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Two Marian seniors National Merit Semifinalists
Marian Catholic seniors Alex Tolish (Flossmoor) and Michael Tuttle (Chicago Heights) have earned Semifinalist status in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Semifinalists numbering 16,000 nationally now have the opportunity to continue in the competition for approximately 8,200 Merit Scholarship awards, worth $33 million, that will be offered next spring. To become a Finalist, students must have an academic record of very high performance, be endorsed and recommended by the school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the students earlier qualifying test performance.
More than 1.4 million juniors in nearly 21,000 high schools entered the 2008 National Merit Program by taking the 2006 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). The nationwide pool of Semifinalists represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors.
Five Marian students also earned status as Commended Students (top 50,000 in the nation) in the National Merit Program, including Jessica Alston (Chicago Heights), Matthew Eisenbart (Flossmoor), Patrick Kirschenheiter (Flossmoor), Dominic Ortigara (Tinley Park) and Elizabeth Tortorello (Tinley Park).
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Jessica Alston earned recognition as Semifinalists in the National Achievement Scholarship Competition. She ranks among more than 1,600 high school seniors named Semifinalists in the 44th annual program, a competition for Black American High School Students.
Four Marian Catholic High School seniors are among 3,000 National Achievement Scholarship Program participants being "referred" to U.S. Colleges and Universities. Marian referred students include Vanessa Brignol (Olympia Fields), Tracy Johnson (Richton Park), Kellen Lee (Matteson) and Elizabeth Mason (Lynwood).
More than 140,000 Black American students took the 2006 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) to enter the program. The 3,000 referred students are in the top five percent of students testing. The students will be referred to more than 1,500 colleges and universities.
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Marian awards 80 letters for academic perfection
Marian Catholic awarded 80 letters on April 24 to seniors, juniors and sophomores achieving a 4.0 grade-point average in all semesters at Marian Catholic. The recognition included breakfast for the following:
Seniors: Thomas Connelly, Christopher Fedinets, Katherine Gray, Kathleen Halpin, Melissa Harmon, Brittney Jasek, Michelle Jelinek, Michelle Knowski, Matthew Liesen, Caitlin Listro, Belinda Merkelis, Elizabeth Nagel, Kelly O'Shea, Ryan Reid, Anthony Rosati, Annette Ruth, Julia Schumake, Heather Skarvan, Timothy Spear, Stephanie Szotek, Corey White and Jared White.
Juniors: Jessica Alston, Tim Blewitt, Christopher Bozzetti, Emily Cannata, Courtney Cooper, Alexandra Corbett, Amanda Coughlin, Sean Daley, Rajelin Escondo, Melanie Hall, Brian Iggins, Tracy Johnson, Martha Juarez, Lana Larcher, Tiffany Lewis, Ryan Merriman, Dominic Ortigara, Tim Stanis, Justin Thirstrup, Alex Tolish, Elizabeth Tortorello, Michael Tuttle, Alexandra Udchitz, Joanna Wojnar.
Sophomores: Daniel Anderson, Teresa Banks, Ryann Bardwell, Christina Brow, Lauren Denton, Laura DiLuia, Roseann Drosos, Mario Earnest, Jennifer Finlayson, Joan Furjanic, Matthew Goedke, Bryan Golubski, Olivia Jackson, Neal Jacobsma, Ashley Kirner, Daniel Klipper, Dana Kuehr, Jonathan Lomano, Kelly Liesse, Casey Lilek, Melinda Markert, Teronse Miller, Enyinnaya Okebugwu, Erin O'Shea, Jessica Peterson, Katie Pietraszak, Emily Pochinskas, Angela Gratrini, Julie Rzeszutko, Daniel Schramm, Andrew Senetar, Noeli Serna, Christopher Skurka, Caitlin Stanley. |
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68 Marian Class of 2008 members meet Illinois State Scholar criteria
Marian Catholic High School has had 62 members of the Class of 2008 earn recognition as Illinois State Scholars. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission recognizes Illinois high school students for outstanding academic achievement based on standardized test scores and class rank. Another six students who met the Illinois State Scholar criteria live in Indiana.
