Niles North High School had two of the top Mathematical Modeling teams in the United States in the High School Mathematics Contest in Modeling (HiMCM), an annual national math modeling competition run by the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP). Schools from the United States, as well as across the world, competed in November 2020, selecting one of two problems, and then had two weeks to construct, research, and communicate a mathematical model to solve the selected problem. Over 775 teams from around the world competed in HiMCM this year.

Team 11098 of Maddie Burroughs, Lisa Duan, Kalliope Kobotis, and Ana Vuckovic were named one of 56 Finalist Teams, placing them in the top 8% overall and one of the top 25 teams in the United States.

Team 10961 of Dominick Bogdan, Kyle Kenmotsu, Liam Perrault, and Hassam Uddin were named one of 94 Meritorious Teams, placing them in the top 20% overall and one of the top 50 teams in the United States.

You can view full results from HiMCM 2020 here.

Both Niles North teams were invited to participate in the second round of the competition, where teams from the U.S. construct, research, and communicate a mathematical model to solve the modeling problem for the International Mathematics Modeling Challenge (IMMC). This problem is not yet public, as the top two papers from the United States are selected to represent the United States in this international competition. Students are given 5 consecutive days to complete the challenge.

Niles North was one of only three schools in the United States to have multiple teams compete in this second round of this competition.

Team 10961 of Dominick Bogdan, Kyle Kenmotsu, Liam Perrault, and Hassam Uddin were named one of 4 Finalist Teams, placing them in the top 6 modeling teams in the United States.

Team 11098 of Maddie Burroughs, Lisa Duan, Kalliope Kobotis, and Ana Vuckovic were named one of 17 Successful Participant Teams, placing them in the top 25 modeling teams in the United States.

You can view full results from the United States Regional of the IMMC 2021 here.

Maddie Burroughs, Lisa Duan, Kalliope Kobotis, and Ana Vuckovic were joined by Lindsey Saxe and competed as Team 15083 in the MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge (M3C) in March 2021, an annual math modeling competition run by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Teams from across the United States were given 14 hours to construct, research, and communicate a mathematical model for this problem. Over 530 teams from across the United States competed in M3C this year.

Team 15083 was one of 35 teams awarded an Honorable Mention Team Prize, which means they were awarded $1,000 to share as a team. Team 15083 finished in the top 10% overall of the competition, and was one of the top 50 teams in the United States.

You can view full results from M3C 2021 here.

Congratulations to these students on their amazing results and all of their hard work!

Forty-three students in Julie Lear’s Niles North Family and Consumer Sciences courses have earned the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Level 1 Credential and Dual Credit from Oakton Community College.

Gateways Credentials are symbols of professional achievement that show knowledge, skills and experience in caring and educating for children. Credentials are awarded and recognized by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) Bureau of Child Care and Development. Some Circles of Quality in ExceleRate Illinois require Gateways Credentials and employers can use Credentials to help them in their hiring decisions. 

High School students who achieve this credential have an opportunity to participate in the Illinois Gateways Scholarship Opportunity upon graduation. North students were fortunate to continue working toward the credential through remote learning. 

The following students stayed engaged and committed to earned their Early Childhood Level 1 Gateways credential: Sarah Akbari, MayLee Ang-Henrikson, Liliana Alaj, Maia Armstrong, Aida Ataeidizaji, Jason Cabael, Chloe Delos Reyes, Hailey Holtzman, Aneeka Jain, Amreen Jalal, Angelina Jean, Jana Judi, Anna Kougias, Malory Joseph, Amar Kulic, Kendra Le, Alyssa Melegrito, Grace Min, Jazlyn Nixon, Lizie Nguy, Ariana Palmer, Shivani Parekh, Paula Posadas, Hareem, Riaz, Mallory Richter, Nicole Sanchez, Reeba Shafiq, Alexandra Sikoral, Makayla Sutton, Hafsa Syeda, Evelyn Umana, Esmeralda Vazquez , Brianna Williams, Kaia Wolfe, Michelle Zamora.

The following Niles North Early Childhood Education Level 2 Students have successfully completed the course and will receive 3 college credits for Child Growth and Development ECE 102 at Oakton Community College.  The Dual Credit earners are: Skylar Baker, Jake Gabriel Bartilad, Selma Besic, Amanda Hansen, Desyree Marin, Lesley Moreno, Amaiya Pennant, Nahomi Pineda-Benitez.

Haven’t we all missed live concerts? Join us in the Niles North Parking Lot on May 19 to hear the first & last live music concert of the school year!

Niles North presents a live concert from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 19 in the North Parking lot of the High School, 9800 North Lawler, Skokie. This concert will feature the recent DownBeat award-winning Take One, as well as senior members of Viking Strings, The Jazz Band, and all three vocal jazz ensembles, Harmonic Motion, Sound Check and Take One. This will also be the last concert for Choir Director, Dan Gregerman, who is retiring after 30 years at Niles North. 

Bring your own chair or listen from your car. There will be a rain date of Thursday, May 20.

Pictured:  Simran Mithrani, Alicia Fabella, Kamran Khan, Romesa Amiwala, Hassam Uddin, Manu Deva

Niles North DECA National Finalists and State Champions were honored at the May 4 Niles Township High School District 219 Board of Education Meeting.

DECA students Romesa Amiwala, Kamran Khan, and Hassam Uddin are ranked Top 10 in the World in this year’s International Career Development Conference (Nationals) as well as state champions for their Project Management Career Development Project in which they planned and hosted nine career development speaker panels. They are one of the Top 18 projects out of the approximately 200 qualifying projects competing at this level, in the world. Only two other schools in Illinois made it to this next level of competition with a written project which includes planning events for the past two years, writing a 20-page paper, and executing a professional presentation.

DECA sponsor Jean Attig said, “This is our first national finalist in recent memory!  These students worked incredibly hard these past two years to create a Career Development project that I knew had the chance to make it to the national stage.  They never gave up and even improved their project during remote learning and a worldwide pandemic.  Sponsor Nick Pahl, Kara Mielke, and I are so proud of them and want to thank you for your support of our students!  Fingers crossed that they bring home The DECA Glass!  Have a great day!” 

Also honored at the meeting were Illinois State Champions Alicia Fabella, Project Management Business Solutions, Manu Deva, Project Management Business Solutions, and Simran Mithani, Project Management Sales Project.  Both of these projects included a culmination of two years worth of work to improve our student-run business, DECAdent Delight, but from different points of view.  PMBS worked on improving the marketing strategies and PMSP worked on improving revenue streams.  Even in the middle of a pandemic and remote learning, they were still able to raise money for the chapter by including all NNDECA members!  

DECA is a career and technical student organization composed of more than 228,000 students who are interested in careers in marketing, entrepreneurship, finance, hospitality or management.  DECA enhances the preparation for college and careers by providing co-curricular programs that integrate into classroom instruction, apply learning, connect to business and promote competition.  DECA student members leverage their DECA experience to become academically prepared, community-oriented, professionally responsible, experienced leaders.  For more information about DECA, visit http://www.deca.org.