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Excellence in Education Banquet

Naperville Community School District 203

April 29, 2019

Influential Educators 2019

Selected By Academicians at

Naperville North High School

Eleanor Barbino - IC - Social Science, NNHS

Kevin Benages - Physical Education, NNHS

Emily Bishop - Foreign Language, NNHS

Holly Bontkowski – Project Manager, Administration

Elizabeth Brucker - Science, NNHS

Gino Campise - Communication Arts, NNHS

Thomas Champion - Science, NNHS

Lorraine Clark - Foreign Language, NNHS

Eva Cone - Science, NNHS

Jeffrey DiOrio - Dean, NNHS

Zoe Evans - Science, NNHS

Brian Horner – Gifted-PI+, Meadow Glens Elementary

Edward Joyce - Foreign Language, NNHS

Jonathan Justice - Foreign Language, NNHS

Brock Keiper - Show Choir Combo Director, NNHS

Mary Kienstra - Gifted, Retired

Jong Ho Kim - Mathematics, NNHS

Susan Kouri - Gifted, Highlands Elementary

Ami Kulik – Language Arts-PI+, Kennedy Jr. High

Debbie Libert - Counselor, NNHS

Sara McMinn - Mathematics, NNHS

Elizabeth Moore - Mathematics, NNHS

John Noffke - Social Science, NNHS

Sandy Parato - Communication Arts, NNHS

Michael Pearson - Communication Arts, NNHS

Vanessa Ramos - Foreign Language, NNHS

Emily Richardson - Learning Support Coach, NNHS

Tim Rinker - Mathematics, NNHS

Mark Rowzee - Science, NNHS

Geoffrey Schmit - Science, NNHS

Xiangbin Shi - Teacher, Xiangbin Art Center

Jennifer Smith - Communication Arts, NNHS

Ryan Smith - Communication Arts, NNHS

Christian Stanicek - Communication Arts, NNHS

Brooke Ulrich - Foreign Language, NNHS

Abigail Walter - Foreign Language, NNHS

Sooka Wang - Private Teacher

Mark Williams - Automotive, NNHS

Selected By Academicians at

Naperville Central High School

David Ashton - Social Science, NCHS

Katherine Barr – Language Arts-PI+, Kennedy Jr. High

Seth Brady - Social Science, NCHS

Drew Brown - Tutor, Big Future Academics

Julie Chenelle – Language Arts, Lincoln Jr. High

Stacy Cunningham - Foreign Language, NCHS

Brian Dunn - Graphics, NCHS

Mark Florence - Physical Education, NCHS

Amy Hastings - Science, NCHS

Todd Holmberg - Social Science, NCHS

Angela Hull – Language Arts, Lincoln Jr. High

Kathy Hurd - Science, NCHS

Jeremy Lin - Communication Arts, NCHS

Katharina Linder - IC - Social Science, NCHS

Angela Matteson – Fifth Grade,

River Woods Elementary

Erika McCann – Music - Madison Jr. High

Kelly Mielcarz - Music - Vocal, NCHS

Hans Muehsler - Science, NCHS

Sarah Poletto - Science, NCHS

Debbie Scheuerman – Fifth Grade, Retired

Katherine Seguino - Science, NCHS

Randall Smith - Social Science, NCHS

Nicholas Straka - Mathematics, NCHS

Jane Thompson - Social Science, NCHS

Mary Weber – Language Arts, Retired

Jeremy Whitt - Foreign Language, NCHS

Steven Wiesbrook - Science, NCHS

Claudia Winterrowd - Communication Arts, NCHS

Program

The Excellence in Education Banquet honors the highest achieving academicians graduating

from Naperville Community Unit School District 203 and some of the educators who have

influenced them on their way to excellence. The Board of Education congratulates our hon-

orees and their families.

