COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY CLASS OF 2025 Wednesday June 11th, 2025 5:00 PM William Fremd High School
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADUATION CEREMONY
Pledge of Allegiance Aaryan Addanki-Tirumala, Skyla DeBlauw and Dev Kannan
Principal’s Address Tamara Byrne
Student Address Anaya Yousaf
Awards and Recognition Charlie Fabrikant, Allison Moe, Alessandra Kennedy and Kristen King
Presentation of Diplomas Dr. Laurie Heinz Eric Bachmann Samantha Bray Ader Tamara Byrne District 15 Cabinet Members
Recessional
PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE +
This award recognizes academic success in the classroom. To be eligible, students must meet requirements including grade point average, MAP score criteria and teacher recommendations.
NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY (Students wearing GOLD cords) * The National Junior Honor Society is an organization that recognizes middle school students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, character, and citizenship. It is a prestigious honor that encourages students to strive for excellence in various aspects of their lives and provides opportunities for leadership development and community service.
PRINCIPAL’S HONOR ROLL (Students wearing RED/WHITE cords) #
These students have achieved a 4.0 grade point point average for all 8 quarters of 7th and 8th grade.
JAGUAR OF THE MONTH ^ Each month our staff selects students who consistently demonstrate strong academic performance, positive behavior, and serve as an inspiration to their peers and other staff. We are honored to recognize students for their achievements and contributions to our amazing school community.
HEART OF THE JAGUAR AWARD This award is given to one 8th grader who most exemplifies the qualities and characteristics of respect, effort, cooperation, leadership, attitude and school spirit. This award does not focus on grades or athletic ability. It focuses on the student who consistently demonstrates these qualities in the classroom and all areas of the school community.
AMERICAN LEGION AWARD This award is given to one boy and one girl in each graduating class. Those who receive a medal must exemplify six qualities that define character: courage, honor, leadership, patriotism, scholarship and service. Candidates for the award are voted upon by our faculty and members of the candidates' graduating class through a secret ballot. The local Legion post involved with each school makes the final selection upon receiving recommendations from students and faculty.
CLASS OF 2025 A
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Aaryan Addanki-Tirumala Joe Aiba Douglas Alvarado Sota Annaka* George D. Antonopoulos*^ Minato Matthew Anzai* Sarah Araque
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Sophia Chingis* Karly Chipman^ Johnathan Cho* ^ Kaitlyn Chong* Connor Josef Christoph* ^ Giuliana Rose Cicinelli* Nicholas Sam Cicinelli Jonah Cohen B Shivathmika Balachandran+ * #^ Amanda Czerwinski Marcel Czopek Allie Balonkita Isabella Banos Addison Teryl Barlo * # Alexander Barnett Rose Bartkus+ * # ^ Ethan Bauske* ^ Kaner A. Benson Amaeya Bhalodia* # Scarlett Blanchard Parker Boun Marcel Andrew Burdzy Ben Burns
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Reegan Cadwell Charlize Capellan Annaleese Carlson* # Cody Chae Juan M. Chapa Maggie Ziqi Chen+ *
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Anders J. Daeda^ Skyla Renee DeBlauw Charlie Deegan* # ^ Isha Desai* Declan Donohue Kaustav Dutta Michelle Dyrda* # ^
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Angela Rose Efby Aubrey Rose Engleman+ * Calvin C. Epsom+ Sara Esquiliano* ^ Ben Evers
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Sophia Feliciano* Henry James Fisher^ Sydney Flaska
CLASS OF 2025 F
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Finn Fluger Anna Lynn Fricke* Evan Reid Fricke
Charita Gaddipati* Luca Garcia Nicolas Garcia Lucas Garrett Alex Gates Noah Giangreco* Vikram Gollapudi Leslie Gong Aden Kristin Grabowski Gabby Grabowski Emma Brianne Guss
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Parker Allen Harlan Miles Ramsey Hebert+ * Drew King Heinlein Sota Hida Jermyn Hill Ellen Hinshaw* # Nathan A. Hoffman Matthew Homenda# Shristi Hosakote+ * Andrew House^
