Glenview Patch Honors High School Graduates: Class Of 2020

GLENVIEW, IL — Glenview Patch wants to share the achievements of local high school graduates by putting them in the spotlight over the next few weeks. Due to the coronavirus, in-person instruction has canceled the rest of the 2019-2020 school year in Illinois. We know these wonderful seniors are missing out on some of the last moments of the school year.

We hope that this will give the community a way to share their pride in our Class of 2020 high school graduates. You can find the form here if you'd like to add your graduate. Patch will be updating this form until May 31.

Here are a few more Glenview Class of 2020 high school graduates:

Elizabeth Welch-Jani, Glenbrook South

Elizabeth is a U.S. Presidential Scholars Program Semifinalist and National Merit Scholar. She is a Science Olympiad co-captain, Women in STEM leader, Math Team member, National Spanish Exam gold medalist, Titan Tutoring and Test Prep director, volunteer teacher/coach, and triathlete. Her astrophysics research paper won top state honors. She will attend Yale University to become a future astrophysicist.

Message from the family: "Congratulations, Ellie! You have a heart of gold and we couldn't be prouder of you. All our love, Mom, Dad, and Jaden."

Kate Hershey, Glenbrook South

Photo by Mary Hershey

Kate enjoyed the Spanish Exchange program, Habitat for Humanity, GBS TV, and being an Onward House officer. She will attend Tulane University to study Psychology and Early Childhood Education.

Message from the family: "Kate we are so proud of your hard work at GBS and your eagerness to try new adventures. Hopefully Tulane will be your best adventure yet! Lots of love from Mom, Dad, Joe and Van"

Colin Hart, Glenbrook South

Photo by Yolanda Hart

Colin is a lifeguard with the Glenview Park District. Colin has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity as well as GPD's Wagner Farm. He will be attending Loyola University Chicago.

Message from family: "Congratulations Colin! We are so proud of you!! Love, Mom, Dad and Clara."

Gabi Bellows, Glenbrook South

Photo by Lisa Bellows

Gabi is involved with Model UN, Onward House, Piven Theater, Habitat for Humanity. She will attend American University.

Message from the family: "Gabi we love you and couldn’t be prouder of you! Congratulations on all your accomplishments!"

Lexie Aralis, Glenbrook South

Photo submitted by Amy Iverson Aralis

Lexie was involved with softball, costumes department in plays, musicals & v-shows, FCCLA, fashion club, Titan Pride award. She will attend the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising to study visual communications.

Message from the family: "Words can never express our love for you or how proud of you we are. We love you!"

We will be running a new group each day as long as we receive submissions. Below is a link to the original story in case you missed it and where we've compiled all of them together. Thanks again for sending them in.

All entries that have run: https://patch.com/illinois/glenview/glenview-patch-honors-high-school-graduates-class-2020