Richards students earn Honors with Distinction

Harold L. Richards High School in Oak Lawn proudly announces that the students listed below earned Honors with Distinction for the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year.

Administrators noted that the number of students qualifying for academic honors compared favorably to previous semesters. At one point last fall, they realized that the limits of remote learning exerted an adverse effect on student grades.

Together with teachers, they intervened with a range of measures to help students succeed.

“Due to these unprecedented times, we realized a significant increase in failures as of October across the district,” said Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Josh Barron.

“Through the work of our Multi-Tiered System of Supports teams and the tireless work from our teachers to connect, tutor and provide make up opportunities, our end results were not much different than the past five years in terms of student failures. The Herculean efforts from all stakeholders provided the best-case scenario for grades in this uncertain and hopefully once in a lifetime moment in our nationwide school system,” Barron added.

Students qualified for Honors With Distinction by completing first semester with a grade point average of 4.0 or higher.

Freshmen
Mohamad Abueid, Yasmen Abughoush, Hana Abuzir, Julius Aguilera, Ameera Ahmed, Ramez Al Haddadin, Gabriel Alvarez, Giselle Amigon, Ta'mina Amos, Layla Bages, Rea Beka, Amelia Benson, Natalie Brodsky, Ariel Burciaga, Danna Butnariu, Oswaldo Cadenas, Lanbert Catapat, Abigai Cole, Marcus Crawford, Ahmed Dhalai, Raeshon Edwards, Mary Gacek, Mya Garcia, Natalie Gargasz, Isabella Garza, Sebastian Gasinski, Addison Gillen, Margaret Gillespie, Patrick Gillespie, Jose Guzman, Julian Guzman, Jena Hadi, Wylie Hill, Samantha Huff, Kara Huttner, Jariaha Jackson, Mariah Jenkins, Adriana Johnson, Morgan Keating, Grace Kelleher, Aine Kelly, Yasmeen Khalil, Amal Khan, Keegan Krawczyk, Henry Krickl, Dominic Kubik, Alicja Kusper, Kadeeja LaBaran, John LaBonte, Natalia Landeros, Marcin Las, Malik LaValle, Madeline Lichter, Olivia Majerczyk, Salma Makhlouf, Meghan Mallo, Cheyenne Martin, Emellee Martinez, Violet McIntyre, Delia McKirdie, Jaime McNeilly, Mia Montes, Omar Mousa, Sophia Negrete, Daniel Nykaza, Lillian O'Dea, Vanessa Orintas, Jonathan Ortega, Anthony Ortega Flores, Nora O'Shea, Michael O'Sullivan, Mateo Paredes, Nikolas Peterson, Hailey Pitt, Isabel Ramirez, RaniJanFrancois Ramirez, Amanda Romero, Sara Romman, Kendall Ryan, Haneen Saleh, Ellie Schaller, Maya Shaheen, Ian Shaughnessy, Ann Sheahan, Katherine Sheahan, Jackson Sisk, Lukas Smolarek, Julia Stalzer, Anastazie Thoma, Isabella Topolski, Caroline Turwon, Nemir Uwainat, Paola Vazquez, Bridget Walsh, Nevaeh Whelan, Evette Woods, Manar Yasin, Heyam Yousef.

Sophomores
Summaya Abdulrab, Adnan Abuzir, Basaam Ahmed, Adam Baker, Annalisa Barajas, Leah Bradbury, Samuel Cain, Julie Casey, Laryz Catapat, Nicole Cody, Gerardo Contreras Estombelo, Emily Cook, Anna Czernik, Amina Dakhlallah, Philip Dixon, Sara Dobrzynski, Simon Dobrzynski, Amanda Dole, Amari Drummond, Lucas Fahey, Owen Forberg, Kathleen Fraider, Deniza Fuentes, Maria Galvez, Kaley Garcia, Nyla Gimza, Kailey Goldsmith, Jacob Gonzalez, Kelly Gordon, Shane Gordon, Reya Graham, Eric Griffith, Leila Guerrero, Mia Guzman, Ashley Hansen, Aws Hasan, Elizabeth Hedderman, Dream Iyangel Hobbs, Viviana Izurieta, Muath Jilani, Vasiliki Koutsis, Wiktor Kuzmiuk, Adriana Laciak, Daniel Lagunas, Hailey Laurencell, Emily Lindsey, Isaac Loyo, Tyler Lumpkins, Michal Lupa, Magdalena Macias, Audrey March, Joseph Mayo, Molly McGinnis, Meghan McSweeney, Sariah Miller, Mohammad Mohd, Julia Niemeyer, Tomiyah Nunn Boone, Dean Nusko, Abeer Obadi, Kiegan O'Boyle, Osasumwen Okungbowa, Kyra Olejniczak, Jessica Paschke, Elizabeth Peterson, Fatma Rabahi, Azreta Reci, Deja Rogoz, Ilaina Rosado, Khalaf Said, Frida Sanchez, Ryan Schneider, Joshua Smith, Emily Stefanisin, Nicole Stelmach, Mariah Stevens, Emily Styrczula, Mackenzie Tamer, Christopher Taylor, Kameran Turner, Marcella Vasquez, Isaac Vega, Amy Wilkus, Corrine Zamlynski, Dalya Zayed.

