2025 Elite 5 - JJC - 6/20/25

Elite 5

A supplement of the Jacksonville Journal-Courier.

supplement of the Jacksonville Journal-Courier

The Jacksonville Journal-Courier would like to present to you our 2025 Elite 5 recipients. The Journal-Courier believes in education and wanted to continue to recognize the top 5% of each underclassman grade-freshman, sophomores, and juniors in Morgan County according to each student’s grade point average.

This is the 7th annual Elite 5 program offered. Each student will receive a medal and certificate, as well as put in a drawing for various scholarships given by our local colleges of Illinois College and Lincoln Land Community College, as well as The Jacksonville Public Schools Foundation. The list of scholarship winners is listed on page 3.

Parents and Students: Thank you for once again striving to be the best that you can be and focusing on your education. This is a program that the Journal-Courier hopes to continue and grow. Our hope is that this gives the students something to strive for and obtain each year. All medals and certificates were placed in envelopes and are located at each participating school in the office. If you were a scholarship winner, information about those are also included in your individual packets. Please contact your school for pick up arrangements.

Thank you again to our advertisers and supporters. We would also like to thank our scholarship sponsors of Illinois College, Lincoln Land Community College and The Jacksonville Public School Foundation. A big thank you to all participating high schools and the office staff to help obtain the student information and handle the pickup of packets. And lastly, thank you to the parents and especially the students for placing your education as a top priority.

Congratulations 2025 Elite 5 Recipients!

ILLINOIS COLLEGE

FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL

BRYNDELYN BERGSCHNEIDER 9TH GRADE

JACOB LONG 9TH GRADE

CLAIRE AHLERS 10TH GRADE

AVERY BLACKORBY 10TH GRADE

ANDREW HARRIS 10TH GRADE

NATALIE LONG 10TH GRADE

CADEN COLWELL 11TH GRADE

JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

COOPER

DEVYN

MACI H. MOORE 9TH GRADE

JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” - Sun Tzu

CONGRATULATIONS

to this year ’s Morgan County Elite 5 Students for their hard work and achievement and to this year ’s JPSF Elite 5 Scholarship recipient from Jacksonville High School, Dev yn Mar tino. The Jacksonville Public Schools Foundation is proud to build upon student success with the suppor t of scholarships to help make the dream of higher education possible for Distric t #117 students.

HARRISON C. ALEXANDER 10TH GRADE

DON C. ENGLISH 10TH GRADE

CONNOR J. WALKER 10TH GRADE

BREANNA A. ANDERS 10TH GRADE

EMMA G. GUIDISH 11TH GRADE

JAMILA SOPHIA P. LANORIO 11TH GRADE

ANDREW J. SCHUMACHER 10TH GRADE

ELIZABETH L. SAXER 10TH GRADE

OLIVIA M. DOBSON 10TH GRADE

LEAH M. RANGE 10TH GRADE

JOSIE K. RAJAGURU 10TH GRADE

ABIGAIL R. WHITE 10TH GRADE

JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

ROUTT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.”