M.J. CUNNINGHAM ELEMENTARY

High Honor Roll

First Grade

Karla Badillo, Cristopher Cruz, Felipe-Silva Anngy, Lorenzo Gonzalez, Elizabeth Herrera, Antonio Kalva, Makayla Mazzoni, Benjamin Regis, Abie Rojo, Adelaide Sanchez, Mona Ziadeh

Second Grade

Jarely Aquino, Leonardo Avalos, Julian Garcia Neri, Danitza Gonzalez, Ayden Houy, Evelynn Lannan, Natalie Pantoja, Diego Rangel, Amy Serrano, Margaret Szumski, Nehemiah Yarbrough, Luis Zepeda

Third Grade

Cristhian Chavez, Itati Chavez, Kumar Chiguil Cruz, Isabella Diaz, Southerland Fields, Milagros Figueroa Diaz, Jayleen Gonzalez, Daniela Hernandez Zapot, Michelle Hernandez, Jair Jaimes, Alexis Lopez, Lexani Lopez, Jesus Orozco, Emmanuel Pedraza, Roxana Perez, Yasmin Rizo, Abrey Robinson, Giovanny Rodriguez, Dylan Sanchez Contreras, Da’Veon Thomas, Evanelly Valdes-Serna

Fourth Grade

Emily Arroyo, Rigoberto Avalos, Beyonce Beltran, Omar Beltran, Angela Bryan, Boni Cardenas, Marlen Carmona, Melanie Chavez Guerra, Jasmine Chavez, Elliana Cortes, Elizabeth Cuellar-Vera, Aminah Doss, Alissa Elliott, Arianne Elliott, Cynthia Estrada, Valeria Gamino, Iker Hernandez, Nadrea Hill, Sadie Johnson, Evan Kile, Natanael Lopez, Aiden Massaro, Xavier Mendoza, Jordan Moore, Xavier Moraira, Kamari Morgan, Yurem Orejel, Camila Pantoja, Natalie Pinero, Andrea Ramirez, Ariana Razo, Jesus Reyes, Rebekka Roethemeyer, Keyli Ruiz, Jocelin Salcido, Naomi Salgado, Noelle Sippel, Joselin Tapia Zamudio, Eric Zamudio

Fifth Grade

Logan Benson, Guadalupe Contreras, Ariadna Cornejo, Diego Crespo, Juliana Ferrer, Cameron Flint, Jeremy Lannan, Mario Monterroso Jr., Jordan Olson, Nayeli Ortiz, Arielle Parker, Josue Pfrommer, Favian Ramirez Martin, Ariel Smith

Honor Roll

First Grade

Zakaria Belasri, Serenity Bohringer, Armando Cervantes, Monserrat Cordoba, Andres Diaz, KaMani Fox, Andres Garcia, Amy Godinez, Deneli Gonzalez, Dario Guzman, Alyssa Hernandez, Victoria Jimenez, Ibrahim Karakra, Anthony Lujano, Eddy Martinez, Mayte Melecio Hernandez, Iker Mendoza, Aubrey Mills, Myranda Ochoa, Valerie Pantoja, Anthony Revelez, Nayeli Rojas, Lily Velazquez

Second Grade

Emmanuel Aguilera, Romina Aguirre, Niana Andorf, Benton Bryan, Rodrigo Chavez, Danna Galvan, Hugo Galvan, Diego Garcia, Deonte Greene, Marshal Haven, Camila Hernandez, Gabriela Lopez, Jonathan Martinez Reyes, Vanity Matthews, Laila Moore, Korina Moreno, Anabelle Munoz, Nina Olson, Evangeline Padilla, Mary Alice Rose, Leo Zafra, Alexander Zamudio

Third Grade

Manuel Calderon, Tania Camarena, Alexander Castro, Emiliano Chavez, Jayden Cisneros, Jackson Codiar, Anthony Flores, Emily Flores, Christian Garcia, James Gledhill, Lizette Guzman, Allani Hernandez, Julia Hernandez, Jaylin Ingram, Janna Karakra, Aaliyah Kareem, Rihanna Manzo Velasco, Celene Mendoza, Jocelyn Moraira, Jose Sanchez, Valerie Sanchez, Hanna Stapinski, Kevionna Thomas, Jimena Urbano, Erik Vargas, N’Marion Yarbrough

Fourth Grade

Alejandra Cardenas, Natali Casillas, Armando Cincire, Daniel Duenas Grande, Salvador Figueroa, Valeria Figueroa, Jaiden Garcia, Delissa Gutierrez, Esmeralda Guzman, Efrain Hernandez, Kristopher Meloy, Gabriela Quintero-Gamboa, Ashley Ramirez, Paula Rangel, Nathan Rodriguez, Gregory Rozman, Giselle Sanchez, Jazmine Tena, Maritza Ulloa, Antonio Velasco, Yaira Villanueva, Gerardo Viveros, Julian Zamudio, Amy Zarate

Fifth Grade

Iliana Aguilera, Anahi Alvarado, Abizai Amaya, Diego Angel, Julie Aragon, Gabriella Arroyo, Jessenia Chavez, Montserrat Gabriel Aguilera, Gilberto Garcia, Daniel Gutierrez, Juan Gutierrez, Kathleen Hernandez, Yazmin Hernandez, Jazmyn Jones, Arandeni Lopez, Bryan Lopez, Daniella Martinez, Adam Munoz, Valeria Ochoa, Valeria Padilla, Gael Rangel, Julian Reynoso, Perla Rodriguez, Mauricio Rojas, Gustavo Rosas Rodriguez

DIRKSEN JUNIOR HIGH

High Honor Roll

Sixth Grade

Sophia Alcaraz, Giselle Alvarez, Citaly Amezquita, Miranda Arenas Salas, Logan Bailey, Angelique Danielle Bernabe, Manuel Blanco, Aaron Briseno Jr., Laila Boys, Christopher Castaneda, Maya Chaparro, Valerie Chavez, Yaksi Cisneros-Zafra, Briona Contreras, Daytona Corry, Victoria Davila, Kari Dillard, Maritza Duarte, Idaly Enciso, Alejandro Garcia Rico, Katrell Graham, Viridiana Guzman, Abraham Hernandez, Jailyn Hernandez, Mia Hernandez, Jacqueline Hoang, Jossaline Hoang, Kaylah Howard, Layla Howard, Viktor Hurtado, Asia Jones, Daniel Killeen, Diego Ledesma, Yonatan Magana Guzman, Serenity Magouirk, Brooke Male, Jorge Manzo, Christopher Medina, Ashley Morales Bautista, Breanna Ocupe, Jimena Ortiz, Mya Parks, Laila Perez, Jaime Polinski, Jayden Poplawski, Dyrion Porter, Dahlia Rosales, Kasandra Ruiz Flores, Jimmy Sanchez, Sanyla Scott Muhammad, Emireth Vargas-Sandoval, Alivia Vega, Ashley Vera Medina, Selene Weyand, Diego Zamudio, Stephany Zavala

Seventh Grade

Galilea Alcaraz, Deon Anderson, Fernando Arenas, Paola Avila, Angela Ayivor, Monzerrath Bibian, KaMoira Brown, Jose Caballero, Brooklyn Carpenter, Jaime Castro, Nelvin Chavez, Alonso Contreras, Anastasia Couch, Candice Covarrubios, Lea Curry, Benjamin Donath, Cincere Dyson, Danna Esquivias, Lilian Etchoe, Martha Gallo, Kenneth Gaskins, Jose Gonzalez, Mariel Gonzalez, Juan Guerara, Lesley Hernandez, Amiyah Kennelly, Andrea Leal, Emely Leon, Nicolas Lopez, Maria Magouirk, Julia Martinez, Kassandra Martinez, Itzel Mora, Anastasia Nagra, Isaac Nolassco, Katia Ortiz, Luis Ovalle, Esley Palacios, Jorge Palencia, Kevin Paredes, Noelie Perez-Bedolla, Ernestine Perkins, Jasmine Razo, Melani Real, Catherine Renteria, Elizabeth Reyes, Evelyn Rodriguez, Makai Ruiz, Ryan Ruiz, Diamond Samuels, Earin Terry, Alexia Vaksdal, Dwayne Vann, Yuriria Villanueva, Regina Zavala, Samantha Zepeda

Eighth Grade

Angelow Bibian, Aubrianna Blackburn, Uriel Camargo, Lexi Cerillo, Melanie Diaz, Saniah Files, Leanna Fisher, Ivy Fletcher, Alan Flores, Nancy Gutierrez-Alcantar, Aaliyah Hare, Diana Hernandez, Devon Hester, Daniel Horvatin, Raven Howie, Naria Hughes, Nicolette Juarez, Arianna Lara, Daniela Leal, Jimena Ledesma, Elia Leon Reyes, Sa’Nyia Love, Susana Mascote, Anaiya Miles, Diego Morales, Jacqueline Morales, Nathalie Moreno, Jacqueline Munoz Carranza, Leonardo Munoz, Brent Ocupe, Francisco Ovalle, Patricia Perez, Dorela Ramadani, Dorina Ramadani, Camila Sandoval, Mickayla Scott, Edgar Silva, Michael Smith, Natalie Solorzano, Karley Talkie, Lizette Vazquez, Alejandra Villanueva, Cierra Washington-McNair, Alexia Wysmierski-Franco, Anglina Zabala

Merit Honor Roll

Sixth Grade

Liliana Alvarez, Kiana Ayala, Jose Avina, Molly Bauser, Austin Blackburn, Samantha Bonilla, Joseph Camargo, Emmanuel Castellanos, Diego Chavez, Esmeralda Davila, Leonel Enriquez, Jayden Espinoza, Sienna Franchini, Christian Garcia, Cristian Garcia, Kailani Graham, Coralia Gutierrez, Enrique Gutierrez, Sara Guzman, Aniya Hare, Glenn Harper, Mekhi Heard, Kimberly Hernandez, Xavier Holmes, Kayla Howie, Yadhira Huerta, Matthew Jones, Jamirah King, Ja’Nyia Lee, Brianna Lenoir, Marcos Lesa, Mariano Maldonado, Christopher McCullum, Conrado Mendez, Selena Montoya, Trenton Mooney, Syvanna Nelson, Shakira Onate, Montzerratt Ortiz, Andrea Ortiz, Jason Pantoja, Nicole Parra Martinez, Renato Pelaez, Cristian Ramirez Canela, Maria Ramos, Miguel Rangel, Yair Real, Daniela Reyes, Diego Rodriguez, Diego Rojas, Carolina Rosario, Angel Salgado- Rodriguez, Irwin Sanchez, Taylor Siqueira Rojas, Egypt Smith, KaMari Travis, Joseline Vargas, Jassmin Vazquez, Kaitlyn Webb, Janayah White, Anthony Wilmouth, Jordan Woods, Danny Zavala

Seventh Grade

Jameir Baker, Jacqueline Barron, Journi Bester, Aren Burman, Jacqueline Cabral, Jonathon Carmona, Jonathon Ceja, Jonathon Contreras, Aaliyah Davila, Roberto Diaz, Angel Flores, Alexie Gallarzo, Michelle Gomez, Joseph Gonzalez, Ryan Gooch, Ky’Marion Gray,Vanessa Gutierrez, Juan Guzman, Miguel Guzman, William Jimenez, Gabriela Leal, Angelo Lewis, Sofia Maldonado, An’Dreana Marble, Tatiana Martinez, Jalin McClendon, Wayne McDaniel, Jakiah McGill, Maribel Mendoza, Ryan Miles, Eduardo Munoz, Devyn Novak, Melissa Ortiz-Castillo, Aidan Overstreet, Elaina Pedrosa, Omar Perez, Joseph Purnell, Nathan Ragans, Jared Ramirez, Xochitl Razo, Maleena Rhoden, Tonameyotzin Rios-Camacho, Jesenia Rocha, Jose Rubio-Cisneros, Michael Salas, Fatima Salazar, Jzabel Sanchez, Zuri Summit, Jerome Thomas, Mariah Thornton, Raven Toran, Branden Torres Villa, Roberto Vega, Justice Williams, Cristhian Wysmierski-Franco

Eighth Grade

Aileen Antunez, Jesus Arriola, Arieana Bailey, Ean Berglund, Amarie Blankenship, Mackenzie Borrelli, Anthony Castro, Anyah Carter, Peter Dallas, Nevaeh Dillon, Valeria Galicia, Yahaira Gomez, Reynaldo Gonzalez, Elisa Gutierrez, Angela Guzman, Melanie Guzman, Anaiya Henderson, Riley Kenney, Deshawn Love, Angelo Martinez, Nevaeh Martinez, Princess Martinez, Alex Mcclellan, Jakiya McWright, Edwin Meneses-Sanchez, Jasmine Mireles, Dailey Moffett, Johana Morales, Kiara Moreno, Centaysia Nelson, Amy Ortega, Luis Pineda, Danyfer Ponce, Christian Rathburn, Justin Reid, Aileen Reyes, Esperanza Reyes, Ximena Rodriguez, Julian Rosales, Leonel Salinas, Madison Sanders, Iannah Serna, Luz Silva, Leila Sims, Leslie Sosa-Tovar, NyAsia Tharpe, Hannah Vega, Brian Villanueva, Avante Williams, Courtney Williams, Variq Williams, Savannah Woods, Adan Zavala, Aleen Zavala

