Excellence in Education Banquet
Naperville Community School District 203
April 30, 2018
Influential Educators 2018
Selected By Academicians at
Naperville Central High School
DJ Alstadt - Music - Instrumental, NCHS
Richard Bain - Communicaon Arts, NCHS
Seth Brady - Social Science, NCHS
Jim Braun - Mathemacs, Rered
Keith Carlson - Communicaon Arts, NCHS
Piling Chiu - Chinese, NNHS
Stacy Cunningham - Lan, NCHS
Rebecca Furlan - 4th Grade,
Bernard J. Ward Elementary
Kathleen Gasser - Spanish, NCHS
Thomas Gebbie - Mathemacs, NCHS
Mahew Gerwig - Social Science, Madison Jr. High
Crystal Grith - Science, NCHS
Kevin Hayes - Business Educaon, NCHS
David Hollander - Social Science, Kennedy Jr. High
Kathy Hurd - Science, NCHS
Jennifer Jansen - Learning Behavior Specialist, NCHS
Natasha Konrad - Learning Commons, Madison Jr. High
Jeremy Lin - Communicaon Arts, NCHS
Katharina Linder - IC - Social Science, NCHS
Hans Muehsler - Science, NCHS
Brad Neubauer - Business Educaon, NCHS
Megan Placke - Learning Support Coach, NCHS
Sarah Poleo - Science, NCHS
Marissa Rakes - Mathemacs, NCHS
Tom Sanoshy - Science, NCHS
Randall Smith - Social Science, NCHS
Jane Thompson - Social Science, NCHS
Margo Toth - Second Grade, Rered
Mike Ulreich - Social Science, NCHS
Mary Weber - Language Arts, NCHS
Steve Wiesbrook - Science, NCHS
Selected By Academicians at
Naperville North High School
Katherine Barr - Language Arts - PI+, Kennedy Jr. High
Emily Bishop - Foreign Language, NNHS
Elizabeth Brucker - Chemistry, NNHS
Piling Chiu - Chinese, NNHS
Je DiOrio - Dean, NNHS
Zoe Evans - Science, NNHS
Tracy Goering - Mathemacs, NNHS
Kandice Henning - Director of the Alive Center
Heather Henricksen - Physical Educaon, NNHS
Lori Ho - Piano Teacher
Yvonne John - Science, NNHS
Edward Joyce - Lan, NNHS
Kristen Kainrath - Gied, Meadow Glens Elementary
Jong Ho Kim - Mathemacs, NNHS
Lisa Larsen - Music Teacher
Josh Louis - Principal, Steeple Run Elementary
Mitch Marn - Communicaon Arts, NNHS
Michael McManis - Music - Instrumental,
Kennedy Jr. High
Daniel Moore - Music - Instrumental, NNHS
Elizabeth Moore - Mathemacs, NNHS
Michael O'Connor - Social Science, NNHS
Sandy Parato - Communicaon Arts, NNHS
Mike Pearson - Communicaon Arts, NNHS
Robert Pla - Social Science, NNHS
Emily Richardson - Learning Support Coach, NNHS
Os Scarver - Campus Supervisor, NNHS
Georey Schmit - Science, NNHS
Sarah Tibbo - English Learners, NNHS
Program
The Excellence in Educaon Banquet honors the highest achieving academicians graduang
from Naperville Community Unit School District 203 and some of the educators who have
inuenced them on their way to excellence. This program is made possible by Naperville
Community Unit School District 203 and the Naperville Educaon Foundaon. The Board of
Educaon and the NEF Board of Trustees congratulates our honorees and their families.
OPENING REMARKS
Nancy Voise, Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Educaon
INTRODUCTIONS
Donna Wandke, Board of Educaon
STUDENT REMARKS
Yangyang Li , Class of 2018, Naperville Central High School
“Quesons?”
Cairo Lawrence, Class of 2018, Naperville North High School
"Are we there yet?"
