February 24, 2017 - Argonne Regional Competition

2nd Place & Creative Spark Award

February 26, 2016 - Argonne Regional Competition

3rd Place. 

May 31, 2014 - BSA Discovery Outpost at Woodfield Mall

HEHS PLTW students created a new machine to cut the ribbon at the Grand Opening of the Boy Scouts of America Discovery Outpost. 

Click Here for pictures and a video clip from the Daily Herald.

 

March 2013 - Congratulations to Team 1!

 

February 21, 2014 - Argonne Regional Competition

Click Here for Sun Times video footage from the 2014 competition.

Click Here for an article in the Sun Times.

Click Here for pictures by the Sun Times.

Click Here for an article in Groupon.

November 15, 2013 - District 211 Annual Report

Team 1 included on Page 52 of the 2012-2013 D211 Annual Report

Click Here for the report.

June 17 through July 15, 2013 - Harold Washington Library

This machine was on display in the Grand Lobby of the Harold Washington Library from June 17 through July 15, 2013 to help promote the Chicago Public Library summer initiative "Full STEAM Ahead."

Thanks to John Reeves, Peter Fritz, Samantha Acosta, Jessica Brooks, Adam Long, Gregg Lugo, Will Herbert and Yazmin Nuñez for helping to inspire the library patrons.

Click here for the CPL tumblr page

April 11, 2013 - D211 Board of Education Meeting

April 11, 2013 - Argonne Tour and Awards Presentation

Trophy presented by Dr. Eric D. Isaacs - Director, Argonne National Laboratory

March 16, 2013 - High School National Competition

Hosted by STEM Forward at Waukesha County Technical College

2nd Place

&

Best Construction

Team 1 is the first team in the 18 year history of the Argonne Regional Contest to medal at the National Competition!

Click here for the STEM Forward website and additional pictures.

March 11, 2013 - Argonne Regional Competition

Hosted by Argonne National Laboratory

1st Place

&

People's Choice

Click here for the Argonne Press Release and additional pictures.

More Links:

Argonne Pictures from 2013

Argonne Article Cross-Posted at Department of Energy Website 2013

Department of Energy Photo of the Week (Team 2) 2013

Article in the D211 Post 2013

Same Article in the Daily Herald 2013

Daily Herald Article from 2011

Sun Times Pictures from 2011

Rube Goldberg - Scroll down for College and High School Results (as of May 2013)