OPENING REMARKS

Nancy Voise, Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education

INTRODUCTIONS

Janet Yang Rohr, Board of Education

STUDENT REMARKS

Kierra Beeson, Class of 2019, Naperville North High School

"Sense of Direction”

Shoshanna Perchanok, Class of 2019, Naperville Central High School

“Defining Excellence”

PRESENTATIONS

William Wiesbrook, Principal, Naperville Central High School

Stephanie Posey, Principal, Naperville North High School

CLOSING REMARKS

Dan Bridges, Superintendent of Schools

Order of Presentation

Max Walts, NCHS - David Ashton Madeleine Whirledge, NCHS - David Ashton Emma Connelly, NNHS - Eleanor Barbino Ammaar Saeed, NCHS - Katherine Barr Alfonso Ruiz, NNHS - Kevin Benages Katherine Krupicka, NCHS - Seth Brady Cindy Lo, NCHS - Seth Brady Michael Gallego, NNHS - Emily Bishop Ignacio Gamboa, NNHS - Emily Bishop Jack Reicherts, NCHS - Drew Brown Nicole Serpico, NNHS - Holly Bontkowski Justas Stankevicius, NCHS - Julie Chenelle Amey Maley, NNHS - Elizabeth Brucker Bhuvni Shah, NNHS - Elizabeth Brucker Cindy Xue, NNHS - Elizabeth Brucker Robert Ha, NCHS - Stacy Cunningham Lucy Schmid, NCHS - Stacy Cunningham Neel Tripuraneni, NNHS - Gino Campise Jacob Vrankin, NNHS - Gino Campise Patrick Koh, NCHS - Brian Dunn Greg Shobert, NNHS - Thomas Champion Therese Deutsch, NCHS - Mark Florence Preston Chao, NNHS - Lorraine Clark Alexa Bukowski, NCHS - Amy Hastings Saagar Moradia, NCHS - Amy Hastings Bridget Hartman, NNHS - Eva Cone Meena Gupta, NCHS - Todd Holmberg Abid Anwar, NNHS - Jeffrey DiOrio Ryan Guan, NNHS - Jeffrey DiOrio Nathaniel Chavez, NCHS - Angela Hull Helena Gao, NNHS - Zoe Evans Prateek Dullur, NCHS - Kathy Hurd Alex Trickey, NCHS - Kathy Hurd Sarah Zhou, NNHS - Brian Horner Shoshanna Perchanok, NCHS - Jeremy Lin Aidan Handa, NNHS - Jonathan Justice Andrew Zhang, NCHS - Katharina Linder Ryan Robbins, NNHS - Brock Keiper Marina McCormack, NCHS - Angela Matteson Isabella Goncalves, NNHS - Mary Kienstra Adarsh Mattu, NCHS - Erika McCann Benjamin Kan, NNHS - Jong Ho Kim Luke Morton, NNHS - Jong Ho Kim Emma Susin, NCHS - Kelly Mielcarz

Max Levitt, NNHS - Susan Kouri Kenneth Li, NCHS - Hans Muehsler Payton Schubel, NCHS - Hans Muehsler Maxwell Zhang, NNHS - Ami Kulik Ganesan Narayanan, NCHS - Sarah Poletto Naraen Palanikumar, NCHS - Sarah Poletto Tanya Iyer, NNHS - Debbie Libert Liam Clark, NCHS - Debbie Scheuerman Anahita Tewatia, NNHS - Sara McMinn Ria Jha, NCHS - Katherine Seguino Clara Duan, NNHS - Elizabeth Moore Justin Griffith, NNHS - Elizabeth Moore Richard Li, NNHS - Elizabeth Moore Grace Liu, NNHS - Elizabeth Moore Ashini Shah, NNHS - Elizabeth Moore Jonah Klein-Collins, NCHS - Randall Smith Alec Manzardo, NNHS - John Noffke David Bukowski, NCHS - Nicholas Straka Arjun Kumar, NCHS - Nicholas Straka Madison Ding, NNHS - Sandy Parato Ian Polanco, NNHS - Sandy Parato Avital Saletsky, NNHS - Sandy Parato Erin Fang, NCHS - Jane Thompson Katherine Ho, NCHS - Jane Thompson Jessica Lee, NNHS - Michael Pearson Olivia Howard, NCHS - Mary Weber Karen Ge, NNHS - Vanessa Ramos Andrei Olaru, NCHS - Jeremy Whitt Mary Gut, NNHS - Emily Richardson Rachel Shen, NNHS - Emily Richardson Luke Klein-Collins, NCHS - Steven Wiesbrook Sonal Sethi, NNHS - Tim Rinker Neha Gutta, NCHS - Claudia Winterrowd Aditya Ramachandran, NNHS - Mark Rowzee Adam Patni, NNHS - Geoffrey Schmit Sangita Setlur, NNHS - Geoffrey Schmit Leanne Wang, NNHS - Xiangbin Shi Kierra Beeson, NNHS - Jennifer Smith Julian Wagner-Carena, NNHS - Ryan Smith Jason Liu, NNHS - Christian Stanicek Hannah Newell, NNHS - Abigail Walter Jack Boettcher, NNHS - Sooka Wang Senthooran Kalidoss, NNHS - Mark Williams

