This inaugural year, 60 students achieved the designation of “Distinguished Honors” after receiving a cumulative 4.4 or higher weighted grade point average after seven semesters in high school. Pictured above are the South High Distinguished Honors students.
This school year, District 99 implemented a new recognition program to honor students who excel academically. This inaugural year, 60 students achieved the designation of “Distinguished Honors” after receiving a cumulative 4.4 or higher weighted grade point average after seven semesters in high school. In addition, over 300 students achieved the designation of “High Honors” or “Honors” after receiving a cumulative 4.0 or higher or 3.4 or higher weighted grade point average. Please see the lists of recipients, below.
“These students have consistently achieved a very high level of academic performance throughout their high school years, which is an impressive accomplishment,” says District 99 Superintendent Dr. Hank Thiele. “Their focus on academic excellence will serve them well in all of their future endeavors.”
District 99 follows a 4.0 grade point scale. Students receive both a non-weighted and weighted GPA at the end of each grading period. If a student takes Honors or Advanced Placement classes, the student’s GPA can exceed 4.0, depending on the grades earned. At the graduation ceremonies, graduates will wear gold stoles, cords and tassels to indicate their level of academic achievement.
“Distinguished Honors” - North High Recipients
Anam Adil, Syed Ahmad, Nicholas Arand, Nafisa Asad, Anilyn Benge, Susannah Browning, Christopher Bull, Vianni Bustos, William Cerne, Miles Christensen, Marion Deal, Joseph Delorto, Olivia Di Iorio, Sophia Di Iorio, Caira Heneghan, Katelyn Howe, Sophia Karrow, Chandana Kodumuri, Claire Kovarik, Declan Kramper, Maxwell Krause, Margaret Langland, Matthew Lee, Sidney Lee, Grace Lohrmann, Kaylee McCarthy, Troy McDonald-Shumaker, Bryan Monk, Alyssa Moralde, Carissa Mysliwiec, Allison Padovani, Anne Panico, Katherine Pitts, Grace Puc, Brendan Quealy, Zoe Reynolds, Nicholas Saba, Natalie Schuetz, Grace Stevenson, Charles Tenorio, Hayley Wagreich, and Natalie White
“Distinguished Honors” - South High Recipients
Marc Alvarez, Miriam Arroyo, Ian Bales, Allison Brandt, Anna Buie, Barbara Collins, Akhil Ghosh, Jackson Kamedulski, Matthew La Rue, Luke LaLonde, Jayson Mears, Natalie Olsen, Brandon Onusaitis, David Patel, Hailey Quinn, Arman Rasheed, Natalie Repole, and Lindsay Tom
“High Honors” - North High Recipients
Marcus Bacerra, Eleanor Benge, Alice Bieda, Renee Bielawa, Gillian Braun, Shannon Britt, Megan Bucher, Olivia Bull, Zachary Busch, John Cagney, Katie Cantlin, Jennifer Casey, Chun Hin Chan, Luc Collo, John Costello, Clare Delaplane, Jessica Diaz, Patrick Doyle, Sarah Durbin, Haley Ferrini, Timothy Flavin, Grace Furie, Grace Furstenau, Kylie Gaspar, Erik Goes, Ansareen Hassan, Kaitlyn Hill, Parker Holdaway, Miranda Host, Daniel Igoe, Sarah Jaworski, Giovanni Jimenez, Alec Kastner, Samuel Ketchmark, Danyah Khan, Ryan Knezevich, Cecilia Kowara, Katie Kramnic, Hannah Kutchek, John Langan, Lindsey LeBeda, Felix Liu, Isabel Maletich, Claire Marino, Hannah Marron, Melanie McGuire, Kelly