PRESENTATIONS
William Wiesbrook, Principal, Naperville Central High School
Stephanie Posey, Principal, Naperville North High School
CLOSING REMARKS
Dan Bridges, Superintendent of Schools
Order of Presentation
Maria Roersman, NCHS - DJ Alstadt
Angie Chen, NNHS - Katherine Barr
Cassandra Heine, NCHS - Richard Bain
Jack Watson, NNHS - Emily Bishop
Sarah Kee, NCHS - Seth Brady
Danielle Yang, NNHS - Elizabeth Brucker
Sarah Zhou, NNHS - Elizabeth Brucker
Hannah O'Connor, NCHS - Jim Braun
Sanjana Ramrajvel, NCHS - Jim Braun
Ausn Chao, NNHS - Piling Chiu
Phoebe Harmon, NCHS - Piling Chiu
Neya Thanikachalam, NCHS - Keith Carlson
Joseph Isaac, NNHS - Je DiOrio
Neha Kaki, NCHS - Stacy Cunningham
Michael Mardyla, NCHS - Stacy Cunningham
Kathy Zhou, NCHS - Stacy Cunningham
Sangavi Subramani, NNHS - Zoe Evans
Anny Yang, NCHS - Rebecca Furlan
Richard Cao, NNHS - Tracy Goering
Ariana Wilde, NCHS - Kathleen Gasser
Shirley Wu, NCHS - Kathleen Gasser
Jessica Zhang, NCHS - Kathleen Gasser
Jan Mathur, NNHS - Kandice Henning
Adam Balutowski, NCHS - Thomas Gebbie
Lauren Sun, NNHS - Heather Henricksen
Michael Furukawa, NCHS - Crystal Grith
Colin Jensen, NCHS - Crystal Grith
Jessica Sonner, NCHS - Crystal Grith
Lily Huang, NNHS - Lori Ho
Tanner Greenhagen, NCHS - Kevin Hayes
Ryan Ho, NCHS - Kevin Hayes
Meghan Swain, NCHS - Kevin Hayes
Emily Hou, NNHS - Yvonne John
Mahika Gopalka, NCHS - David Hollander
Lucy Fu, NNHS - Ed Joyce
Margaret Matern, NNHS - Edward Joyce
Horace Qiao, NNHS - Edward Joyce
Kevin Zhang, NNHS - Edward Joyce
Isabel Korpas, NCHS - Kathy Hurd
Mia Kurkechian, NCHS - Jennifer Jansen
Raina Harpalani, NCHS - Natasha Konrad
Sam Welch, NCHS - Natasha Konrad
Grace Kuna, NNHS - Lisa Larsen
Ryan Park, NCHS - Jeremy Lin
Sarah Wastek, NNHS - Josh Louis
John Biziorek, NCHS - Katharina Linder
Michelle Liu, NNHS - Mitch Marn
Robin Rong, NNHS - Mitch Marn
Peter Davis, NCHS - Hans Muehsler
Kevin Lee, NNHS - Michael McManis
Steven Shi, NNHS - Michael McManis
Danielle Barba, NCHS - Brad Neubauer
Jonathan Vanderwater, NNHS - Daniel Moore
Elizabeth Reimer, NCHS - Megan Placke
Howie Guo, NNHS - Elizabeth Moore
Jerey Moore, NNHS - Elizabeth Moore
Felix Zheng, NNHS - Elizabeth Moore
Achudh Balaraman, NCHS - Sarah Poleo
Sydney Cush, NNHS - Michael O'Connor
Melissa Chen, NCHS - Marissa Rakes
Dev Satpathy, NCHS - Marissa Rakes
Jusn Chen, NNHS - Sandy Parato
Ciri Pocha, NNHS - Sandy Parato
Jonathan Tao, NNHS - Sandy Parato
Samuel Borton, NCHS - Randall Smith
Joyce Zheng, NCHS - Randall Smith
Cairo Lawrence, NNHS - Mike Pearson
Kevin Borst, NCHS - Jane Thompson
Anna Southon, NCHS - Jane Thompson
Naomi Wang, NCHS - Jane Thompson
Karen Hunter, NNHS - Robert Pla
Caroline Lo, NCHS - Margo Toth
Emily Yang, NNHS - Emily Richardson
Yangyang Li, NCHS - Mike Ulreich
Mahew Vaughn, NNHS - Os Scarver
Millie Sun, NCHS - Mary Weber
Afsanneh Amleshi, NNHS - Georey Schmit
Chrisna Yu, NNHS - Georey Schmit
Rishi Ghorad, NCHS - Steven Wiesbrook
Alex Killips, NCHS - Steven Wiesbrook
Jamie Zhang, NCHS - Steven Wiesbrook
Amy Chang, NNHS - Sarah Tibbo
Jason Xia, NNHS - Kristen Kainrath
Kathryn Jin, NNHS - Jong Ho Kim
Outstanding Academicians 2018
Achudh Balarama
Major: Biomedical Engineering
School: Duke University
Educator: Sarah Poleo
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Eagle Scout, Naonal AP
Scholar
Adam Balutowski
Major: Biochemistry and Math
School: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Thomas Gebbie
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Red and White Award
Recipient for Cross Country
Danielle Barba
Major: Pre-Law
School: University of Denver
Educator: Brad Neubauer
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society,Naonal Hispanic Recognion
Program, Naonal Hispanic Scholar,
Spanish Honor Society, Naonal Merit Commended Student
John Biziorek
Major: Neuroscience
School: Washington University in
St. Louis
Educator: Katharina Linder
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Perfect ACT Score, AP Scholar
with Disncon, Spanish Honor Society,
Naonal Merit Commended Scholar
Kevin Borst
Major: Computer Science
School: Stanford University
Educator: Jane Thompson
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Naonal Merit Commended
Student, Tri-M Music Honors Society
Samuel Borton
Major: Economics
School: Purdue University or
Southern Methodist
University
Educator: Randall Smith
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Disnguished Redhawk
Melissa Chen
Major: Computer Science
School: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Marissa Rakes
