Eight Lake Forest Seniors Achieve National Merit Finalist Status

There will be no school for students Feb. 17 (Teacher Institute Day) and Feb. 20 (Presidents’ Day). Feb. 22 will be a Late Start Day with classes beginning at 9:50 a.m. and buses running two hours later than normally scheduled.

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LFHS Open Doors Career Exploration Program will offer a speaker series "Lunch & Learn: Conversations for Careers" in February with a schedule continuing through April. Students will have several opportunities to learn about various career choices from professionals in a variety of industries. These sessions are open to freshmen through seniors. Students must register in advance by contacting Kohara@lfschools.net. For more information, visit www.lfhs.org. Also save the date for the seventh annual Open Doors Career Exploration Program to be held April 24-25.  More information is available at www.lfhs.org.

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National Merit finalists in the 2012 competition from Lake Forest High School are: William F Arnson, Hannah C. Gersten, Katherine A. Rowe, Rebecca L. Scribner, Katherine T. Sentell, Samuel S. Tauke, Matthew C. Wagener, and Amanda Zhou. Each year the PSAT/NMSQT test, given to all juniors, serves as an initial screen of more than one million entrants to the National Merit Program.  In the annual National Merit Scholarship Program, 50,000 academically able high school students are honored. The program was initiated in 1955, is a not-for-profit organization, and awards a sizable number of scholarship awards annually. The 2012 competition has 15,000 finalists this year with 8,400 Merit Scholarship awardees selected from this group as winners.

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Congratulations to the following Lake Forest High School students for their achievement in earning academic honors.  Class of 2012: High Honor Roll Semester 1, 2011-2012 - Bijan Abar, Alexander Peter Acker, James Andrew Ankenman,  William Frederick Arnson, Laura Anastasia Beshilas,  Melanie Elizabeth Blackmon, Michael P. Blank, Kirsten Elizabeth Boyle,  Sarah M. Burkhardt,  Amy S. Choi,  Katherine Rose Corigliano,  Grant Rush Culver,  Mary Katherine Dooley,  Paige D. Douglass,  Natalie Maureen Durot,  Hannah Bell Geldermann,  Will Reeves Gregg,  John Michael Harmon,  Meredith Clingan Huszagh, Alyse Brittany Kalish,  Dana M. Markee,  Margaret Jayne Massar,  Katherine Anne Meier, Jennie Annelise Moderwell,  Danielle Jacquelyn Moews, Kelly A. Murphy, William R. M. Oakley,  Alexandra Maria Oberheide,  Patrick Michael Palmer,  Madeleine Fontaine Kalb Panos, Anne Desenis Peterson, Jennifer Lynn Poth,  Thomas C Remissong,  Sarah Anne Repko,  Katherine A. Rowe,  Rebecca Lane Scribner,  Katherine Therese Sentell, Michael Macalister Shipp,  Katherine Maria Skinner, Samuel Stull Tauke, Amanda Alexandra Volk,  Matthew Charles Wagener, William Joseph Willis, Amanda Zhou,  and Elizabeth Dryden Zoller.

Class of 2013: High Honor Roll Semester 1, 2011-2012 - Sabrina Maureen Acker,  Christine Marie Andersen,  Camron Bagheri,  Mark William Benson,  Emily E. Bowman,  Maia Alexandra Brearton,  Kylie Nei Carlson,  Alexandra Nicole Dayton,  Claire Riva Dumelle,  Madeleine Jane Fawcett,  Margaux N. Guysinger,  Colleen Jane Harrison,  Carter Robert Kolasa,  Sarah Lenny,  Lucy K. Lincoln,  Ryan Liu,  Margaret Mary Mass,  Cole Alexander Moore,  Hannah Leigh Murrens,  Allison Nicole Penn,  Vincent Joseph Rinaolo,  Helen Wells Schlachtenhaufen,  Devin Rose Shannon,  Samantha Rose Shipp,  Kelsey A. Simet,  Sarah K. Whitney,  and Lauren Elizabeth Wyatt.

Class of 2014: High Honor Roll Semester 1, 2011-2012 - Bryan Andrew Africk, Katherine Arnson, Anna Backer, Cody Joseph Baker, Thomas Balk, Andrew Barrett,  Jackson Bedford, Caroline Blank, Theodora Grace Borland,  Claire Elizabeth Borre, Charlotte Close, Maximilian Foster,  Lillian Johnson,  Anna Jane Keller,  Katherine Ann Kissel,  Sarah Kitchel,  Megan Elizabeth Manning,  Coleman Mitchell,  Mia Lauren Morettini,  Eliza Jean Mosbarger,  Anna-Nicole Noronha, Megan Desenis Peterson, Lizett Pink,  tephanie Pintas, Robert Schyns, John Sentell,  Marissa Wadhwa, Natalie Jaz Yang, and Elizabeth Zordani.

