LTHS announces honor roll for second semester: Freshmen
Lyons Township High School announces its second semester Honor Roll for the 2017-2018 school year. The Semester Honor Roll is based on the entire semester work including final semester examinations. Listed are freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior students who have achieved a grade point average of 3.125 or higher.Honor rolls are determined using an unweighted/weighted grade point, whichever is higher.
FRESHMEN
Jobran Abou Assaf
Dylan Adams
Miyah Adams
Ashanti Agee
Peter Akaniroj
Maya Albores
Matea Aleksandrovska
Syed Humzah Ali
Elise Allen
Kevin Allison
Daniela Almeida
Luke Alpe
Giuseppe Amella
Alexandra Anderson
Clark Anderson
Zahra Anderson
Aidan Andrade
Jessica Antonietti
Angelica Aranda
Benjamin Arney
Bridget Arnold
Thomas Asleson
James Atkinson
Alexander Aviles-Gabino
Ahmad Ayyeh
Daniel Babnigg
Anna Bachinski
Justin Backus
Ghaleb Barakat
Nina Barcelona
Benjamin Barney
Aidan Barrett
Ethan Barrett
Dylan Bart
Jack Beauregard
Ava Beckley
Matthew Bednarz
Samantha Benson
Greta Berg
Ian Bermudez
Elena Bertuglia
William Bettiga
Lola Bingham
Rebecca Birch
Miles Blackburn
Wesley Bleck
Madelynn Bloem
Drew Blouin
Madison Blum
George Bobis
Jakub Bobryk
Haley Boggess
Mariah Bonfiglio
Christopher Borawski
Lauren Branz
Anthony Bray
Jack Breen
James Brennan
Selma Brkic
Nicole Brom
Kathryn Brown
Ryan Brown
Dylan Brunelle
Jamie Buckler
Whitaker Buckley
Thomas Bulir
Christina Bullio
Emily Burcal
Emily Burke
Emma Burns
Jasper Burns
Claire Burriesci
Charles Busker
Camille Buttin
Allison Cabrera
Ashley Cabrera
Conor Cahill
Ryan Cahill
Melissa Calderon
Margaret Callaghan
Mary Callaghan
Benjamin Campbell
George Caplice
Natalie Carlisle
Julianna Carlson
Ryan Carlson
Giselle Carrazco
Kayleigh Caruso
Matthew Carver
Keegan Casella
Claire Casiello
Claire Casper
Austin Castle
Grant Castle
Priscilla Cazares
Ellen Chambers
Rody Choghari
Ellie Chomko
Sophia Ciampaglia
Daniel Ciecko
Andrew Cmelo
Mason Coffelt
Katherine Coffman
Joseph Coglianese
Richard Collins
Braeden Colwell
Maggie Conger
Stella Conrad
Emiliano Contreras
Isabella Conza
Robert Cook
Logan Cooper
Rebecca Cooper
Keara Corcoran
Olivia Corcoran
Hope Cordes
Molly Corrough
Kathryn Courier
Paul Cozzi
Clark Crawford
Reagan Credit
Henry Cremins
Daniel Crespo
Brian Crist
Owen Cross
Dominick Cuchran
Bret Cultra
Colin Cummings
Michael Dahill
George Daker
Redmond Dale
Nora Daley
Ava Dallavo
James Daly
Paige Darling
Jamari Davis
Karla De La Cerda
Jovana De la Torre
Mira Dedhia
Stephanie Deditz
Makenna Deleshe
Isabella DeMarco
Peter Derrah
Christian DeSimone
Marissa Di Zillo
Sergio Diaz
Alex Dickett
Katherine Dickman
Maxwell Dike
Megan Dillon
Mina Djurasovic
Debra Dodge
Katelyn Dodge
Ian Doherty
Kathleen Doherty
John Dold
Sean Dolliff
Tyler Domaradzki
Annabel Dougherty
Collette Doyle
Francesca Dreher
Eloise Driscoll
Matthew Drobny
Conor Dunlavy
Patrick Dunleavy
Ryan Dunn
Kerry Durkin
Christopher Dybas
Kaitlyn Easterday
Daniel Eckert
Jacob Egert
Emma Eikum
Musa Elqaq
Sophia Engel
Susanna Eskandar
Veronica Eskandar
Mateo Esquivel
Janet Euwema
Lola Evans
Adaora Ezike
Adrian Ezsias
Melissa Farias
Aidan Farris