Outstanding Academicians 2019

Naperville North High School

Abid Anwar Major: Chemistry School: University of Michigan

Educator: Jeffrey DiOrio

Illinois State Scholar, National Honor

Society, Science Bowl State Champions,

Naperville Youth Service Award,

President's Volunteer Service Award, Runner-up for National

Bughouse Championship

Preston Chao Major: Statistics and Computer Science School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Educator: Lorraine Clark


Society, Illinois Principal's Association Senior Recognition Award,

District 203 Board of Education Recognition Service Award,

Foreign Language Award

Chandani Bansal Major: Business Honors and Pre-Med School: University of Texas at Austin Educator: Brooke Ulrich

National Honor Society, Forty Acres

Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor

Denny Chuong Major: Business

School: University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign Educator: Edward Joyce

Illinois State Scholar, National Merit

Semifinalist

Kierra Beeson Major: Biology

School: University of Texas at Dallas Educator: Jennifer Smith

National Merit Finalist, Illinois State

Scholar, National Honor Society,

Outstanding Student Award in Communication Arts,

Outstanding Language Student in Spanish

Emma Connelly Major: Finance and Accounting

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign or University of Texas at Austin Educator: Eleanor Barbino National Merit Finalist, Illinois State

Scholar, National Honor Society, Perfect ACT Score, Dance Team

State Champion, Smith Book Award, Outstanding Spanish Award,

AP Scholar with Distinction

Jack Boettcher Major: Chemistry and Music Performance School: Harvard University or

Yale University Educator: Sooka Wang National Merit Finalist, Illinois State Scholar, U.S. Presidential Scholars Semifinalist, US National Chemistry Olympiad Honors Winner, National YoungArts Foundation Winner, Stulberg International String Competition Semifinalist, Northwest Symphony Paul Vermel Young Artist Award, Orford Musique International Music Award and Scholarship

Madison Ding Major: Undecided

School: Duke University Educator: Sandy Parato


Society

Clara Duan Major: Applied Mathematics School: Rice University Educator: Elizabeth Moore


Scholar, AP Scholar With Honor,

All-State Badminton, NCTE Achievement

Awards

Karen Ge Major: Mathematics

School: Massachusetts Institute of Technology or Stanford University Educator: Vanessa Ramos National Merit Finalist, Illinois State

Scholar, National Honor Society, Perfect ACT Score, Presidential

Scholar Nominee, Elks MVS Finalist, Huskie Impact Award,

Prudential Spirit of Community Finalist

Michael Gallego Major: History and Political Science School: Vanderbilt University Educator: Emily Bishop


Society, National Hispanic Recognition

Program, Commended National Merit Scholar, Spanish Honor

Society

Isabella Goncalves Major: Undecided

School: Undecided

Educator: Mary Kienstra



Program, English Award of Excellence,

World and Classical Language Award of Excellence

Ignacio Gamboa Major: Spanish Teacher Education School: Illinois State University

Educator: Emily Bishop



Program, Spanish Proficiency, IHSA Cross Country State Qualifier

Justin Griffith Major: Chemical Engineering

School: Northwestern University Educator: Elizabeth Moore


Scholar, Perfect ACT Score, AP Scholar

with Honor, Evans Scholar

Helena Gao Major: Computer Science + Linguistics School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Educator: Zoe Evans

National Honor Society

Ryan Guan Major: Computer Engineering

School: Carnegie Mellon University Educator: Jeffrey DiOrio

National Merit Finalist, AIME Qualifier,

ICTM Math Team State Winner

Mary Gut

Major: Chemical Engineering School: University of Wisconsin- Madison Educator: Emily Richardson