Class of 2015: High Honor Roll Semester 1, 2011-2012 - Elizabeth Grace Andersen, Mary Alice Keller Arnstein,  Caroline Rose Asmussen, Lauren Basgall,  Abby K. Bowman, Helen Audrey Burkhardt, Maureen Rose Cowhey, Jessica Duong,  Etta Hill Eckerstrom, Mattie L. Eckerstrom,  Hannah M. Flagstad,  Matthew Adam Gruenes, Kathryn Rose Hanson,  Sarina Jagetia,  Alexandra Armina Kazarian, Margaret Esther Mack,  Taylor Alexandra Marcusson,  Daniella Francis Martino, Allison Li Zhu Milligan,  Griffin Patrick Mooney,  Emily Anne Poth, Hannah Brittany Rancap,  Sydney Richman,  Brian Andrew Roper, Ulyana Salauyeva,  Anne Yiting Stevenson, Christine Emily Tanna, John James Traynor,  Steven Robert Vogrich, and Clare Margaret Wieland.

Class of 2012: Honor Roll Semester 1, 2011-2012 - Kelsey Deane Adams, Alexander B. Athenson,   Samuel Franklin Beech Audley, Collin R. Barnwell,  Michele Marie Becker,  John Reardon Bresnahan, Ryan Michael Burns,  Olivia C. Carr,  Christopher Ian Charhut,  Anthony Robert Clewlow, Howard Dabbous, Baptiste Degryse, Danielle Annette Dettling, David S. Dever, Cameron F. Douglass, John Marcel Durot, Alex Jeffrey Ehrens,  Michael Joseph Felzan, Devin Emerson Freed,  Ryan William Ganshirt,  Hannah Cain Gersten, Adriana Michele Giannelli,  Kendall Beckman Gibson,   Charles John Green,  Devin Gregory,  Hannah Joy Gullberg,  Katherine Barbara Hall,  Jason Ryan Handler,  Erin Marie Hart,  Corbon Hunt Heizer, Jenny Sarah Hennum,  Matthew Colton Horvat, Laura Margaret Jacobson, Alexandria E. Jakaitis, Jacqueline Jakubowski, Katharine Colby Johasen, Emily Charlotte Johnson,  Brendan Jonasson, Mitchell C Kapoor,  Marina A. Katz,  Leonore L Kaufmann,  Ryan J. Kennedy,  Nicola Crystal Kiela,  Augustine Klavsons,  Joanna Aileen Krueger,  Sarah Marie LaFasto,  Katherine A. Lachner,  Sally Jeanne Lape,  Miranda Luce, John M. Lynch,  Madeline Rose Maranto,  Mackenzie S. Mardjetko, James Miller McComish,  Jennifer Mary McKiel,  Bradley Laurence Miller, Samuel Alexander Moran, Matthew James Morettini,  Daniel August Mosbarger,  MacKenzie Edward Myles,  Ann Marie Catherine Nedeau, Sarah Elizabeth Neil, Alexander Reed Nelson,  Rylee Margaret Neri,  Emily Grace Neuberger, Emma Genevieve Nowicki,  Emily L. Nowlin, Amie E. O’Callaghan, Katherine Elizabeth O’Connor,  Glenn Carl Ohman,  William Michael Owens,  Rachel Ann Penn,  Brett Adams Pepowski,  Catherine Elanor Perino,  Emily Ann Prager,  Jillian Ann Richman, Maximilian Stefan Richter,  Margaret  Crotty Rogers,  Olivia M. Ruggles, Hannah Brooke Sacco, Samantha Jane Schaller,  Riley Charles Scholer, Katherine R. Schott, Erin Sarah Schwarzbach,  Meghan E. Shea, Abigail E. Silber, Abigail Jude Sirus,   Monique C. Sosnowski,  Matthew James Spehlmann, Rachel Elizabeth Stoehr,  Eryka K. Szymel,  Clayton Adams Teufel, Ryan Christopher Tupper,  Austin J. Tuttle,  Allison Taylor Van Crey, Allison Jane Vogrich,  Natasha N. Wadhwa,  Martha Jane Walker, Lilly F. Wang, Kirsten Kaye Warkow,  Stephanie Ann Weber, A Bowen Welles, Veronica Lee Whitnell,  H. Owen Williams, Timothy S .Wilson, Melanie Marie Wood,
and  Samantha Susan Yoo.

