Warren Township High School notes
Scratch Paper honored: Warren Township High School's student newspaper, Scratch Paper, received the Most Outstanding High School Newspaper Award for 2007-08 from the American Scholastic Press Association.
Entered in the category of schools with more than 2,500 students, Scratch Paper was named the top paper out of 44 schools across the country.
The only other Illinois newspaper in the contest to receive the Most Outstanding award was Glenbrook North High School in the category of schools with enrollments of 1,701 to 2,500.
Editors-in-chief this year are Craig Basarich, Liz Dana and Natalie Niskanen. The sponsor for Scratch Paper has been English teacher Jill Baker, who is retiring at the end of the school year.
Honors night: Warren Township High School recognized 136 students for their academic achievement, character, athleticism and leadership at the annual Honors Night program.
Thousands of dollars in scholarships were awarded with the largest being four, $8,500 scholarships named after 1937 graduate Alice Brewer. The following are the names of the recipients for all of the awards and scholarships.
Diana Aguilar, Art Student of the Year; Waseem Ahmad, Blue Devil Booster Athletic Scholarship; Kalpita Ainapure, Kate Pedersen Memorial Scholarship, Gagewood Lions Club Scholarship, Woodland District 50 P.T.A. Scholarship, and Alice Brewer Memorial Scholarship; Jennifer An, Dr. Robert A. Bard Scholarship and Dr. Edward R. May Scholarship; Fides Araneta, American Legion Auxiliary Illini Girls State; Nicole Ayabarreno, Cal Leader Service Award; Alan Baar, National Merit; Casey Barnash, President's Education Awards Program and Blue Devil Booster Athletic Scholarship; Craig Basarich, Thomas Robert Wessel Memorial Scholarship; Kevert Bean, Board of Education Technical Scholarship; Andrew Beckwith, President's Education Awards Program and U.S. Marine Corps Semper Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence; Samantha Bledsoe, Warren Township High Federation of Teachers Award; Gordon Booker, Blue Devil Booster/Athletic Scholarship and Woodland District 50 P.T.A. Scholarship; Sarah Boothe, U.S. Army Reserve Athlete, U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award, Athlete of the Year; Kathryn Browning, Gurnee Women's Club Scholarship; Bridget Byrne, Gilbert Clem Memorial Award; Michelle Campanella, Community Trust Credit Union Scholarship; Spencer Carver, Bausch & Lomb Award; Jessica Castrejon, Board of Education Scholarship; Elizabeth Clark, President's Education Awards Program, National Merit, Board of Education Scholarship; and Aaron Dahlke, President's Education Awards Program.
Warren students are recognized throughout the school year for making the school a better place or for showing achievement in a particular department.
Nominations are made by staff members. Students and their parents are recognized in short ceremonies before the start of the school day at each campus.
O'Plaine Campus students receiving the Matter of Pride recognition for April/May were: Nicholas Colbert, Taylor Giza, Jonathon Huber, Alejandra Lira, Megan Byrd, and Michael Dowd.
O'Plaine Campus students recognized for Student of the Month were: Jessica Langosch, Carmelo Aviles, Kevin Klosterman, James Hennessy, Jennifer Diaz, Matthew Trotz, Taylor Suo, Jasmine Rodriguez, and Milos Bulaja.
At the Almond Campus, students recognized for receiving the Matter of Pride recognition were: Kiara McGrew, Luis Zavala, Erik Bennett, Rachel Gradner, Erin Kulesus, Nick Leach, Jennifer Salisbury, Julaine Thompson, Macy Nedelka and Mary Beth Dolan.
Recipients of the Student of the Month for April/May at the Almond Campus were: Gabriel Seda, Mike Antunez, Ruchelle Santos, Sarah Sandahl, Marc Silverstein, Aaron Dahlke, Kim Viverito, Marveli Figueroa, Madelyn Plummer and Robert Heiser.
Warren Township High School is the second largest high school in Lake County with approximately 4,000 students from an area that includes all or part of Gurnee, Wadsworth, Park City, Waukegan, Grayslake, Beach Park, Old Mill Creek and the unincorporated areas of Druce Lake, Gages Lake, Grandwood Park, Millburn and Wildwood.