EISENHOWER ACADEMY

High Honor Roll

Third Grade

Ricky Bedolla, Livia Brandli, Ella Brooks, Livia Castillo, Jenna Collier, Megan Collier, Melody Collier, Elisha Compton, Colton Coughlen, Olivia Fiskow, Annabelle Foust, Julian Fuentes, Angelina Garnica, Sophia Gonzalez, Jacob Helenhouse, Avery Hill, Braydon Hocking-Lorenc, Khaleb Isom, Khloe Isom, Brooklyn Jackson, Benjamin Jensen, Enrique Jimenez, Rocco Jones, Nataly Juarez, Lailah Moore, Theodore Murawski, Margaret O Hara, Tracy Olarge, Jaylah Pettigrew, Lylah Pettigrew, Allison Pineda, Evan Popek, Brenden Scovel, Sofia Talarico, Grace Vanderhyden, Melissa Vela, Michael Venegas, Zoe Walton, Johannah Williams, Morgan Williams, Mickalaynuh Wollenzien

Fourth Grade

Vicente Aguilera, Aaron Aguirre, Elijah Campbell, Andelise Carlson, Madelyn Curry, Alex Diaz, Matthew Fonck, Arianna Garcia, Gabrielle Gavin, Alivea Gonzalez, Angela Guzman, Mariah Hernandez, Adelyn Hill, Morgan Humann, Faith Igboin, Alexander Kelly, Makayla Lopez, Karol Lozano, Saul Luna, Emery Muraswski, Eve Nawrot, Abigail Ortiz, Bibian Pizarro, Brenan Rizo, Mia Rodriguez, Omar Rojas, Omar Silva, Jocelynn Stewart, Teresa Swearingen, Abel Torres, Jaime Torres, Jisela Ulloa, Lazaro Ulloa, Elena Yanchick

Fifth Grade

Joel Aguirre, Oliver Bailey, Brian Baron, Daniel Bautista, Holli Coughlen, Jessica Del Toro, Alyssa Dewitt, Mia Diaz, Tessa Gray, Malcolm Greene, Angel Guevara, Adonis Hicks, Olivia Hill, Landon Hocking, Elizabeth Huerta, Erick-Isai Jolomna, Dimitris Kourtidis, Keia Mikaela Lingatong, Giyanna Love, Logan Novak, Rauri O Hara, Nivaeyah Phillips, Jera Purchase, Abigail Schreiner, Brandon Solis, Jaya Tisdale, Evelyn Ventura, Lilith Ventura, Haydn Voss, Jerick Wampler Estrada, Ella Woolcock

Honor Roll

Third Grade

Brandon Garcia, Alyssa Hughes, Layton Piechocinski

Fourth Grade

Addison Kennedy, Maverick Lewis, Camden Rande, Ronaldo Tuxpan

Fifth Grade

Murdoch Becker, Brian Ceballos, Justin Dawson, Alexander Hoar, Bruno Lopez, Shunashi Marquez, Shyann Mendoza, Joshua Stewart

FARRAGUT ELEMENTARY

High Honor Roll

Third Grade

Erick Alvarez, Jenna Bak, Cincere Bryant, Nikolas Esparza, Paradise Evans, Travis Frantz, Armani Fox, Clareana Galloway, Maleah Griffin, Eusebio Hernandez, Jacinto Loera, Isabel Perez, Julio Reyes, Edwin Saenz, Marissa Tirado, Ruth Triminio, Austin Winbun, Amaree Woods

Fourth Grade

Edgar Ariza-Calderon, Andrea Avina, Mario Cardenas-Azamar, Arya Cornell, Lizeth Cotino, Caleb Dennis, Andrew Ebersohl, Lyric Evans, Areli Flores, Tamaka Hollins, Zamariae Isaac, Daniel Jimenez, Alisa Kelly, Ashley Lopez, Jose Ochoa, Paityn Pruitt, Julian Ramirez, Alexa Rendon-Dominguez,
Dacharial Searcy, Zachary Taylor, David Thompson

Fifth Grade

Samantha Bautista, Gaudencio Cardenas-Azamar, Casandra Chavez, Brooklyn Conway, Miriam Cortez, Tyshawn Fields, Neveya Franchini, Xithlaly Garcia-Cisneros, ShyAwnna Green, Nakerra Hollins, Helena Huston, Erika Lata-Saenz, Marely Linares-Neri, Brandom Lopez, Omar Lopez, Tessia Martinez, Brayan Munoz, Yoltzintc Munoz, Kasandra Palmerin, Jaslyn Ramirez, Victor Rodriguez, Stephanie Rojas, Jayda Thomas, Jacqueline Torres, Leydi Vasquez, Davianna Washington, NyAilah Yarbrough

Honor Roll

Third Grade

Jada Baldwin, Markell Beck, Brandon Dawson, Kyree O’Daniels, Eliana Pedrosa, Adan Romo Rodriguez, Cassandra Valdez, David Zaragoza

Fourth Grade

Malayia Aaron, Alan Aranda, Amarion Bradley, Cristian Cornejo, Kenneth Dickerson, Jerry Fuentes, Sebastian Hernandez, Valeria Mariscal, Jaqwan Morgan, Rossana Coral Munoz, Juan Munoz, Jezlene Reyes, Jayden Rico, Jer’Kui Sellers, Michael Stokes, Dominic Watts

Fifth Grade

Emmanuel Assah, Josue Chavez, Esmeralda Cordoba, Omar Garcia, Kaylyn Green, Kaden Henry, Yaritza Leon Ibarra, Evelyn Lopez, Janiya Robinson, Ramya Perry, Destiny Sellers, Ranyiah Young

FOREST PARK INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION (I.E.)

Honor Roll

Kindergarten

Carlos Cruz, Emmanuel Diaz, Jade Dougherty, Allison Fonseca, Juan Garcia, Petra Garcia, Nicole Garfias, Mateo Grimes, Nicole Gutierrez Camacho, Jacob Heredia, Jaylah Hernandez, Carter Johnson, Aa’Mia Kinard, Sophia Maurico, Ruby McCabe, Ben McNally, Kennidi McNealy, Laila Medina, Julian Perez, Kayla Pizarro, Maria Reyes, Jayleen Sanchez, Samantha Winterroth, Diego Zavala, Olivia Zuniga

First Grade

Melanie Aguilar, Victor Ajqui, Grecia Alvarez, Jose Alvarez, Colton Buergel, Liam Casillas, Nuriely Dominguez, Zoe Esparza, Jacqueline Ferreira, Isabella Fonseca, Ethaniel Gaona Esparza, Braedon Gomez-Bailey, Magnolia Gregory, Esai Gonzalez, Adrian Grimes, Elena Jimenez, Gianna Lee, Jonathan Marshall Jr., Denise Mendoza, Valeria Morales, Yareli Moreno, Emiliano Paredes, Emilana Rascon,

Axel Sanchez, A’naya Sanchez-Snider, Faith Walker

Second Grade

Isaac Alamillo, Darien Bickcom, Ariana Campos, Lily Dyche, Adrian Fonseca, Aniyah Franklin, Cristian Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Jaslene Garcia, Isaac Gil, Jackelinne Gomes, Ivvan Gomez, Adan Guzman, Lisbela Hernandez, Juan Iniguez, Darren Jordan, Angelo Kennedy, Fabian Leon, Karime Leon-Reyes, Dayanara Martinez, Justin Martinez, Louise McCabe, Valeria Mendoza, Riley Meyer, Jaded Modesto, William Moloney, Katia Morgan, Lena Nudi, Evelyn Ortiz, Yaretzi Padilla, Ricardo Paredes, Camila Patiño, Alexa Perez, Isabella Pizarro, Alejandra Ramirez, Eduardo Robles, Isabella Ulloa, Jimena Ulloa, Luis Valencia

Third Grade

Leo Ajqui, Haley Ariza,Taylor Bacon, Karen Cardenas, Lucas Covault, Jacob Garcia, Nathalia Guzman, Karen Garcia-Haro, Annelise Izaguirre, Julian Lorenzo, Jacob Martinez, Jocelyn Martinez, Adrian Miranda, Angel Perez, Leilani Rocha, Ryan Thilmony, Sarah Vance, Mariana Zavala, Victor Cervantes, Fernanda Barrios, Laila Chaldwell, Aldo Dominguez, Na’ryah Figueroa, Arcely Flores, Jack Gregory, Ashley Camacho, Christian Heredia, Natalia Hernandez, Delilah Izaguirre, Miranda Ostiguin, Brianna Piña, Reily Reyes, Taja Simpson, Nathan Slick, Arianna VonPerbandt

Fourth Grade

Milan Aldana, Alycia Bittle, Braylon Breath, Galilea Delgado, Paulina Diaz, Matthew Garcia, Ruby Garcia, Jeffrey Grimes, Alexander Gutierrez, Omar Hernandez, Rebecca Hernandez, Kendelle Jankosky, Kobe Jordan, Emmett Kelly, Dianna Lopez, Emily Matute, Carlos Modesto, Jaryan Moffett, Jose Ochoa, Brenda Pina, Nicolas Reyes, Leilani Robles, Lucy Rodriguez, Dalila Rojas, Aryanna Romero, Julissa Ruiz, Orivel Ulloa, Tiffany Valencia, Daisy Villagomez

Fifth Grade

Isak Aguilar, Sydney Basham, Renee Bezares, Holley Buergel, Jeremiah Chandler-Hall, Liliana Chaparro, Devin Cowan, Devon Cowan, Izair Cruz, Janet Cruz, Monica Delgado, John Ford, Julian Gomez, Javeda Hernandez, Felipe Izaguirre, Faith Jordan, Angel Lazo, Andrea Leon, Henry Limacher, Amaia Love, Adan Lozano, Josephine Martinez, Ramiro Martinez, Alina Morales, Itzel Nunez, Felipe Olvera, Cooper Ores, Samuel Ortiz, Lolis Pacheo-Monroy, Daniela Ramirez, Yamilex Rangel, Briana Shelton, Sergio Trevino, Grace Vance, Uriel Vazquez

GOMPERS JUNIOR HIGH

High Honor Roll

Sixth Grade

Lesley Aguilera, Miley Aguirre, Alexa Arrellano, Vanessa Calderon, Jennifer Castillo, Lylah Chavez, Sebastian Chavez, Daisy Conejo, Zahira Cruz, Edward Diaz, Ivon Elizalde, Ashley Farfan, Ernesto Galmichi, Javier Gonzalez, Jennifer Gonzalez, Jada Green, Damien Guerrero, Engique Guzman Aguirre, Sergio Guzman, Yuvia Hernandez, Tania Herrera, Jazmin Ibarra, Oliver Lagunas, Rebecca Lopez, Ashley Martinez, Neveah McNealey, Christian Miranda, Yusei Muniz Aguilar, Keila Nicolas Ramierz, Fidel Nino, Giovanni Ortega, Alexia Perez, Jessica Ramirez, Enrique Rociles Alvarado, Guadalupe Rodriguez, Yanela Rodriguez, Rosa Saenz, Bryanna Shoemaker, Micaelah Simmons, Heidi Torres, Alexandra Vargas, Chelsea Zaragoza, Joel Zavala

Seventh Grade

Jonathan Acosta, Elizabeth Alvarado, Amanda Azpeitia,Cameron Belousek, Orvill Cardenas, Michelle Castaneyra Castillo, Lupejesus Cisneros, Melissa Cortes, Emily Cruz, Evelyn Davalos, Tylee Ferrer, Uriel Gaytan, Jimena Rosales Gonzalez, Crystal Gonzalez, Mayra Guerrero, Marria Guzman Martinez, Trevor Koech, Aydenn McNealy, Amy Orozco, Krystal Ortiz Arias, Christopher Pena, Janelly Plascencia, Isabel Rojas, Natalia Zetina, Melisa Zurita

Eighth Grade

Eduardo Arias, Jovani Baron, Luis Becerril, Andrew Betancourt, Jaylyn Blakenship, Kayla Castillo, Emmanuel Cuevas, Johnathan De La Torre, Jose Fernandez, Shaelyn Galindo, Iris Garcia, Emauriyal Gentry, Yoselin Gonzalez Rosales, David Gonzalez, Dalila Guzman, Estefania Guzman, Giovanni Hernandez, Bianca Ibarra, Bianca Jauregui, Jose Jimenez Rodriguez, Arturo Juaurez, Jessica Leon, Christopher Lopez, Denise Martinez, Guadalupe Mascote, Janet Medina, Jennifer Melgarejo, Grace Milke, Alvaro Miranda, Luz Miranda, Kenia Nicolas, Alexandra Olvera, Mauricio Ortiz, Ana Palmerin, Monserat Patino, Alondra Reyes, Krista Sierra, Christian Silva, Contessa Szymczak, Luis Toto, Alondra Udave Magana, Cyena Ulloa, Dianna Valdez, Christian Villagomez, Kevin Zamudio