These 68 seniors are in the top 10 percent of the state’s more than 135,000 graduating seniors. Illinois State Scholars, which number about 18 percent of the Marian Catholic Class of 2008, include:
Jessica Alston (Chicago Heights), AnnMarie Anderson (Thornton), Timothy Blewitt (Crete), Christopher Bozetti (Crete), Jessica Bragg (Hazel Crest), Vanessa Brignol (Olympia Fields), Kelly Butler (Park Forest), Emily Cannata (Olympia Fields), Celina Cantu (Chicago Heights), Kasey Cartwright (Park Forest), Marisa Caruso (Monee), Joseph Christofanelli (Flossmoor),
Jonathan Cifelli (Chicago Heights), Christa Clarke (South Holland), Courtney Cooper (Orland Park), Alexandra Corbett (Beecher), Amanda Coughlin (Matteson), Sean Daley (Oak Forest), Sierra Donaldson (Flossmoor), Eamon Driscoll (Flossmoor), Ariana Dymerski (Beecher), Matthew Eisenbart (Flossmoor), Kael Eisenberg (Flossmoor), Melinda Fried (Flossmoor), Melanie Hall (Crete), Joseph Halpin (Tinley Park), Matthew Hennessey (Park Forest), Thomas Hirsch (Tinley Park), Brian Iggins (Frankfort), Amanda Johnson (Frankfort), Tracy Johnson (Richton Park), Corinne Jones (Steger), Martha A. Juarez (Posen).
Patrick Kirschenheiter (Flossmoor), Lana Larcher (Chicago Heights), Carrie Laski (Crete), Tiffany Lewis (Riverdale), Cynthia Maldonado (Crete), Peter McDonnell (Flossmoor), Ryan Merriman (Park Forest), Benjamin Nichele (Crete), John Noonan (Lansing), Patrick O'Malley (Orland Park), Dominic Ortigara (Tinley Park), Meghan Owen (Homewood), Courtney Pajkos
(Flossmoor), Zachary Parsons (Park Forest), Melissa Platt (Olympia Fields), Jonathan Raspberry (South Holland), Michael Reardon (Park Forest), Nick Sheridan (Lansing), Samantha Sloan (Lansing), David Smith (Oak Forest), Michael Smith (South Holland), Ameliah Tawlks (Thornton), Catherine Theruviparampil (Lynwood), Justin Thirstrup (Tinley Park), Alex Tolish (Flossmoor), Elizabeth Tortorello (Tinley Park), Michael Tuttle (Chicago Heights), Amy Waicekauskas (Tinley Park), Alica Walter (Oak Forest).
Additionally, six students from Indiana met the criteria for Illinois State Scholar, including Jenna Ellis (St. John), Brian Padove (Hammond), Stefani Rybczynski (St. John), Timothy Stanis (Hammond), Alexandra Udchitz (St. John) and Joanna Wojnar (Dyer).
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AP Scholars number 89 at Marian Catholic
Ranking among the best in the Chicagoland area, Marian Catholic High School recently had 89 students named AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Exams.
Only 17 percent of more than one million students in nearly 15,000 secondary schools who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit AP Scholar recognition.
Most of the Marian AP Scholars are members of the Class of 2007, which earned more than $13 million in college scholarships.
Katherine Gray (Oak Forest), Elizabeth Nagel (Flossmoor), Kelly O'Shea (Munster, Ind.) and Tim Spear (Mokena) qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a 5-point scale and grades of 4 or higher on eight of the exams.
Marian students numbering 31 qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction (average of 3.5 on all exams and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams).
