Mr.Madel is a 5th grade social studies teacher at South Loop School. It is his second year at South Loop, but his 14th year teaching overall. One of the biggest projects he does is History Fair. History Fair is “an opportunity for students to showcase stuff in history,” Mr. Madel said. Students have to follow...

Congratulations to South Loop’s Science Olympiad Team! On Saturday February 8th, the team competed at Westinghouse High School in the Science Olympiad Invitational.  During a long day of competing in both written and build events, South Loop showed off their scientific and engineering skills.  This year, South loop competed against 13 other middle school teams and...

Fifth Grade student, Sinan Abuzayd is advancing to the Citywide Spelling Bee on March 12!  His online spelling test score qualified him for the bee! This will be his 2nd year at the Citywide bee.  Last year, he came in 3rd place out of all CPS schools.  If you see Sinan, congratulate him and wish him...

By Anabelle J. and Flora S., 5th grade We interviewed Ms. Heneghan, the 5th grade science teacher, about Fuse, which a lot of us have been doing in science class. It’s a fun way to learn because you get to play games and build things, instead of just learning from a book or screen. Here...