Achievements
• Lemont High School student Kayla Laski was honored as a regional winner in the 2009 Chicago Architecture Today “Midwest Creative Architecture Competition” March 7. The senior was honored in a ceremony at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Rice Campus in Wheaton. Laski won her regional award in the Architectural Illustration category. Four of Laski’s classmates were recognized for their entries in the competition: seniors Bobby Groselak, Nick Lawrence and Andrew Tomala were recognized in the “Showcase Model” category, and senior Sean Armbruster was noted in the CAD Design division.

• A total of 11 students from Lemont High School’s Class of 2009 have been designated as Prairie State Scholars for their work on the Prairie State Achievement Exam in April.

Prairie State Scholars include: Ashley Basiorka, Haley Carr, Jessica DeArcangelis, Mike Fischer, Dan Hankes, Maggie Hopkins, Allison Kostes, Gintas Kuseliauskas, Danielle Schumacher, Jessica Solarski and Ethan Wood.

• An award unique to Lemont High School, “Beat the Spread,” recognizes students who achieved a better than anticipated score on the PSAE, compared to their results on the PLAN test, which they took as sophomores.

“Beat the Spread” honorees include:

Jaber Aiyash, Matt Anzalone, Heidi Arenberg, Rebecca Armijo, Ashley Basiorka, Dan Block, Rebecca Bograd, Bradley Botwinski, Matthew Bruns, Samantha Brzostowski, Kimberly Callahan, Haley Carr, Jillian Carroll, Tammy Contorno, Kyle Cummins, Richard Czuma, Rolando De La Vega, Jessica DeArcangelis, John Filer, Mike Fischer, Donald Gardner, Amanda Gumber, Mary Haggerty, Dan Hankes, Timothy Hunziker, Jennifer Jeffrey, Michael Kash, Ashley Knippenberg, Monica Kociolek, Lauren Kornacker, Allison Kostes, Alyssa Krakar, Megan Krull, Mary Kuba, Kelly Kulasik, Gintas Kuseliauskas, Fleurdeliz Licuanan, Jenna Litoborski, James Loukota, Ashley Madsen, Brian Martin, Catherine McDermott, Laura Mitchell, Mike Molnar, Mark Moravek, Krista Neetz, Kyle Nolan, Jake Nyenhuis, Mateusz Palenik, Tim Peebles, Kristina Pietka, Alex Polino, Emilja Pranckevicius, Jonas Preisaitis, Andrew Rachwalski, Natalie Sawka, Brittany Schury, David Skorusa, Jessica Solarski, Ryan Swanson, Alex Szerzinski, David Szkodon, Travis Tejkowski, Michael Vucko, Ian Walsh, Nicole Westfall, James Westferro and Ethan Wood.

Graduates
• Miami University
LEMONT Brittany Tisza, bachelor of arts