Honor roll

• Riverside’s Hauser Junior High School third quarter honor roll.

Straight A honors

Eighth grade: Ricardo Arroyo, Kathleen Boyce, Jacob Dluhy, Nathaniel Hanley, Thomaas Holecek, Robin Jensen, Cameron Ketchmark, Rachel Kunkel, Thomas Linehan, Elliot Louthen, Charles Morrissey, Louisa Parzyk, Dennis Potamianos, Sijie Pu, Katherine Scheffer, Claire Schraidt, Luke Soldano, Sarah Szydlo, Gerda Tamosiunas, David Tomecek, Katherine Walsh and Bradley Wilson.

Seventh grade: Emily Andrulis, Nathalie Ariza, Caitlin Boxell, Haley Buntrock, Molly Chaney, Claire Childers, Colleen Cody, Rachel Corcoran, Elena Duve, Justine Espisito, Vincent Falk, Marella Harrington, Amanda Hejna, Mitchell Herrmann, Amanda Kostro, Kara Kruse, Jessica Lancaster, Margaret McLaughlin, Kylie O’Connell, Sarah Otmanski, Christina Owrey, Jacob Palka, Marisa Pelayo, Rachel Rusiecki, Monica Scieszka, Patrick Wmith, Alexandra Tomasek and Tadas Varaneckas.

Sixth grade: Rheema Almaui, Sarah Benya, Eva Brundage, Alexandra Burke, Elise Castelaz, Hunter Claire, Jaden Cruz, Nathan Dimaano, Curtis Duffek, Kenzo Esquivel, Monica Fiala, Emily Rilec, Jack Gibson, Kelly Glavin, Paula Hermanek, Karl Jantze, David Kidwell, Lauren Krolasik, Shannon Layng, Samantha Liska, Abigail Louthen, Alanna Maloney, Anne Mitchell, Ariel Moon, Taylor Owen, Amber Powers, Julia Reyes, Kimberly Ringbloom, Emily Robinson, Jack Scott, Nicole Turczak, Oscar Valdovinos, Emma Veon, Marisa Wakely, Kelly Wallner and Danielle Zigulich.

High honors

Eighth grade: Carly Andersen, Eric Bell, Christopher Buh, Emily Cain, Caitlin Clark, Ryan Considine, Taylor Dalton, Rebecca Durec, Molly Ely, Kayla Fernandez, Gordon Fieseler, Louise Gangware, Ethan Gonzalez, Michael Hudecek, Elissa Hugcheson, Erin James, Stephanie Kausal, Jacob Kintner, Drew Kohler, Alexander Layng, Michael LeBeau, Rima Lintakas, Haley McCarthy, Benjamin Mitchell, Nicholas Moreno, Chansoo Pak, Rebecca Pendola, Tyler Radek, Anna Reyes, Nicholas Rohm, David Tortorici, Linas Vaitkus, Megan Welch and Maggie Zeleny.

Seventh grade: Rachel Ackerman, Ryan Brown, Alexandria Cleveland, Heather Conway, Jacqueline D’Avolio, John Douglas, Maxwell Enger, Dolores Ferenac, Aneliese Gibson, Arianna Gonzalez, Andrea Guelfi, Mara Henk, Olivia Jordan, Jack Kemper, Nicole Kmet, Joshua Kuras, Dovas Lietuvninkas, Jonathan Logli, Max Marciniak, Tomas Menchaca, Matthew Mester, Madeline Muntean, Sara Nie, Kimberly Oliva, Meghan Orgler, William Potts, Tatiana Reaves, Max Steinberg, Victoria Varga, Sam Weiss, Abigail Willinger and Masha Yulanova.

