Military news

• Russell T. Fu graduated from the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Leader Development and Assessment Course at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash. The ROTC cadet has been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army.

Cadets in their junior and senior year of college must complete the leadership development course. Upon successful completion of the course, the ROTC program, and graduation from college, cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army, National Guard, or Reserve. He is the son of Russell V. Fu of Naperville and Susan C. Fu of Willow Springs. Fu is a 2004 graduate of Montini Catholic High School, Lombard.

College news

• Kristen Gaudio of Western Springs is serving as a student representative of the 2007-08 Student Government Association at Elmhurst College. She is a sophomore majoring in accounting; a recipient of an Elmhurst College Presidential Scholarship; member of the dean’s list; a student ambassador; and peer advisor.

Honor roll

• La Grange Park’s Park Junior High School first-quarter honor roll
Gold honors

Eighth grade: Anya Archer, Evan Booth, Claire Curran, Jason Dolinski, James Gosciniak, Daniel Holt, Charlotte Hoo, Melissa Hoo, Claire Johnson, Tess Kelley, Elizabeth Kosin, Hannah Kulas, Sarah Mazur and Theresa Steinmeyer.

Seventh grade: Rachel Adducci, Matthew Bandyk, Secilia Ann Cox, Dominic Faust, Madeleine Gagesch, Erin Hunt, Kristin Kennedy, Marta Konopka, Jane Krause, Esther Lee, Claire Mattingly, Evan Meyer, Katie Norton-Williams, Madeline Palermo, Anna Pinta, Christine Promisel, Nora Roche, Kristine Rosenberger, Jason Siil, Molly Smith, Charles Sprague, Rebecca Steinmeyer, Anastasia Tanzer and Jack Timberlake.

Red honors

Eighth grade: Nissa Anderson, Margo Andrews, Madeline Blechschmidt, James Blondin, Evan Booth, Steven Chrzas, Jessica Coates, Matthew Cooper, Julie Dambra, Kelly Dorris, Michael Dost, Matthew Foisy, Jennifer Frieberg, Angelina Gradilla, Emilia Hajduczenia, Tessa Herman, Clare Hogan, Margaret Holub, Christine Hudak, Kalen Iffert, Jacob Kacmar, Henry Koon, Tomas Llibre, John Lombardi, Juliet Lusson, Nicole Magats, Berta Martchinskas, Emily McGinn, Kelsey Morgan, Rachel Mostek, Blake Murray, Sarah Parzyck, Marisa Pater, Samantha Pearsall, Jack Pearson, Jason Plagens, Matthew Rapcan, Jessica Rebello, Jake Reynolds, Rachael Schwabe, Maggie Shiflett, Samuel Smetko, Caitlin Spurlin, Caleb Tackes, Emily Valeika, Alexis Viliunas, Elizabeth Wesa, Caroline Wurster and Timothy Wyrick.

Seventh grade: Eleanor Althoff, Jane Anderson, Sarah Beglen, Nicole Bell, Anne Birkeland, Jamie Blechschmidt, Evan Boyd, Zachary Bradley, Steven Carlson, Kaileen Dinnon, Brendan Dzwierzynski, Robert Edinger, Catherine Flaherty, Katherine Foran, Hannah Gajewski, Dana Hadley, Megan Hankins, Colin Jernberg, Maureen Joyce, Elizabeth Klein, Connor Kriha, Laura Lannan, Carl Leake, Bradley Linden, Carly Loomis, Michael Lorenz, Danae Luetkehans, Jacob Malkinson, Bridget McDowell, Elyse McGloin, Kelly McGuinn, True Merritt, Erin Modzelewski, Mariel Montoya, Sara Nutley, Alyssa O’Brenski, Luke O’Connell, Alexander Papadakis, Claire Peters, Brandon Phan, Sinead Potter, Hanigan Racelis, Elizabeth Richmond, Samuel Ridge, Megan Roberts, Ellen Rohan, Rebecca Rymsza, Matthew Serafin, Ryan Sheehan, Jacqueline Sher, Danielle Spanski, Emma Uhrick, Mitchell VanKoevering, Michael Vertovec, Madison Vickery, Maximilian Walczyk, Jeremy Walleck, Amy Westrick, Emma Wille, Jameson Yong and Jane Yu.

Blue honors

Eighth grade: John Bitsas, Timothy Bode, Kendra Boggs, Molly Briody, Matthew Brooks, Kathryn Chorley, Kearra Conley, Scott Coombs, Alison Crooks, Joseph Cummings, Dominic D’Anna, Marcello Delfini, Aimee Dobry, Alexander Fisher, Emily Florek, Bridget Foley, Alexander Galassini, Kyle Gosiewski, Alyse Gowgiel, Max Hadley, Joseph Hagl, Sarah Hayes, Heather Heydorn, Matthew Hicaro, Jennifer Hollowed, T’Amber Kendrick, Lauren Kucera, David Looyschelder, Matthew Malec, Maxwell Maloney, Rachel Masterson, Francis McMahon, Catherine Medlock, Alex Messmore, Samantha Modzelewski, Carrie Nacht, Anna Neuland, Joselyn Palomares, Sean Pierson, Victoria Pizzuto, Branden Reeves, Gabrielle Robles, Daniel Schemenauer, Gavin Scott, Nicole Sievers, Xena Smith, Athena Spingler, Kristine Stejskal, Jonathan Teresczenko, Maxwell Thimmig, Janie Thomas, Sarah Thompson, Elise Timmerman, Andrew Troy and Nicole Walker.

Seventh grade: Madeline Andersen, Marian Beyer, Danielle Biggerstaff, Ryan Bleck, Kelley Brennan, Allison Cholewa, Sonja Davy, Madeleine Emrich, Victor Espinosa, Melissa Frieberg, Mattie Galgan, Kelley Garrow, Thomas Gartner, Ayah Hamdan, Megan Hankins, Katherine Hickey, Joseph Hollowed, Mason Hunter, Rebecca Jargstorf, Rachael Johnson, Lia Kass, Nicholas Kirkines, Jessica Klima, Meghan Klima, Emily Kunkle, Benjamin Larson, Spencer Lebegue, Samantha Lenz, Jack Lewandowski, Danielle Lucio, Kathleen Lynch, Jaleesa Martinez, Brian McDonagh, Jia Mikuls, James Mitchell, Amanda Morris, Lucy Mullane, Julia Murray, Christopher Myslicki, Nicole O’Connor, Ryann Overstreet, Emily Pabon, Victoria Paredes, Geornae Pearson-Eaton, Lauren Pelletier, Melissa Pierson, Samantha Plotke, Hannah Rademaker, Andrea Rick, Alexander Ritter-Jenkins, Suzanne Rychlik, Rebecca Ryckman, Benjamin Sandoval, Georgia Saunders, Kaley Shannon, Natalia Sitailo, Dominique Smith, Maxwell Stegner, Michael Stewart, Ellen Sudeikis, Camille Suknovich, Ellen Swanson, Emily Swanson, Jordan Szala, Kaitlyn Tedeschi, Wendell Truax, Mia Volpe and Zachary Zlevor.