District 99 celebrates 12th grade students at South HIgh School in Downers Grove (DGS) who have earned academic honors based on the culmination of grade point averages after seven semesters of their high school career. For the 2021-22 school year, 31 students achieved the designation of “Distinguished Honors” after receiving a cumulative 4.4 or higher weighted grade point average after seven semesters in high school. In addition, 268 students achieved the designation of “High Honors” or “Honors” after receiving a cumulative 4.0 or higher or 3.4 or higher weighted grade point average. Please see the lists of recipients below.
“These students have consistently achieved a very high level of academic performance throughout their high school years, which is an impressive accomplishment especially during two years of a pandemic,” says District 99 Superintendent Dr. Hank Thiele. “Their academic excellence and resiliency will serve them well in all of their future endeavors.”
District 99 follows a 4.0 grade point scale. Students receive both a non-weighted and weighted GPA at the end of each grading period. If a student takes Honors or Advanced Placement classes, the student’s GPA can exceed 4.0, depending on the grades earned. At the graduation ceremonies, graduates will wear gold stoles, cords and/or tassels to indicate their level of academic achievement.
Congratulations to the following students earning academic honors:
Distinguished Honors
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Adam Ahmed, Jessica Alcantara, Kelsey Casella, Leka Davis, Marley Davis, Allison Ford, Dean Golminas, Haley Hurst, Matthew Hyman, Alex Johnson, Aidan Kljucanin, Renee Kowalski, Gillian Krughoff, Patrick Laurich, Sophia McNerney, Timothy Neumann, Katherine Opila, Ysabel Pakowski, Maxwell Paschall, Cassandra Repole, Ashley Reynolds, Ryan Rosignal, Olivia Roti, Lillian Ryan, Maya Santos, Christian Schloneger, Clarissa Sigale, Emilia Swierzb, Luca Veriotti, Esther Wang and Hailey Welp
High Honors
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Iris Allington, Paige Antiporek, Nathan Atseff, Samantha Bachara, Christine Balcom, Robyn Balcom, Linda Bednarz, Kaitlyn Berryman, Jacob Bishop, Isabel Bowditch, Ryan Bringle, Isabella Brown, Katrina Carlson, Anabella Chlada, Hajira Choudry, Colin Coit, Nora Coonrod, Jimena Cornejo, Erin Davy, Victoria Del Carmen, Robert Del Cotto, Kylie Delre, Alyssa Deschamp, Joseph Dorsey, Patrick Dunn, Tyler Engel, Deanna Eslit, Sarah Fedor, Ellison Gee, Brendan Gibbons, Robert Grogan, Camrynn Harper, Eileen Harris, Jillian Heiling, Leo Hermans, Kameron Jones, Michael Joseph, Vito Jurasic, Isidora Kostic, Sofya Kristesashvili, Julian Kroschke, Gracie Lapacek, Isabella Lapacek, Sally Lichner, Emma Lopez, Audrey Mahoney, Jenna Majchrzak, Angela Manevska, Margaret Mark, Hannah Martin, Colin Mason, Amanda Maylath, Zachary Mead, Youstina Mikhail, Paige Miller, Matthew Molnar, Hillary Morris, Faith Nelson, Thomas Noller, Andrew Novotny, Bianca Obedoza, Scarlett O'Hara, Barbara Olechowska, Charles O'Neill, Amanda Operana, Liana O'Rourke, Ema Paskevicius, Dominick Passo, Tijay Patel, Shiven Patel, Daniel Piller, Michael