Shepard students earn Honors with Distinction

Alan B. Shepard High School in Palos Heights proudly announces that the students listed below qualified for Honors with Distinction for 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 with a grade point average of 4.0 or above earned for Honors With Distinction. It is possible to exceed a GPA of 4.0 with weighted grades offered in honors and Advanced Placement courses.

Freshmen

Alora Akin, Lamyah Alafif, Africa Alejo, Ismail Alwahsh, Arianna Araujo, Sireen Ashkar, Macy Balabon, Olivia Barrera, Colin Blanks, Christian Botello, Adam Brandt, Madison Brochu, Jabari Byrd, Jayli Cabrera, Peter Calderon, Aimee Campos, Leslie Cardenas, Ethan Chua, Breanna Corcoran, Razan Darhamad, Ellie Davidson, Atiana DeGiulio, Alexis Delgado, Ukefi Enyinnaya, Rebecca Esparza, Amilia Estrada, Julia Feldner, Chantal Fierros, Olivia Flores, Samantha Flores, Fernando Fuentes, Alexis Gezik, Margaret Gleason, Ava Gliva, Idaly Gonzalez, Payton Gonzalez, Adamaris Gonzalez Zuleta, Benjamin Grady, Amari Greene, Emma Greene, Peyton Grenda, Makayla Grode, Destiny Gudino, Isaac Guerrero, John Harkala, Kayla Hedger, Samantha Heiden, Ernesto Hernandez, Emmanuelle Hounguevou, Duaa Husein, Fiona Jacobson, Mariah James, Sophia Jimenez, Nathan Juma, Jessica Justin, Jake Klein, Margaret Klingner, Madeline Knies, Kayla Konopasek, Olivia Kot, Adrian Krzysiak, Jocelyn Leggett, Dulce Lopez, Nathan Lowry, June Lyons, Evan MacDonald, Angeline Macias, Brenda Marquez, Kelsie Marquez, Amelia Mastela, Kayla McGrury, Corey Merrity, Brett Montoya, Amanda Muller, Reem Naser, Maja Natan, Emily Nebus, Anthony Nicolas, Jan Obrochta-Bartus, Roberto Olimpijev, Shaun Parker, Patrick Popowicz, Reed Powers, Lujain Rabadi, Brenda Ramirez, Aidan Reilly, Samantha Reynolds, Jada Rodriguez, Dulce Rosales Ortega, Farah Safi, Erendira Salgado, Giulia Scarnavack, Olivia Scott, Noor Shadid, Alaina Simikoski, Jack Siriann, Juleaya Smith, Daniel Staszel, Elizabeth Stepuszek, Gracie Stevens, Benjamin Stewart, Maciej Stoch, Caprice Stubitsch, Nicole Swierczek, Wendy Uribe, Isaiah Vallejo, Morgan Walker, Payton Zahora, Zackery Zemeckis, Lana Zorba.

Sophomores

Raad Abdelqader, Jenna Abuzerr, Nagam Alkhatib, Matalyn Alvarado, Emily Armstrong, Kamron Arnold, Ashlee Arrambide, Jennah Ballout, Megan Begley, Alyssa Bronkala, Ava Brooks, Jessica Byrdak, Samantha Cabrera, Nicholas Cachor, Madison Cantore, Gianna Carmenaty, Joshua Case, Sean Casey, Ariana Chavez, Hannah Cichon, Dragos Cojocariu, Miriam Cojocariu, Ashley Cole, Payton Crims, Elizabeta Dardovska, Alessandra Diaz, Maura Diaz, Deztini Dickerson, John DiFoggio, Laith Elayyan, Francesca Escamilla, Maricruz Fernandez, Michelle Fernandez, Kayla Fitzpatrick, Maia Fitzpatrick, Tyler Florez, Bridget Fraider, Nora Fraider, Jessica Frye, Alyssa Fuks, Lauren Gawel, Lilianna Gaytan, Matthew Gilhooly, Nicholas Giuseffi, Amber Glader, Arianna Gonzalez Zuleta, Alondra Guerrero Calvo, Maggie Gumber, Dion Gutierrez, Raymond Hammerschmidt, Carlo Hernandez, Eric Hornik, Douah Jubeh, Jihad Judeh, Dominic Karkoszka, Megan Kempczynski, Natalia Kiernia, Pavlos Kladis, Samuel Kowalkowski, Rachel Kozicki, Marissa Lamaster, Cameryn Landers, Emma Lonosky, Angelina Lozano, Gannon Marin, Aliya Martinez, Gael Martinez, Riley Massey, Brittany McCarthy, Matthew McGlynn, Owen McGovern, Holly McGrath, Brandon Mehring, William Monahan, Jose Montiel, Lisette Morales, Emma Morgan, Analise Mulvihill, Ian Murphy, Samantha Murphy, Ryley Oganovich, LaMar Paige, Francesca Paladin, Alejandra Penaranda, Christopher Pickett, Ryan Plowman, Ekaterini Polyzos, Sunev Puente, Alexa Ramirez, Kahlen Ranson, Brenda Rivera, Rachel Robson, Kimberly Rodriguez, Brianna Rolek, Juliana Rubio, Fernando Salgado, Isabel Salgado, Timothy Sanchez, Gabriella Scalzo, Danielle Schabes, Ava Serdar, Ariana K. Serna, Kassandra Shepherd, Emily Sheppard, Rama Shuqeir, Lauren Sinisi, Allyson Skala, Ashlee Sluis, Katie Smith, Dania Soriano, Samuel Statham, Carson Steele, Izabella Szwajnos, Aniylah Thomas, Ashley Torres, Crystal Torres, Cindy Trybunia, John Vasiliades, Lazaro Vigil, Brookalyn Woods, Aidan Wright, Amber Wysocki, Ariana Zambrano.

