Hickory Creek Middle School Graduation Class 2014

Hickory Creek Middle School eighth grade students participated in their graduation ceremony on June 2 at Lincoln-Way West High School. Members of the Frankfort School District 157-C Board of Education and administrators awarded diplomas to the 299 graduates in the Class of 2014. Special awards were also presented as follows:

Frankfort Jaycees Award

Sponsored by the Frankfort Area Jaycees, the recipients of this annual scholarship are students who give effort, get involved and make a difference.  The 2014 recipient - Kathryn Kolski.

 

Viola Lankenau Award

Viola Lankenau dedicated forty-two years of service to the children in the community, serving as teacher, principal and superintendent in the Frankfort School system.  The staff at Hickory Creek Middle School selects one student who best exemplifies qualities of good citizenship, fine scholarship and excellent school participation.  The award is sponsored by the Family School Partnership Organization.  This year’s recipient - Ashley Williams.

 

The Lyndsey Whittingham Scholarship

This annual scholarship was created to honor the memory of Lyndsey Whittingham, a former graduate of District 157-C.  The scholarship is awarded to a student who best epitomizes Lyndsey’s love for life, positive attitude, caring nature and support to others.  Sponsored by the Lyndsey Whittingham Foundation, the scholarship winner is nominated by his or her peers and chosen from a panel of District 157-C teachers/staff.   This year's recipient - Cole Cunningham.

 

President’s Education Awards

Honoring student achievement and hard work is the purpose of the President's Education Awards Program. Since 1983, the program has provided individual recognition from the President and the U.S. Secretary of Education to those students whose outstanding efforts have enabled them to meet challenging standards of excellence.  Hickory Creek Middle School graduates earning the President’s Education Awards included: Lauren Baker, Noah Baker, Reilly Bell, Mitchell Bennett, Olivia Beran, Alyssa Bernal, Emily Bonebrake, Dominic Borrelli, Kara Bouck, Colin Brady, Michael Bronshtein, Evan Bruninga, Kevin Bullington, Ashley Bullock, Brittany Chiuccariello, John Christensen, Nathan Co, Jack Cohrs, William Cooley, Sarah Corcoran, Sabrina Corsetti, Shannon Crost, Katie DeJulius, Marisa DeLaurentis, Joanne Depre, Madison Dockweiler, Jane Eaton, Joshua Falejczyk, Shannon Fitzpatrick, Brennan Flaherty, Peyton Fries, Abbey Fuqua, Michael Gambino, Mikayla Gardner, Ciara Glancy, Michael Greco, Molly Hackett, Callista Hall, William Hussey, Chelby Joseph, Grace Justic, Kaylah Keuch, Krista King, Kathryn Kolski, Lauren Kopec, Brittney Kruzel, Natalie LaMonto, John Land, Joshua Lebioda, Amber Lemmons, Erik Lynch, Alexandria Marchert, Spencer Martin, Zachary Martin, Delaney Martino, Riley Masterson, Javon McAllister, Kerigan McAllister, Mark McCauley, Brendon McCray, Isabella McKenna,

Sydney Mergenthaler, Brendan Morrissey, Payton Moyzis, Jacob Nienhouse, Lucas Nienhouse, Anna Ostmann, Lauren Page, Joseph Paliga, Zachary Parduhn, Julia Pavlik, Brandon Petkoff, Madeline Phaby,

Anthony Pisarski, Kendal Pitlik, Nicole Provost, Julia Raczek, Mackenzie Rhode, Tyler Salgado, Lauren Sandberg, Ariel Sargent, Rachel Schilke, Margaret Scott, Myguire Scott-Stirn, Olivia Senese, Desmond Shelton, Michael Shoucair, Matthew Simental, Gina Simoni, Rick Smith, Bryn Spencer, Bridgette Stepanek, Matthew Stiegman, Cassidy Stolarek, Dominic Tagler, Sara Taylor, Jacob Tencza, Elizabeth Tremblay, Carson Trpik, Zachary Ueberfluss, Kayla Vandenberg, Anna Vander Kooi, Audrey Vanderpool,

Jacob VanderWoude, Makayla Varga, James Vaughan, Jeremy Walsh, Cassandra Weyker, Abby Wierzal, Ashley Williams, Caden Wise and Nicholas Zavis.