10 District 202 Students Awarded AP Summer Institute Scholarships

PLAINFIELD, IL — Ten Plainfield School District 202 high school students are recipients of scholarships from the Advanced Placement Summer Institute, officials announced Wednesday.

As part of the Advanced Placement Summer Institute Financial Bridge Student Scholarship, created in 2021, the students each received $2,000. The 10 students were selected from a pool of 19 applicants based on their academic success, school and community involvement and financial need.

The Plainfield students who received the scholarship include:

• Fernando Delgado, Plainfield South High School
• Juliann Pawlowski, Plainfield South High School
• Andrea Bajamundi, Plainfield North High School
• Kate Garcia, Plainfield North High School
• Alexcia Hannah, Plainfield North High School
• Youanna Ibrahim, Plainfield North High School
• Lilly Kanuk, Plainfield East High School
• Nabeha Sajid, Plainfield East High School
• Varisha Sajid, Plainfield East High School
• Samia Syed, Plainfield East High School

District 202 has served as an AP Summer Institute training site since 2008, and thousands of teachers from around the world come to the district to learn how to teach AP courses, which are college-level classes for which students can receive college credit while in high school.

District 202 Director of High School Curriculum and Instruction Dan McDonnell oversees the district's Summer Institute program along with Craig Brown, director for high school administration and personnel, and Chris McCluskey, curriculum and instruction department administrative assistant.