Ronald Imbordino Erena Ishii Mei Ishikawa Abdalaziz Ismaeel Sanvi Shailesh Jagtap* Miracle Starr James Hannah Jang Jeffery Jensen Anthony Jepson Jacob Johnson* ^ Imee Jones^ Mia Josko Peyton Joung Aiden Jung
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Christina Kalantzis* # ^ Elena Kalifatidi Chloe G. Kam+ * # Olivia Sunghye Kang* Dev Kannan+ * Kapula Kapoma Kana Kawasaki Jackson Stone Kemeny Kaitlyn Kennedy Deenah D. Khan^ Evan Kim+ Katie Kim*
CLASS OF 2025 Minjun Kim+ * William L King+ Julia Kmiecik Olivier Koziarski Metaxia Kritikos Sophia Ku* Adrian Tadeuz Kubiak Cullen Kupczyk
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Victor Lam* Natalie Leischner Barrett Lesht Yinyin Lin+ * Robert Little Jr. Vasilios Livaditis* Ryan Livergood Alyssa Giuliana Lopez* Leah Lynn
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Jakub Malski Luis A. Marquez Arsen Matsevko Luke McMeen* Lily Meisner Julia Meler Abigail Merdek Luca Migalski Grant Miller Kokoro Mimura*
Maddox Mollenkamp Alice M. Myrda
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Reese Isabelle Newton* ^ Veronika Nikitina #
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John O'Brien Molly O'Brien* ^ Bobby R. Oberstar
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Samrudh Padmanabhan Yuna Lorraine Pae Lucy Palarz* Eva Panicko Samantha Pearl Park+ Aanya Patel* Jayden Patel* Rishi Patel* Murad Pektas Leo Pellicori* ^ Noah Perez Ian Peterson^ Arnav Ponnuru Janik Stefan Potuznik
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Aashi Rai Lucas James Rogers* ^ Elias Romero*
CLASS OF 2025 S
Kokoro Sakihara* Alexa Saracco* David Te-Ming Schwartz Lucy Jaclynn Serino Aavyan Shah* Aariv D. Shah+ * Meehika Sharma+ * Keely Shengena* Jake Shi Jake Skiba^ Helena Skop* # Joshua Slupik Amelia Jessica Socha* Gwen Soljacich Kiera Somerville Jake Sopkin Chase Spellman Evelyn Sponsel Evalyn Elizabeth Stoker* Akyra Rayne Sunandjaja Jacob Paul Swiatkowski+ Alexandra Emily Szczygiel
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Naoki Takahashi Akhil Thati+ * #^ Emmanuel Thaxter Nicole Tokarczyk Giulianna Tosto
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Leah Urban
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Angelina Velez
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Koki Wakita+ * Adam Wasim Elliott J. Weir Trent Wier Quinn A. Winter Matthew Wlaszczyk # Logan D. Wojtczak* Amira Worman+ * Dallen Worthington Marcus Wu*
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Kate You* Anaya Yousaf* Austin Hanjun Yu+ * #^ Katie Yum
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Nathan Thomas Zdanewicz Scarlett Zientara* #
FACULTY & STAFF Saadia Altaf Grace Gardiner Cynthia Nicketta Nina Amin Maria Guy Maribeth O'Malley Lineya Andrews Erin Hackman Julie Oberbreckling Joe Arenberg Matt Hart Brenda Orozco-Gallegos Jackie Baumler Stephanie Jacklow Sydney Oswald Laura Blair Ryan Jenkins Riddhi Patel Bob Blaisdell Shane Jensen Lauren Piper Samantha Bonasorte Ryan Johnson Ewa Pitcher Eric Brents Helen Johnston Laura Pokrajac Katie Burns Alessandra Kennedy Julie Quitschau Tamara Byrne Kristen King Kate Ruiz Melissa Carponelli Jeff Klynstra Menka San Pietro Cindi Christiansen Mary Beth Landerman Meghan Sanchez Melissa Chyan Edgar Lara Amador Brittney Schmelzer Jennifer Clarke Brent Larson Amber Sliwa Bernadette Crowley Sharon Lennstrom Emily Soenksen Amy Cunningham Melissa LoCascio Shawn Terry Jacqueline Danner Laura Lowrey Velichka Traykova Annette Dargenio Debbie Lukas Ann Tripp Sheri DiGirolamo Beth Mackens Marco Urgiles Saman Djavadi Laura Magrowski Mary Valdez Jacqui Downing Meghan Mandel Laura Vanderploeg Derek Eckman Joe McTague Joe Venegas Charlie Fabrikant Madilyn Messineo Jinah Waitzman Matt Fostiak Allison Moe Matt Warren Nicole Gabryel Dodd Mohr Dave Wilkie Purnima Gandamaneni Erica Moilanen Mandy Wise
Artwork by Akyra Sunandjaja
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 3805 Winston Drive Hoffman Estates, IL 60192 Tamara Byrne, Principal Charlie Fabrikant, Assistant Principal BOARD OF EDUCATION Samantha Bray Ader, President Frank J. Annerino, Vice President James Taylor, Secretary Eric Bachmann Wenda Hunt Zubair Khan Lisa Beth Szczupaj SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Laurie Heinz, Ed.D.