Juniors

Godwilla Alsum, Julia Alvarez, Majd Ammari, Julissa Anaya, Julia Antolak, Charnae Avant, Natalia Bafia, Taylor Becker, Kara Born, Jessica Budkowski, Makila Byrd, Saniah Calvin, Ayanna Campbell, Tiffani Carlsen, Julian Carmona, Sofia Cerullo, Hisham Chaudhry, Dominic Chillmon, Isaac Cieplak, Joseph Cinkus, Richard Cinkus, Trevon Cooley, Faten Daoud, Chloe Dunigan, Christian Dziadkowiec, Arianna Esquivel, Jack Evoy, Margaret Evoy, Riley Evoy, Celso Favela Borrego, Shea Fitzgerald, Jacob Fraider, Alondra Gamboa, Alexis Garfias, Paul Garza, Liam Gayduk, Katarzyna Geraszek, Luis Gomez, Kiana Gonzalez, Kelly Greene, Roxanne Habbal, Donavan Heard, Lillian Hogan, Abigail Horton, Samuel Hrycaj, Lidia Jablonski, Kaden Johnson, Joshua Jones, Jonathan Kolosky, Andrew Krzyzaniak, Elizabeth Lappano, Kostandino Latka, Dominic Leon, Madison Levickis, Stephen Lezon, James Liapis, Estefania Lopez, Quinn Lyons, Andrew Maddox, D Angelo Manzo, Linnea Marsh, Celestia Martinez, Anthony McMillan, Adriana Mendoza, Abigail Michaels, Ashley Miller, Marissa Mishka, Giselle Montes, Maha Motan, Fernanda Munoz, Elizabeth Notter, Angelina Pantoja, Peyton Parrotte, Kaydence Pauls, Cecilia Perez, Connor Perez, Janely Perez, Kamile Plavinskas, Abigail Potts, Angel Rabadi, Graciella Ramirez, Emma Reilly, Krysta Shaan Reveche, Samuel Rizzone, Demi Sanders, Michael Sealy Bakos, Danielle Sears, Isabela Silva, Paiten Smith, Gianna Spain, Madison Spass, Colton Sterling, Calah Strohacker, Omar Talaat, Michael Tieri, Laila Todd, Roselyn Torres, Anthony Velez, Heidi Venegas, Conner Vogrich, Myesha Weatherly, Addisin Whelehan, Lance White, Skielar White, Jamille Younger, Abdulkareem Zatar, Jose Zavala Tinoco, Alison Zemeckis, Sylvia Zubek.

Seniors

Ali Abdelrahman, Emma Akin, Mohammed AlRamahi, Anthony Baffi, Amari Barnes, Brooke Becker, Kaitlyn Begley, Leah Bylut, Hector Cabrera, Isabella Carbajal, Julius Casanova, Walid Chaudhry, Amanda Cinkus, Cassadie Comiskey, Cristian Crofton, Sebastian Crofton, Kylie Cronin, Percy Croom, Julian Culligan, Stephanie Cuzco, Katherine Daguio, Abdallah Dalis, Mustafa Dalis, Daylee Danek, Noorehan Daoud, Katherine Davila, Christopher DeLosSantos, Alexis Diaz, Dezmond Dickerson, Ameyalli Dominguez, Ariyelle Edwards, Abderrahmane Elhoumaidi, Marissa Florez, Laila Folk, Jailen Foy, Liam Galvin, Marco Gamboa, Jacqueline Garcia, Agnesa Gashi, Azalia Gonzalez, Ethan Gowaski, Claire Gumber, Mia Halteman, Cam'ron Hardy, Victoria Harris, Liam Hassett, Jared Hernandez, Justin Hogan, Meadow Homa, Jasmine Iturbe, Lukasz Janik, Jacob Jeeninga, Jetonya Johnson Armstro, Cade Karnowski, Lilly King, Daniel Kleina, Juliana Knies, Brian Kopec, Eva Kozlowski, Giovanni Lio, Quetzally Lira, Matthew Maloney, Jessica Marszalek, Katherine Masias, Megan McGrath, Konrad Mierzejewski, Nathan Morgan, Breann Moser, Ayah Musa, Gabriella Nimon, Natalie Nowak, Paige Nowak, Haley Ohm, Alexis Oliver, Anthony Ortiz, Landen Paige, Myles Palmer, Naomi Paramo, Haley Patel, Henish Patel, Skylar Post, Jared Puente, Osvaldo Ramos, Jordan Ramsey, Kate Rodriguez, Kaitlin Rohe, Meagan Ruger, Tiffany Rusnok, Sofia Sensi, Francesca Serdar, Amanda Silzer, Dejon Sims, Abigail Skulavik, Julita Sojka, Mary Stepuszek, Murad Suhail, Esma Tantawi, Jae'da Thompson, Alexia Tischer, Breeana Torres, Gianna Vancura, Olivia Wasag, Ella Wegrzyn, Lena Werner, Keondra Williams, Autumn Wilson, Patricia Wrobel, Mia Yasin, Christopher Young, James Zable, Trinity Zak, Kaley Zaldivar, Dawit Zellelew.