Kevin Fatora
Joe Faulkner
Jaden Fellers-Lamb
Alex Fergestad
Justin Fergestad
Jane Ferguson
Maura Ferguson
Mary Ferrell
William Fink
Lucas Fiodorov
Catherine Fisher
John Fitzpatrick
Ella Fix
Aileen Flores
Grace Flores
Colin Flueck
Zachary Folkening
Brianna Fonseca
Spencer Frech
Justin Frerk
Jackson Friedman
William Fritz
Nicolette Froemel
Sergio Fuentes
Katherine Fuller
Bryan Galdun
Cole Gamboa
Alan Garcia
Jessica Garcia
Joshua Garcia
Kyle Garcia
Luisa Garcia
Emily Gardner
Nicholas Garelli
Ruth Garfias
Trenton Garrett
Landon Gartner
Caroline Garvin
David Garza
Frank Gatto
Abigail Gee
Lillie George
Luke Gertsmeier
Katheryn Giamarese
Georgiana Giannakopoulos
Zaria Giannotti Frye
Abigail Girgis
Sandy Girgis
Natalie Glawe
Ella Gleason
Luis Gomez
Vincent Gonzalez
Cole Gordon
Jacob Gorman
James Grady
Chloe Grant
Jack Gray
Olivia Greco
Louise Griffin
Soren Griffin
Kaitlyn Grimes
Madeline Gruca
Jessica Grundke
Trevor Guagenti
Jaylin Guardado
Abigail Guerra
Isabella Guido
Maxine Gurney
Nickolus Gusentine
Aiden Hackett
William Hadraba
James Haggerty
Lindsey Hahn
Brendan Hall
Brianna Hall
Margaret Hall
Thomas Hammond
Kevin Hannigan
Samuel Harders
Nia Harrington
Ashauntee Harris
Olivia Hawbaker
Ella Hawblitzel
Peter Hawkins
Paige Haworth
Owen Hays
Katrina Heffner
Jada Henderson
Joshua Henley
Abigail Hennessy
John Hepp
Daniel Herbeck
Frank Hernandez
Karla Herrejon
Charlotte Hession
Kayla Heyer
Matthew Hiatt
Alec Hill
Jonathan Hill
Grace Hillmann
Joseph Hines
Thomas Hinton
Daniel Hirstein
Andrew Hojjat
Aidan Horvat
William Houston
Anthony Huynh
Evelyn Iturralde
Lauren Jackson
Alison Jacobs
Emily Jacobs
Nicholas Jasinski
Alexandra Jasnos
Parker Jeffrey
William Johnson
Rhylee Jones
Jacob Joseph Mosqueda
Noah Jouras
George Joyaux
Juliette Joyaux
Kaitlyn Joyner
Catherine Judy
Alexander Jumic
Elizabeth Junius
Zoe Kales
Miles Kaminski
Evelyn Kartzmark
Casimir Kash
Morgan Kearney
Thomas Keegan
Gabrielle Keely
Margaret Ketchum
Ameer Khilfeh
Firas Khuzam
Daniel Kiely
Charles Killian
Wesley Killian
William Killian
James King
Shyan Kirksey
Ellen Kleyweg
Jordan Klimes
Tyler Klimes
Laura Klusendorf
Nicholas Kochankovski
Reese Komsthoeft
William Koranda
Luke Kordomenos
Ethan Koren
Elliana Kosanovich
Emilijan Kosic
Kristijan Kosic
Ava Kostecki
Alexandar Kostich
Sophie Kostovski
Maciej Koszut
Harrison Kowalski
Nicholas Koziel
Andrew Kreczko
Olivia Kriha
Vladimir Krstov
Sasha Kruger
Amanda Kruszynski
Ryan Kudia
Rebecca Kural
Chloe Kutchek
Cameron Labbato
Nathan Lack
Johnathan Laczynski
Charlotte Land
Mary Lansing
Ian Larson
Nicholas Laverde
Jordan Lee-Caracci
McKenzie LeFaivre
Makayla Lefebvre
Blake Leinhauser
Heidi Leonard
Ethan Lesner
Tommaso Levato
Corinne Lewis
Jocelyn Liddell
Jacob Lietz
Micah Lin
Samantha Linares
John Link
Avery Livingston
Peter Lloyd
Delia Lonnroth
Jeremy Lonsway
Liliana Lopez
Liberty Love
Victoria Lozano
Sophia Lucina
Liam Ludden
Johnny Luna
Jack Luttrell
Theodore Lynch
Jacob Lyszczarczyk
Joan Machaj
Sarah Madden
Sawyer Madell
Connor Madigan
Natalia Madrigal
Valentina Madzarevic
Genesis Magpayo
Keeley Mahoney
Elma Malagic
Quinn Maley
Clara Maney
Daniel Mannella
Hannah Marino
Evan Markworth
Luke Marquardt
Patrick Marsh