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, 2017 Naonal Council of
Teachers of English Achievement Award for Superior Wring,
2017 President's Volunteer Service Award (Silver), Naonal AP
Scholar
Peter Davis
Major Mechanical Engineering
School: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Hans Muehsler
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, French Honor Society, Eagle Scout
Naperville Central High School
Michael Furukawa
Major: Materials Science and
Engineering
School: Northwestern University
Educator: Crystal Grith
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, AP Scholar with Disncon,
Naonal Merit Commended Scholar, Spanish Honor Society,
Math Honor Society
Rishi Ghorad
Major: Chemical Engineering
School: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Steve Wiesbrook
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Perfect ACT Score, Spanish
Honor Society, Scholasc Art Award-Silver Key, Naonal Merit
Commendaon
Mahika Gopalka
Major: Medicine & Humanies
School: Northwestern University
or University of Illinois at
Chicago
Educator: David Hollander
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Perfect ACT Score, Naonal AP Scholar, Spanish Honor
Society
Tanner Greenhagen
Major: Computer Science
School: Arizona State University
or University of Wisconsin
- Madison
Educator: Kevin Hayes
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Math Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society
Alexander Guo
Major: Computer Science
School: Georgia Tech
Educator: Mahew Gerwig
Phoebe Harmon
Major: Economics and East Asian
Studies
School: Cornell University or NYU
Shanghai
Educator: Piling Chiu
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Naonal Honor Society, Perfect ACT Score, Naonal
Chinese Honor Society, AP Scholar, Science Olympiad State
Medalist
Raina Harpalani
Major: Childhood Development
or Neuroscience
School: Vanderbilt University or
The University of
Pisburgh
Educator: Natasha Konrad
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, All-American Athlete, Spanish Honor Society
Cassandra Heine
Major: Operaons Research &
Engineering
School: Cornell University
Educator: Richard Bain
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Naonal AP Scholar, French
Honor Society
Ryan Ho
Major: Undecided
School: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign or
Cornell University
Educator: Kevin Hayes
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, President's Service Award, AP Scholar with Disncon
Michael Jamrozy
Major: Electrical Engineering
School: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Tom Sanoshy
Illinois State Scholar
Colin Jensen
Major: Nuclear Engineering and
Biochemistry
School: University of California,
Berkeley or University of
Wisconsin—Madison
Educator: Crystal Grith
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor Society, Naonal AP
Scholar, Spanish Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta
Neha Kaki
Major: Computer Science
School: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign or
Carnegie Mellon
University
Educator: Stacy Cunningham
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Lan Honor Society, AP Scholar with Disncon
Sarah Kee
Major: Biology
School: Case Western Reserve
University
Educator: Seth Brady
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Illinois Global Scholar Cercate
Recipient, AP Scholar with Disncon, Chinese Honor Society,
Mu Alpha Theta
Alex Killips
Major: Materials Science and
Engineering
School: Columbia University in the
City of New York
Educator: Steven Wiesbrook
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society
Isabel Korpas
Major: Chemistry
School: Undecided
Educator: Kathy Hurd
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal AP Scholar,
Naonal Merit Commended Scholar
Mia Kurkechian
Major: Special Educaon
School: Calvin College
Educator: Jennifer Jansen
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Naonal Honor Society, Perfect
ACT Score, Red and White Award
Yangyang Li
Major: Neuroscience and
Economics
School: Dartmouth College
Educator: Mike Ulreich
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Naonal Honor Society, Perfect
ACT Score, Naonal AP Scholar
Caroline Lo
Major: Psychology
School: Undecided
Educator: Margo Toth
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Naonal Honor Society, Spanish
Honor Society
Michael Mardyla
Major: Computer Science +
Mathemacs
School: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Stacy Cunningham
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Lan