Merit Honor Roll

Sixth Grade

Jorge Aguilera Guzman, Jasmine Aguirre, Christian Alexander, Andrew Anguiano, Quetzal Beltran, Giancarlo Carbajal, Joseph Ceja Vazquez, Lucia Centeno, Julian Cervantes, Kevin Chhay, Cheyan Dunson, Anthony Elizondo, Cameron Forberg, Erik Fuentes, Alejandra Garcia, Yareli Garcia, Nicole Gonzalez, Logan Gott, Nicholas Green, Emmanuel Guzman, Perla Hermosillo, Bianca Huesca, Irvin Huesca, Alexandra Islas, Kimberly Lopez, Maily Lopez, Yahaira Lozano, Johselin Mares, Daniel Martinez, Francisco Mascote, Nathan Melchor, Christopher Miranda, Karla Morales, Anahi Murillo, Alexandra Nunez, Jesus Oseguera, Marbella Patino, Evelin Ramirez, Jonathan Rios, Edwin Robles, Aislynn Rojas Canelo, Diana Salazar, Jazmine Sandoval, Iker Sierra, Bianca Tuxpan, Adriel Ulloa, Samantha Valadez, Brianna Vargas, Lesly Villarruel, Amador Zamudio, Arly Zavala, Cesar Zavala, Miranda Zavala

Seventh Grade

Mario Acosta, Bertha Aguirre, Daniel Calderon, Miguel Chacon, Jose Contreras, Jocelyn Galvez, Carlos Garcia, Nevaeh Givens, Laura Godinez, Juan Granados Flores, Litzy Guzman, Jesus Hernandez, Andrea Jacobo, Karla Jimenez, Nereida Jimenez, Daniel King, Nayeli Leon, Joselin Lopez Torres, Shaiann Love, Maribel Medina, Isabela Montero, Diana Morales, Julissa Munoz, Kaylynn Ortiz, Fatima Padilla, Judith Quiroz, Esmeralda Reyes, Johanna Reyes, Gilberto Reyes, Jerman Rodriguez, Manuel Rodriguez, Ricardo Triana, Alexia Vargas Aguilar, Daniela Vazquez, Elizabeth Vera, Viannie Vieyra, Angel Zavala

Eighth Grade

Scarlett Albarran Garcia, Mia Alvarez, Rosemary Arollo, Gabriela Bonfil, Alejandra Calderon, Diego Calderon, Alivia Carter, Karla Castro, Robert Ceja Vazquez, Michelle Cervantes, Yasmin Chavez, Yadira Cruz, Daniel De La Rosa, Tristan Dean, Jose Estrada, Alissa Ferrel, Cirlaly Garibay, Lizbeth Gutierrez, Marianna Guzman, Michelle Guzman, Wendy Guzman, Marcus Hill, Jayla Lackland, Anastacio Lopez, Nancy Lopez, Oliver Lopez, Rene Lopez, Selina Lopez, Alexis Lupercio, Paola Martinez, Eric Mercado, Leonardo Murillo, Yocelyn Nunez, Bryan Oropeza, Daniel Orozco, Emily Patino, Ray Price, Felix Ramirez, Gabriel Ruvalcaba, Yarely Solis, Alexander Vance

HUFFORD JUNIOR HIGH

High Honor Roll

Sixth Grade

Diego Aguilera, Rafael Alvarez, Deshawn Andrew, Zackary Belt, Chloe Black, Kaleigh Blatti, Vincent Bremner, Leyla Brown, Ainiyah Brown, Esme Bryson, Xavier Bucio, Paulo Camacho, Daniel Campos, Adrian Castillo, Ehryana Chillis, Emily Comer, Isabella Consalvo, Daniela Crespo Ramirez, Alfredo Diaz, Yveth Gallardo-Rangel, Jessica Gallegos, Giselle Galvan, Brendan Gazda, Sebastian Guajardo, Eseena Hamm, Adan Hernandez, Sheyla Hernandez, Kara Hite, Jolenna Ho, Marlene Huichapa, Raymundo Jimenez, Jeffrey Juanto, Jazmin Lopez, Elaria Lopez-Werner, Adriel Magana-Lopez, Isabel Martinez, Vianney Moreno, Jamarion Newell, Stephanie Okoroafor-Issac, Jose Ortiz, Emily Padilla, Yasmyn Pichardo, Jocelyn Preciado, Leslie Quintana, Diana Quintero, Manuel Reyes, Jheremy Rodriguez, Azylah Rodriguez, Iyonia Rollins-Harney, Alexa Romero, Damian Salgado, Jasmine Salgado, Adrian Salgado, Adrian Sandoval, Giovanni Sandoval Castaneda, Laylah Sankey, Xavier Serrano, Kendon Simpson, Thomas Slattery, Leah Smith, Malik Taylor, Brilan Townsend, Khiana Tyler, Ethan Vargas, Nicholas Vargas, Claudia Villaflor, Juan Zavala

Seventh Grade

Brandon Babich, Alejandro Barrios, Mariah Brooks, Aiyanna Brown, Abigail Camacho, Brianna Campos, Natalie Ceja, Diego Chavez, Luba Contreras, Kaylie Corcoran, Vanessa Cuevas, Isaiah Cwik, Alexia Diaz, Carolina Dominguez, Camila Franco, Sherlyn Gomez, Yanel Gonzalez, Joseph Grasso, Tyrell Green, Lonna Hebrard-Flores, Angel Heredia, Reid Hogan, Alyssa Jimenez, Andrea Kucera, Lorna Leon Torralba, Aiden Lesoing, Evelyn Lopez, Dana Malec, Cayden McGraw, Maya Moore, Wonderful Naw, Chibuzo Obia, Stephany Ortiz, Elizabeth Padilla, Estrella Pantoja, Anahi Pena, Jose Perez, Kaylen Peterson, David Quintana, Quetzaly Ramirez, Giselle Ramos Martinez, Francisco Rodriguez, Joleth Rodriguez, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Evelyn Rojas, Emilee Rudman, Stephanie Saldivar, Jizele Sims, Heaven Smith, Shaeline Smyth, Kayla Swolley, Tate Thomas, Viktoria Vaca, Kiele Ward, Aiden Williams, Ingrid Zepeda, Jay Zepeda

Eighth Grade

Jimena Almazan, Jesse Almazan, Andrea Alvarez, Milagros Arriaga, Cristina Arroyo, John Badillo, Jaylin Beazley, Jair Beltran, Paola Bernal, Natalie Bishop, Tanner Brooks, Jasmine Caballero, Angel Campos, Diego Carrion Macias, Heaven Comer, Addison Consalvo, Julietta Contreras, Crystal Diaz, Genevieve Field, Julio Gallardo, Daniela Garibay, Ava Gaskins, Daisy Gutierrez, Jorge Guzman, Lisa Hartney, Samantha Hebrard-Flores, Brenda Hernandez, Debora Hernandez, Evelyn Hernandez, Lesly Hernandez, Riley Hernandez, Danny Keoborakot, Javier Lira, Oswaldo Loera, Hugo Lopez, Rosaura Lozano, Matthew Machacek, Diana Martinez, Angel Mendoza, Nataly Mireles, Angelle Moreno, Franchesca Ornelas, Jovanny Ortiz, Sammari Page, Nidhi Patel, Jamie Pensado, Jenay Perry, Anthony Pesola, Demetrius Poole, Emelyn Ramirez, Christopher Requena, Eduardo Reyes, Pilar Reynoso Mendoza, Gabriel Rivera, Bianca Rojas, Samantha Rose, Jazmin Sandoval Castaneda, Patrick Saulsbury, Mia Sunday, Olivia Tristan, Brianna Ulloa, Victor Vaca, Sarah Watson, Antonio Weems, Arianna Westbrooks, Carla Zamora

Merit Honor Roll

Sixth Grade

Evelyn Almazan, Lizania Alonso, Yesenia Alvarez, Edgar Amezquita, Abigail Arteaga, Miguel Azcona Ventura, Ethan Baranski, Ruby Barraza, Sebastian Bernal, NyAsia Bradford, Antoine Brooks, Angel Brown, Isiah Burbridge, Angeline Cabanas, Aaliyah Calderon, Natasha Carrillo Torres, Daija Claybrook, Ty Clements, Xitlalli Contreras, Francisco Contreras Bravo, Nathaly Cordoba, Valeria Cruz rendon, Julian Davalos, Steven Davis, Xavier De Jesus, Kelly Dea, Pablo Diaz, Ryan Dube, Crystal Edmonds, Gavin Emperor, Jeovanni Escareno, David Esquivel, Justin Fetting, Rae’Yonna Fields, Brayan Gamino, Lizandra Garcia, Andraniya Gibson, Emely Godinez, Angel Gonzalez, Tyleah Green, Mariah Griffin, Yesenia Gutierrez, Anthony Gutierrez, Francisco Gutierrez, Darelys Guzman, Ke’Shia Harris, Kimberly Hernandez, Oliver Hernandez, Siani Hernandez-Parham, Brett Highland, Ja’Mya Jackson, Ramon Jaime, Zachary Jenkins, Jarivette Jimenez, Jackson Kolodziej, Sarah Loomis, Joshua Lopez, Precious Love, Yoselin Luna, Brian Macias Garcia, Veronica Malave, Oscar Mancera, Natalie Medina, Alberto Mendoza, Rolando Mendoza, Oswaldo Mendoza, Elizabeth Meza, Aliyah Munoz, Jose Nolasco, Brandon Pantoja, Jose Pantoja Mesinas, Daniela Perez, Paiton Pilgrim, Yarely Ponce Batrez, Xavier Poole, Delaney Popek, Yatsira Ramirez Contreras, Hannah Rice, Maximiliano Saenz, Yamie Salazar, Ka’Mhary Scott, Alina Sergeant, Natalie Silva, Christian Smith, Mya Solorzano, Destiny Strickland, Candice Tufuor, Xavier Valencia, Christian Vazquez, Angel Villa, Aubrianna Weeks-Thomas, Sonja West, Alesha Westbrook, Nevaeh Williams, Tai Wright, Jordan Yarbough

Seventh Grade

Vanessa Aceves, Amyia Anderson, Lizette Aparicio, Madisyn Appleton, Alexis Arreola, Logan Baranski, Maddyson Baumgartner, Erandy Bautista, Carolina Cabrera, Melissa Carrillo Torres, Carlos Castillo Garcia, Christopher Chavez, Jesus Contreras, Bethzy Contreras Orozco, Xochitl Correa, Jose Costilla Mendoza, Cristopher Cruz, Joshua De La Rosa, Jade Edmonds, Abigail Espinoza, Stephanie Estrada, Wiljahmicah Evans, Amber Florentine, Ethan Fry, Jason Garbelman, Ramiro Garcia De la Cruz, Courtright Gleason, Lorenzo Gloria, Daniel Gomez, Kessly Gomez, Nevaeh Griffin, Michaela Griffin, Ja’Khaevin Heidelberg, Andrea Hernandez, Sa’Nya Hodges, Joel House, Charles Howard, Andres Huizar, Demarie’ Johnson, Abagail Kalkis, Michael Kapechuk, Ariana Laster, Dorothy Favour Lipong, James Love, DeAngelo Love, Alexis Lovett, Akyra Loyd, Kevin Macak, Alondra Magana, Emily Mireles, Alice Mono, Ella Moore, Krystal Moreno, Tyler Morgan, Jeremiah Newton, Kazandra Nolasco, Farissa Obryant, Brandon Ortega, Lesley Palacios, Brandon Perez, Jade Perez, Yosayra Pichardo, Layla Pierce, Sakia Pruitte, Alaya Redditt, David Reynoso, Faith Rodriguez, Alan Rouse, Angie Salazar, Cristian Salcido, Mario Sanchez, Jovanny Sanchez, Anahi Sanchez, Angelo Sepeda, Cecelia Siepka, Mikaya Sims, Kimora Summit, Faith Taylor, Corrine Thomas, MaKenzie Thomas, Jalen Thurman, Emily Tirado, Vivian Vazquez, Victoria Walker, Charles Wallace, Dejah Williams, Jeremiah York, Rafael Zamudio, Bardo Zamudio, Mateo Zavala

Eighth Grade

Jayarie Adams, Isaias Aguirre, Yoselin Alcantar, Fe Avila, Carl Bartolo, Giovanni Cervantes, Jaylen Chandler, Claudia Chavez, Adani Contreras, Luis Costilla Mendoza, Andrew Dodson, Sean Dube, Tyler Fite, Nyerra Flowers-Campbell, Caleb Fry, Daniel Gallardo, Leilani Gallegos, Javier Garcia, Cindy Gonzalez, Samaria Guzman, Eric Guzman, Angelina Hardwick, Emanuel Hernandez, Melissa Herrera, Carlos Herrera, Emily Hogan, Jacob Hughes, Hemza Jabali, Angel Jimenez, Nariah Jones, Demarrion Laster, Jonathan Locasto, Kayla Louisville, Luis Luna, Denis Magana, Rei Anne Magpali, Kimberly Martinez Gutierrez, Brian Martinez Reyes, Janiyah McDonald, Lizbeth Mendoza, Leonardo Meza, Roxana Molina, Stanley Okoroafor-Isaac, Itzthazihualth Ortega, Isabella Pantoja, Miguel Patino, Emily Pinero, Mishon Poe, Marisol Reyes, Eduardo Reyes, David Ricardez, David Rodriguez, Bekham Ronan, Devin Scherer, DeMya Sims, Christopher Sotelo, MaKia Thomas, Diego Toledano, Ivan Torres, LaTavia Travis, Cristopher Trujillo, Natalie Ulloa, Ana Velazquez, Yasmin Villa, Jalyssa Villafuerte, Samuel White, Mia Wright