Society, Perfect ACT Score, National AP

Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended Scholar,

Junior State of America Best Speaker, Regional Scholastic Art

Silver Key Award

Senthooran Kalidoss Major: Biochemistry School: University of Illinois at Chicago - Graduate Professional Program Admissions (GPPA) in Medicine Educator: Mark Williams

National Merit Finalist, National Honor Society, Outstanding

Junior in Communication Arts, AP State Scholar

Aidan Handa Major: Computer Science

School: Georgia Institute of Technology Educator: Jonathan Justice

Illinois State Scholar, Computer Science

Student of the Year, German National

Honor Society

Benjamin Kan Major: Physics School: Harvard University or

Yale University Educator: Jong Ho Kim


Scholar, Perfect ACT Score, Perfect SAT

Score, USA(J)MO Qualifier, USAPhO Bronze Medalist, State Math

Team Champion, National Science Bowl State Champion, Science

Olympiad State 3rd place team

Bridget Hartman Major: Biomedical Engineering School: Vanderbilt University Educator: Eva Cone Illinois State Scholar, National Honor

Society, Perfect ACT Score, Spanish

Honor Society, National Merit

Commended Scholar

Jessica Lee Major: History, East Asian Studies School: Princeton University or Pomona College Educator: Michael Pearson


Scholar, National Honor Society, Perfect

ACT Score

Tanya Iyer Major: Behavioral Economics/ Finance or Industrial Engineering School: Carnegie Mellon University or Georgia Institute of Technology Educator: Debbie Libert

National Merit Finalist, Illinois State Scholar, United States Presidential Scholar Candidate, DECA International Finalist, NISPA Excellence in Journalism Award, Outstanding Junior - Communication Arts, Duke LEAD National 3rd Place Winner

Max Levitt Major: Data Science School: University of California San Diego Educator: Susan Kouri

National Merit Finalist

Richard Li Major: Computer Science

School: Undecided Educator: Elizabeth Moore


Society, Perfect ACT Score, Perfect SAT

Score, Chicago Chinese Youth

Leadership Award Winner, Math State Championships

Alec Manzardo Major: Engineering

School: University of Notre Dame Educator: John Noffke

Illinois State Scholar, Perfect ACT Score,

Commended National Merit Scholar,

Presidential Scholar Nominee

Grace Liu Major: Computer Science School: Northwestern University Educator: Elizabeth Moore National Merit Finalist, Illinois State


National AP Scholar, 2019 Northern

Illinois Affiliate NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing

Luke Morton Major: Political Science

School: Undecided

Educator: Jong Ho Kim

Illinois State Scholar, Impact Award,

Congressional Nomination for Service

Academies

Jason Liu Major: Business

School: Undecided Educator: Christian Stanicek


Scholar, Presidential Volunteer Service

Award, Youth Symphony of DuPage

Concertmaster, National AP Scholar, Member of Johns Hopkins

Study of Exceptional Talent

Hasan Munshi Major: Chemistry

School: Northwestern University Educator: Elizabeth Brucker


Society

Amey Maley Major: Undecided

School: Undecided Educator: Elizabeth Brucker


Society, U.S. Presidential Scholar

Candidate, National Merit Commended

Scholar, National AP Scholar, USA Biology Olympiad Semifinalist,

WYSE State Champion, DECA International Medalist

Hannah Newell Major: Chemistry

School: Undecided Educator: Abigail Walter


Society, Spanish Student of the Year

Kathleen Nie Major: Economics/Business

School: University of California,

Berkeley Educator: Sandy Parato


Society, District 203 Mission Maker

Award

Ryan Robbins Major: Economics School: University of California,

Los Angeles

Educator: Brock Keiper


Scholar, Perfect ACT Score, Perfect SAT

Score, Presidential Scholar Nominee, ILMEA All-District Musician

Adam Patni Major: Mechanical Engineering

School: University of Michigan

or Georgia Institute of

Technology Educator: Geoffrey Schmit


Society, FIRST Dean's List Semifinalist, Naperville North Impact

Award

Alfonso Ruiz Major: Global Studies

School: University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign Educator: Kevin Benages