Sixth grade: Raymond Antos, Ryan Barcal, Patience Blessing, Madeline Chapp, Hannah Claywell, Matthew Collins, Bilyana Daskalova, Rachel DeCosola, Meghan Duffy, Kelly Ely, Kathleen Falk, Daniel Fieseler, Karen Fucinato, Angelo Gabino, Annabelle Gardiner, Jack Gavin, Samantha Goldsmith, Luke Keller, Gabriela Lambruschini, Thomas Leary, Liam Lesniak, Morgan Levin, Miodrag Ljuboja, Renee Miedlar, Andre Morado, Marie Morgenthaler, Emily O’Connor, Henry O’Neal, Ambyr Pennway, Ashley Rayfield, Jeffrey Ringbloom, Marciel Rodriguez, Rachel Sammons, Emma Schander, Kelly Showel, Celia Skvaril, Sofia Soluri, Daniel Somers, Tessa Sundstrom, Liyu Tang, Ryan Tracy, Jessica Volpe and Katie Wallner.

Honors

Eighth grade: Natasha Alvarez, Bridget Antos, Tihomir Armic, Nathan Berg, Sean Brennan, Howie Brundage, Victoria Burris, James Capone, Ali Connelly, Benjamin Cox, Samuel Cox, Nicanor DeLaTorre, Joan Dodaro, George Ebright, Bianca Favela, Audrey Gaberik, Yannis Garcia, Alexandria Gonzalez, Samantha Hansen, YuHsiana Hwang, Muriel Kelleher, Jacquiline King, Adam Kubeczko, JoAnna Kummer, Kevin Lee, Tiffany Lopez, Tawni Majetic, Brian Marino, Miguel Melendez, Jessica Padilla, Andrew Pelayo, Rachel Powell, Mollie Quealy, Brian Robertson, Louis Robling, Danielle Ryan, Anthony Scianna, Philip Stepnowski, Cody Vitek, Eleanore Waszak, Adam Weiss, David Wolak, Luis Zelaya and Dale Zigulich.

Seventh grade: Alfonso Arias, Steven Baker, Alexandra Baldermann, Bryce Bartlett, Brian Brown, Jacklyn Cervenka, Peter Considine, Noah Corrigan, Christina Daily, Sean DeMuro, Adiel Bartolomeo, Matthew Doherty, Paul Dudek, Mitchell Forssberg, Elaine Gaberik, Karina Garcia, Alexander Gruman, Richard Guerrieri, Andrew Hanley, Nicholas Hernandez, Daniel Kelliher, Lucie Leone, Kaitllin Likavec, Konstantinos Likouresis, Becky Mantel, Jack McCarthy, Eric Mikesh, Nicholas Misiorowski, Ross Moon, Joseph Mulhern, Mark Musial, Donald Pinkus Jr., Timothy Potts, Gina Sapienza, Haley Scaman, Zachary Schnulle, Nicholas Scianna, Kevin Smaller, Amanda Stamm, Kelsey Stirek, Taylor Sweeney, Tyler Troiola, James Wang and Katrina Waszak.

Sixth grade: Kristijan Armic, Caitlin Berek, Nicholas Culafic, Deborah Czubik, Thomas Dennehy, Elizabeth Dore, Lauren Dore, Vincent Gargano, Megan Gonzalez, Victoria Gonzalez, Mark Grigoletti, Maxwell Harris-D’Amato, Emily Hastings, Kelly Heirigs, Dominick Kompare, Angelina Krug, Olivia Lauritsen, Scott LeBeau, Jessica Lopez, Mitchell Malloy, Cyril Manjooran, Joseph Marino, Emilio Martinis-Gomez, Ian Maye, Madeline McCarthy, Caileigh McGuire, David Monreal, Tyler Plunkett, Miranda Ryan, Mirella Salinas, Camilla Shaw, Jimi Sieja, Alexander Spirios, Caroline Stanko, Stephanie Taccola, Abigail Teffeteller, Forrest Thill, Nicholas Troiola, Joseph Urbanski and Jason Ursich.

College news

• Twenty-six residents were named to the spring semester dean’s list at Northern Illinois University. The dean’s list is compiled by the university’s colleges according to varying criteria, including class rank and grade point average. Students include Broadview resident Nicole Shemezis; Brookfield residents Michelle Balogh, Mike Ferraro, Shannon Michaud, Natalie Shugailo and Amanda Wanderer; Countryside resident John Anderson; Indian Head Park resident John Durso; La Grange residents Erik Harrelson, Michael Kurt, Lindsay Rapacki and Mindy Suich; La Grange Park residents Stefanie Branham, Daniel Donlon, Jessica Gadomski and Lauren Grokulsky; North Riverside residents Kevin Deichl and Katie Demauro; Riverside residents Daniel McCloskey and Sara Nawrocki; Westchester residents Rachel Gorr, Frank Martino, Ryan McGuinness, Katherine Richter and Artice Weston; and Western Springs resident Kathryn Wehrmeister.