EDNA KEITH ELEMENTARY

High Honor Roll

First Grade

Marcos Arteaga, Yazaria Brathwaite, Sophia Diaz, Anayse Elizalde, Kayden Gooch, Jamari Harris, Mariella Lopez, Jesse McCormick, Melody Mosley, Alyssa Simmons, Deondre Wilder

Second Grade

Adrian Betancourt, Jasmine Bolden, Ava Darden, DaJean Freeman, Aaliyah Iscandari, CaNiyah Moncrief, Passion Samuels, Rakayiah Terry

Third Grade

Jacob Knox, Ethan Nolton, Jacob Nolton, Taizzya Spann

Fourth Grade

Camyiah Adams, Josselyn Cordova, Pedro Cornejo, Kyla Hood, Kassiopiea Root, Alexis Torres,

Valeria Vera, Alex Vieyra, Miraya Waddell, Jamire Waters, Jourdyn Yancy

Fifth Grade

Amayrani Bracamontes, Dominae Brown, Victoria George, Sebastian Hernandez, Bryan Mancera, Esmeralda Morales, Monserrat Rodriguez, Tayla Stallings

Honor Roll

First Grade

Caliyah Adams, Ra’Niyah Alexander, Felipe Bernal, Jeremiah Briggs, Abdur Falaq Akeli Rahim, Hale, Monserrath Hernandez, T Jones. Evaeh Brandon, Lindsey, Jhadyn Miller, Del’Lavontae Reese, Jaden Rivera, Eliana Rodriguez, Evalyn Shirley, Joshua Springfield, Damarion Wilder

Second Grade

David Aguilera, Meyah Bass, Savannah Bew, Areiel Brown, Camila Cardenas, Camila Carrasco

Denise Castillo, Ayrabella Davin, Fernanda Dominguez, Elizabeth Montoya, Diane Patino

Temari Robinson, Nyeimah Wilkins

Third Grade

Kaytiana Bowers, Daneli Diaz, Emmanuel Garcia, Aramis Gunter, LeAnn Harbeck Avery Jones, Tajanise Martin, Amy Martinez, Mikayla Mercado, Tere Moffett, Jaelynn Stewart, Matthew Taylor, Kemari Williams

Fourth Grade

Juan Aguilera, Rihanna Bell, Hugh Brathwaite, Estrella Cruz, Genare Currie, Raul DeLeon, Lebrea Johnson, Ghianna Mack, Byron Mayren, Jayla McCormick, Maria Montoya, Johan Rodriguez, Amiir Smith

Fifth Grade

Jade Cordova, Cornelius Darden, Joziah Davis, Jose Gonzalez, Khiya Griffin, Natalia Guzman, Ray Hernandez, Isabella Imbo, Yazlene Jacob Sosa, Amaya Jones, Malia McCormick, Leticia Reyes-Torres, Alveto Rivera, Nicolas Roman, Nyma Scott, Julius Sims Gentry, Kaydence Wales, Sariyah Wallace, Kendall Ward Wells, Taylor Williams

A.O. MARSHALL ELEMENTARY

High Honor Roll

Third Grade

Ayden Aguirre, Kadence Campbell, Yareli Ceballos, Jonathan Chavez, Davis Torres Cornejo, Zoe Diaz Pardes, Isaac Diaz, Daniella Gonzalez, Emelyn Guzman, Xavier Leon Hernandez, Sebastian Luna, Saraiah Moore, Maliyah Moreno, Eduardo Nunez, Rut Palmerin Alvarado, Nicole Rojas

Fourth Grade

Violeta Antonio, Arely Avila, Joanna Baron, Emmanuel Cervantes, Alfonso Duenez, Kassandra Esquivias, Jovanni Galvan, Eileen Guzman, Bryce Haggerty, Charlotte James, Saul Lopez, Rudy Maldonado, Fatima Mascote, Alondra Reyes, Natalya Reyes, Emily Trujano

Fifth Grade

Yani Alarcon, Maximiliano Alvarez, Sherlin Avila, Angela Beatriz, Diego Camargo, Keily Centeno, Alejandro Cervantes, Sarai Perez Contreras , Diego Contreras, Maria De La Cruz Hernandez, Bethzaida Gonzalez Gamino, Miriam Gaytan, Jovanni Haleem, Cristofer Hernandez, Mycal Ingles, Aubriana Lee, Abril Lopez, Jesse Mejia, Juan Mendoza, Marley Morgan, Amya Pemble, Daniel Pineda, Melanie Pizano, Kevin Portillo, Baudel Reyes, Miguel Reyes, Juan Alvarado Rociles, Jose Rodriguez, Bricia Rojas, Florimar Saldana, Sergio Sandoval

Honor Roll

Third Grade

Perla Alarcon, Raymundo Salazar Almaraz, Brooke Brockett, Andre’ Dockery, Danna Gaytan, Julian Manzo, Angela Medina Orozco, Giselle Flores Paz, Azul Vazquez Rosales, Madison Scott, Emmanuel Torres, Braiden White

Fourth Grade

Elian Alcantar, Joram Alvarado Trujillo, Ariel Dominguez, Vanessa Flores, Evelyn Martinez Barragan,

Gisselle Patino Lona, Lilliana Ristau, Davin Rosas, Trea Rose, Trevon Rose, Maximiliano Rubio,

Makaylah Thompson

Fifth Grade

Jose Aguirre, Kimberly Almaraz, Alanzon Alvarado, Fernando Chavez Guzman, Kristy Colin Tapia,

Deanna Davidson, Brandon Laredo, Edgar Mata Lozano, Mariah Ristau

PERSHING ELEMENTARY

High Honor Roll

Third Grade

Jizelle Alcantar, Rosaleigh Alday, Justin Bennett, Mia Blunt, Autumn Boe, Miguel Cervantes, Fernanda Chavez, Johnathan Daughengaugh, Faye Dowling, Delilah Edwards, Tony Fiscal, Aiden Hult, Lillian Lindsey, Osvaldo Rodriguez, Charlie Rolff, Allysson Ruiz Urias, Alayna Santos, Alexi Slussar, Aamira Streeter, Vincent Valasquez, Ayden Wysocki

Fourth Grade

DeAngelo Adams, Nathalie Alcantar, Victoria Alday, Annaliese Bluth, Jorge Chavez-Avina, Silvino Cuevas, Emma Fordyce, Alina Kent, Jaylen McMiller, Mia Malone, Giselle Mayo, Alana Pena, Emmanuel Ramos, Hailey Reyes, Carlos Salazar, Maye Villagomez, Leslie Weekly, Christian Williams

Fifth Grade

Anysha Berry, Christian Cardenas, Leanni Casas-Bardales, Jazmine Cooks, Aliya Delgado, Mayrin Diaz, Nickolas Fishbeck, Bernal Fox, Kimberly Garcia, Annabelle Hall, Marlene Hernandez, Christopher Gonzalez, Gerardo Gonzalez, Alexis Guzman, Grace Hall, James Lee, Sophia Lindsey, Daniela Macias, Stephan Marshall, Julianna Martinez, Aiden Mendoza, Fernando Palmerin, Diya Patel, Joseph Requena, Katherine Romo, Jayden Ross, Nancy Sahagun, Kevin Santiago, Isaiah Velasquez, Katriel Walters, Destiny Williams, Crystal Zamora, Angela Zamudio

Honor Roll

Third Grade

Christian Anguiano, Emani Bingham, Cristian Camargo, Miranda Casillas, Daniel Diaz, Cheyenne Drapak-Legg, Josiah Garcia, Giselle Harper, Benjamin Howard, Angelo Montenegro, Jocelyn Morales, Sophia Ortiz, Octavius Pinnick, Elsie Rolff

Fourth Grade

Jazlene Alcantar, Gianna Bennett, Francisco Casas-Bardales, Edward Casillas, Faith Davis, Maricela Gracia, Sarah Lawson, Xavier Lenoir, Gabriella Lucio, Eziah McGee, Kasandra Martinez, Joana Munoz, Larry Robinson, Elizabeth Ramos, Cesar Vazquez, Myasia White

Fifth Grade

Anthony Cruz, Isaac Damian, Christopher De La Torre, Brianna Espinoza, Makayla Farley, Jayden Flores, Adriel Garcia, Fabian Garcia, Giovanni Gonzalez, Ashlee Guzman, DaShaun Hayes, Kaleb Hunter, Kayla Hurtado, Mariah Jackson, Julia Jones, Julissa Lule, Roman Martinez, Alexander Mendoza, Breanie Murphy, Lorenzo Oquendo, Juana Perez, Donte Plese, Kimaya Sims

SATOR SANCHEZ ELEMENTARY

High Honor Roll

Third Grade

Johan Aguilera, Guillermo Almazan, Alanis Ballin, Mike Betancourt, Maritza Bibian, Alexander Calderon, Olivia Calderon, Alejandro Campos Marquecho, Maximiliano Cortez, Antonio Diaz, Romeo Garcia, Abigail Guzman, Jonathan Herrera, Zoey Keys, Daniel Lizardi, Michael Lopez Mendoza, Priscilla Lozano, Leilani Macias, Fabian Martinez, Alexia Medina, Nathalia Nunez, Angel Ramos, Genesis Reyes, Luna Sanchez Cuevas, Bryana Sanchez, John Sanchez, Marixa Valdes Pichardo, Janicemar Velazquez, Julieta Zavala

Fourth Grade

Roberto Aguilera, Victor Alvarado, Stephani Alvarez Hernandez, Fabrisio Astorga, Christopher Banda Ricardez, Vivian Baron, Christopher Brito, Samantha Chavez Navarro, Antwan Davis, Gabrielle Dean, Alison Diaz Cisneros, Angela Diaz, Dayanara Flores, Mia Garcia, Alisson Gonzalez, Natasha Gonzalez, Viridiana Gonzalez, Jazzmine Ledesma, Valeria Leon, Michael Littlejohn, Rebecca Lopez, Jocelyn Lozano, Alexa Magana, Angel Martinez, Alexandra Munoz, Erika Navarro Redler, Eric Nunez Rodriguez, John Palmerin, Arleth Plascencia, Maria Quezada, Brittany Rangel Nino, Brizeyda Santiago, Ian Santos, Johnathan Stanley Gutierrez, Ashley Subias, Marcello Thomas, Jesus Valadez Martin, Alexander White, Emmanuel Zamudio Baeza, Jastyn Zavala Nino

Fifth Grade

Alondra Alvarado Almazan, Jennifer Alvarez, Evelyn Angulo, Brisamar Astorga, Alondra Azpeitia, Haley Belousek, Karen Berumen Alamilla, David Calderon, Sebastian Cortez, Andrea Diaz, Meredith Diaz, Danny Ferrer, Anthoni Gilbert, Saul Gonzalez Perez, Adrian Hernandez, Steve Hernandez, Jacklyn Jacobo, Jazmin Lopez, Jasmine Martinez, Laura Martinez, Liliana Mena, Jamileth Morales Martinez, Christopher Olvera, Milagros Pintor, Izabell Rebollar, Casandra Reyes, Romeo Rojas, Jordin Sims, Darlyn Ulloa Martin, Victor Vazquez, Jesus Velasco

Merit Honor Roll

Third Grade

Alejandra Aguirre, Shaila Aguirre, Priscila Aldaco, Zuleyka Barron, Victoria Choncoa, Mia Contreras, Isamara Figueroa, Ramiro Garcia, Daniel Hernandez, Estefany Lara Rojas, Salvador Lopez, Kimberly Malito Lopez, Victor Martinez, Yarel Martinez, Angela Morales, Kevin Murillo, Hannah Ramos, Luis Rodriguez, Orlando Torres Neri, Ricardo Torres, Daisy Viveros

Fourth Grade

Leslie Beltran Pichardo, Isabela Calderon, Ruben Cervantes, Ramon De La Rosa Morales, Jose Diaz, Vanessa Elizalde, Evianna Garcia, Ivan Garcia, Jocelyn Garcia, Luna Gomez, Alan Leon, Roberto Lopez, Genesis Luna, Devin Martinez, Mariana Martinez, Melody Martinez, Amaya Medina, Maria Ochoa, Brandon Ovalle Gonzalez, Kounsavanh Phethmany, Derrick Ramirez, Tania Ramirez, Edward Ramos, Santino Rodriguez, Layla Tinoco

Fifth Grade

Cristina Anguiano, Fabian Barragan, Jasmine Betancourt, Carlos Botello, Yalitza Chavez, Juan Diaz, Alex Ferreyra, Viviana Geiger, Jasmin Gonzalez Guzman, Brianna Gonzalez, James Herrera, Carmen Jacobo, Yarel Jacobo, David Leon, Kaira Lopez, Kayla Martinez, Zuleyma Martinez, Juan Mendoza, Erik Miramontes, Jocelyn Montesinos, Diana Oliveras Villa, Anthony Quintero Gamez, Alberto Reyes, Osvaldo Rizo, Cristian Ruiz, Metzli Salomon, Alexa Sandoval, DaKayla Turner, Fatima Valadez Bolanos, Vanessa Vera, Dejanae Wright, John Zabel, Jimena Zavalza