Jerry Martin
Atzin Martinez
Olivia Martinez
Vasil Martinov
Lily Mattern
Avery Mavon
Grace Mayer
Emma Mayergoyz
Sabrina Mazzone
Ryan McAllister
Owen McAuliffe
Finnian McBride
John McCarty
Katherine McCarty
Gillian McCauley
Michael McDermott
Aidan McDougal
Julia McGinn
Erin McGovern
Hannah McGovern
Alejandra McKay
William McKenna
Charlotte McLaughlin
Olivia McLean
Abigail McMahon
Charles McMahon
Brendan McManus
Eleanor McMeen
Doyle McNeela
Madelin McPartlin
Erin McVady
Margaret Meehan
Nathan Melby
Frank Metcalf
Joseph Metzger Veome
Luke Meyer
Samantha Meyers
Jack Miglieri
Grace Miller
Lindsey Miller
Ameera Mirza
Callum Mitchell
Joelle Mologousis
Geraldine Montalvo
Britney Montalvo-Almaraz
Salvador Montes-Sondaval
Gavin Monthye
Elliot Moore
Tyler Moore
Thomas Moore III
Samuel Morales
Lindsey Moran
Sophia Morgan
Grace Morrissey
Joshua Mukite
Sean Mulcrone
Grace Murphy
Kevin Murphy
Mary Murray
Jacob Muth
Melaina Muth
Antonio Nava
Edward Navarro
Noah Negron
Cade Nelson
Lisa Nevarez
Winifred Nevis
Elias Newlin
Grace Newman
Skye Nguyen
Alexander Nicola
Lezlie Nogueda-Nunez
Brendan Nolan
Samuel Nowak
Isabella Nunez
Nathan Nyeholt
Fiona O’Brien
Natalie O’Brien
Joseph O’Connell
Kyle O’Connor
Marissa O’Connor
Owen O’Connor
Shae O’Connor
Spencer O’Dea
Abigail Odelson
Eileen O’Doherty
Grace O’Donnell
Olivia O’Donnell
Brian O’Farrell
Julie O’Heron
Madison Ohm
Charles Olszanowski
Quinn O’Malley
Charles O’Neill
Oscar Orders
Abigail Orndorff
Brendan O’Rourke
Lauren O’Rourke
Blake Otrusina
Mason Ownby
Jakob Ozer
Sophia Padgett
Grace Panosh
Tessa Papartis
Mia Parente
Elizabeth Patel
Ian Pavlecic
Stefan Pavlovic
Sean Pearson
Simmie Pearson
Lauren Pena
Benjamin Penachio
Marissa Perez
Timothy Perr
Thomas Peterson
Ella Petrusha
Rosario Picone
Alex Pieczynski
Sydney Pierce
Anthony Pigatto
Emma Pinta
James Pittacora
Marisa Plaza
Griffin Pohl
Erik Polikarpovas
Arijan Polozani
Alexandra Pomrening
Alexandra Pontrelli
James Pouba
Kelli Powers
Kaitlin Preussner
Anna Pritz
Cassandra Psenicka
Jake Pulciani
Owen Pusateri
Ava Quinn
Moira Quinn
Jessica Quintero
Paul Racanelli
Flynn Rachford
Mia Rachford
Benjamin Rademaker
Lena Radunovic
Conor Radwanski
Andrew Ragaishis
Catherine Rak
Gabriella Rakvin
Jonathan Ramicone
Julieta Ramirez
Niyati Rana
Ka Meia Ray
Jetson Reagan
Norah Reedy
Norah Rehor
Thomas Reich
Sawyer Reid
Maxwell Renwald
Ricardo Reyes
Morgan Reynolds
Caroline Rice
Olivia Rich
Emma Richards
Kevin Rife
Quinn Riordan
Xavier Rios
Angel Rivera
Grace Roberts
Joseph Robinson
Alejandra Rodriguez
Jacob Rodriguez
Selah Rodriguez
Daniel Roemer
Daisy Rogel
Monica Rosales
Thomas Rozner
Melissa Rucinski
Adam Rudofski
Joshua Rusu
Anna Rutkowski
Madeleine Ryan
Giana Salerno
Victoria Salvato
Tomas Samuolis
Danielle Sanchez
Jasmine Sanchez
Alejandra Sandoval
Jake Santaniello
John Santaniello
Emina Sarajlija
Jacob Schaefer
John Scheib
Olivia Schilling
John Schmitt
Michael Schoneman
Taylor Schullo
Sophia Schultz
Taylor Schwaab
Garrett Schwartz
Anne Scotty
Nathan Scriba
Dominic Scudieri
Katerina Serembytska
Adriana Serrano Matsumoto
Justin Shah
Ruchi Shah
Ella Shea
Caitlin Sheehan
Kennedy Sheppard
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