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...Student Recognition...<br />

ACTIVITIES<br />

Science Olympiad<br />

Joey Kollins<br />

Nasir Jamali<br />

Dan Hansen<br />

Mark Baczanski<br />

Congratulations to the <strong>Hersey</strong> Science<br />

Olympiad team for taking the overall 2nd place<br />

trophy at this years Regional Competition.<br />

This qualifies the team for the State Tournament<br />

to be held at University of Illinois on April 20th.<br />

The students that will be representing the team<br />

are: Aleeta Biju, Tiffany Chung, Allie Jager,<br />

Joe Koo, Steven Landeweer, Maggie Marusek,<br />

Joe McGovern, Dan McGready, Mohamed<br />

Mekki, Valmik Patel, Jacob Pepe, Alexandea<br />

Petrusan, Morgan Treppa, Tori Valadez, Eric<br />

Wade, and Yvonne Wojciechowski.<br />

Scholastic Bowl All-Stars<br />

<strong>Hersey</strong> proudly recognizes the contributions<br />

of two members of the Varsity Scholastic Bowl<br />

Team: Steve Landeweer and Phil Tubergen.<br />

Each was selected as an “MSL All-Star” for<br />

demonstrating extensive knowledge of topics<br />

ranging from history and geography to<br />

chemistry and biology. Together, they propelled<br />

their team to a 23 - 9 record and an MSL East<br />

Division title. Congratulations to Steve and<br />

Phil!<br />

Team members:<br />

Mary Casagrande<br />

Conor Cimo<br />

Steve Landeweer<br />

Vivek Shah<br />

Luke Tremont<br />

Phil Tubergen<br />

Microsoft Technology Associate<br />

Network fundamentals exam that was taken<br />

at Harper College. This exam was provided<br />

for free to students who took the first<br />

semester Network Essentials class (our Cisco<br />

Networking Basics). We will be preparing<br />

for the CompTIA exams in May. Please<br />

congratulate them. A total of 12 students from<br />

the <strong>District</strong> passed the exams.<br />

MVA-Most Valuable Attitude<br />

...Student<br />

Shaniah Duff was recognized as an election<br />

judge by doing an excellent job on election day.<br />

She was well prepared by studying the Election<br />

Manual and was a great help to her fellow<br />

judges.<br />

Kaitlyn Roscoe was commended for her<br />

kindness to some special education students<br />

who went to the circus and had some concerns.<br />

Kaitlyn reassured them and helped them to<br />

have an enjoyable day.<br />

Polar Plunge - MVA<br />

Congratulations to the following girls who<br />

raised over $2,000 for Special Olympics by<br />

participating in the “Polar Plunge” in March<br />

at Twin Lakes in Palatine. These water polo<br />

athletes were “Freezin’ for a Reason!”<br />

Shannon Cunningham Natalie Curtis<br />

Kelly <strong>John</strong>son<br />

Katie Lutz<br />

Elizabeth Niersbach Rachel Prostko<br />

Patty Rodrian<br />

Stephanie Surkin<br />

Karolina Szymaszek<br />

Dynamite Dancers<br />

The <strong>Hersey</strong> Dynamite Dancers are students<br />

from our Orchesis program who work with<br />

some of our CLS students to perform at a<br />

concert in May.<br />

Performing members:<br />

Alisyn Greenfield<br />

Morgan Havel<br />

Erin <strong>John</strong>son<br />

Rino Nozawa<br />

Danielle Rivard<br />

Bailey Street<br />

Brianna Ulbert<br />

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