Class of 2013: Honor Roll Semester 1, 2011-2012 - Jordan Ashley Amos,  Benjamin Richard Asma,  Eric James Asmussen, John C. Badenhausen,  Annie Nicole Belgrade, Kaitlyn K. Bergmann, Janna Leala Berman, Mollie Jo Blahunka, Lindsay Anderson Briggs, Baylor A Broughton, Shannon Dempsey Brown,  Saisha Chadha, Laura Gee Chan, J. Elle Chody,  Elizabeth B. Clark,  Caylie Marie Clewlow, Nina Sophia Demet, Thomas Michael Doherty,  Nolan O’Neil Dohnalek, Samuel Adams Downey,  Elouise Jeanne  Doyle, Timothy James Dugan, Kyle Robert Ewert,  David R. Fu,  Kevin Lin Fu, Kevin P. Goon, Amanda C. Gottschalk, Lauren Nicole Graves,  Peter Andrew Gruenes,  Kieley Ann Harrington, Katherine M. Hayes,  Brian Phillip Hill,  Nicholas William Hodgdon,  Gabrielle Marie Javier,  Christina  Quint Kalebic,  Katie Mary Kashul,  Christina Georgia Kiriakos,  August Edmond Klatt,  Ella Margareta Knudsen,  Abigail Wray Kordell,  Kevin Yu Li,  Jenna M Lochiatto,  Danielle Marie Loeger,  Ingrid  Berendina Lustig,  Erin T Malles, Quinn P. Martin, Caroline Marie Marwede, Kelsey Sara McAfee,   Peter Leander McCormick, Caroline Julia McGavock, Katherine Elizabeth McKeon,  Martha  Carolyn Meng, Madeline Rae Miller, Isabelle K. Montagne,  Danya Manju Moodabagil, Karl  Gethin Morcott, Lindsay Joyce Munson,  Brian Griffith Murphy, Robert Brennan Napier, Olivia H. Nguyen, Nina Grace Nissly,  Brooke Pamela Payton, Matthew Peter Phillips,  Amanda Summer Rule,  Carly Schmidt, Frances Sensenbrenner,  Elizabeth Lauren Seyfert, Faelyn Morahan Sheridan, Caleigh Ilan Silver,  Paige Elisabet Skinner, Katherine Anne Sorensen, Olumide Temitope Sosan,  Jessica Cale Staton,  Brynn Keally Streppa, Anne C. Strom,  Layne  Morrell Suhre,  Katherine Jean Sullivan, Erik Swisher, Mitchell C. Talbot, John Paul Troller, Mihaela Stoitsheva Tshobanova, Mari Uchida,  Nicole Kathryn Vargas,  Emily Christine Woidat, Alex Joseph Woloshyn,  Harrison Kiwhang Yi, Jeffrey Thomas Zillner, John Andrew Zordani, and Julia Alicha Row Zureikat.