National Hispanic Recognition Program

Ian Polanco Major: Business and Political Economy School: New York University Educator: Sandy Parato Illinois State Scholar, National

Hispanic Recognition Program

Avital Saletsky Major: Agricultural & Veterinary Medicine School: University of Maryland, College Park Educator: Sandy Parato


Society, Perfect ACT Score, National Merit Commended Scholar,

Presidential Scholar Nominee

Aditya Ramachandran Major: Aerospace Engineering or Computer Science School: Undecided Educator: Mark Rowzee

National Merit Finalist, White House

Science Fair, Seimens Semifinalist,

Conrad Spirit of Innovation Challenge Semifinalist

Nicole Serpico Major: Computer Science and Management School: University of Nebraska Educator: Holly Bontkowski


Scholar

Sonal Sethi Major: Mechanical Engineering

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Educator: Tim Rinker

Illinois State Scholar, National Merit

Semifinalist, French Honor Society

Rachel Shen Major: Computer Science School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Educator: Emily Richardson


Scholar, Perfect ACT Score, Scholastic

National Gold Medal, Scholastic Regional Gold Key, IHSAE Senior

Exhibition

Sangita Setlur Major: Computer Science School: Carnegie Mellon University Educator: Geoffrey Schmit


Scholar, National Honor Society

Greg Shobert Major: Biochemistry

School: University of Minnesota Educator: Thomas Champion


Scholar, National Honor Society, Academic

All-Conference Award, Outstanding

Language Student Award

Ashini Shah Major: Statistics and Chemistry

School: Northwestern University Educator: Elizabeth Moore


Society, National AP Scholar

Anahita Tewatia Major: Business

School: Carnegie Mellon University Educator: Sara McMinn


Scholar, National Honor Society, “You

Make a Difference” Award, World and

Classical Languages Department Award

Bhuvni Shah Major: Computer Science

School: University of Illinois at Chicago Educator: Elizabeth Brucker


Society

Neel Tripuraneni Major: Business/Economics

School: Vanderbilt University or University of Virginia Educator: Gino Campise

Illinois State Scholar

Jacob Vrankin Major: Finance School: Indiana University Educator: Gino Campise Illinois State Scholar, National

Hispanic Recognition Program

Maxwell Zhang Major: International Politics/ Undecided School: Georgetown University or Vanderbilt University Educator: Ami Kulik


Scholar, National Honor Society, Scholastic Gold Medal Writing

Award, Harvard Book Prize, World and

Classical Languages Excellence Award

Julian Wagner-Carena Major: Neuroscience

School: Harvard University or Stanford University Educator: Ryan Smith

Illinois State Scholar, National

Hispanic Recognition Program,

National Merit Scholar Commended, National AP Scholar, AP

Scholar with Distinction

Sarah Zhou Major: Creative Writing School: Columbia University Educator: Brian Horner


Scholar, Foyle Commended Young Poet of

the Year, Principal Flutist for the ILMEA

All-State Orchestra, Top 20 at DECA Internationals

Leanne Wang Major: Industrial Design School: Undecided Educator: Xiangbin Shi

Illinois State Scholar, AP Scholar with

Distinction, Girl Scouts Silver Award,

National Merit Semifinalist, Scholastic

Gold Key

Vatsal Patel

Alex Risitch

Joseph Yuan

Richard Zhang

Cindy Xue Major: Molecular Engineering

School: The University of Chicago Educator: Elizabeth Brucker

Illinois State Scholar, Perfect ACT Score

Outstanding Academicians 2019

Naperville Central High School

Alexa Bukowski Major: Astrophysics

School: The University of Chicago

Educator: Amy Hastings



ACT Score

Therese Deutsch Major: Kinesiology

School: Michigan State University Educator: Mark Florence



David Bukowski Major: Applied and Computational Mathematics School: The University of Chicago Educator: Nicholas Straka


Society, Perfect ACT Score

Prateek Dullur Major: Biomedical Engineering/ Premedicine School: Rice University or Case Western Reserve University Educator: Kathy Hurd