Juniors
Janeen Abdelal, Reem Abdulrab, Sara Abdulrab, Nicole Aguilera, Semra Ahmad, Rayan Ajjaj, Adam Almanasra, Haider Alzoubi, Abigail Archambeau, Anahi Arguelles, Erica Assaf, Ahmed Awd, Myah Bawadi, Reese Bechtlofft, Sakeena Bhatti, Sumayya Bhatti, Ty'auna Blackmond, Efren Blas, Abigail Buchanan, Jami Burris, Kayla Cabel, Colin Campbell, Matthew Candra, Kelly Castillo, Lanz Catapat, Ashley Charles, Sara Chiappetta, Haley Cole, Nathanial Conway, Jada Cork, Esteban De Santiago, Anabel Delgado, Brendan Duggan, Patrick Duran, Christina Evans, MaryJane Goodman, Agnes Grochal, Mariajose Guzman, Sara Hamad, Santino Hassett, Emily Hennessy, Emily Hennigan, Abby Hobbs, Melissa Hrisca, Avery Jasudowicz, Kyra Johnson, Darren Jones, Garrett Joyce, Amina Kahack, Daniel LaBonte, Caitlyn Land, Thoai Le, Louis Leahy, Stephanie Lopez, Yasmeen Magallon, Iman Mahmoud, Julian Maldonado, Abigail Mallo, Trinity Martin, Samuel Martinek, Aidan McGinnis, Mohamed Mohamed, Ovidio Montes, Randa Mustafa, Ibtesam Muthana, Sireen Najjar, Omar Nasser, Victoria Pankam, Laury Patino, Jakub Piotrowski, Giselle Ramirez, Andrew Rangel, Miranda Reis, Alex Rico, Pablo Rodriguez, Lainey Rogers, Alexa Rusco, Adrian Ruzencevs, Lara Sakhnini, Kaliah Saleh, Molly Sheahan, Lilian Smith, Miranda Smith, Katlyn Sroka, Dominic Stahulak, De 'Angelow Stidhum, Oliwia Sulka, Grace Taheny, Ghidaa Tareq, Donald Taylor, Victoria Turwon, Ryan Van, Vanessa Vanaria, Mohammed Wali, Mackenzie Webb, Madison Webb, Jack Weiland, Ryenn Willers, Gryphon Winston, Thea Wyzykowski, Gianna Zampillo, Syreen Zayyad.

Seniors
Yasmine Abdelaziz, Waied Abdelqader, Rana Abougoash, Jafar Abushanab, Khola Alshaibi, Blake Attig, Henry Balog, Fatima Basharahil, Amy Blicharski, Michael Borowiak, Sammie Brish, Jeneen Buirat, Sarah Carpenter, Sara Carrillo, Breanna Cerrentano, Thomas Citro, Trevor Coffman, Benjamin Collins, Jaylah Corley, Anna Corsiatto, Matheo Cuartas, Katharine Czech, Yarah Damra, Nora Danaher, Dean Daoud, Jakob De Fosset, Jose Del Castillo, Jessica Dole, Megan Doon, Margaret Fitzgerald, Brendan Flahive, Thomas Folan, Nikola Folta, Manelle Gaamoom, Giovanni Garcia, Rachel Gill, Katherine Gillespie, Nolan Gimza, Noelani Guerrero, Emily Guevara, Kayla Hall, Charles Haltom, Isabelle Hofer, Mairin Hunt, Bryanna Johnson, Naomi Jones, Courtney Keane, Khalil Khalil, Youngmin Kim, Kaitlyn Krzyzaniak, Isabella Kwartnik, Patrick Lachowski, Elizabeth Lagioia, Edmundo Lara, Kevin Laurencell, Emma Lopez, Joanna Lupa, Valerie Magana, Canon Maranda, Christopher Marmol, Bryan Mata, Ellie Maugeri, Samantha Mayo, Kayla McSweeney, Antonio Mendez, Laney Moran, Lillian Moran, Ahmad Naser, Quynh Nguyen, Natalia Nykaza, Trinity Oceguera, Ethan O'Dea, Janine Omar, Ekundayo Onwuachi, Aileen Ornelas, Myles Oza, Mia Palumbo, Nicolas Paredes, Brijesh Patel, Amairani Perez, Kaile Pyzynski, Dhia Rashed, Waseem Razik, Amir Rehab, Amira Rihan, Amber Rivera, Brianna Rodriguez, Monique Rodriguez, Noor Safar, Sarah Sajjad, Duaa Saleh, Sean Sawicki, Nicholas Schopper, Anne Sendra, Laura Sendra, Adam Shaibat, Natalia Smreczynski, Nicole Sobieszczyk, Krzysztof Solawa, Austin Spyrnal, Natalia Stekala, Caroline Strozak, Sofia Strozak, Sojood Sumreen, Rachel Thomas, Haley Thompson, Natalia Wrobel, Andrzej Zych.