Exam Summa Cum Laude, Lan Seal of Biliteracy
Hannah O'Connor
Major: Neuroscience
School: Washington and Lee
University
Educator: Jim Braun
Naonal Honor Society, French Naonal
Honor Society
Ryan Park
Major: Communicaon
School: Stanford University
Educator: Jeremy Lin
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Perfect ACT Score, Naonal
Scholasc Art Compeon Gold Medalist,
Illinois High School Associaon Speech State Champion
Sanjana Ramrajvel
Major: Applied Mathemacs
School: Harvard University
Educator: Jim Braun
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Naonal Honor Society, Perfect
ACT Score, Naonal AP Scholar, USA
Physics Olympiad Honorable Menon Winner, Mu Alpha Theta,
Daily Herald Leadership Team
Elizabeth Reimer
Major: Undecided
School: Undecided
Educator: Megan Placke
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Naonal Honor Society, Perfect
ACT Score
Maria Roersman
Major: Pre-Sciences
School: University of Washington
Educator: DJ Alstadt
Naonal Honor Society
Dev Satpathy
Major: Computer Science and
Neuroscience
School: Duke University or the
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Marissa Rakes
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Naonal AP Scholar, President’s Volunteer Service
Award, Prudenal Spirit of Community Cercate of Excellence
Jessica Sonner
Major: Biological or Biomedical
Engineering
School: Massachuses Instute
of Technology or
Washington University
in St. Louis
Educator: Crystal Grith
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor Society, Math Honor
Society, Spanish Honor Society, AP Scholar with Disncon
Anna Southon
Major: Polical Science or
Integrated Health
Sciences
School: University of Michigan
or University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Jane Thompson
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Spanish Honor Society, Illinois State Seal of Biliteracy
Millie Sun
Major: Neuroscience/ Cognive
Science
School: Case Western Reserve
University
Educator: Mary Weber
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Scholasc Art Compeon Silver Keys and Honorable
Menons, Mu Alpha Theta, AP Scholar
Meghan Swain
Major: Computer Science
School: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Kevin Hayes
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Naonal Hispanic Recognion
Program
Neya Thanikachalam
Major: Journalism
School: Northwestern University
Educator: Keith Carlson
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar
Naomi Wang
Major: Undecided
School: Cornell University
Educator: Jane Thompson
Illinois State Scholar
Sam Welch
Major: Computer Engineering
School: Vanderbilt University
Educator: Natasha Konrad
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Perfect ACT Score, Chicago Fire
Academic All-State First Team
Ariana Wilde
Major: Secondary Educaon—
Social Studies
School: Indiana University
Educator: Kathleen Gasser
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, AP Scholar with Disncon
Shirley Wu
Major: Biology
School: Rice Univeristy or Johns
Hopkins University
Educator: Kathleen Gasser
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Naonal Honor Society, Perfect
ACT Score
Anny Yang
Major: Biological Sciences
School: Northwestern University
Educator: Rebecca Furlan
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, French Honor Society, Mu
Alpha Theta, Naonal Merit
Commended, AP Scholar with Disncon
Jamie Zhang
Major: Biomedical Engineering
School: Columbia University
Educator: Steven Wiesbrook
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Naonal Honor Society,
Perfect ACT Score
Jessica Zhang
Major: Business
School: University of Michigan
Educator: Kathleen Gasser
Illinois State Scholar, AP Scholar with
Disncon, Honors Music Society
Joyce Zheng
Major: Stascs
School: University of California,
Berkeley
Educator: Randall Smith
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, AP Scholar with Disncon,
Naonal Chinese Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta
Kathy Zhou
Major: Computer Science
School: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Stacy Cunningham
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, AP Scholar with Disncon, Lan
Honor Society
Afsanneh Amleshi
Major: Biomedical/Molecular
Engineering; Physics
School: Northwestern
University or University
of Chicago
Educator: Georey Schmit
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor Society, Naonal Hispanic
Recognion Program, Naonal Merit Commended Scholar,
Naonal Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor
Richard Cao
Major: Finance
School: Indiana University
Educator: Tracy Goering
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal
Honor Society, Perfect ACT Score
Amy Chang
Major: Neuroscience
(Pre-Denstry)
School: University of Illinois at
Chicago
Educator: Sarah Tibbo
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal
Honor Society, AP Scholar with Honor, Naonal Merit
Commended Scholar
Ausn Chao
Major: Undecided
School: Undecided
Educator: Piling Chiu
Illinois State Scholar, Bronze and Silver
Presidenal Volunteer Service
Awards, Foreign Language Award,
Silver Test Tube Award
Angie Chen
Major: Computer Science
School: Rice University or University
of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Katherine Barr
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Congressional Award Bronze Medal
Jusn Chen
Major: Chemistry/Pre-Med
School: University of Chicago
Educator: Sandy Parato
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar
Sydney Cush
Major: Biological Sciences
School: University of Chicago or
University of Pennsylvania
Educator: Michael O'Connor
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society
Lucy Fu
Major: Cognive Science
School: Dartmouth College
Educator: Ed Joyce
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar
Outstanding Academicians 2018
Naperville North High School
Howie Guo
Major: Undecided
School: Harvard University or Yale
University
Educator: Elizabeth Moore
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Perfect ACT Score, DECA
Internaonals Finalist, Soccer State Champ
Emily Hou
Major: Accounng or Finance
School: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Yvonne John
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal AP
Scholar, Seal of Biliteracy in Chinese and
French
Lily Huang
Major: Biochemistry
School: University of Southern
California or Carnegie
Mellon University
Educator: Lori Ho
Illinois State Scholar, President's
Volunteer Service Award, AP Scholar with disncon
Karen Hunter
Major: Internaonal Aairs
School: George Washington
University
Educator: Robert Pla
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society
Joseph Isaac
Major: Computer Science
School: Undecided
Educator: Je DiOrio
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Naonal AP Scholar
Kathryn Jin
Major: Biological Engineering
School: Massachuses Instute of
Technology or Princeton
University
Educator: Jong Ho Kim
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Naonal Honor Society, Perfect ACT Score, USA Biology
Olympiad Recognion of Academic Excellence, Naonal Lan
Examinaon Gold Medal Summa Cum Laude, Harvard Book
Award
Grace Kuna
Major: Public Health
School: Undecided
Educator: Lisa Larsen
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Naonal Merit Commended
Scholar, AP Scholar with Disncon, Alive
Center Mentor of the Year
Cairo Lawrence
Major: Public Policy
School: University of Southern
California
Educator: Mike Pearson
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Daily Herald Leadership Team
Winner, Naonal Merit Commended Scholar, Communicaon
Arts Award, French Language Award
Kevin Lee
Major: Electrical Engineering
School: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Michael McManis
Illinois State Scholar, Perfect ACT Score
Chrisna Liu
Major:
School:
Educator:
Michelle Liu
Major: Economics
School: Vanderbilt University
Educator: Mitch Marn
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, AP Scholar with Disncon,
IHSA Compeve Dance Top Ten State
Finalist, French Honor Society
Margaret Matern
Major: Biology
School: Undecided
Educator: Edward Joyce
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, AP Scholar with Honor,
Naonal Lan Exam Summa Cum Laude
Jan Mathur
Major: Computer Science
School: University of Michigan at
Ann Arbor or University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Kandice Henning
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Naonal Honor Society, State Math Champion, WYSE
State Champion, Alive Center Teen Volunteer of the Year
Jerey Moore
Major: Mechanical Engineering
School: University of Nebraska
Educator: Elizabeth Moore
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar
Ciri Pocha
Major: Nueroscience
School: Saint Louis University
Educator: Sandy Parato
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society
Horace Qiao
Major: Ancient History
School: Brown University
Educator: Edward Joyce
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Naonal AP Scholar, Naonal
Lan Exam Maxima Cum Laude
Robin Rong
Major: Undecided