This group includes Thomas Connolly (Mokena), Scott Eckel (Mokena), Christopher Fedinets (Glenwood), Melissa Gergel (Glenwood), Katherine Gray, Kathleen Halpin (Olympia Fields), Melissa Harmon (Crete), Michelle Jelinek (Flossmoor), Michael Kean (Chicago), Michelle Knowski (Tinley Park), Kate Kotora (Steger), Matthew Liesen (Chicago Heights), Caitlin Listro (Crete), Jacquelin Magby (Riverdale), Anna Moorman (Dyer, Ind.), Elizabeth Nagel, Matthew Nix (Olympia Fields), Kelly O'Shea, Michelle Pritchett (Tinley Park), Ryan Reid (Crete), Anthony Rosati (Lansing), Matthew Rossbach (Crete), Annette Ruth (Schererville, Ind.), Julia Schumake (Chicago Heights), Jasmin Simmons (Matteson), Heather Skarvan (Lansing), Tim Spear, Corey White (Homewood), Jared White (Homewood), Michael Whitaker (Olympia Fields) and Donald Ziems (Matteson).
Twenty-three more Marian students earned the AP Scholar with Honor Award with an average grade of 3.25 on all exams and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.
Marian students include Stefani Djordjevich (Crete), Suzanne Doggett (Chicago Heights), Jeremy Hess (Lynwood), Jacqueline Howard (Matteson), Daniel Kreuger (Matteson), Stephanie Kuersten (Homewood), Mary Lauer (Park Forest), Melissa Locke (University Park), Kathryn Lynch (Chicago), Mary Pat Marvinac (Orland Park), Alan Maziur (South Holland), John McDonough (Homewood), Emily McMahon (Chicago), Belinda Merkelis (Calumet City), Raquel Mezzich (Midlothian), Laurence Moss (Country Club Hills), Dominic Ortigara (Tinley Park), Richard Rogers (Tinley Park), Cameron Ruiz (Park Forest), Timothy Stanis (Hammond, Ind.), Stephanie Szotek (Tinley Park), Alexander Tolish (Class of 2008, Flossmoor) and Michael Tuttle (2008, Chicago Heights).
Finally, 35 Marian students earned the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more exams with grades of 3 or higher.
This group includes Danielle Bell (Matteson), Chris Chaisson (Flossmoor), Myriah DeBoer (St. John, Ind.), Steven Dudley (Richton Park), Kristen Engel (Crete), Jessica Ewalt (East Hazel Crest), Erica Fleming (Tinley Park), Christian Haas (Chicago Heights), Emily Hansen (Lansing), Brittany Jasek (Crete), Megan Johnson (Crete), Blair Lilek (South Holland), Shannon McGuire (Matteson), Michael Natale (Monee), Eric Pedone (Tinley Park), Donald Piattoni (Chicago Heights), Sarah Pillon (Chicago), Jacalyn Plonsey (Dyer, Ind.), Brian Rak (Dyer, Ind.), Michael Roche (Chicago Heights), Matthew Rudis
(Matteson), Molly Sheetz (Mokena), Natalia Valedon (Flossmoor) and Rashaunah Williams (South Holland).
Also, Class of 2008 members Alexandra Corbett (Beecher), Jenna Ellis (St. John, Ind.), Rajelin Escondo (Schererville, Ind.), Melanie Hall (Crete), Kyle Holmes (Homewood), Martha Juarez (Posen), Patrick Kirschenheiter (Flossmoor), Lana Larcher (Chicago Heights), Ryan Merriman (Park Forest), Brian Padove (Hammond, Ind.) and Elizabeth Tortorello (Tinley Park).
Marian inducts 83 new NHS members
Marian Catholic High School recently inducted 83 members to the National Honor Society, bringing the total of current NHS members at Marian to 160.
The following students are new NHS members inducted in May from the Class of 2007:
Jessica Ewalt, Emily Hansen, Jeremy Hess, Matthew Liesen, Ariel Mantoan, Shannon McGuire, Raquel Mezzich, Micael Natale, Matthew Rossbach, Christopher Vallis, Samantha Vittori.
