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Ecology Club added some common milkweed to our planting and saw that our original plants are already attracting the native pollinators! #Leydenpride

We saw a pair of bald eagles flying around behind the school! Pretty cool comeback for the big birds. When I was a kid, I never thought I'd ever see one in the wild in cook county. #Leydenpride

West and East Ecology and Recycling Clubs enjoyed helping with habitat restoration projects today by collecting seeds at the Spring Creek Prairie / Thatcher Woods in Maywood. #leydenpride with Ms. Holli-Murphy

Come to Wheeling High School Saturday for the Robot Rumble. 48 bots made by h.s. students. Here are bots from both East and West. #Leydenpride If you can't make it in person, the livestream is at Friday Feb 17 youtube.com/live/tkq_Yl05v… Saturday Feb18 youtube.com/live/-3jnbXQ6J…

The ecology club went out near school with Lisa Freidheim. We saw 11 different species of birds and also saw a falcon (kestrel) in the same spot as four months ago meaning it must live by West! Photos by Ms. Freidheim #Leydenpride

Just some of the cool wildlife ecology club saw behind West Leyden on our latest walk. East Bio teacher Ms. Freidheim joined us this time. The snake was my favorite! #leydenpride

@leydenpride212 Not this time, but we plan on visiting places that the eagles frequent during this school year!

Any Eagles?

Ecology Club explored the area behind West Leyden and the students saw their first ever yellow rumped and orange crowned warblers. There were a few other firsts including a northern shoveler sighting. We saw a total of 15 different species. #LeydenPride #Fallmigration

Andrea Diaz, current Ph.D. student in chemical engineering at the Univ. of Chicago and Leyden Alum, mentoring students from ecology club. Special thanks to Andrea, her fellow Ph.D. students, and her Professor. Looking forward to our next meeting #leydenpride

3D Printed #leydenpride ear savers in action!! @leydenateam @JasonMMarkey @MikeMatticks @Hamannlhs @jruffolo

Our team of #leydenpride Science and Industrial Tech Teachers have been 3D printing PPE for those on the front line. It is great to see this get to those in need. It is even better when it reaches alumni working in the field! @leydenateam @Hamannlhs @MikeMatticks @JasonMMarkey

The Leyden Community gets to help our own while helping others. Socorro Feliciano Leyden graduate and rapid response nurse at Northwestern Memorial is wearing our PPE today. #leydenpride thanks @Hamannlhs @fholthouse @MikeMatticks @JasonMMarkey

This is Dorthy, one of the phlebotomists at Northwestern Memorial fighting on the front line of the #COVID19 Pandemic. She is using a #leydenpride 3D printed face shield! @JasonMMarkey @leydenateam @MikeMatticks @Hamannlhs #STEM #CTE #Science #PLTW

Here are some of the 500 surgical strap holders or ear savers that @fholthouse delivered to Gottlieb Hospital. Leyden also got more supplies so we can return to assembling face shields. Thanks to Brian Burcham Brad Henning @Hamannlhs @MikeMatticks for printing these #leydenpride

That's what 80 face shields looks like! 3D printed and assembled by the Leyden science department with more on their way. They are heading to a Chicago doctor in need of them. Special thanks to @fholthouse for getting us the materials we needed #Leydenpride #Leydenscience

Thanks so much for coming out today! It's nice to see how hard these kids work and how much they've learned throughout the year of building their robots!

Day one of the robot rumble! A lot of hard work paying off! ⁦@leydenateam⁩ #leydenpride

The PBJ is READY TO RUMBLE! The competition is Friday and Saturday starting at 9:00 both days at Prospect High School. Looking forward to seeing everyone there! #leydenpride

The kids are making sure their battlebot will be ready for the Robot Rumble on February 28/29. Cutting aluminum goes so much smoother with the CNC machine! Thanks John Kmet for supporting us! @ShopBotTools #leydenscience #leydenpride

The kids have built their prototypes and are finishing their frames. Starting to feel excited about the upcoming Robot Rumble at Prospect High School on February 28/29 #leydengirlsweld #leydenpride