Piotrowski, Jalen Pohlmann, Sydney Populorum, Emily Poska, Naomi Preciado, Eva Rachie, Noah Rapinchuk, Cassandra Rapp, Gwendolynne Royle, Alexander Salvino, Olivia Sasnau, Robert Sayre, Mariya Smiyan, Alexander Soja, Alexandra Spang, Lily Stacey, Kaitlyn Steffgen, Jordan Stewart, John Szalko, Kylie Thiel, Lauren Thomas, Megan Thomas, Lauren Topp, Abigail Turek, Noella Ukpe-Roberts, Monica Ventura, Alexandra Vlassakeva, Kyla Wasler, Mika Watson, Kristin Weidner, Samantha Wiggins, Thomas Willard, Samuel Wleklinski, Ethan Wong and Carly Zubrzycki
Honors
Afia Acheampong, Arda Acik, Mayrany Acuna, Charles Adams, Dawud Aldaqaq, Aleesa Andresen, Owen Atseff, Max Bertrand, Roshni Bhati, Olivia Bifulco, Ryan Blazevich, Nikita Burlacenco, Kayli Burns, Samuel Campbell, Emily Castaneda, Shreya Chaudhari, Quetzalli Chavez, Bianca Cierny, Margaret Clark, Christopher Connolly, Lucas Costello, Joseph Cox, Kenneth Creamer, Jessica Daly, Elise D'Aquila, Joshua Davila, Darius Davis, Daniel Dedescu, Kayden Dempsey, Isabella Denk, Grace Dietrich, Chrissa Dimitrakakos, Abigail Durkin, Jordan D'Urso, Benjamin Dziedzic, Caroline Elkin, Richard Evinger, Jasmine Feidt, Maximilian Fido, James Fiore, Aiden Flowers, Jennifer Fogarty, Nathan Frewen, Jack Gales, Ava Gantner, Isabella Garcia, Christopher Gasmen, Daniela Gonzalez-Ruiz, Sydney Gorski, Jacob Hahn, Morgan Hawthorne, Kennedy Heiden, Angelina Hernandez, Gabrielle Hewawissa, Sara Homberg, Peyton Horazy, Ariel Hoskin, Jenna Hubert, Renatta Jacob, Ashley James, Cole Johnson, Alexzander Johnson, Kendrell Jordan, Corina Karling, Savana Kesterson, Eshah Khalid, June Kim, Mina Kostic, Jacqueline Kuczkowski, Matthew Kuntaras, Kira Kushta, Maria Largo, Kevin Leatherwood, Belle Lewis, Tobias Lewis, Jaziel Lopez Contreras, Paige Lupie, Delaney Madiar, Eleanore Malinowski, Ethan Mariani, Ava Matheson, Matthew Max, William McCloskey, Serilda McNerney, Stefanie Mejia, Gavin Miller, Colin Mitchell, Bianca Mojica, Reinette Monteiro, Nicholas Motuelle, Alexander Moy, Olivia Munoz Gutierrez, Jaleesa Neal, Sofia Nino Mendoza, Lauren Norkus, James Nugent, Jozette Nunez, Xavier Ojeda, Philip Okunev, Fisayomi Oloyede, Jake Olson, Jaret Ornelas, Daniela Ortiz, Yamil Ortiz, Joshua Paniagua-Chavez, Rocco Papavero, Alex Paprocki, Brooke Patton, Dianna Pavlyuk, Yarissa Perez, Ryan Perry, Taylor Pertile, Gabrielle Plante, Vladislava Plesca, Drew Populorum, Jacquelyn Principe, Andrew Quiroga, Alan Ramirez, Tzarria Ramsey, Olivia Ray, Sydney Richardson, Gabriela Rodriguez, Abigail Rook, James Rossi, Isabella Sarussi-Barys, Emma Sawier, Gretchen Scheck, William Schuessler, Archer Schutte, Ensara Sejko, Gianna Senese, Caden Sexton, Donald Shrader, Audrey Sickel, Madilyn Sisson, Jasmine Slaton, Jaromir Smazil, Dean Spicuzza, Michael Sutarov, Jaidyn Tan, Alex Thomas, Lilliana Trakas, Keiry Rubit Trejo, Sirah Uwejeyan, Joshua Vachachira, Sofia Vasquez, Oscar Vidrio, Aidan Visak, Patrick Wagner, Nathan Waterman, Madolyn Werner, Kyeon Westbrook, Alyssa Whitman, Matthew Wild, Jada Wiseman, Lucas Wold, Hannah Workman, Erik Youngberg, Grace Youngberg, Emma Zalud, Duke Earl Zaragoza, Alyssa Zayed, Dai Hui Zheng and Jack Zizek