Shepard students named Illinois State Scholars

Shepard High School in Palos Heights proudly announces that 34 members of the 2022 senior class have been named Illinois State Scholars by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.

Roughly 10 percent of the state’s high school seniors earn this recognition each year. In order to earn Illinois State Scholar honors, students must:

• attend an Illinois State recognized high school;
• be a United States citizen or an eligible noncitizen;
• be a resident of Illinois;
• take the ACT, SAT I, or Prairie State Achievement Exam during the third or fourth semester prior to graduation from high school (typically between September 1 and June 30 of the junior year);
• rank in the top one-half of his or her high school class at the end of the third semester prior to graduation from high school (typically as a junior in their sixth semester); and
• graduate from high school during the academic year in which the student is selected as a State Scholar.

Shepard seniors named Illinois State Scholars this year include Julie Alvarez, Natalia Bafia, Kara Born, Saniah Calvin, Joseph Cinkus, Richard Cinkus, Chloe Dunigan, Margaret Evoy, Shea Fitzgerald, Jacob Fraider, Alexis Garfias, Liam Gayduk, Luis Gomez, Kiana Gonzalez.

Also, Kelly Greene, Roxanne Habbal, Lillian Hogan, Lidia Jablonski, Elizabeth Lappano, Kostadino Latka, Andrew Maddox, Linnea Marsh, Celestia Martinez, Ashley Miller, Angel Pantoja, Jeremy Soldan, Gianna Spain, Colton Sterling, Calah Strohacker, Omar Talaat, Anthony Velez, Abdul Kareem Zatar, Alison Zemeckis, and Sylvia Zubek.