McSweeney, Sarah Meyer, Hafsa Mirza, Fiona Murray, Malikah Muzammil, John Naisbitt, Carli Nehls, Kailey Nelson, Lillian Nielsen, Chloe Nowka, Sebastian Osorio, Kyle Pearson, Sylvester Poku-Adusei, Michael Price, Elise Radigan, Erin Radigan, Adam Rodenbostel, Theodore Schneider, Fatima Sheikh, Rachel Sprague, Anna States, Cassidy Steel, Niamh Stewart, Bruno Suarez, Abigail Swanson, Thomas Sykora, Grant Alexander Theisen, Callaghan Thomas, Shea Alaine Tillotson, Spencer Ukrin, Kati Velazquez, Parker Webber, Kyle White, Brooke Wojciechowski, John Zarnowski, and Nathan Zyck
“High Honors” - South High Recipients
Sarah Ansah, David Aronson, Max Baer, Bridget Barnebey, Hamilton Betancourt, Riya Bhasin, Tara Boroumand, Emily Brindac, Kyla Brown, Autumn Bryant, Grant Connolly, Abigail Davenport, James Diggory, Savannah Duax, Thea Duffus, Evalina Dygdon, Blake Freko, Megan Gallagher, Isabelle Genin, Joseph Gonzalez, Thomas Hansen, Samantha Heatherly, Eric Herstowski, Elena Holz, Bella Kelly, Joshua Kim, Daniel King, Samuel Kirk, Tracey Kulaga, Tessa Lawler, Andrea Lopez, Gabriele Macenis, Sarah Major, Aanika Mathew, Aoife McGivern, Kara McKenna, Karina Melendez, Kaitlyn Meyr, Eldwin Neritani, Jhenevie Oca, Nolan Orth, Nathaniel Parson, Daniella Patel, Priya Patel, Jessica Prete, Kelly Pyburn, Brett Riegler, Jack Riley, Mersim Rizmani, Taylor Rosko, Savanna Sains, Maximilian Schmidt-Bailey, Tyler Smiles, Natalia Soja, Tyler Spencer, Thaddeus Surdyk, Katherine Swenson, Alyssa Taglia, Armin Taheri, Kyle Tolentino, Maya Tunney, Lindsay Valero, Erin Visak, Emily Walliser, and Nora Woods
“Honors” - North High Recipients
Caleigh Achim, Areeba Ahmed, Kenya Alcantara, Bianca Alianello, Robert Arms, Cassidy Baran, Giuliana Barrea, James Belcastro, Morgan Bentel, MacKenzie Bernhard, Ryan Birkmeier, Emily Blanchard, Emily Bollinger, Charli Bouma, Matthew Boyd, Samantha Breit, Evelyn Brindl, Reilly Britt, Victoria Brown, William Browning, Joseph Bunales, Nicholas Buonamici, Allison Burke, John Cannan, Matthew Carbon, Nathan Carlson, Elena Cervantes, Peter Cervenka, Madison Chudzik, Nicholas Chudzik, Analisa Chudzik, Nicholas Civitanova, Mikayla Clark, Deanna Conklin, Sofia Conti, Ian Cook, Michelle Cotten, Nathan Cummings, Campbell Dalen, Baha Adean Darhussein, Blake Davis, Michael Davis, Shelby Davis, Bridget Deegan, Jacob Drobnik, Thomas Drohan, Josip Dugandzic, Katherine Dunlap, Lillian Dunn, Anne Edwards, Selma El-Badawi, Lukas Elisha, Benjamin Ellstrom, Christopher Espinoza, Frederic Fosco, Jamie Gamonez, Jade Gandhi, Benjamin Gartlan, Nicholas Ghanayem, Mariah Godar, Sandra Greco, Erica Griesbaum, Phoebe Grossman, Arron Hanson, Gavin Harker, Patrick Harmon, Sarah Heinz, Kiera Henderson, Benjamin Heppner, Ole-Jakob Høilund, Kiera Holton, Katherine Hutto, Isaiah Isobal, Norbert Jackson, Lillian Janowicz, Evan Japlon, Madeline Kaiser, Hollis Kerr, Brian Kosek, Taylor Kozarits, Julia Krause, Abbey Krull, Carrie Kumiega, Isabelle LaBianco, Eryn Lane, Lucy Lloyd, Brendan Lockerby, Audrey Lucas, Anna Main, Isabella Malik, Miya Maloloyon, Francesca Marconi, Grace Martin, Marcelo Martinez, Chloe Mason, Aaron McClean, Jonathan McDonald-Shumaker, Shaelin McGrath, Dylan McMillin, Thomas