National Merit Finalist, Illinois State Scholar, Perfect ACT Score,

Tri-M Music Honor Society, Science Olympiad State Medalist

Nathaniel Chavez Major: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering School: Johns Hopkins University Educator: Angela Hull



Program, National Merit Commended Scholar

Erin Fang Major: Human Biology, Health & Society School: Cornell University Educator: Jane Thompson


Scholar, National Honor Society, AP

Scholar with Honor, Red and White Athletic Award

Liam Clark Major: Applied Mathematics and Computer Science School: Duke University Educator: Debbie Scheuerman


Society

Meena Gupta Major: Genetics, Cell Biology and Development School: University of Minnesota Educator: Todd Holmberg


Society

Neha Gutta Major: Medicine School: University of Missouri at Kansas City or SUNY Purchase College Educator: Claudia Winterrowd


Society, Spanish Honor Society, National Merit Commended

Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor

Ria Jha Major: Biomedical Engineering

School: Johns Hopkins University or University of Pennsylvania Educator: Katherine Seguino

National Merit Finalist, Illinois State Scholar, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Badminton State Qualifier, Argonne National Lab Exemplary Student Researcher, Math Team and Science Olympiad State Medalist, 2019 Coca Cola Semi-Finalist, 2018-19 Jerry Uhl Scholar, JHU Hodson Trust Scholar

Robert Ha Major: Engineering

School: Georgia Institute of Technology or University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Educator: Stacy Cunningham

Illinois State Scholar, National Honor Society, National Latin

Exam cum laude, National Merit Commended Scholar, Scholastic

Art & Writing Award, AP Scholar With Distinction

Jonah Klein-Collins Major: Undecided

School: Macalester College

Educator: Randall Smith


Society, Academic All-Conference in

Swimming and Water Polo, Red and White

Award, French Honor Society

Katherine Ho Major: Accounting School: Washington and Lee University Educator: Jane Thompson


Scholar, National Honor Society, Daily

Herald Leadership Team, Latin Honor Society, Naperville Park

District Community Contributor Award

Luke Klein-Collins Major: Undecided School: Grinnell College

Educator: Steven Wiesbrook

National Honor Society, Illinois State

Scholar, Spanish Honor Society, Academic

All-Conference in Swimming and Water

Polo, All-State Swimming and Water Polo, All-American Water

Polo

Olivia Howard Major: International Relations and Economics School: University of Michigan

Educator: Mary Weber


Society, Illinois Global Scholar

Certificate, National Council of Teachers in Education National

Award in Superior Writing, J. Kyle Braid Award, National Finalist

in EuroChallenge, National Qualifier in Junior Olympics (Track

and Field)

Patrick Koh Major: Computer Science or Management Science School: Undecided

Educator: Brian Dunn



Katherine Krupicka Major: Accounting

School: Baylor University or University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Educator: Seth Brady


Scholar, National Honor Society, Illinois Global Scholar

Adarsh Mattu Major: Mechanical Engineering

School: Purdue University or University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Educator: Erika McCann


Scholar, National Honor Society, Perfect ACT Score, eCybermis-

sion National Champion Team, Helen & Robert Adler Scholarship,

Chinese Honor Society

Arjun Kumar Major: Biomedical Engineering

School: Undecided

Educator: Nicholas Straka


Society, Perfect ACT Score, AP Scholar

with Distinction

Marina McCormack Major: Mathematics School: University of Notre Dame Educator: Angela Matteson



Program, AP scholar, Latin Honor Society

Kenneth Li Major: Chemical Engineering

School: Undecided Educator: Hans Muehsler



Saagar Moradia Major: Computer Science School: Georgia Institute of Technology Educator: Amy Hastings



ACT Score, High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling

Finalist, USA Computing Olympiad Silver Division

Cindy Lo Major: Economics and Public Policy School: Vanderbilt University

Educator: Seth Brady


Society, AP Scholar with Distinction,

National Merit Commended Scholar

Ganesan Narayanan Major: Physics School: Columbia University Educator: Sarah Poletto



ACT Score, IMMC USA Regional Finalist,

HiMCM Finalist, Conrad Challenge Semi-Finalist, eCybermission

National Finalist, National AP Scholar

Andrei Olaru Major: Biology

School: University of California, Berkeley or Vanderbilt University Educator: Jeremy Whitt


