A's All The Way: 169 EPCHS Students Honored At 'Straight A' Luncheon

EVERGREEN PARK, IL – Evergreen Park Community High School students were recognized for their hard work during term two of the 2021-22 school year at the bi-annual Straight “A” Luncheon on Wednesday, September 14.

An astounding 169 students achieved perfect letter scores in all their subjects in the second term. Students enjoyed chips and sandwiches in the high school’s learning resource center.

EPCHS principal William Sanderson and D230 Superintendent Thomas O’Malley spoke with students about their effort, dedication, and commitment which helped them achieve this accomplishment. They also challenged them to repeat this accomplishment in term one of this school year.

"I'm extremely proud of our students each year. They make sacrifices and an effort to be academically successful," Sanderson said. I"'m even more proud of those students who are able to maintain it each grading period."

In addition to 133 underclassmen, an 36 graduating seniors from the class of 2022 also received straight “A”s during the second term, including:

Underclassmen: Jordyn Abercrombie, Grace Allison-Plewa, Luke Allison-Plewa, Lucy Anderson, Eduardo Antunez, Savion Bamberg, Armani Barraza, Zoey Batchelor, Aidan Bench, Christopher Bennett, Summer Betts, Katherine Beyer, Sarah Beyer, Emma Bik, Max Bilas, Julianna Black, Kenny Bledsoe, Jack Bledsoe, Mikaela Bolden, Theresa Brady, Joseph Brandt, Aidan Brunner, Madeline Bruno, Joie Burns, Jack Byrnes, Ava Cahnman, Ulises Cardenas, II, Isabelle Carney, Leo Cassidy, Maximillian Castillo, Savannah Chandler, Rocco Cipolla, Kailen Curran, Giancarlo DeArcos, Erin Degnan, Cecilia Deranek, Madison Donovan, Owen Doogan, Katharine Downey-McGurk, William Duffner, Tyler Duran, Lamiya Easley, Malachi Espinoza, Hope Etapa, Maeve Faulkner, Nathan Fernandez, Maya Fiecko, Jahonie Fouch, Lily Gagner, Susana Garcia, Lauren Gignac, Lilli Gleason, Skyeleigh Godowic, Isaac Gradilla, Andrea Gramajo Hernandez, Ashton Gray, Laila Griffin, Leah Grundy, Zach Gumban, Jamia Head, Nadia Herrera, Kaitlyn Higgins, Brendan Holmes, Sherlyn Jaramillo Benitez, Byron Johnson, Christopher Johnson, David Johnson, Trinity Jones, Helen Joyce, Michael Joyce, Margaret Joyce, Abigail Kupscuk, Asia Lane, Grace Leonard, Paul Lieske, Joshua Lukacs, Vivianna Madrigal, Aniya Martin, Dulce Medina-Meza, Karla Miller, Octavia Miller, Xalani Mitchell, Noah Moreno, Kara Mullen, Alejandro Munoz, Martie O’Connell, Gerald O’Hare, Kameron Oden, Kai Odom, David Ortiz, Saanvi Patel, Heather Paterson, Ruth Peart, Naeli Pedraza, David Peralta, Dayhana Peralta, Andrew Perez, Emily Pineda, Nuala Rabbitte, Drew Ragsdale, Maya Rayson, Abigail Rech, Samantha Ricks, Neydelin Rodriguez, Yuliza Rosas Magadan, Dianna Rosillo, Shyair Rowser, Cinthia Saldana, Darion Saygo, Jack Schaller, Kennedy Shelby, Christopher Silverman, Jr., Skylar Slepicka, Gabrielle Smith, Lawrence Somerville, Sheridan Stiles, Rosebud Summers, Suzanne Summers, Quenton Talbott, Tazanna Terrell, Rachel Thomas, Magdaline Tracy, Terrence Turner, Brianna Uwajeh, Noah Valdez, James Visser, Aubrey Walczak, Giovanni Walker, Ilaan Wheeler, Layla Williams, Amelia Woody, Bewendson Yameogo and Taylor Yeaman.

2022 graduates: John Bledsoe, Nathaniel Chacon, Alexandra Clermont, Gibran Cortes, Amarissa Dotson, Caroline Duffy, Ryan Ewert, Mariana Ferreira, Julian Flannigan, Akirah Fort, Elaine Frederickson, Natalie Galindo, Nasir Gilmore, Adam Gradilla, Thomas Gricus, Soriya Holloway, Myah Johnson, Nathan Johnson, Trinity Jones, Mahari Kelly, Jr., Thomas Kerwin, Wyatt Lantz, Romere Lawrence-Ridgner, Makayla Lumas, Mary Marcosa, Isabella Martinez, Cassandra Mora, Jed Msallek, Denisa Neda, Joseph Peirce, Connor Pula, Thomas Schergen, III, Connor Shomody, Matthew Summers, Tristan Wagner and Paul Westphal.

The Straight A students from the second term of the 2021-2022 school year at Evergreen Park Community High School, the underclassmen who are still at the school, stand with Superintendent Thomas O'Malley and Principal William Sanderson during this month's Straight A luncheon.