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District 212 hosts 30th Annual William H. Fern Awards Ceremony
Leyden students, faculty and staff were honored at the 30th Annual William H. Fern Awards Ceremony held on April 19 at the West Campus.
William H. Fern, a former Leyden modern language teacher, began the awards program after he retired from teaching several years ago.
Faculty and staff select the honorees by voting for those who have exhibited extraordinary effort, talent and dedication to their goals and work. In recognition of their accomplishments, each winner receives a monetary gift from Fern.
Fern Awards and Outstanding Achiever Awards:
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The Patricia Schuler Award for Excellence in Art
East: Joseph Sanchez
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Outstanding Achiever: Monica Rochnowski
The John Frederiksen Award for Excellence in Art
West: Shakty Granados
Outstanding Achiever: Juliet Ocon
The Ken Monahan Award for Excellence in Bilingual Education
East: Carolina Meza-Quintero
Outstanding Achiever: Brian Morales-Hernandez
The Paul Brown Award for Excellence in Business Education
East: Catherine Saponieri
Outstanding Achiever: Beatriz (Bea) Verin
The Kathy Robbins Award for Excellence in Business Education
West: Andrew Sopt
Outstanding Achiever: Jennifer Lopez
The James Callister Award for Excellence in English
East: Christopher Lingat
Outstanding Achiever: Adriana Olvera-Cabral
The James Terrill-Liesz Award for Excellence in English
West: Elzbieta Anna Wojtasik
Outstanding Achiever: Ninamarie Sansone
The Kathy Klaus Award for Excellence in Family and Consumer Sciences
East: Vicki Dahlke
Outstanding Achiever: Franco Petrucci
The Christina Williams Award for Excellence in Family and Consumer Sciences
West: Jose Cooper
Outstanding Achiever: Gia Possemato
The Dave Berton Award for Excellence in Industrial Technology
East: Riley Morioka
Outstanding Achiever: Svetoslav Zografski
The Jim Hopp Award for Excellence in Industrial Technology
West: Sergio Quintana
Outstanding Achiever Ramon Rocha
The Joanne Corwin Award for Excellence in Mathematics
East: Madison Jedlink
Outstanding Achiever: Isabella Dillolo
The Laurie Hodgson Award for Excellence in Mathematics
West: Marco Guzman
Outstanding Achiever: Miguel Herrera
The Carolyn Dunoon Award for Excellence in Modern Languages
East: Hubert Kicinski
Outstanding Achiever: Kirsten Polen
The Marcel Lewinski Award for Excellence in Modern Languages
West: Gonzalo Carrillo
Outstanding Achiever: Anthony Aguilar
The Henry Hiorns Award for Excellence in Music
East: Joecel Orbon
Outstanding Achiever: Nathaniel Mesa
The Joe Idaszak Award for Excellence in Music
West: Carlos Toral
Outstanding Achiever: Victor Alvarez
The Gary Wolf Personal Achievement Award
East: Luis Lopez
Outstanding Achiever: Jose Ramirez
The John Testa Personal Achievement Award
West: Carla Garcia
Outstanding Achiever: Eric Escobedo
West Life/Bridge: Yulissa Becerra
Outstanding Achiever: Zuella Smith
The Eileen Wudel Award for Excellence in Physical Education
East Female: Julia Werynski
Outstanding Achiever Female: Hanna Schmitt
East Male: Julian Munoz
Outstanding Achiever Male: Ocean Johnson
The Tim Ruettiger Award for Excellence in Physical Education
West Female: Isabelle Ivy-Raydl
Outstanding Achiever Female: Maya Garcia
West Male: Shane Allen
Outstanding Achiever: Male: Ryan Jaffary
The Jane Russell Award for Excellence in Science
East: Nathaniel Martinez
Outstanding Achiever: Isabella Lollino
The Dalia Zygas Award for Excellence in Science
West: Ivan Solis
Outstanding Achiever: Jessica Rangel-Galera
The Robert Johnson Award for Excellence in Social Studies
East: Alexis Pacheco
Outstanding Achiever: Ruben Huerta
The Larry Crippin Award for Excellence in Social Studies
West: Stephanie Herrera
Outstanding Achiever: Jacqueline Quinones
Extra-Curricular Fern Awards:
The Gloria Currins Award for Excellence in Student Council
East: Joshua Strauss
West: Shivani Parekh
The Jack Leese Award for Excellence in Athletics
East Female: Tara Mackey
East Male: David Duwal
The Darl Kriete Award for Excellence in Athletics
West Female: Jazmin Santoyo
West Male: Eduardo Hernandez
The Richard Nardini Award for Excellence in Student Activities
East: Hanna Evangelista
West: Val Cruz
The Paul Schmidt Award for Excellence in Student Activities
East: Jason Kemp
West: Nathian Saucedo
Faculty and Staff Fern Awards:
The Gene McCormack Award for Fine Teaching in English
East: Jeanette Gagliardi
West: Steve Marten
The Bob Swords Award for Fine Teaching in Family and Consumer Science:
East: Nichole Sweeney
West: Alicia Kadlitz
The Thomas Masters Award for work in Student Services
East: Arturo Martinez
West: Shaina Landau
The Reg Green Award for Fine teaching in the Art and Music
East: Lynette Rosen
West: Stacy Cunningham
The Mike Dickey Award for Fine work in coaching:
East: Tim Stark
West: Cam Jackson
The Rosanna Andras Award for Significant Staff Contribution
East: Carolyn Dundovich
East: Michael Miceli
The Norma Thompson Award for Significant Staff Contribution
West: Louise Jarke
West: Dennis Fritz
Award recipients are recognized for extraordinary effort, talent and dedication to their goals and work.
