Lemont’s 2017 St. Patrick’s Day Queen Is Named

LEMONT, IL - Michelle Perini, a senior at Lemont High School, has been selected as Queen of the 2017 St. Patrick’s Day Parade to be held on Saturday, March 4, at 1 p.m. in historic Downtown Lemont.

Perini is a life-long resident of Lemont, a high honor roll student, and is very passionate about her community, according to a press release from the village of Lemont. She has been a member of Girl Scout Troop 70274 since she was five. Through this, she has served the community for several years, and has earned the Bronze Girl Scout Award and the Marian Award.

Perini is also a second year member of the National Honor Society at LHS, helps tutor students, serves as a member of the marching and concert bands, Science Club, National English Honor Society, National Science Honor Society and recently joined the Worldwide Youth in Science & Engineering. She has received the AP Scholar with Honor Award, is an avid reader and is currently writing a novel.

Perini has a strong sense of community and specifically the environment. She has volunteered in Hope and Friendship Foundation activities and the annual Earth Day Heritage Quarry Cleanup event. As for college, she plans to study computer science with a potential minor in environmental science.

Perini’s great-grandparents immigrated to Chicago as young adults. Michelle was nominated by her mother, Diane, in honor of her grandmother, Ann O’Shea Spengler, who passed away last year at the age of 91.

“Michelle embodies the spirit of her grandmother, who was a firm believer in college education for women as well as passionate about community involvement,” Diane said.

Representing all the qualities the nominating committee looks for in the St. Patrick’s Day Queen, Perini will celebrate her Irish heritage as she leads the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 4 at 1 p.m.

Photo via Village of Lemont