School: University of Michigan
Educator: Mitch Marn
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar
Steven Shi
Major: Economics
School: University of Chicago
Educator: Michael McManis
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Perfect ACT Score, State Math
Team Champion
Alice Song
Major: 7-Year BS/DDS program
School: University of
Detroit Mercy
Educator: Sandy Parato
Illinois State Scholar, AP Scholar with
Disncon
Sangavi Subramani
Major: Biological Engineering
School: Purdue University
Educator: Zoe Evans
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Naonal Honor Society, AP
Scholar
Lauren Sun
Major: Biochemistry/Pre-Med
School: Case Western Reserve
University
Educator: Heather Henricksen
Illinois State Scholar, Perfect ACT
Score, Naonal Merit Commended
Scholar
Jonathan Tao
Major: Computer Science
School: Undecided
Educator: Sandy Parato
Illinois State Scholar
Jonathan Vanderwater
Major: Computer Science
School: University of Alabama
Educator: Daniel Moore
Perfect ACT Score, Marching Huskies
Outstanding Leadership Award
Mahew Vaughn
Major: Chemical Engineering and
Economics
School: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign or
Dartmouth
Educator: Os Scarver III
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State Scholar, Perfect ACT Score
Sarah Wastek
Major: Neuroscience
School: Arizona State University
Educator: Josh Louis
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Outstanding Adversing &
Markeng Student, German Student of
the Year, Naonal German Exam Silver and Gold Award,
All-State Track and Field
Jack Watson
Major: Aerospace Engineering
School: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Emily Bishop
Illinois State Scholar
Jason Xia
Major: Computer Science
School: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Kristen Kainrath
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, USA Physics Olympiad Silver
Medalist, ICTM Math Contest State Champion, Science Bowl
State Champion
Danielle Yang
Major: Computer Science
School: Carnegie Mellon
University
Educator: Elizabeth Brucker
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Naonal Honor Society,
Spanish Honor Society, Silver Test Tube Award
Emily Yang
Major: Computer Science
School: Cornell University
Educator: Emily Richardson
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar
Chrisna Yu
Major: Mechanical Engineering
School: Purdue University or
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Georey Schmit
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Naonal Honor Society
Kevin Zhang
Major: Undecided
School: Undecided
Educator: Edward Joyce
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar
Felix Zheng
Major: Computer Science
School: Undecided
Educator: Elizabeth Moore
Naonal Merit Finalist, Illinois State
Scholar, Naonal Honor Society, Perfect
ACT Score, AP Scholar with Disncon,
Ted Bran Civic Youth Award, General Billy Mitchell Award,
Sta Sergeant Michael H. Simpson Legacy Award
Sarah Zhou
Major: Stascs + Computer
Science
School: University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Educator: Elizabeth Brucker
Illinois State Scholar, Naonal Honor
Society, Naonal Merit Commended Scholar
DISTRICT 203 BOARD OF EDUCATION
Charles Cush
Terry Fielden
Krisn Fitzgerald
Krisne Gericke
Paul Leong
Donna Wandke
Janet Yang Rohr
Dan Bridges, Superintendent of Schools
Preston Chao, NNHS Student Ambassador
Vanessa Eklou, NCHS Student Ambassador
OUR BELIEFS
Naperville Community Unit School District 203 believes
an exemplary school district…
Values the dignity and uniqueness of each individual
Promotes responsible cizenship
Is the result of a collecve partnership of students,
sta, parents and community
Special Thanks to Karen Mathis and Jill Jungnickel
NAPERVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Alissa Johnson Tripas, Chair
Jordan T. Johnson, Treasurer
Russ Heitz, Secretary
Dan Bridges, Superintendent of Schools
Sabina Abdul-Qadir, Bryan Barger, Darrell T. Carpenter,
Michele Cushing, Trish Fairbanks, Krisn Fitzgerald, Irene Hale,
Lance Jansen, Monica Lucibello, Neveen Michel, John Roegner,
Kiy Ryan, Krisn Saayatam
Kierra Beeson, NNHS Student Representave
Zahra Jumani, NCHS Student Representave
District Liaisons
Julie Carlsen, Director of Community Relaons
Stacy Colgan, Supervisor of Social Work Services
Tracy Dvorchak, Principal, Prairie Elementary School
Jackie Romberg, Board Advisory, Community Member
Dr. Jennifer Hester Schalk, Chief Academic Ocer
Amy Schade, Development Coordinator
Wendy Goesch, Execuve Director