Mejdrech, Jade Mejia-Wick, Gayathri Menon, Tyler Mertes, Michael Miglio, Maximilian Miller, Margaret Miller, Brett Mills, Austin Moca, Nusaibah Mohsin, Katie Monarrez, Alexis Morman, Cassandra Mrazek, Mashal Naseem, Aileen O'Hare, Keside Olekanma, Jane Olsson, Oluwakemisayo Orukotan, Emma Panico, Samantha Parker, Aiden Phegley, Jack Ramsden, Julie Randa, Emily Rangel, Madelyn Reynolds, Julia Rhodes, Jacob Ridderhoff, Syed Rizvi, Jade Roberts, Emma Roche, Benjamin Rodenbostel, Claire Rowley, Kevin Sachtleben, Claire Salman, Enkhjin Saruulchimeg, Isabella Scarlati, Emma Segrest, Abigail Sobczak, Gabrielle Spinosa, Kerigan Stadtler, Marshall Stastny, Maxwell Stein, Patrycja Suliba, Kameron Thayer, Alexandra Tomsky, Daniel Ungari, Julian Vicencio, Owen Wahlgren, Nolan Watts, Olivia Weaver, Aidan Webster, Zachary West, Olivia Wojciak, and Alexander Zea
“Honors” - South High Recipients
Monica Abdelmalek, Benjamin Adams, Andrew Aguilera, Warda Ali, Katie Anthony, Sydney Antiporek, Amanda Arlt, Kaelyn Arlt, Ian Baker, Aymin Bakr, Sarina Bales, Carl-Anthony Barcenas, Jayna Bardahl, Colin Beierwaltes, Amy Binder, Simone Black, Jacob Bormann, Quinn Bozek, Alexander Brindza, Roshni Budhiraja, Mia Burgonio, Jake Burrows, Matthew Burrows, Claire Burton, Jefferson Cano, Salvatore Carcerano, Patrick Cash, Jay Chaudhari, Nicolette Cheaure, Shannon Conniff, Madison Copot, Devryn Coulam, Cameron Crowley, Angelica Cudzich, Laila Dakak, Jessica Davenport, James David, Nadia De La Sancha, Dega Demiri, Cecilia Divis, Rylan Dreyer, George Dufresne, Michaela Dukes, Mariah Edison, Henrietta Eghan, Annemarie Elser, Julissan Flores, David Foley, Kailey Franchi, Cooper Gafron, Arleth Gonzalez, Erick Gonzalez, Larissa Gonzalez, Erika Gonzalez-Martinez, Megan Guardi, Rose Hamdan, Alexander Hanek, Calvin Herion, Emily Hernandez, Isai Hipolito, Lauren Hynd, Melisa Ilkhan, Everett Jackson, Austin Janos, Celestyna Jarzabek, Rose Jensen, Parker Jones, Kaelyn Justus, Travis Kays, Lauren Kelly, Zenab Khan, Jordan Knoch, Himal Koshy, Kyle Kotula, Matthew Krauter, Samantha Krupa, Stephen Kubik, Samantha Kunstman, Ian Lane, Amy Lansdon, Jacqueline Lestina, Faith Ley, Brianna Leys, Clayton Linde, Cara Luckett, Kaitlyn Maas, James Mahlan, Meredith Mahoney, Jennifer Masello, Noel Maysonet, Amber McCauley, Alexandra Mecklenburg, Arusa Mehmood, Caleb Minnis, Kora Montana, Reevan Monteiro, Carla Morales, Lindsay Morton, Taylor Morton, Andrew Nelson, Jack Neumann, Stefan Neumann, Luke Nicol, Kailee O’Connor, Jonah Ocuto, Christina Operana, Kaitlyn O'Toole, Hitali Patel, Mahima Patel, Minal Patel, Brianna Perez, Stephen Pipilas, Aidan Pletcher, Aneeta Polakkattil, Olivia Porcaro, Samantha Prince, Allison Puccillo, Jasline Quezada, Alexander Quiroga, David Raineri, Andrea Ramirez, Nicholas Raso, Reem Rawda, Donte Reed, Carl Reifsteck III, Maurice Robinson, Raul Roman, Alexander Rose, Adam Rosignal, Samantha Rouzan, Sarah Runchey, Stephanie Salerno, Miguel Saucedo, Benjamin Scelfo, Makaila Scheiblein, Gabrielle Senne, Johanna Skibbe, Marie Smazil, William Stone, Gillian Thomas, Aironas Vaidotas, Lilia Vargeese, Robert Wagner, Nashoana Walker, Jack Walsh, Julia Wierzbowska, Brian Williams, Bartlomiej Wulw, and Dean Zaverdas