Accomplishments

• Sara Williams of Bolingbrook has been selected as a 2007 Orientation Student Leader at Elmhurst College. The role of the OSL is to facilitate small groups of new students in all activities and programs scheduled during orientation. OSLs are selected through a competitive process that includes an application and several interviews. Sara is a junior at Elmhurst College and is majoring in speech-language pathology.

• Annie Kennedy of Woodridge has been selected as a member of Millikin University’s top choral group, the University Choir, for the 2007-08 academic year. Annie, a graduate of Downers Grove North High School, is a Commercial Music major. She will sing soprano in the University Choir.

• Nikia Gibson, a senior at National Lewis University from Naperville, and Benjamin Gross, a senior at Northern Illinois University from Naperville, were honored by The Lincoln Academy of Illinois during the annual Student Laureate Ceremony Oct. 27 in Springfield. The Student Laureate Medallion is given each year, along with a $150 honorarium and a certificate of achievement, to one member from the senior class of each four-year, degree-granting institution of higher learning in Illinois.

Honor roll

• Lisle Junior High School, First Quarter

High Honor Roll

Sixth Grade: George Ancede, Molly Anderson, Colton Andrews, Riley Billings, Sierra Birdsell, Mitchell Boyce, Krista Brummet, Jefferson Chan, Gabrielle Chatman, Sara Clifford, Kevin Coppin, Connor Corrigan, Alyssa Crile, Evan Derse, Keely Geist, James Gill, Irene Gutierrez, Madison Gwilliam, Rachel Haraldsen, Kyle Hendzel, Melanie Holland, Nicholas Jackson, Alan Kass, Lana Kesic, Clifford Krause, Michelle Krausfeldt, Tomas Kuliavas, Erin Lamontagne, Carissa Lao, Billy Loconsole, Bridget McCarthy, Allison Morten, Jack Nile, Kate Pantaleo, Ian Parks, Elena Pivek, Eric Puccini, Alexie Schwarz, Nanda Siva, Alex Sokolowski, Steven Sonnefeldt, Joshua Soukup, Summer Stitt, Kayla Storme, Maxwell Tarasewicz, Anthony Thornton, Andrew Trzeciak, Daniel Westerhoff, Ryan Wood

Seventh Grade: Trevor Altpeter, Viktorija Badaraite, Hayley Belina, Rachel Birkley, Amelia Breihan, Jessica Calaway, Miranda Coleman, Kyle Collins, Joseph Colonna, Megan Dwyer, Marie Dyrda, Nicolette Fanelli, Brian Fiedler, Jordan Herman, Rachel Jennings, Kelly Krebaum, Jane Mader, Andrew Mogensen, Kelsy Nilles, Sarah Pearson, Benjamin Schwarz, Justin Spangler, Autumn Stoddard, Elizabeth Sullivan, Jacob Swiatek, Abby Tarasewicz, Zachary Taylor, Skyler Tomko, Rachel Urban, Christine Young

Eighth Grade: Vanessa Abenante, Azfar Ali, Shqipe Alili, Khatereh Behrokh, Briana Bester, Blake Billings, Brad Blechschmidt, Kellie Brennan, Mackenzie Buchelt, Emma Buchholz, Cole Collins, Margaret Corrigan, Cassandra Croy, Robert Dean, Kierstin Dickeson, Akira Fujiwara, Rebekah Fuys, Matthew Gill, Kayla Hanley, Jacob Haseltine, Raha Hosseini, Matthias Howell, Kazim Khan, Shelby Kretman, Robert Kulevich, Zachary Lange, Nicholas Leonard, Connor Liss, Brooke Manley, Michael Martin, Elizabeth McKay, Jessica Medrala, Emilija Mozeryte, Kevin Murray, Parker Murray, Nicholas Olson, Joseph Pantaleo, Cassie Parks, Alina Pavlyuk, Darian Payne, Andrew Populorum, Nicole Puccini, Arkadiusz Raclawski, Julia Reed, Sara Ruthberg, Jay Sanders, Dylan Sinn, Caroline Smith, Jacob Soukup, Andrzej Surzyn, Stephen Sutton, Shannon Tai, Ryan Twaddle, Anita Urban, Joshua Urban, Brittni Wagner, Erika Weir

Honor Roll

Sixth Grade: Evan Alonso, Lakshayaa Balaji, Nathan Birkett, Benjamin Buchelt, William Dickey, Kyle Dwyer, Samuel Fairley, Justin Fernandes, Tara Fonner, Antonio Gill, Jeremy Glavanovits, Griffin Huba, Kelly Husch, Goda Inokaityte, Erin Johnson, Edith Kocher-Cowan, Molly Krainik, Cody Noetzel, Angelina Pascente, Remigijus Pasvenskas, Ralph Peterson, Sohaib Quadri, Kate Russo, Kyle Sealey, Amber Skulavik, Derek Srail, Brandon Vega, Zachary Wagner, Briana Watson Carrington

Seventh Grade: Konnor Ahlmann, Andrew Bartol, Elijah Bester, Abbey Corona, Alexandra DeCraene, Kayla Dobrovolny,  Vanessa El Shamy, Joshua Haseltine, Austin Hills, Hannah Kfoury, Louis Kline, Katherine Kulevich, Nicolette Maas, Marco Martinez-Campos, Samuel Nolan, Christina Norris, Erik Osika, Marissa Peterson, Sarah Pfeiffer, Nick Saul, Tyler Schech, Sarah Schey, Michael Spangler, Lauren Thibert, Kelly Urban, Ryan Van Volkenburg

Eighth Grade: Forrest Anderson, Jasmine Anderson, Jessica Anthony, Cori Beckman, Nicholas Benedetti, Kevin Caccippio, Tajae Green, Hannah Groce, Monserrat Gutierrez, Jessica Haas, Alexis Hoelper, Matthew Holland, Jared Jayne, Mecca Joseph, Kelsey Kanthack, Marika Kirtadze, Marie Koch, Reed Krause, Kaelin Laue, Bradley Leonard, Kyle Loveless, Amanda Mattner, Faizan Mir, Taylor Morten, James Pauly, Shane Pelling, Danielle Petersen, Brett Ponczek, Lauren Prindeville, Mary Grace Riley, Kyle Staley, Patrick Swindle, Christian Vega, Megan Vlcek


Bachelor’s degrees

• Eastern Illinois University

Bolingbrook: Jason Brusa and Dawn Habada
Lisle: Kelly Lovick
Naperville: Erin Holbrook, Abigail Ingram, Matthew Karamol, Richard Mazur, Marjory McMahon, Jason William James Smith
Woodridge: Breanna Pence

Master’s degrees

• Eastern Illinois University

Lisle: Valerie Johnson