Society, French Honor Society, AP Scholar, Presidential

Volunteer Service Award

Jack Reicherts Major: Environmental Engineering

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Educator: Drew Brown

National Merit Finalist, Illinois State Scholar, National Honor Society, Perfect ACT Score, AP Scholar with Honor, Spanish Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Distinguished Redhawk, University of Illinois Engineering Scholarships, University of Illinois Campus Honors Program, University of Illinois James Scholar Program

Naraen Palanikumar Major: Bioengineering

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Educator: Sarah Poletto


Scholar, National Honor Society, USA

Biology Olympiad Semifinalist/Honorable Mention, Science

Olympiad State Medalist, Future Problem Solvers State

Champion, AP Scholar with Distinction, Argonne ESRP

James Royal Major: Economics

School: The University of Chicago Educator: Randall Smith


Scholar, IHSA State Congressional Debate

Champion, NCTE Certificate for Superior

Writing, IMMC USA Round Finalist

Shoshanna Perchanok Major: Computer Science School: University of Illinois

at Urbana-Champaign Educator: Jeremy Lin


Scholar

Ammaar Saeed Major: Biological/Biomedical Engineering School: Undecided Educator: Katherine Barr



ACT Score, Ecybermission National Finalist, Conrad Challenge

International Semifinalist, High School Mathematics Contest in

Modeling Finalist, United States National Chemistry Olympiad

Honors, United States of America Biology Olympiad Semifinalist,

State Tennis Team

Laasya Poola Major: Economics School: The University of Chicago

Educator: Seth Brady


Society, Illinois Global Scholar, Spanish

Honor Society, Lederman Scholar,

DECA State 2nd Place

Lucy Schmid Major: Molecular Engineering School: The University of Chicago Educator: Stacy Cunningham


Scholar, National Honor Society, J. Kyle

Braid Award, National Latin Exam magna

cum laude

Payton Schubel Major: Computer Engineering

School: University of Michigan or Duke University Educator: Hans Muehsler

Illinois State Scholar, SkillsUSA State

Champion in Computer Programming &

Electronics Technology

Max Walts Major: Economics and Math

School: University of Michigan or Wesleyan University

Educator: David Ashton


Scholar, National Honor Society, Illinois

Global Scholar

Justas Stankevicius Major: Computer Science

School: University of Illinois at Chicago Educator: Julie Chenelle


Scholar, National Honor Society, AP

Scholar with Distinction

Madeleine Whirledge Major: Finance School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Educator: David Ashton


Society, National Merit Commended

Scholar, Red and White Award, AP Scholar with Distinction, Latin

Honor Society, National Latin Exam maxima cum laude,

Distinguished Redhawk Award, DuPage Valley Leadership Team

Honorable Mention, University of Illinois Business Honors

Scholarship, Golder Freshman Initiative Scholar

Emma Susin Major: Nursing

School: University of Michigan Educator: Kelly Mielcarz



Perfect ACT Score

Andrew Zhang Major: Biochemistry School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Educator: Katharina Linder


Society, Spanish Honor Society, USA

Biology Olympiad Semifinalist/Honorable Mention, US National

Chemistry Olympiad Honors, Argonne Exemplary Student

Research Program

Alex Trickey Major: Biology School: The University of Chicago

Educator: Kathy Hurd

National Merit Finalist, National Honor

Society, Perfect ACT Score, National AP

Scholar, Spanish Honor Society

Elaine Liu Nancy Liu Angela Luo

DISTRICT 203 BOARD OF EDUCATION

Charles Cush

Terry Fielden

Kristin Fitzgerald

Kristine Gericke

Paul Leong

Donna Wandke

Janet Yang Rohr

Dan Bridges, Superintendent of Schools

Haley Cush, NNHS Student Ambassador

Seamus McGuinness, NCHS Student Ambassador

OUR BELIEFS

Naperville Community Unit School District 203 believes an exemplary school district…

Values the dignity and uniqueness of each individual Promotes responsible citizenship

Is the result of a collective partnership of students, staff, parents and community

Special Thanks to Karen Mathis and Jill Jungnickel

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