2015-2016 Task - Open an Umbrella

Jill Prigge, Team Leader, Spokesperson - Junior

Megan Amato - Junior

Harpreet Auby - Junior

Erin Johnson - Sophomore

Radhay Patel - Senior

Allison Schrader - Sophomore

Jasemin Sertesen - Sophomore

Miraj Shah - Junior

Meghan Sutalski - Junior

Dillon Vadgama - Senior

Hana Wakefield - Sophomore

2014-2015 Task - Erase a Chalkboard

Dillon Vadgama, Team Leader - Junior

Laura Turf, Team Leader - Senior

Megan Amato - Sophomore

Harpreet Auby - Sophomore

Geoffrey Golly - Sophomore

Fuka Jimma - Sophomore

Jill Prigge - Sophomore

Miraj Shah - Sophomore

Meghan Sutalski - Sophomore

Alan Zapinski - Sophomore

2014 BSA Grand Opening - Cut a Ribbon

Megan Amato - Freshman

Lars Gavris - Junior

Geoffrey Golly - Freshman

Gregg Lugo - Senior

Nandini Patel - Freshman

Miraj Shah - Freshman

Meghan Sutalski - Freshman

Laura Turf - Junior

Dillon Vadgama - Sophomore

2013-2014 Task - Zip a Zipper

Team 1

Samantha Acosta, Art Director & Team Leader - Senior

Yazmin Nuñez, Team Leader - Junior

Jessica Brooks - Senior

Peter Fritz - Sophomore

Emilio Guzman - Senior

Will Herbert - Junior

Gregg Lugo - Senior

Eduardo Patino - Senior

Team 2

Zak Notzen, Team Leader - Senior

Dillon Vadgama, Team Leader - Sophomore

CJ Dimacali - Sophomore

Shreyas Gandlur - Sophomore

Zak Notzen - Senior

Ram Perianan - Sophomore

Adil Shedbalkar - Sophomore

Grace Wilkins - Sophomore

2012-2013 Task - Hammer a Nail

Team 1

Adam Long, Team Leader - Senior

John Reeves, Team Leader - Senior

Samantha Acosta, Art Director - Junior

Jessica Brooks, Spokesperson - Junior

Gregg Lugo - Junior

Yazmin Nuñez - Sophomore

Team 2

Eduardo Patino, Team Leader - Junior

Will Herbert, Spokesperson - Sophomore

Peter Fritz - Freshman

Emilio Guzman - Junior

Rima Homsi - Sophomore

Luke Iehl - Senior

Nicole Srb - Sophomore

2011-2012 Task - Inflate a Balloon and Pop It!

Adam Long, Team Leader - Junior

Haley Worman, Team Leader - Senior

Ari Divizio, Spokesperson - Senior

Samantha Acosta - Sophomore

Melanie Bliudzius - Freshman

Jessica Brooks - Sophomore

Brian Hagen - Senior

Stephanie Lynn - Senior

Danny Lyons - Junior

Yazmin Nuñez - Freshman

John Reeves - Junior

Jamie Vadgama - Senior

2010-2011 Task - Watering a Plant

Haley Worman, Spokesperson - Junior

Alana Bliudzius - Junior

Weston Bruemmer - Senior

Ari Divizio - Junior

Brian Hagen - Junior

Adam Long - Sophomore

Danny Lyons - Sophomore

Andrew Ruthe - Senior

Alex Swartzell - Senior

Justin Wiewora - Junior

2009-2010 Task - Dispense an Appropriate Amount of Hand Sanitizer Into a Hand

Michael Gascon, Team Leader- Senior

Ari Divizio, Spokesperson - Sophomore

Alana Bliudzius - Sophomore

Zach Demmon - Senior

Bimal Dholakia - Senior

Zain Khan - Senior

Josh Pearson - Junior

Andrew Ruthe - Junior

Parth Soni - Junior

Haley Worman - Sophomore

Grace Watkins - Senior

Thanks to

Mr. Josh Schumacher, Assistant Principal (2014-2016), Principal

Mr. Dan Andersen, Assistant Principal

Mr. David Ligman, Applied Tech Department Chair

Mr. James Britton, Assistant Principal (2009-2010), Principal (2010-2016)

Ms. Brigid Tileston, Assistant Principal (2012-2015)

Mr. Allan Hausfeld, Applied Tech Department Chair (2009-2012)

Mr. Russell Cumings, Assistant Principal (2010-2014)

The Rube Goldberg Team Parents

HEHS Maintenance Department

D211 Transportation Department

Special Thanks to the following for their donations of time, food, transportation, etc...

The Prigge Family (2016)

The Amato Family (2015)

The Shah Family (2015)

The Vadgama Family (2015)

Ari Divizio, Adam Long & John Reeves (2014)

The Brooks Family (2014)

The Fritz Family (2014)

The Guzman Family (2013-2014)

The Herbert Family (2013-2014)

The Dimacali Family (2014)

The Reeves Family (2012-2013)

The Divizio Family (2010-2012)

The Bliudzius Family (2010-2012)

The Lyons Family (2011-2012)

The Gascon Family (2010)

Argonne National Laboratory (2010-2016)

Northrop Grumman (2013, 2016)

The Home Depot - Schaumburg (2012-2013)

Chicago Public Library Foundation (2013)

Jim Nicolaisen (2011-2016)

Greg Scholl (2012-2013)

Joe Kleitsch (2014-2016)

For more information contact Mr. Oras

Updated July 2016