TAFT ELEMENTARY

High Honor Roll

Third Grade

Galilea Acosta

Fourth Grade

Camryn Brown, Tiana Chandler, Alanna Cruz, Joaquin Espinoza, ZhaDore Hunter

Fifth Grade

Karlee Frausto, Madelyn Gloodt, Julian Gonzalez, Hannah Jansen

Honor Roll

Third Grade

Vincent Camacho, Tannon Cleveland, Cienna Diaz, Gizelle Gonzalez, Cooper Hill, Gabriela Juarez, Hector Naranjo, Trista Payton, Christian Zavala

Fourth Grade

LoisAna Duenas, Talia Hernandez, Nicholas Guzman, Mia Macak, Jessica Pantoja, Kingston Pantoja-Bryant, Anthony Pena, Bryce Pilgrim, Brian Preciado, Asher Roderick, Stephen Scott, Aron Zavala

Fifth Grade

Valerie Abarca, Felix Arcand, Jessica Etheridge, Jocelyn Gutierrez, Aiden Hadley, Anais Hernandez, Jennyli Lopez, Joshua Martin, Kimberly Real, Sha’Nya Robinson, Terese Rodriguez, Aida Valdovinos, Kiley Van Leeuwen, Lorelei Wojewoda

Merit Honor Roll

Third Grade

Gabriel Cabanas, Jizelle Estrada, Victor Jimenez, Jayden Ledesma, Jose Leon, Angelo Munoz,

Mayte Perez Serrato, Joshuea Talley, Taylor Tipler, Amiya Ulmer, Leah Aguilera, Noah Baranski, Derrick Bremner, Carlos Carrillo Torres, Gerald Miller, Kelin Sharp-Mays, Terrance Thomas

Fourth Grade

Amice Barrentine, Joseph Bauer, Kevin Cruz, Jamarri Fears, Aldo Garcia Diaz, Adrian Garcia, Adolfo Gomez, Abraham Gonzalez, Aliana Gonzalez, Judahi Gonzalez, Trenton Grabs, Elijah Gray, Zari Guilford-Shannon, Xavier Hernandez-Borrego, Kenneth Housley, Angel Mauricio, Kamor Medel, Arely Medina, Kenya Paige, Layla Quintero, Adam Rodriguez, Nigel Sorapuru, Elayna Spoljaric, Lukas Tolevski, Madison Tuxbury, Anthony Valadez, Taylor VanDyke, Jaleeya Walker

Fifth Grade

Matthew Al-Marayati, Ariana Aragon-Alfaro, Chase Baranski, Emmanuel Preciado, Adam Rainford, Elijah Spoljaric, Anthony Zepeda, Ariadne Aguirre, Blake Allocco, Deandre Chandler, Jennifer Hernandez, Magaly Ornelas, Alyssa Salto

LYNNE THIGPEN ELEMENTARY

Honor Roll

Third Grade

Temiope Abatan, Nathan Ariagno, Christian Aviles, Lucia Berman, Jayden Bingham, La’Taurus Burnett, Fernanda Campos, Brandon Carbajal, Joshua Cisneros, Teresa Colunga, Alondra Contreras, Erin Crandall, Javier Cruz, Iamni Curry, Sergio DeJesus, Kaleb Deleon, Shamonte Edwards, Lyla Eschbach, Irene Garcia, Josiah Gates, Taniyah Gordon, Brooklyn Hayes, Suzana Hosey, Mara Jameson, Serah Jameson, Amir Jeffries, Sadayia Jones, Chase Kacynski, Abraham Lopez, Diego Lopez, Onnusty Martin, Makayla Mays, Billy Molander, Emery Morales Toscano, Aaliyah Nava, Jordan Poke, Jace Polinski, Erick Reyes, AanDraya Robinson, Enrique Rocha, Annaliah Rodriguez, Melanie Rodriguez, Christopher Sanchez, Naomi Settles, Quinten Shelby, Dmari’a Smith, Treyvon Smith, Charles Spinks, Jaliyah Sterett, TaNeah Tanzy, Amy Tavares-Martinez, Asia Turner, Karely Vargas, Saniyah Walker, Riley Webb, Robert Wonnell

Fourth Grade

Julia Adams, Xaidrien Adams, Alexander Agular, Giselle Alcaraz, Adam Biesemeyer, Justin Bradford, India Burbridge, Gabriel Caponi-Tucci, Jayden Chilaca, Amber Cisneros, Sergio Del Vale, Sophia Fajardo,River Fletcher, Elizabeth Garcia, Mileeya Griffin, Nery Guerrero Gonzalez, Chase Jameson, Michael Kucinic, Zyaire Lee, Isac Lozano, Christian Mani, Anayeli Martinez, Juliana Mercado, Gaven Miranda, Laron Mitchell, Coby Moody, Eduardo Morales, Jasmin Polinski, Christian Razo, Andrea Roberts, Sarahi Rodriguez, Cynthia Rojas, Jake Sanchez, Isaias Sandoval, April Vaksdal, Alison Vera, Diego Villasenor-Buitron, Mikayla Walker, Kenyon Washington, Andrew Wetsell, Giselle Zavala

Fifth Grade

Terraje Alexander, Juan Alvarez, Shyah Andrew, Aimee Aparicio, Diana Arenas-Salas, Emma Becker, Derrel Bell, Tyler Bradford, Dorian Bryant, Mauro Cisneros-Franco, Victoria Colunga, Kayla Correa, Ricardo Cruz, Lavatious Currie, Tania Dawson, Jaylah Dillon, Harmony Dixon, Jamari Finch, Kevin Flores, Aaliyah Fox, DaVieah Garner, Luis Garnica, Bryce Gayton, Courtesy Griffin, Daniel Gutierrez, Mar’Aija Hagger, Hellyne Hammer, Timmothy Harris, Jayleen Herrera, Jose Herrera, Lorenzo Herrera, Aaliyah Hudson, Evelin Ji8menez, Tequanae Johnson, Devon Kennedy, Joan Lopez, Seianna Lozano, Michael Luce, Amalia Martinez, Enajae McDaniel, Jayvon, McGee, Daniela Moreno, Aubrey Morris, Ricardo Murillo, Fatima Navarro, Damarius Nelson, Darlene Nelson, Jada Parks, Richard Pedrosa, Mariah Reyes, Athena Roberts, Austin Robinson, Ka’Vion Robinson, Taneshia Robinson, Julie Rodriguez, Alan Salas, Rylenn Sanchez, Regina Sandoval, Delilah Santiago, Shane Schranz, Zackery Strauss, Sawyer Tramblay, Jazmin Trujillo, Keyshauna Turner, Adolfo Vargas, Giovanny Vargas, Hayley Vazquez, Ethan Welsh, Makinsey Whitmore, Jordan Willer, Mario Zerrmeno

WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH

High Honor Roll

Sixth Grade

Andy Aguirre, Jaris Alvizo, Jermanee Amos, Dulce Arreola Campos, David Bottia-Forero, Destin Brown, Ashley Calderon, Jasmine Cervantes, Itzel Chavez, Mariah Crosley-White, Alexandra Cuevas, LaNiyah Daniels, Briana De La Luz, Khalise Dougherty, Xavier Eggert, Maiya Ellis, Liliani Franchani, Adryan Garcia, Daniel Garcia, Victoria Godinez, Alexis Gonzalez, Arriana Gonzalez, Diana Gonzalez, Diego Gonzalez, Valeria Hernandez, Sofia Hoyos, Hope Hughes, Diana Jauregui, Lorelai Johnson, Isaiah Jones, Isaiah Kan Eric Lanier, Brianna Lopez, Heidi Lopez, Israel Lopez, Santiago Martinez, Alejandro Martinez-Diaz, Eu Nyah Massey, Jocelyn Montesionos, Jonathan Montesionos, Axel Mora, Ellen Munoz, Steven Newell, April Ortiz, Eduardo Patino, Katherine Pearson, Beyonce Perez, Natalie Pina, Lydia Pitts, Yareli Ponce, Audrey Rodriguez, Yarelia Rodriguez, Adrian Rodriguez-Centena, Yaretzi Rosas, Gabriela Ruiz Sanchez, Yeimy Sanchez, Matthew Scholtes, Maya Slussar, Jocelyn Solano, Dasaih Spearman, Makyah Stalings, Ruby Stanfield, Jeremiah Taylor, Zoila Torres, Starr Wade, Bethany Yanchick

Seventh Grade

Noemy Aguilera, Jesus Avila, Sophia Baltz, Kaelyn Bonner, Jamison Borello, Xavier Brass Raeann Burzawa, Charon Cage, Jaycie Carlson, Alexis Castillo, Taylor Cicero, Jillian Collier, Iyanna Daniels, Cornel Darden, Rachel Del Toro, Quaniya Dill, Monserrat Dominguez, Justin Ezerski, Monserrat Garcia, Christian Godinez, Lesly Gomez Rodriguez, Jocelyn Gonzalez, Andy Granados, Sebastian Guerrero, Diego Gutierrez, Kevin Guzman, Dalyssah Guzman-Calderon, Emma Hoffman, Angelina Juarez, Julian LaLuz, Leslie Magana, Arturo Mancera, Jorge Martin, Cinthya Martinez, Jose Martinez, Johnathan Medina, Jovanni Medina, Eduardo Mendez, Aubrey Mercado, Daniel Mezger, Marcellus Mines, Gregory Minton, Brienna Morales, Andy Moreno, Salvador Munguia, Eliana Paramo, Paola Paredes, Jamie Perez, Anahi Ramirez, Diana Reyes, Juan Rico, Akayla Robinson, Lexie Rose, Marco Sanchez Cervantes, Maria Sanchez, Genevieve Schmitz, Micah Scott, Jaedin Sims-Ezell, Angel Torres, John Vega, Elizabeth Voss, Mickey Webber

Eighth Grade

Lorena Aguado, Rosa Aguilera, Alison Aranda, Jose Arriaga, Arturo Balbuena, Teidy Balcazar, Dierdre Bell, Efrain Betancourt, Madison Bricco, Janelly Carbajal, Amya Casillas, Eduardo Chaparro, Pedro Chavez, Troy Cicero, Xavier Crayton, Joanna Delgado, Carissa Flores, Ivan Fragoso, Ana Franco, Alexandro Garcia-Jimenez, Lissette Garnica, Elizabeth George, Adrian Gomez, Hannah Grabo, Kameryn Gue, Rafael Gutierrez, Da’Sharria Hennings, Bredalin Hernandez, Erick Hernandez, Esmeralda Hernandez, Da’Miya Jackson, Bryan Juarez Bautista, Sixto Jurado, Ashley Klaff, Melanie Lopez, Juan Martinez Alcantar, Zoe McNeal, Joshua Mendoza, Jahron Moffett, Allison Moroney, Victor Ochoa, Mia Oloarte, Efalyn Onate, Omar Ortiz, Neva Ostrem-Pearis, Jacob Pearson, Diego Perez, Jeremiah Purchase, Skyler Ramirez, Zachary Riley, Carmen Rucker, Julian Ruiz, Lizbeth Ruiz, Reyli Ruiz, Alexandra Sanchez, Hector Saucedo, Madison Schlismann, Alize Serrato, Imani Sherrod, Cheyenne Smith, Angel Starks, Kaleigh Svay, Chelsea Tauler, Devin Thomas, Stephany Vazquez, Karla Vega, Robert Williams, Triston Williams, Emily Zamudio

Honor Roll

Sixth Grade

Francisco Aguilera, Jacqueline Alvarez-Lopez, Eduardo Antonio Castellanos, Elizabeth Arriaga, Jailyn Avila, Joseph Awinongya, Trineya Ball, Robert Ballew, Fatima Ballines, Saniyah Bates, Adryan Bates-Nelson, Christopher Betancourt, Devine Bethea, DaVine Brown, Ivan Castro, Cesar Chavez, Hannah Conley, Erick Contreras Rios, Jorge Contreras, Mariana Delgado, Jadin Dilworth, Jayden Flores, Amaree Gilbert, Joshua Gillespie, Aaron Guzman, Gicelle Guzman, Lillian Hicks, Brandon huerta, Gabriela Huerta, Leslie Huitron, Malachi Kinzie, Anyia Matthews, Linajah McCullough, Anbriana McDonald, Tyler McKenzie, Jocelyn Mendoza, Amaya Nichols, Carlos Orellana, Christopher Ortega, Rihonna Ortega, Giovanni Partida, Elliot Pasternak, Laritza Perez, Aileen Portillo Rendon, Kenneth Ramirez, Edgar Reyes, Emily Reyes, Christina Rose, Sofia Ruiz, Diego Sandoval, Saniya Sherrod, Adrian Simpson, Cayden Summers, Jamaraqoui Taylor, Berta Torres, Catherine Torres, Andrea Tucker, Victoria Tucker, Ziza Ulmer, James Villarreal, Diana White, Ryan Whitlow, Terionna Willis, Conor Winkle