Class of 2008 members earning NHS induction include:
Jessica Alston, Jasmine Baker, Timothy Blewitt, Carly Blue, Christopher Bozzetti, Jaleesa Bragg, Vanessa Brignol, Kelly Butler, Celina Cantu, Kasey Cartwright, Marissa Caruso, Laura Cash, Joseph Christofanelli, Christa Clarke, Courtney Cooper, Alexandra Corbett, Sean Daley, Ariana Dymerski, Matthew Eisenbart, Kael Eisenberg, Jenna Ellis, Lauren Enayati, Rajelin Escondo, William Finlon, Melinda Fried, Melanie Hall, Joseph Halpin, Catherine Healy, Matthew Hennessy, Kelly Hoffman, D’Juan James, Amanda Johnson, Tracy Johnson, Corinne Jones, Martha Juarez, Jaclyn Kamradt, Kyle Kelly, Amanda Klopp, Meghan Kroning.
Lana Larcher, Kellen Lee, Sarah Marshall, Peter McDonnell, Ryan Merriman, Saralyn Muckian, Camille Nash, Benjamin Nichele, Patrick O’Malley, Dominic Ortigara, Courtney Pajkos, Zachary Parsons, Melissa Platt, Jonathan Raspberry, Stefani Rybczynski, Christopher Saffore, Melanie Seaton, Stephanie Sekula, Samanthan Sloan, David Smith, Michael Smith, Timothy Stanis, Catherine Theruviparampil, Justin Thirstrup, Alex Tolish, Elizabeth Tortorello, Michael Tuttle, Alexandra Udchitz, Meghan Van Vuren, Amy Waicekauskas, Alica Walter, Maggie Wegrzyn, Joanna Wojnar.
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 Marian awards 69 Academic Letters
Marian Catholic High School awarded 69 Academic Letters to sophomores, juniors and seniors at the annual Academic Letter Breakfast on Oct. 18. The Academic Letter is awarded to a student who receives 4.0 or higher grade-point average in two consecutive semesters.
Recipients included seniors Jeleesa Bragg, Kelly Butler, Kasey Cartwright, Christa Clarke, Lauren Enayati, William Finlon, Amanda Johnson, Kyla Kelly, Patrick Kirschenheiter, Camille Nash, Michael Reardon, Melanie Seaton, Jonathan Shorter, Samantha Sloan, David Smith and Catherine Theruviparampil.
Junior recipients were Allison Angell, Tyler Banks, Nathaniel Coburn, Benjamin Dunajeski, David Fleming, Dylan Johnson, Sarah Kasper, Molly Kordas, Joseph Kudra, Jennifer Lydon, Marissa Pallotto, James Panozzo, Ryan Rudolf, Courtney Saenz, Jessica Weiler and Ayana Worthy.
Sophomores earning the letter included Clare Anderson, Margaret Andres, Samuel Beck, Haley Boblink, Kathryn Bryzgalski, Megan Burke, Jonathon Caffarelli, Katelyn Campbell, Mia Cleary, Aaron Cook, Alexandra Diaz, Ronald Dymerski, Jr., Daniel Eckel, Jillian Fata, Melissa Franco, Michelle Hroma, Stephen Hudson, James Jackson, Joseph Johnson, Kimberly Karlin, Samuel Kirschenheiter, Evan Kordys, Jamie Laski, Abigail Levy, Keegan Marz, Justine Meyer, Anne O'Shea, Jaime Patriarca, Jessica Siegert, Sarah Smith, Brittany Spanos, James Stahl, Thomas Sullivan, Jennifer Szotek, Jori Walan, Katherine Watson and Sean Woods.
Presented each fall, the six-inch "M" Letters have been awarded to more than 875 students since the program began in 1994.
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