Each year, Downers Grove South High School Math and Science Departments recognize students for completing multiple math and science courses and maintaining a high grade point average within those courses.
Congratulations to the following 2021 DGS Math and Science Award winners! To view photos from a few class award presentations, view our Flickr Album.
Science Department Awards
The Platinum Science Award is presented to senior students who maintain an overall GPA of 4.0 or better and a science GPA of 4.0 or better. What distinguishes these scholars is that they have completed six or more courses in science, and still maintained at least a 4.0.
- Madelyn Duitsman
- Caleigh Esposito
- Samuel Hudec
- Matthew Jablonski
- Lestin Kandakudy
- Jacob Messina
- Jennessa Morrison
- Megan Mosebach
- Nirmal Nathan
- Renee Nicholson
- Carlos Quintana-Mejia
- Jessica Sun
- Alaina Vergara
The Gold Science Award is presented to senior students who have completed at least five courses in science and maintain a grade point average of 4.0 or better.
- Luc Alvarez
- Josephina Gadzala
- Philip Glawe
- Megan Harmon
- Gerda Jucys
- Diana Kwak
- Annie Le
- Evan Marrs
- Colin Meyer
- Jonathon Michael
- Marina Milad
- Chase Moy
- Danielle Ng
- Denise Ng
- Madeline Padavic
- Jacob Poeschel
- Sydney Ryan
- Matthew Scolan
- Domani Sharkey
- Morgan Silanskis
- Qasim Simba
- Maximus Soja
- Jonah Sprandel
- Meghan Stapleton
- Jillian Urgello
The Silver Science Award is presented to senior students who have completed at least five courses in science and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or better.
- Kathryn Casey
- Jemilee Corona
- Ashley DeAnda
- Kristina Huda
- Rajkaran Khullar
- Vivian Lane
- Thomas Macas
- Mia Searcy
- Riley Vondrasek
In addition to the Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Science Awards, the DGS Science Department is proud to honor senior Jacob Messina! The American Association of Physics Teachers sponsors an award to acknowledge success and to encourage and motivate students to continue in the field of Physics.
The Bronze Science Award is presented to junior students who have already completed at least four courses in science and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or better.
Afia Acheampong, Adam Ahmed, Jessica Alcantara, Marley Davis, Erin Davy, Kylie Delre, Kayden Dempsey, Deanna Eslit, Aiden Flowers, Jack Gales, Ellison Gee, Meghan Griffey, Peyton Horazy, Vito Jurasic, Aidan Kljucanin, Renee Kowalski, Julian Kroschke, Matthew Kuntaras, Isabella Lapacek, Belle Lewis, Emma Lopez, Delaney Madiar, Audrey Mahoney, Angela Manevska, Ava Matheson, Sophia McNerney, Paige Miller, Matthew Molnar, Hillary Morris, Olivia Munoz Gutierrez, Thomas Noller, Andrew Novotny, Scarlett O'Hara, Charles O'Neill, Bianca Obedoza, Fisayomi Oloyede, Katherine Opila, Jaret Ornelas, Tijay Patel, Vladislava Plesca, Sydney Populorum, Naomi Preciado, Jacquelyn Principe, Cassandra Rapp, Cassandra Repole, Olivia Roti, Lillian Ryan, Alexander Salvino, Robert Sayre, Mariya Smiyan, Emilia Swierzb, Lauren Thomas, Luca Veriotti, Esther Wang, Mika Watson, Hailey Welp, Samuel Wleklinski, Ethan Wong, Hannah Workman
Math Department Awards
The Platinum Math Award is presented to senior students who have previously won the Gold Math Award, have completed Calculus 3, and have earned an A for each semester in all high school math classes. (Computer Science does not count.)
- Yasmine Khan
- Jonathon Michael
- Jacob Poeschel
- Christopher Sapinski
The Gold Math Award is presented to senior students with seven semester grades of A in standard or honor level courses. (NCC Calculus 3 and Computer Science do not count.)
- Ben Bogdanski
- Dyanna Boone
- Servando Casillas-Garabito
- Abigail Cigrand
- Allison Coyne
- Mary Davenport
- Sierra Donaldson
- Keagan Doyle
- Ian Fielding
- Jonathan Flores
- Abigail Fredricks
- Julia Grippo
- Megan Harmon
- Derek Hoffman
- Matthew Jablonski
- Diana Kwak
- Colin Meyer
- Renee Nicholson
- Carlos Quintana-Mejia
- Michael Rheintgen
- Mia Searcy
- Domani Sharkey
- Kendall Swider
- Abigail Tannhauser
The Silver Math Award is presented to juniors who earned the Silver Math Award as a sophomore and earned grades of A in high school math courses. (NCC Calculus 3 and Computer Science do not count.)
Aidan Kljucanin, Ryan Rosignal, Emilia Swierzb, Esther Wang
In addition, the following junior students earned a Silver Math Award for completing five semesters in standard or honor level courses and all semester grades are A’s.
Afia Acheampong, Jessica Alcantara, Rebecca Allison, Christine Balcom, Linda Bednarz, Kaitlyn Berryman, Isabel Bowditch, Isabella Brown, Kelsey Casella, Anabella Chlada, Hajira Choudry, Leka Davis, Marley Davis, Robert Del Cotto, Jennifer Fogarty, Isabella Garcia, Dean Golminas, Jillian Heiling, Matthew Hyman, Alex Johnson, Renee Kowalski, Gillian Krughoff, Gracie Lapacek, Isabella Lapacek, Patrick Laurich, Sally Lichner, Emma Lopez, Angela Manevska, Margaret Mark, Hannah Martin, Sophia McNerney, Hillary Morris, Timothy Neumann, Barbara Olechowska, Amanda Operana, Katherine Opila, Joshua Paniagua-Chavez, Maxwell Paschall, Emily Poska, Cassandra Repole, Ashley Reynolds, Olivia Roti, Lillian Ryan, Maya Santos, Olivia Sasnau, Christian Schloneger, Clarissa Sigale, Mariya Smiyan, Lauren Thomas, Abigail Turek, Luca Veriotti, Kyla Wasler, Kristin Weidner, Thomas Willard, Jada Wiseman
A special Silver Math Award goes to sophomore students who are in College Algebra Trig or Calculus and have all three semester grades of A. Students in 9th or 12th grade are not eligible. (Computer Science does not count.)
Taran Sooranahalli, Victor Carrasco, Bharat Shah, Jeremy Wilczak, Chase Tomecki
Congratulations to all!