Seventh Grade

Yovani Aguilera, Evert Alvarado, Mya Barefield, Dianna Barrera, Daniel Bautista, Breanna Bene, Samiya Black, Ke’von Boykin, AZhia Brown, Adriana Calderon, Jamari Clarke, Jesus Contreras Rios, Allysia Cooper, Angelina Darden, Tiya Marie Davin, Rigoberto Garcia, Yamilet Garcia, Mi’Tierra Gibbs, Ama’ree Houston, Lindsy Jacobo, Sherilyn Jacobo, Elija Jones, Jamar Jones, Angela Lara, Jennifer Lomeli Bustamante, Alexis Lopez Zarate, Yaiza Lopez, Janiya McMurtry, Abigail Medina, Marvante Mister, Fernando Morgado, Alexa Ordaz, Tony Paramo Guzman, Ramya Payton, Evany Quiroz, Christopher Ramirez Soto, Gabriel Rodriguez, Emma Schlismann, Perla Segura, Justus Snapp, Aaliyah Travis, Ximena Valtierra, Ashley Vargas, Derrick Vargas, Victoria Washington, Masiya X, Adrian Zamudio, Jesus Zamudio, Nevaeh Zavala

Eighth Grade

David Alaniz, Amber Anderson, Billy Bailey, Heidy Balcazar, Kaitlyn Ballew, Edith Banuelos, Emanuel Barba, Samara Baron, Simone Bene, Sidney Bew, Terryn Brooks, Brisa Carrillo-Bolivar, Anthony Coleman, Michael Cruz, Amari Davis, Dermerie Dean, Diana Diab, Cynthia Ellis, Ella Espinoza, Oscar Estrada, Egypt Fleming, Grayce Frank, Erick Gamez, Javier Gonzalez, Kevin Granados, Kimberly Guzman, Erial Hagger, Jose Hernandez-Clavel, TyQuara Honer, Roberto Iniguez, Arieana Jenkins, TayShawn Johnson, Makiya Jones, Cesar Kennedy, Jovan LaLuz, Luis Larios, Marcela Ledezma, Brenda Luna, Sean Mabry-Mitchell, Precious McCain, Angelica Meija, John Montgomery, Angel Ortega-Santillan, Daisy Palillero, Tanasia Poe, Brandon Portillo, Ian Quijano Villegas, Natalie Ramirez, Jennifer Reyes, Vianca Reyes, Edward Rodriguez, Erick Rosales, Gabriel Rucker, Megan Scholtes, Gavin Shipanik, Eric Smith, Peyton Sosa-Farfan, Araniyah Vidales, Itsel Vivanco, Ayleen Waldrop, Allyson Zuniga

WOODLAND ELEMENTARY

High Honor Roll

Third Grade

Quentin Butler, Iliana Cathey, Jose Cordova-Hernandez, Jeremiah Johnson, Dereon Matthews, Yoshelin Ponce, Katheryne Reyes, Monica Reyes, Noe Sandoval

Fourth Grade

Yasmine Alvarado, Nellie Montiel, Jacob Prieto, Delante Stribling

Fifth Grade

Destiny Alexander, Christopher Alvarez, Josseline Alvizo, Brayan Arriaga, Jose Ayala, Camila Balcazar, Lesley Castillo, Paola Coss, Juan Cordova-Hernandez, Gage Curry, Trinity Godinez,

Keira Green, Jaquelin Jaregui, Linda Juarez-Bautisata, Jeremy Martinez, Gabriela Mendoza, Jaqueline Molina, Camila Morales, Milagros Rodriguez-Mancera, Melissa Vazquez, Jessica Vega, Jeremiah Wallace

Merit Honor Roll

Third Grade

Eduardo Arriaga, Jocelyn Diaz, Marco Flores, Zoejoanna Guzman, Damarco Lopez, Giana Lopez, Jasmin Rodriguez, Edwin Vera Bautista

Fourth Grade

Fatima Arriaga, Daisy Calderon, Haylie Curry, Alyssa Godinez, Diana Huitron, Jamya Johnson, Antonio King, Nevaeh Mcghee, Jose Morelos, Brenda Ordaz, Alonso Sandoval, Sha’Niyla Thurmond, Kevin Vera-Bautista

Fifth Grade

Christopher Aldaba-Martinez, Natalie Garcia-Valdez, Colin Kuchar

By Matt le cren
For the Bugle
www.buglenewspapers.com

The boy’s sectional bowling tournament this past Saturday proved to be a scorefest.

Scores were extremely high, especially in the morning three games and a game of 1,000 dropping you in the standings.

The prime example was Plainfield South, as the Cougars bowled 1,107 and 1,103 in the first two games to position themselves in fifth place, but a 1,002 third game dropped them to ninth.

The pressure was increased in the afternoon session as the teams were vying for a top six finish to qualify for next weekends state finals in O’Fallon.

The top seven individuals, not on a qualifying team, also advanced to O’Fallon.

South’s Christian Knowlton (left) and Central’s Ryan Arens qualified for the state finals. (Photo by Jeff Degraw)

Quite a few teams changed positions in the fourth and fifth games and as it always does in this sport, the final qualifying spots and order of finish were decided in the sixth and final game.

Minooka was the sectional champion with a score of 6,630.

Joliet West entered the final game in eighth place, needing to bowl well and pass two teams.

That is exactly what they did as the Tigers rolled a 1,026 finale and claimed the sixth and final qualifying position.
“I told the team not to panic going into that final game,” Tiger coach Reginald Lee said. “We’ve been in this position before, just make a clean shot and pick up your spares and we will be fine. That is exactly what everyone of our kids did.”

West was led by three juniors as Lucas Pirc finshed 23rd with a 1,301 over six games. He was followed by Kyle Siksta in 26th (1,294) and Julian Ramos in 31st (1,277).

The Tigers are returning to state after finishing in 14th place a year ago, something Lee thinks will help this group a lot,

“Being there last year and gaining all of that experience will really help this time around,” Lee said. “All of these boys now knows what it’s like, the atmosphere, the routine and everything that goes along with the state finals.”
Plainfield South finished eighth, just 30 pins behind West for that final qualifying spot.

The Cougars did have an individual qualifier, as senior Christian Knowlton placed 10th (1,381).
Knowlton is in rare territory as he also qualified and made All-State at this past falls cross country state meet.
He also knows the pain of being so close to qualifying as a team to the finals.

His Cougar cross country team missed by one position in his four years on the team.
“It’s a terrible feeling and we really wanted to go as a team,” Knowlton said. “I really haven’t been bowling my best during the season, but today I just really wanted to help our team make it and I wanted to bowl my best for them. I’m honored to qualify, but it’s bittersweet.”

Fellow senior and teammate Austin Griffith placed 16th (1,331).
“Today was such a roller coaster ride for us,” South coach Brian Zettergren said. “Our goal was an 1,100 game each one and we did that to start. I have never seen so many one pin remainers than we had today. We threw great balls right in the pocket and just couldn’t get that tenth pin to fall. We battled back the last two games, but just fell a little short.

“Christian was determined today to bowl well, I saw it in his face. He rallied the troops and he bowled his best at the right time.”
Plainfield Central also had senior Ryan Arens qualify as an individual with his 13th place (1,350). The Wildcats placed 11th in the team race (5,944).

“This is an amazing feeling,” Arens said. “You come into this sectional and in the back of your mind you’re thinking this may be it, the last time you ever bowl in high school. I wish the team could go, but I was shocked when I heard my name as a qualifier. I’m going to the finals and I just want to bowl well, have fun and experience all of it.”
North placed 12th as a team and were led by the senior trio of JT Hill in 27th (1,288), Tyler Wilmoth in 38th and Nick Miller in 39th.

By Ryan Ostry
Bugle Staff
@RyanOstry_BR18
rostry@buglenewspapers.com

When you think of the reputable and prestigious Joliet Catholic Academy, usually two things come into mind when discussing boys sports — Football and baseball.

Freshman Conor Sukel is helping the young JCA team get through growing pains. (Photo by Ryan Ostry)

Between the football team’s IHSA record of 14 state championships and the baseball team’s five championships since the year 2000, the boys basketball team doesn’t get much recognition.

The current Hilltoppers team sits at 3-17 (0-3 in the East Suburban Basketball Conference) on a season where there have been a number of different growing pains.

Hall of Fame head coach Joe Gura is trying to flip the script on the stigma of JCA basketball however.

“About 20 out of the 20 coaches when I asked about the JCA job said don’t do it because it’s a football and baseball school,” Gura said. “I told them, no when the ball goes up it’s a basketball school, it’s now my job to get us out of the down turn.”

The young Hilltoppers include just three seniors, six juniors, five sophomores and one freshman on the roster.
In the Hilltoppers’ most recent loss to Nazareth Academy, 47-35, it was the teaching lesson of resiliency and perseverance that Gura instilled in his young team.

“We started off the first eight games where we didn’t have football players because of the state championship, and then we had two injuries so we’ve only had a couple practices where we’ve actually had the entire team here,” Gura said. “We could have just died this game where we missed eight, nine or even 10 shots in a row but we never gave up and any point which is what I love.”

One bright spot in the Nazareth Academy game, and on the season, has been freshman guard Conor Sukel (10 pts/ 5 assists).

Sukel is a versatile swingman who can play any of the five positions on the court, with great court instincts while being built like a brick house.

“Believe it or not, Conor had a tumor and cyst on his brain and he had surgery where he was out two or three weeks,” Gura said. “He still came back from that, he sees the floor so well he could be a five or a one, he bands but boy does he understand the game well and that’s very rare for a freshman, the future is unlimited for him.”

Another positive sign from Gura and the JCA program is some of the success at the lower levels.

“The freshman level, the sophomore level are doing fantastic even with a lot of their guys up here on varsity which is so encouraging,” Gura said. “The future is very bright for this program, for JCA and for a lot of these younger players we have here.”

The Hiltoppers will end their season on a five-game road test, starting at 7 p.m. Friday at St. Patrick High School in Chicago.

Due to the predicted extreme temperatures, Waste Management will begin their regular pickup for the
City of Joliet one hour early beginning Tuesday, Jan. 29 through Friday, Feb. 1. Pickup usually beginning
at 7 a.m. will instead take place at 6 a.m.

Waste Management recommends that Joliet residents place their containers outside the night before
their scheduled pickup. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.
For questions please contact Waste Management at 815-280-7854.

To ensure that nobody is placed in danger while traveling to and from court due to the anticipated historic cold temperatures for our area, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced today that the Circuit Court of Cook County will be closed on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 and Thursday, January 31, 2019.

This means that – with the exception of bail hearings and certain pretrial matters for in-custody defendants at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago and juvenile detention hearings at the Juvenile Center in Chicago – there will be no court in session on Wednesday and Thursday in any Cook County courthouse. All cases set for Wednesday and Thursday will be rescheduled.

Jurors who are currently assigned to a trial do not need to come to court on Wednesday and Thursday, but they must return to court on the next date scheduled by the trial judge. Those who were called for jury duty on Wednesday or Thursday do not have to come to court on Wednesday or Thursday, and they will receive a new summons for duty on a future date.

By Brian Stanley

Conflict between the mayor and a trustee over leadership ability continued to dominate a second straight Village Board meeting.

On Jan. 22, Mayor Rick Chapman presented the video and audio recording from a November committee meeting which included a presentation on sanitary sewer and filtration projects.

Trustee Barbara “Cookie” Kirkland filed a Freedom of Information Act request for Chapman’s cell phone records because she felt he was distracted and playing on his phone during the presentation of plans that will require millions of dollars in infrastructure.

“I decided if it was that important for our village president to be doing during a meeting, I thought it was something we needed to know about,” Kirkland said earlier. Chapman said the IT staff determined he had not sent or received text messages during the meeting and no texts had been deleted from his phone.

The two-and-half minute video Chapman played for the board does not show the mayor, but does show Joe Sullivan, a project engineer, discussing drainage needs.
“Two-and-a-half minutes isn’t a very long time, but it can seem so when you’re listening. I must have gotten in a lot of games of Candy Crush,” Chapman said.

As Sullivan wraps up, Chapman can be heard interrupting to question if a slide that reads “gallons per minute” should actually be gallons per day. Sullivan acknowledges the mayor is correct.

“I was paying attention…and (wanted) to correct this (at the first) break in his presentation,” Chapman said. “To be accused of sitting up here like a little kid playing on a phone or not paying attention is a shame.”

When Chapman said he expected an apology, Kirkland responded with “I stand by what I said and my conscience is clear.”

“The dignity of this board is at stake,” Chapman continued. “One lie, and if 10 people out there believe it, it’s a win.”

By Mark Gregory
Editorial Director
@Hear_The_Beard
mark@buglemewspapers.com

Beginning Feb. 1, students and community members within the seven communities making up Plainfield School District 202 are being asked to follow the yellow brick road to learning and join the Great Read as it features L. Frank Baum’s Classic “The Wizard of Oz.”

First published in Chicago in 1900, the “Wizard of Oz” is a work that has mesmerized children and adults alike for years.

“Wizard of Oz is a great choice this year. The very first book was written in 1900, the author, Frank Baum was first published in Chicago,” said Tom Hernandez, Director of Communications for District 202. “I say this kind of tongue in cheek, but it is true, short of the Bible and Harry Potter, I can’t think of another book that has had such an incredible, wide-ranging impact on American culture – in terms of cinema, theater, literature and popular culture.”