• James Juvancic of Westchester was inducted into Golden Key International Honor Society at DePaul University. The society recognizes juniors and seniors in the top 15 percent of their class.

• Brian Kadow of Western Springs was named to the spring semester dean’s honor roll at Creighton University, Omaha, Neb. To qualify for the honor roll, a student must achieve a minimum 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

• Stephanie Simmons of Westchester was named to the spring semester dean’s list at St. Norberg College, DePere, Wis. To be eligible for the dean’s list, a student must earn a minimum 3.5 grade point average.

• Patrick Brewick of La Grange Park was named to the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Notre Dame. The dean’s honors recognizes students in the top 30 percent of their college.

• Ethan Turbek of Brookfield and Tomo Lazovich of Lyons are 2007 National Merit $2,500 scholarship recipients. Awardees are finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishment, skills and potential for success in college and are selected by a committee of college admission officers and high school counselors.

• Michael Stachyra of Hillside received the Michael A. Scott Scholarship from Eastern Illinois University, Charleston. The award is presented to juniors or seniors with a declared major in physics. The student must maintain a minimum 3.0 grade point average.

• Claire Nelligan of La Grange Park and Laura Gill of Riverside were named to the spring semester dean’s list at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Ind. To earn academic honors, a student must attain a minimum 3.4 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

• Fourteen local residents received bachelor’s degrees from Columbia College during May commencement exercises. Graduates include Broadview resident Kevin Jones; Brookfield residents Frederick Krubel and Ryane Kaucher; La Grange Park residents Colleen Haney and Joanna Gancarczyk; North Riverside residents Lauren Montague, Adam Rosen and Armando Juarez; Riverside residents Lefvia Marrero, Alexander Lappin and Rodolfo Hernandez; and Westchester residents Mariza Brotonel, Ryan Fowel and Peter Grossmann.

• Anne Watts of La Grange Park was named to the spring semester dean’s list at Providence College, R.I. To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must achieve a minimum 3.55 grade point average.

• Ashley Lubenkov of La Grange received a bachelor of arts degree in political science and French from Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., during spring commencement ceremonies. She was a Wake Forest Scholarship student all four years.

• Katie Reda of Indian Head Park received a bachelor of science degree in hospitality administration from Boston University, Mass., during spring commencement exercises.

• Twenty-two residents were named Indiana University Founders Day honorees for the 2006-07 academic year. To receive academic honors a student must earn a minimum 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Students include Brookfield residents Ashley Urben and Katherine Cosgrove; Burr Ridge residents Kelly Waldvogel, Joshua Heffron, Danielle Dyson and Jehad Bittar; Indian Head Park resident Catherine Gula; La Grange residents Ryan Malloy, Nicholas Pavilonis, Kate Catherall and Christine Vaccarello; La Grange Park residents Andrew Conwell and Sandra Thoms; Western Springs residents Kristen Pipal, Megan Bourke, James Goldrick, Meghan Fitzpatrick, Justine Martin, Robert Powers, James Hogg and John Shannon; and Willow Springs resident Jessica Lee.

• Richard Barritt of Western Springs received the ADM Scholarship, Top Ten Senior Award and Delta Sigma Pi Key from the College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during the spring awards banquet.

School news

• Chinelo Agwuncha of Westchester has enrolled at The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy for the 2007-08 academic year as a member of the sophomore class.

• Fenwick High School, Oak Park, science teacher Marcus McKinley has received a $10,000 grant from the BP Corporation as part of its A+ for Energy Program. BP awards money for creative classroom activity involving energy and conservation. The money will be used to purchase an infrared camera to use for thermal imaging. McKinley also received a scholarship to attend a three-day energy training conference presented by the National Energy Education Project.