomplishment and cannot wait to catch him on the field!...

By Aizah, 6th grade South Loop sixth grader Theodore Morrison was one of only six kids to complete the Daytona Challenge Triathlon, which took place in December. Along with 600 adults, Theodore finished a 15-mile bike ride, a 5k run and a 900 meter swim. I asked Theodore some questions about his experience Q: How...

Written by Maya Agrawal- 6th Grade, On January 12, 2019 the South loop debate team did very well at their tournament. It took place at Lincoln Elementary school. The topic up for debate was immigration. Competing in the tournament was Phillip Melhado, Zach Smarroff, Nicholas Sue, Eleanor Wallace, Harmony, Camille, Kya Somers, Maya Agrawal, Miles...

By Laura C., South Loop parent Mr. Zettl and his advanced band members surprised shoppers and staff with a very cool pop-up performance at Mariano’s in the South Loop on Friday, Dec. 21. Camouflaged in the meat aisle, they performed holiday classics and lent a festive ambiance to people’s afternoon errands. Where might the band’s...

By Ben S., 4th grade Mr. Doyle has been a gym teacher for five years at South Loop. He likes teaching because he likes helping kids. He wants you to understand stuff more than work hard on your body parts. Mr. Doyle might seem mad when you walk during laps, but he said he is...

By T.J. and Will, 4th grade Every day, Mr. Rhodes announces a winner of South Loop’s “Catch of the Day,” a program that catches students doing kind, helpful things and rewards them with $5 gift cards to their choice of Dunkin Donuts, Subway, Starbucks or Stan’s Donuts. We went to the main office to interview...