The program – now in its 15th year – began in Plainfield and has grown immensely over the years.

“It began as Reading Across Plainfield – it was a one off debate involving Plainfield Central High School and the Plainfield Library and they used Fahrenheit 451– Ray Bradbury’s book about government censorship as the hook,” said Hernandez, who joined District 202 in 2006. “From there, it grew into a community reading program that involved our schools and the Plainfield Library.

“We serve seven different communities, and if it is a District 202 program, we need to be more representative, so we invited the Fountaindale Public Library in Bolingbrook, we invited Joliet and then over the years, we gained Joliet Jr. College. Shorewood Troy was with us for many years until just last year when they had to drop out, I think for budget reasons. Lemont, who is not even in our district, but asked us to be part of the program because they were so impressed by what we were doing and were with us for a while until this year when they had to drop out and our most recent addition is White Oak, which is Crest Hill, Lockport and Romeoville. Now, this program encompasses all of the communities District 202 serves, all of those libraries and it is really, really cool.

The corroboration between District 202 and the surrounding libraries is what makes this program stand apart from others like it.

“It is different from those one book, one read type programs. What makes us unique is the long list of ancillary supporting programs that the libraries around what the book or the theme is.” Hernandez said. “I give tremendous credit to the libraries because they have taken it and run with it and that’s the way it should be. It is a celebration of literacy, reading and the community and camaraderie and it is not only about a book. The book is kind of like cheese on broccoli – you kind of trick the kids – they think they are eating something cheesy and gooey and it is good for them. The idea is to promote literacy, but we do it through all these programs.

“The libraries do programming in a way that school districts can’t, and this supports their mission and supports our mission and they do the bulk of that work and we do a great job. Everything we do is family oriented, and you will learn something and that is the school part. That is the magic – we want people to learn. This will spur someone to pick up the next book or go to the library and learn something new.”

The program kicks off at 6:30p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31 with Wizard of Oz trivia night at the Joliet Public Library Ottawa Street Branch.

The culmination will be Thursday, Feb. 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the Plainfield Public Library, where patrons can watch the classic film “The Wizard of Oz” starring Judy Garland. Attendees are encouraged to dress up as their favorite character for a chance to win prizes. The Great Read Art Contest winners will be announced. No registration required.

For more information on the program, visit www.thegreatread.org.

By Drake Skleba
For the Bugle

With six minutes remaining in the first half of Joliet Catholic Academy’s nonconference basketball game with St. Laurence (13-14), Viking freshman guard Riley Galvin (10 points) buried a long-range three-pointer to tie the game at 14.

With snow falling outside in downtown Burbank an Angel avalanche was about to occur.

Led by JCA leading scorer Mia Bertino and 5-foot-5 senior Molly Hibner, the Angels closed out the first half with a 9-0 run for a 23-14 halftime lead.

The Angel run would snowball to 15-0 before St. Laurence would score with 5:36 left in the third quarter to cut the Angel lead to 29-16.

Jenna Hernandez and JCA defeated St. Laurence 50-28. (Photo by Matt Evans)

JCA (8-16) opened up a 37-19, lead after three quarters and roll past the Vikings for to the 50-28 victory.

Bertino and Angel sophomore guard Jenna Hernandez shared game-scoring honors. with 11 points.

Bertino, added four rebounds and four steals.

Hernandez, who was in early foul trouble, added four rebounds, three assists and a pair of steals.

“The 15-0 run in second and third quarter, we are really proud of and broke open the game, for us,” Bertino said. “Our goal was to get everyone a chance to play some quality minutes for us. It was great when Grace Christiansen finished the game for us with the big three-pointer. Our whole team was excited for Grace.”

“I tried to do everything I could to help us get this win,” Hernandez said. “I battled through some foul trouble but was able to score some points and get some assists, too. My teammates, all, helped us to succeed.”

Hibner, just missed a double-double, with eight points and eight rebounds. Hibner also picked up three steals as the Angels, turned the Vikings over 27 times in the game.

The Angels held the Vikings to just seven total points in the second and third quarters combined.

“We had been playing poorly and had a long losing-streak,” Hibner said. “It was great to play so well tonight and get the big win. I was able to play well but we all played so well tonight.”

The Angels, behind four points off the bench from Kara Wilhelm, grabbed a 12-11, lead after one quarter.

The avalanche that buried Burbank, followed and the seven-game JCA losing-streak, was put to rest.

“The 15-0 run that broke open the game for us was ignited by our defense,” JCA head coach Jim O’Brien said. “We played outstanding defense, we ran our sets well and this was a great win for us, tonight.

“Mia (Bertino), is our leader and when she plays well, we play well. Jenna (Hernandez), was outstanding against St. Laurence’s pressure. Molly battles for us every night. I love the effort she puts forth.”

All Troy schools will be closed on Friday (2/1) due to weather-related issues. All after-school activities have been canceled as well.

By Brian Stanley
Bugle Staff

Shorewood police say a wanted man fled from custody shortly after being arrested Jan. 30. The alleged escapee remained at-large for about 30 minutes after running out of a hospital in Joliet.

Shorewood Police Chief Aaron Klima said officers were called at 11:14 a.m. with a report of a fight in the parking lot of Econo Lodge, 19755 NE Frontage Road.

Ryan Ostry
Bugle Reporter
@RyanOstry_BR18
rostry@buglenewspapers.com

The City of Joliet announced that Jim Trizna, Director of Public Works, received the 2018 Samuel A. Greeley Award at the American Public Works Association (APWA) Southwest Branch of the Chicago Metro Chapter awards ceremony.

The Samuel A. Greeley Award is given to an individual who has continuously served the public in an official capacity and contributed to the advancement of Public Works and thereby improving the quality of life for those who live and work within that community.

Trizna, who has worked in Joliet for 32 years, said this award means so much to him because of the hard work and time he has dedicated to his hometown city.

“It means the world to me because it shows that the time I’ve spent here in Joliet has gotten some respect,” Trizna said. “Getting this recognition from your colleagues and people I deal with in the professional world a lot, just shows how great of people they are that I can share this honor with.”

Trizna began his illustrious career as a civil engineer and steadily increased his responsibilities until promoted to public works administrator and eventually assuming the role as director in 2006.

During his tenure, the city has experienced unprecedented growth, nearly doubling in population putting significant demand on the divisions managed under Public Works which includes engineering, electrical, parking, fleet services and streets.

“A little bit of receiving this award is longevity,” Trizna said. “For this specific award, a individual has to work in a particular city or county for at least 30 consecutive years.

“There’s so many more things to take care of when a city like Joliet doubles in size, we’re the third largest city in the state now so there’s just a lot happening to say the least.”

In the last 10 years, Trizna has been instrumental in reviewing the development of the CenterPoint Intermodal Center and expansion, managed the divergent diamond and reconstruction improvement of Houbolt Road and reviewed the reopening of Chicago Street from Washington to Jefferson streets to provide additional access to downtown Joliet.

Trizna has supervised hundreds of projects over the years, but the CenterPoint Intermodal Center and Houbolt road renovation have both been extremely vital to the cities expansion.

CenterPoint is an ongoing project over the past decade with info structure plans while redeveloping roads and areas to city standards.

“We’re putting in a divergent diamond interchange, and for Houbolt usually IDOT would oversee that, so it’s a entire new learning curve for us, but going to a two lane road to a five lane road has been paramount.”

Trizna said working in the city for as long as he is has humbled him, and serving the people from Joliet has made him want to keep going every day.

“It’s been pretty special for me because a lot of the folks here aren’t from Joliet,” Trizna said. “After getting a job with the county highway department after college and coming back here, renovating some of the old parts of Joliet and just being with the people with the common goal to make this place a better place to live has been really great for me.”

By Mark Gregory
Editorial Director
@Hear_The_Beard
mark@buglenewspapers.com

Coming out of Joliet Catholic Academy, Kaitlyn Williams was recruited by several schools, including the University of St. Francis and then head coach Samantha Quigley-Smith.

After averaging 15 points, four rebounds and four assists for the Angels her senior season, Williams decided on Division-I Loyola University in Chicago.

For the Ramblers her freshman season, Williams played in all 30 games, starting in 26. She was second on the team in scoring, averaging 8.1 points per contest, going 59-for-196 from three-point range. Her D-I high was 19 points in her collegiate debut against Northern Illinois and earned MVC Newcomer of the Week honors. She was fifth in the Missouri Valley in three-point field goal made per game, averaging 2.0 per contest and reached double figures in scoring 11 times on the year.

After her inaugural college season, Williams decided to leave Loyola and transfer to Lewis University, joining the coach that once recruited her.

Joliet Catholic Academy graduate Kaitlyn Williams is a starter with Lewis after playing her freshman season at Loyola. (Photo by Steve Woltmann/Lewis University)

“When I saw that Sam Quigley went to a Division-II program and I live 25 minutes away from here and I am a homebody, it was very nice knowing that all the factors I wanted were at one place and that was the main reason,” said Williams, a Homer Glen native.

Having both played at Joliet Catholic Academy, the two had ties that dated back to Williams’ middle-school days.

“I have known Sam since maybe my seventh grade year when I attended Doug Bruno camps and she worked them because she was just graduating DePaul,” Williams said. “Then in high school, she recruited me to St. Francis.”

Although she came in from a D-I program, Williams said she does not feel any pressure to perform at a higher level – at least not from her teammates.

“I have fit in pretty well. My teammates made me feel super welcome. I put a lot of expectations on myself, but my teammates don’t put pressure on me to perform,” she said. “It is crazy how well we do blend with each other and our practices are so good. Our bench contributes just like the starters do and we have depth all the way to the 14th player and we need all 14 to get where we want to do.

This season for the Flyers, Williams has started all 17 games. She averages 6.2 points per game and has hit 28 of 69 from three-point land to go along with 2.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per contest.

Along with her talent, Williams also brings experience to the Lewis roster.

“When you have players that transfer that have college basketball playing experience, that intensity is already there.” Quigley-Smith said. “Not that incoming freshmen don’t have that – but she is coming from the Division-I level and played in a tough league and played a lot of minutes and she is making an immediate impact. Just the fact that she can shoot the basketball from three stretches out their defense makes this a little easier. Shooting the ball from three helps us tremendously and takes pressure off the bigs.”

One of those post players is senior Jessica Kelliher who leads the Flyers with 23.7 points per game and is less than 100 points away from becoming the Great Lakes Valley Conference all-time leading scorer.
Williams sat out last season after her transfer and expects to be an integrel part in the Flyers’ success the remaining years of eligibility.

“I am super happy that I made the decision to come here,” she said.

By Mark Gregory
Editorial Director
@Hear_The_Beard
mark@enterprisepublications.com

For 25 years, George Shimko has been teaching basketball – and for most of that time his family looked on.
Now, they are following in his footsteps.

Through his George Shimko Basketball School in Oak Lawn, he coached his children, but never pushed them to go into athletics, especially as coaches, it just happened naturally.

“I have always coached my children like players,” George said. “I have never coached them like my child and I think that is why they became successful. I had the opportunity to play in college and to play overseas and I know what they had to do to get ready to play at the next level.”

He also got them ready to pass that message on to other athletes.

“Just being around GSBS Basketball since they were young and seeing the impact we make in kids’ lives and building up their self esteem and making sure they have confidence in themselves, that drew my kids into becoming educators,” Shimko said. “My background is in marketing and accounting and that was what I did until I started the basketball program, I worked for the United States Department of Agriculture for 20 years. The children have been around the game and how we can impact young people’s lives and they got drawn into education. I never forced them, they just saw the impact and were drawn into it. When you are doing something, you don’t know the impact you have on others, but the kids saw that.”

Currently, George is the head girls coach at St. Laurence High School in Burbank – the first ever head girls coach, as the school recently became co-ed.

On his staff is his son, Alex, who was one of the most prolific shooters to ever come through Plainfield Central High School.

“We were at Queen of Peace for four years and we went from 2-28 to 28-4 and got the best record in the school history and they closed the school in June of 2017,” George Shimko said. “St. Laurence, which is right next door, decided to go co-ed and we were hired as the first girls coaches at St. Laurence. In our first year, we went 16-14 and won a regional championship.”

Other than his dad, Alex played for Stephens and coached under Nick DiForti at Plainfield North and George knows with that knowledge, he will likely not be a head sophomore coach long.

“Dave Stephens is an awesome person and was just an awesome coach for Alex the years he was at Plainfield Central and DiForti, the things he learned under him as well were great,” he said. “They still have contact. Life is all about getting bits and pieces from other positive people in your life and from there, you build your own process, your own character and your own way to coach and I think Alex will be an excellent head coach when the time comes.
“He understands that process that becoming a good player means putting the work in, whether it is on the court or in the classroom and you have to have family support.”

George Shimko’s oldest daughter Kristen, a standout at Plainfield North High School, is currently the assistant coach at Argo, who is the No. 7 seed in the IHSA Class 3A Hinsdale South Sectional.

George Shimko is currently the head girls coach at St. Laurence High School in Burbank and his basketball school is in its 25th year of teaching the game. (Photo by Matt Evans/for the Bugle)

Kara, the youngest of the bunch, is a sophomore at Cardinal Stritch and is averaging 6.6 points per game for the Wolves and just last week earned her first collegiate start.

