Press Release:

November 13, 2007

WALTHER LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCES ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Academic Excellence Awards were announced for the first quarter at Walther Lutheran High School. Mr. Stephen Zielke, Principal at the co-educational Christian school in Melrose Park, released the list of top ranking students in each course and department. A student who receives an Academic Excellence Award for a course is a student who has exhibited admirable effort, willing participation and achieved grades worthy of commendation. A department Academic Excellence Award is selected by the department chairperson from among the students doing exemplary work in that entire department.

The Academic Excellence Award winning students for the first quarter of the 2007-2008 school year are listed by hometown…

STUDENT NAME - CITY - AREA OF EXCELLENCE

Bellwood - Deanna Richardson - Honors Algebra II, Department Winner - Math

Bellwood - Ashley Simon - Anatomy & Physiology

Berkeley - Dana Barnich - Chemistry, English II

Berkeley - Robert Hammond - Drawing/Painting I

Berkeley - Chante Johnson - Composition

Berkeley - Jasmine McDonald - Spanish IV, Myths & Folklore, Journalism, AP Calculus

Berkeley - Erica Means - Accounting I, Department Winner - Business & Technology

Berkeley - Robert Watson - Advanced Web Design

Berwyn - Steven Fritz - Honors Algebra I

Berwyn - Cassie Slechta - Health, Psychology

Bolingbrook - Alexandria Cummuta - Spanish I, Biology, World History

Broadview - Charity DuBose - Introduction to Algebra

Carol Stream - Brian Jackson - Earth Science

Chicago - Logan Davis - Boys' Physical Education II

Chicago - Janina Flores - Girls' Physical Education II

Chicago - Natalie Holman - English III

Chicago - Antoinette Mitchell - Concert Choir

Chicago - Mariesha Pelham - Media Communication, Shakespeare

Chicago Ridge - Lauren Gall - German I

Cicero - Gabriel Maldonado - Boys' Physical Education IV

Cicero - Esther Nickels - Girls' Physical Education IV

Cicero - Gelacio Villalobos - Honors Geometry

Elmhurst - Erika Bredehoft - Introduction to Computers

Elmwood Park - Kassi Ghadosh - Concert Band

Elmwood Park - Alexis Golling-Sledge - TurboCAD, Physics, Algebra II

Forest Park- Abigail Childs - Religion II, Algebra I

Forest Park - Donald Childs - English II

Forest Park - Megan Childs - College Physics, Senior Seminar, Department Winner - Art, Department Winner - English

Forest Park - Theresa Funderwhite - Introduction to Music

Forest Park - Molly Matthias - English III, Presentations, Girls' Physical Education III

Forest Park - Duwan Morris - AP English, Democracy In Action

Forest Park - Brian Mullen - U.S. History

Forest Park - Kurt Myles - Reading Comprehension, Writing Essentials

Forest Park - Cariluz Velez - Ceramics I

Forest Park - Cordero White - Physical Science

Hillside - Christina Broscheit - Introduction to Art

Hillside - Martin Lamar - Spanish II

Lombard - Kathryn Jaruseski - Religion III, AP U.S. History

Lombard - Meredith Schaeffer - Department Winner - Science

Lombard - Rachel Solyom - Spanish III

Lombard - Kelsey Turner - Pre-Calculus

Lyons - Chris Miller - Religion I

Lyons - Matthew Stidham - Visual Basic

Maywood - Shannon Carter - English I

Maywood - Sydney Edwards - Girls' Physical Education I

Maywood Ana Garcia Algebra II

Maywood - William Jenkins - Department Winner - Physical Education

Maywood - Christopher Koehne - Boys' Physical Education III

Maywood - Trevor Nordberg - Boys' Physical Education I

Maywood - Emily Simpson - Religion IV

Maywood - Emily Simpson - Department Winner - Religion

Melrose Park - Mitch Berg - Advanced Math Topics

Melrose Park - Jessica Cepeda - Music Appreciation

Melrose Park - Mike Kreuger - Biology

Northlake - Karla Keller - Street Law, Department Winner - Social Sciences

Oak Lawn - Chelsea Volk - German II

Oak Park - Giancarlo Segreti - Wind Ensemble, Department Winner - Music

Oak Park - Andrew Steinhart - World Geography

River Grove - Lydia Gallup - A Cappella Choir

River Grove - Alessandro Mazza - Game Programming

Roselle - Adam Lamey - Algebra I

Summit - Julia Bjorklund - Web Design

Westchester - Erica Lams - Geometry

Winfield - Zachary Cassity - German III, Department Winner - Foreign Language

Walther Lutheran High School is a co-educational Christian school located at 9 th and Chicago in Melrose Park. The school has an enrollment of just over 400 students from fifty-seven different Chicago area zip codes. For more information about Walther Lutheran High School, call 708.344.0404 or visit Walther.com.

Press Release contact: Lori Solyom, Public Information Coordinator