Lockport Township High School Students Recognized For National Academic Excellence

LOCKPORT, IL — Lockport Township High School District 205 recently honored its students who have earned National
Merit Scholarship finalist standing as well as students who earned recognition in the PreACT Rising Stars Program.

Seniors Julianne M. Carway and Gabriella Kedzierski were named finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program, placing them among the nation’s top high school scholars, the district shared in a news release.

“Becoming a National Merit finalist has opened many doors for me throughout the college selection process, and I am so grateful to LTHS and everyone who has supported me,” said Carway. “I encourage students to seek out similar opportunities, because the reward is absolutely worth the effort.”

“I greatly admire the National Merit Program's mission to recognize academic excellence, so I am very honored to have earned the distinction of National Merit finalist and grateful for the opportunities it has provided,” said Kedzierski. “I'd like to encourage my peers not to put too much pressure on any specific opportunity, whether it be a scholarship or an award, because there are many different ways to find success, and there will always be more opportunities as long as you stay driven.”

148 freshmen from the Class of 2029 were also recognized for their performance in the PreACT Rising Stars Program, the District said. Of these, 59 students earned the PreACT Distinguished Scholar designation for scoring in the top 3 percent nationally, and 89 students earned the PreACT Rising Scholar designation for scoring in the top 4–10 percent nationally on the PreACT 8/9 assessment.

The Lockport Township High School District 205 Board of Education recognized all the students during its March 16 meeting.

Students recognized are:

PreACT Distinguished Scholars (Top 3%)

Kenza Abas, Hamzeh Almatarneh, Joris Avizonis, Carson Bobek, Elizabeth Carlson, Jakob Cepon, Emily Cimino, Milena Cudzich, Sophia Dawidowicz, Kassidy DeJager, Maksymilian Dobek, Katherine Drake, Zachary Dylkiewicz, Leah Efimov, Griffin Elder, Annie Elsen, Olivia Griesemer, Ella Grigas, Cody Hannion, Arman Hartwig, Brayden Heidt, Rayann Isleim, Daniel Jager, Kent Jensen, Emily Johnson, Sofia Johnson, Yuha Kim, Lilah Kloeckner, Luke Koenig, Emily Kopec, Nathan Kwasneski, Emma Lasko, Sophia Maka, Annie McCombs, Kendall Meyers, Nora Mikulcik, Connor Moran, Mikolaj Mrowca, Morgan Myers, Ashlee Myre, Patrick Neiheisel, Martyna Pawlica, Benjamin Petroit, Adrianna Piechowski, Ava Pinkerman, Payton Renis, Landen Robles, Alijah Rodriguez, Fiel Rodriguez, Maya Rulka, Evan Rusniak, Irene Salvatore, Matthew Smorynski, Alexander Sova, Emily Stuczyk, Everett Warren, Jake Weston, Noah Zarzycki, Lilijana Zec

PreACT Rising Scholars (4-10%)

Jorge Arreola, Elijah Barnett, Carson Bekas, Eli Ben, Jensen Bennett, Grace Berg, Lilly Blicharski, Aretas Boharevicius, Alexander Boreman, Noah Boyatt, Kylee Casey, Daniella Castillo, Willow Chamberlain, Brianna Contos, Sidney Corrigan, Elijah Detman, Miles Diguido, Ryan Dopke, Lean Downey, Joseph Dulce, Anthony Dzierdzik, Leyan Elayyan, William Estrada, Tadhg Flynn, Scarlett Ford, Olivia Galfano, Kara Gatz, Kayla Geronimo, Alexandra Hardesty, Quinlan Hauer, Jaden Heinzel, Mia Heusing, Aaron Hofstetter, Zaina Hussien, Julianna Hyla, Simon Janas, Dominick Jerabek, Nathan Jilek, Jude Kalchbrenner, Anthony Kaliski, Brayden Klacko, Chloe Kouba, Olivia Krugman, Kenley Kruse, Olivia Lavaty, Isla Lundeen, Elley Majchrowicz, Isabelle Marion, Bridget McCombs, Jordynn McMurtry, Meadow Medici, Vincent Meyer, Mickey Money, Deividas Montvila, Gabriela Moskalik, Stephanie Niemiec, Logan Olszewski, Fiyinfoluwa Omisore, Lillian Oprondek, Allyson OShea, Mercy Owotuyi, Noah Patton, Lillianna Pelayo, Aryssa Posthumus, Hailey Purcell, Ashley Purpura, Maggie Rehfeld, Parker Rudnik, Kendyl Russell, Brayden Schmitt, Damien Shelby, Emily Siedlarczyk, Abigail Small, Elizabeth Smith, Natalia Stasiak, Kyle Stefanski, Samuel Strock, Klarabelle Talaski, Tia Tamulis, Arianna Tazelaar, Dane Thurnall, Julian Torres, America Vega, Isabella Virgini, Brody Westhoff, Berkley Wilson, Brady Wirtz, Addison Witzig, Jaylin Wojciechowski