Kara was a varsity starter at Plainfield North her freshman season and tallied more than 100 points, but transferred to help her dad start the program at Queen of Peace, where in three seasons, she became the school’s all-time leading scorer — a record that because of the school closing, will never be beaten.

“Kara knew what we were trying to do and wanted to come with and help us build from scratch and the same with Alex, he was coaching under DiForti and he wanted to come with me and build it,” George said. “When Kara and Alex came over, we kept doing really well. That was a dream come true.”

The oldest child in the Shimko bunch, George, Jr., is also a coach, but chose to play outdoors in the dirt instead of in a gym on a hardwood floor.

George, Jr. has been a teacher and assistant varsity baseball coach at his alma mater Marian Catholic for 12 years.
“He is the odd ball,” his dad joked. “He loves basketball as well, but he was a really good pitcher and he played college at South Suburban and Benedictine.

“The whole family is involved in coaching some aspect of it. George and Alex are teachers, Kristen is getting her Master’s in Psychology and will be a guidance counselor at a high school and Kara is going back to the business side, as she is majoring in marketing.”

The Shimko children are not the only ones that have learned from George, Sr. over the years. The GSBS, which offer programming for boys and girls from ages five to 18-years of age with a complete range of programming from fundamental, developmental and basketball teams for boys and girls from third grade through high school, has allowed George to teach many of the GSBS family as well.

“It has been really exciting,” he said. “We have always wanted to put them in a situation where they enjoy the game, be coached and become a better player, so when you go back to your high school or wherever, we want you to succeed.

“We have 240 kids that are playing at 22 different high schools, we have 40 kids playing college basketball and 15 that are coaching. It has been pretty exciting, but it is amazing how fast the time goes.”

Ryan Ostry
Bugle Reporter
@RyanOstry_BR18
rostry@buglenewspapers.com

Joliet Catholic Academy entered 2019 with 31 state finals, but that wasn’t enough for the venerable JCA athletic program justice.

The Angel dance team added to that number when it brought home the IHSA Class 1A Competitive Dance state finals title.

It was the 32nd title for the school, but first for the dance program.

Joliet Catholic Academy claimed the state title in Class 1A Competitive Dance this season. (Photo by Ryan Ostry)

“We couldn’t be more thrilled as a team,” said coach Shelley Poropat. “This is something that we have been looking for years and years, for it to come true we are all just honored to be apart of the great JCA history.”

The big stage is not something that was particularly new for the JCA Dance team, as Poropats squad came in fourth place at last year’s festivities, with an axe to grind in the 2018-19 season.

Poropat said with every year having the mindset to get better individually and collectively as a team, it wasn’t a straightforward path to the finals for her girls this year.

“We’ve had several injuries throughout this year which obviously made it very tough,” Poropat said. “The day before we left for state, two of my girls were quite sick as well, but as a team all you can do is push through and support each other the entire time.”

The Angels featured seven returning dancers from last year’s squad, and the 10-member team featured just two seniors, co-captains Abi Voss and Reese Hafner.

“We’re known as a football school usually, so its been really nice to give dance team a name,” Hafner said. “It’s been such an honor to represent this school and like I said show that we’re not just a football and baseball based school.”
For Voss, she said she has always been well aware of the accolades and the high standards her school sets, so brining home a championship was even more incumbent upon her.

“In my family, everyone has won championships here at JCA,” Voss said. “It’s finally so nice to be part of that conversation, and to bring home the title.”

In order to reach its goals, JCA had to rebound after a subpar performance being behind Morris, who posted a 93.22, while Clinton scored a 89.4 compared to JCA’S 89.3.

The resilient Angels had no quit in them the following day on Saturday however, as they posted a 95.68 to usurp Morris’ 95.08.

Not only did JCA win the the state title, it recorded the best score in Class 1A tournament history, topping Highland’s 95.05 mark from a year ago.

For Poropat, a former JCA dancer, she believes this year was just the beginning and this team set the foundation for more successful years of dance to come in JCA’s future.

“Setting that goal at the beginning of the year and then meeting that goal is very fulfilling,” Poropat said. “To get on the map, and to put JCA dance on notice with the great group of girls we have is something we take pride in.”

With the title, Joliet Catholic now has more state championships than any other private school in Illinois.

“This success truly comes from all of the great coaches we’ve had here at JCA,” said Dan Sharp, JCA Athletic Director. “Our families and here at Joliet is who we are. We are a blue collar, hard-working family who keeps passing down the high and proud tradition that is Joliet Catholic.”

A missing woman from Crest Hill has been found and is reportedly safe.

Stay tuned for any updates.

**ORIGINAL STORY**

The Crest Hill Police are currently looking for a missing endangered female. Kari Simonic, 25 years

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old was last seen walking eastbound from the area of Oakland Avenue and the Railroad Crossing south of Caton Farm Road. She was last seen at about 2 am Saturday, wearing a dark colored hooded sweatshirt and jeans.

Kari is described as white, 5′ 11″ tall, thin build with Blonde hair. Please be on the lookout for her. If you have any information, please contact the Crest Hill Police at 815-741-5111

Rialto Square Theatre and NiteLite Promotions proudly present Tony Bennett, the 19 time Grammy® Award-winning musician whose music spans over six decades on Friday, May 10 at 8 PM at Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet, IL. Tickets range from $54 to $174, and can be purchased in person the Rialto Square Theatre box office, by phone at 800.745.3000, or online at www.RialtoSquare.com. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 15, 2019 at 10 AM.

At the age of 92, Tony Bennett is not slowing down and his latest recording, with long-time friend and musical colleague, Diana Krall, LOVE IS HERE TO STAY topped the jazz charts upon its debut and was just nominated for a Grammy Award.  The album celebrates the music of the Gershwins and includes the jazz standard, “Fascinating Rhythm,” which Bennett and Krall perform as a duet. The inclusion of the song on the new album, was the impetus for a Guinness World Record title for Tony Bennett, who in 1949, under his stage name of Joe Bari at the time, made his very first recording of the Gershwin standard.

In 2017, the Library Of Congress presented Bennett with The Gershwin Prize marking the first time that an interpretive singer has been honored.  The event was broadcast on PBS Nationally and featured tribute performances by Stevie Wonder, Josh Groban, Michael Buble, Gloria Estefan and many others.  His signature song, “I Left My Heart In San Francisco, was inducted this year in the National Recordings Registry.  Bennett’s sixth book, TONY BENNETT: ON STAGE AND IN THE STUDIO, was recently published and provides an insightful look into Tony’s illustrious recording career highlighted by an extensive array of photographs, memorabilia, and artwork.

With worldwide record sales in the millions, and dozens of platinum and gold albums to his credit, TONY BENNETT is a musician who touches the hearts and souls of audiences with his legendary vocals and charming stage presence. His long list of achievements, spanning over 60 years, includes nineteen Grammy Awards, including the prestigious Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, making this artist a true international treasure.  His signature tunes, such as “Steppin’ Out With My Baby” and “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” form part of the fabric of American music culture.  Often billed as the world’s most boyish octogenarian, TONY BENNETT is a vital musical artist at the peak of his powers.

Tony Bennett’s daughter, Antonia Bennett has been touring with her father and will open the performance with a collection of jazz/pop standards.  Antonia Bennett is a graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music.

Having celebrated his 90th birthday in August of 2016, the milestone was marked by the presentation of TONY BENNETT CELEBRATES 90: The Best is Yet To Come a two-hour prime time special that aired in December.  A companion CD of the same name was released simultaneously and won a Grammy Award in 2017. That same year, Bennett became the first “interpretive singer” to receive The Gershwin Prize by the Library of Congress.  Bennett’s 85th birthday in 2011 marked the release of “Duets II” and made music history by making Tony the oldest artist to ever have a #1 CD on the Billboard album charts.  “Duets II,” followed up “Tony Bennett Duets: An American Classic” CD, released in 2006. 2012 marked the 50th anniversary of the singer’s signature song, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.”  as well as the release of a new documentary film, THE ZEN OF BENNETT, created and conceived by Tony’s son and manager Danny Bennett. In 2014, Tony Bennett released a collaborative album with Lady Gaga, CHEEK TO CHEEK featuring these two legendary artists performing jazz standards. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Album charts making Bennett the oldest musical artist, at the age of 88, to have an album top the Billboard 200 and won the Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Pop Album category. Tony Bennett is a Kennedy Center Honoree, an NEA Jazz Master and a recipient of the United Nation’s Humanitarian and Citizen of the World honors. TONY BENNETT is also a talented painter. He has exhibited his work in galleries around the world, and three of his original paintings are part of the permanent collection in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.

Throughout his career, TONY BENNETT has put his heart and time into supporting humanitarian concerns and joined with Dr. Martin Luther King in the historic Selma march in 1965. His many charitable works include raising millions towards Diabetes, and lending his artwork to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. In 2007, he was honored by the United Nations. Together with his wife, Susan, TONY BENNETT established the charitable organization, Exploring The Arts (ETA) to support arts education in public high schools.  Tony founded Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, a NYC public high school in his hometown of Astoria, Queens and ETA now supports 38 public high schools throughout New York City and Los Angeles and celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year,

Congratulations to the Dirksen Junior High Quadrant Basketball Team for winning the 6 th
annual Joliet Grade Schools Foundation for Educational Excellence “Hoops for D86”
fundraiser. Members of the winning team included: Jason Cuevas (Dirksen Junior High), Joe
Davies (Dirksen Junior High), Ralph Davis (Pershing Elementary), Jonathan Forkal (Dirksen
Junior High), Rick Franceschina (Lynne Thigpen Elementary), Todd Hester (Pershing
Elementary), Deddrick Lewis (Pershing Elementary), Devan McCammack (Dirksen Junior
High), Terence O’Neill (J.F. Kennedy Administrative Center), Antony Rose (Dirksen Junior
High), Brian VanBeveren (Dirksen Junior High), and Jadon Waller (Dirksen Junior High).
Proceeds from the event will benefit Joliet Public Schools District 86 students. In addition to
the employee basketball tournament, District 86 school administrators played a basketball
game against a team comprised of community members. Cheerleaders from M.J.
Cunningham Elementary, Dirksen Junior High, Hufford Junior High, Pershing Elementary,
Sator Sanchez Elementary, and Washington Junior High also performed at the event.
Corporate sponsors of the event were ExxonMobil Corporation (Full Court), Encyclopaedia
Britannica (Half Court), and First Midwest Bank (Three Point Club). Half Time Sponsors
included Bill & Margaret Benoit, Brown & Brown Insurance, Rival5 Technologies Corp., and
STR Partners LLC. Booster Sponsors were J.L. Adler Roofing and Sheet Metal, Inc.,
Datamation Imaging Services, Brian Feltes & Associates, Inc., and ITR Systems. Additional
donors included Cruise, Boiler & Repair Co. Inc., Larsen Contracting, Inc., PMA Securities,
Inc., SERVPRO of Joliet, and the Voyager Group, Ltd.
The Joliet Grade Schools Foundation for Educational Excellence was established in 2003 to
enhance and enrich educational opportunities for Joliet Public Schools District 86 students.
Over the past 14 years, the Foundation has awarded 338 classroom grants totaling over
$377,000 and provided more than $38,500 in scholarships to benefit Joliet students.

Congratulations to the Joliet Public Schools District 86 teachers who were named 2019 Joliet
Area Great Teachers by the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Overall 25
teachers were recognized at a banquet at the Jacob Henry Mansion Estate. The teachers were
nominated by students, parents, colleagues, administrators, or community members.
District 86 recipients included (from left to right) Kelly Cisco (Hufford Junior High), Loretta
Gutierrez (Sator Sanchez Elementary), Jason Kuefler (Woodland Elementary), Rebecca Nahas
(J.F. Kennedy Administrative Center), Laura Pritz (Edna Keith Elementary), and Melissa
Schoonover (Washington Junior High). Also recognized, but not pictured, was Vanessa McNeff
from A.O. Marshall Elementary School. Combined, these teachers have worked for over 111
years in Joliet Public Schools District 86 schools. The teachers each received an award,
proclamations, and gifts from local businesses.

Information on recent arrests is provided by the Joliet Police Department. Persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.

Daniel C. Huerta, 22, of the 100 block of Stillwell Avenue in Rockdale, was arrested Feb. 5 in the 500 block of Landau Avenue on a charge of violating an order of protection.

Crystal Nagra-Dillon, 30, of the 500 block of West Bellarmine Drive, was arrested Feb. 5 in the 500 block of Pico Street on charges of aggravated domestic battery and obstructing justice.

Ramiro Vasquez, 56, of the 500 block of Douglas Street, was arrested Feb. 5 at that location on charges of aggravated domestic battery and aggravated assault.

Jhonathan L. Grandberry, 19, of the 1900 block of Montague Street in Rockford, was arrested Feb. 5 in the 1100 block of Mills Road on a charge of domestic battery.

Emma Blackwell, 33, of the 4200 block of Newberry Lane in Plainfield, was arrested Feb. 6 at that location on a charge of domestic battery.

Paul L. Emerick , 64, of the 700 block of Cayuga Streete, was arrested Feb. 7 in the 300 block of Madison Street on a charge of aggravated battery.