SCHOOL NEWS
12 The Reporter
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Marist food drive helps those in need Marist High School’s campus ministry department ran a successful Thanksgiving food drive with school families donating nearly 2,500 food items and toiletries. The items will be given to Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Terrence Parish’s food pantry in Alsip, and Caring Patriots, a Chicago veterans group. The drive was themed around the popular Harry Potter book series, with scenery and characters filling the halls at Marist. The collection culminated in a rally on Nov. 17, where students and teachers competed in games based on the books and represented the four “schools” from the series. In the above photo, many of the participants from the rally show just a handful of the items donated. Supplied photo
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Twenty-three students from the Class of 2018 at St. Laurence have been selected as Illinois State Scholars.
Local students selected as Illinois State Scholars at St. Laurence Twenty-three students from the graduating Class of 2018 at St. Laurence High School in Burbank have been recognized as Illinois State Scholars. The Illinois State Scholars from St. Laurence are Veronica Belanski, Daniel Carroll, a graduate of Century Junior High School and Orland Park resident; Gabriel Chimera, Humberto Elizondo, Our Lady of the Ridge, Chicago Ridge; Daniel Franko, Jacob Gerloski, Nicholas Heiden, Brandon Hernandez, St. Louis de Montfort, Oak Lawn; Elizabeth Hicks, St. Gerald, Oak Lawn; Joseph Hincks, Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School, Oak Lawn; Melissa Madrangca, Brigid Mundt, Jose Munoz, Kerstin Rafferty, Queen of Martyrs, Evergreen Park; Devon Rembis, Kolmar, Oak Lawn; Matt Smuda, Palos South, Palos Park; Joshua Sone and Maciej Staszel, Worth Junior
High School, Worth; George Stock, Emilia Vates, Mya Wrencher, Jessica Zepeda and Adam Zurek, St. Louis de Montfort, Oak Lawn. These students are representative of academic growth at St. Laurence since shifting to a STEMbased curriculum, according to school officials. Thirteen percent of students in the Class of 2018 are Illinois State Scholars, which is nearly double the three-year average prior to the curriculum change. “We are thrilled with our continued increase of Illinois State Scholars,” said St. Laurence Principal Jim Muting. “Our commitment to providing a unique STEM curriculum in a project-based environment continues to pay dividends for St. Laurence students. Congratulations to the 23 students who earned this prestigious recognition.”
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Richards High School students selected to participate in the IMEA District 1 festival included (from left) Tyler Groves, Nia Whitt, Julia Watt, Lukas Williams, Jose DelCastillo, Hanna Bargouthi and Rebecca VonBruchhaeuser.
Richards students audition, earn selection to IMEA festival Several band and choir students from Richards High School in Oak Lawn were recently honored by being selected to participate in the Illinois Music Educators Association District 1 festival Students, who auditioned to earn their way to the festival, received the opportunity to perform with other outstanding band and choir students
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Worth Junior High School participated in the South Suburban Junior High School Conference’s Annual Student Senate on Nov. 17. About 60 students from the 10 conference schools gathered together at Wilkins Junior High School in Justice in order to participate in team building and leadership activities. Students who participate in the Student Senate qualify through the recommendations of administration and staff as a result of demonstrating strong character and leadership potential among their grade level peers. The Worth students who participated and staff members were (from left, top row) Colleen DeGonia, student council moderator; Jeremy Soldano, moderator; Colin Blanks, Lisa Bray, student council moderator, Hanadie Tulemat, (front row, from left) Ty Kupfer, Scarlett Tully and Jenna Abuzerr.
Buddhist monk visits OLCHS Gen Dorje, a Buddhist monk, recently visited Oak Lawn Community High School. His visit coincided with Dan Doyle’s English 3 Honors study of Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. This was the second year in a row Gen visited Dan’s classes. Gen helped the students build background knowledge of Buddhism and meditation in order for them to gain a better understanding of the novel. His question-and-answer period ended with mediation with the students. Many students were surprised to find that Gen has a sense of humor and said his talk helped them understand Siddhartha.
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