Marian Central honors high-achieving students
Eighty-one Marian Central Catholic High School students and their parents were honored Nov. 13 at a special academic breakfast in the high school cafeteria.
The students had been nominated by their teachers for academic excellence of class work that was outstanding and went beyond what others had accomplished, and for academic improvement for students who had shown significant improvement in their class grades during the previous semester.
Students who had been named as Commended and Semifinalist students by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation also were recognized.
Honored students include:
Commended: Kara Bussey of Crystal Lake, Carol Henning of Algonquin, Louis Gioia of Marengo, Alissa Lee of Lakewood, Conrad Smith of Woodstock, and Alyssa Miller, Kelly Paton and Margaret Tully, all of McHenry.
Semifinalist: Theresa Reckamp of Harvard.
Excellence: Ryan Black, Andrea Dobbelaere, Anne Fordonski, Shannon Grady, Lisa Hanson, Jane Lauren Ignacio, Brian Lloyd, Erin Medvecz, Michelle Medvec, Alyssa Mitchard, and Brittany Schlau, all of Algonquin; Mary Belluomini, Michael Elder and Stephen Kita, Amanda Steiger, and Fiona Weeks, all of Cary; Ryan Anderson, Kristin Brocker, Sean Caselton, Cara Dacanay, Christopher Dobbins, Eric Parker, Benjamin Platta, and Rachel Smith, all of Crystal Lake; Laura Hagenbruch and Stephanie Warchol, both of Harvard; Jessica Dyrek of Huntley; Nora Bingham, Brianne Sullivan, and Sharon Vasquez, all of Lake in the Hills; Alissa Lee of Lakewood; Molly Conlon of Lake Geneva, Wis.; David Dicker, Briana Donovan, Sarah Hodge, Courtney Johnson, Caitlyn Maksymiak, Nora Mattoon and Katie Sharp, all of McHenry; and Karsten Hamilton-Smith, Rachael Morphew, Dorianna Piechota, Brandon Smith, Conrad Smith and Kevin Sebastian, all of Woodstock; and Christopher Postelniak of Wonder Lake.
Improvement: Antonio Aguilar, Kristofer Kuznieski, Jonathan Skinner, Pamela Stachowski and David Tennant, all of Algonquin; Nick Carozza of Cary; Erin Brocker, Dorothy Castronovo, Isaac Davidson, Filip Dyminski, Carolyn Gorski, Randi Griskenas, Joseph Secunda and Jacob Tonkin, all of Crystal Lake; Christopher Geenen of Harvard; Bailey Hoffeditz of Island Lake; Eric Gustafson and Brett Kosar, both of Lake in the Hills; Leonard Berrun, Nicholas Budreck, Jake Bukiri, Daniel Powers and Robyn Scatena, all of McHenry; Christopher Guzan and Olivia Weidner, both of Spring Grove; and Jonathan Budmayr, George Herina, Lucas Goins, Kevin Green, Brett Micek and Kevin Sweeney, all of Woodstock.