Class of 2014: Honor Roll Semester 1, 2011-2012 - Mackenzie Adams, Grant Alex,  Michael Allen,   Ashley Armstrong,  Benjamin Audley,  Oliver Anton Babnik,  Shea Alexandra Bellino,  Lisa Bennatan,   Grace Bernard,  Nicole Beshilas,  Anna Bleck,  Jack Robert Blumeyer,  Amanda Bourne,  Grace Marie Bower,  Robert Grant Brucker,  Alicia Brune,  Emily Cavalaris,  Stephen Cirame,  Spens Cook,  Genna  Crofts,  Thomas Xavier Dee,  Grace Duffy,  Renee Colbert Duffy, Peter Durot, Victoria Falk, Kallie Feldhaus,  Genevieve Foster, Graham P Ganshirt, Callie Garner, Dana Glynn,  Carter Lawrence Grieve, Cordelia Grob, Martin C. Grum, Michael Scott Gulson,  Emily Hanson, Conner Christopher Hayes, Olivia Heddle,  Nicole A. Hensel,  Mikaela Higgins, Abigail Hitchcock,  Victoria Honour,  Haley Christine Horvat,  Liam Thomas Howe, Gregory Jakubik,  Sydney Johnston,  Sean Christopher Jones, Katherine Kallergis, Jack Considine Kauss,  Robert Anton Kesman, Julie Moore Kitzerow,  Caroline Amelia Knop,  Matthew Charles Koch, John Edward Kunz,  Jack L. Kutschke,  Therese Anne Lane,  Caitlin Elizabeth  Lanigan, Colleen Emilia Leider,  Cassidy Lenstrom,  Jennifer Lepman,  Daniel John Lotts, Natalia Luque,  Daniel Madura,  Robert Mannis,  Brianna Rose Martin, Lauren Eileen McCabe,  Joseph Julius McDonough, Genevieve McGowan, Patrick Francis McGrail,  Michael Jon McKendry, Laura Meng, Mackenzie Mick, Payton Mickey,  Elyce Milligan,  John Moderwell, Sahana Moodabagil,  Ayse Muratoglu,  Madeline Neil, Connor O’Kelly, Katherine Ortell,  Rachel Pickus,  Hillary Rancap,  Cecilia Pena Rasgado, Jonathan  Reimer, Virginia Page Revenaugh,  Sarah Rigali,  Ruth Cecilia Rinaolo, Rachel Anne Rockwell,  Martha  Rubin,  Claire Ruggles, Kara Saffrin, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Sapp,  Caitlin Schneider,  Chandler Scoco, Connor Shannahan,  Max Spehlmann,  Luke Staunton,  Daniel J. Sullivan,  Sara Elizabeth Svendsen,   Nicole Kimberly Tanna, Peter Tarwid,  Rylan Cook Terrasse,  Courtney Theo,  Catherine Thoms, Cheyenne Nicole Tilford,  Lucas S. Tozzi,  Andrew Trandai,  Timothy Walther,  Ryan Andrew Wang,   Thomas Ward,  Erik Wasser,  Madison Laughlin Wells,  Shelby Ann White,  Jacob Widner,  Jack Williams, Zoe Winemaster, Pierce Witmer, Marisa Ann Woodrum, Reid Yamauchi, and Grace Mary von Ohlen.

Class of 2015: Honor Roll Semester 1, 2011-2012 - Emma Catherine Allen, Paul Stephen Ankenman,   Ansley Emma Ashmore,  Christopher Collin Asmussen,  Heather Kingsley Barnwell,  Andrea M.  Baumgartel,  Jessica Lynn Berg,  Brooks Solent Berish, Jesse Bernhart, Kathryn Lynn Bertram,  Kennedy Nicole Best, Isabella Bianchini, Isabelle Catherine Block,  Evan Boudreaux,  Reed Benson Burns,  Sean Patrick Casey,  Patrick Alexander Libre Chan, Philip Chang, Lindsey Pehlke Close,   Babice Rosine Dams,  Bailey Nicole Ehrens, Sean Gregory Ewert,  Quinn J. Gaughan,  Peter  Nicholas Glyman, Sydney Lynn Golde, Hope Dianna Goldman,  Laura Gannon Gottschalk, Brooke D. Green, Peter William Gundling,  Farah Ahmed Hashim,  Lilah Straus Henry,  William
James Hermann,  John Otis Hubbard,  Margaret D. Hunt,  Wesley Janeck,  Katherine Ann Karahalios,  George Harry Karkazis,  Calvin Dale Kropke,  Daniel Bennett Kuperman, Matthew Leonard Kut, Nicholas Jordan Lawler,  Michael James LeMay, Kendall Elizabeth Litzsinger, Ciara Louise Lynch, Tarrant T. Mangasarian, Trevor S. Martinez, Claire Elizabeth Milligan,  Hunter Reeves Moore, Spencer Conrad Moore, Diana Maria Mzyk,  Sachin Amrit Nagarajan, David Gregory Nelson, Samantha Rae Nyland, John Patrick O’Connor, Jordon Collin OKelly, Katherine Rose Palella, Grant Thomas Papastefan, Emma Catherine Pire,  Owen William Platt, Jasmin Ashley Reichel,  Clara Anne Reinkemeyer,  Jianna Dominique Santello,  Madeline Mary Sheridan, Daniel Nathan Smith, Jackson Ryan Smyth,  Madeleine Rose Sorensen,  Alexander Anthony Sorsen, Marielle Clare St. Amand,  Zachary Scott Streightiff,  Megan K. Stumpf,  Maria-Elena Svigos,  Tommy John Trkla,  Mark Leonard Turelli, Julius Von Borcke, Conor Edward Walters, Abigail Nadine Warren, Olivia Prentice Warsek, Mikaela Whittington-Baschoff, Jack Christopher Williams,  Elizabeth Marie Woidat, Megan Wynn, and Jacques Julian Zureikat.