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Buffalo Grove Students Among Top Illinois Student Scholars
Dozens of Buffalo Grove High School students were recognized among the top 10 percent of high school seniors.
BUFFALO GROVE, IL — More than 70 students from Buffalo Grove High School have been named among the top high school seniors in the state by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission following an unprecedented final year of high school amid the coronavirus pandemic.
For more than 60 years, the commission has been recognizing Illinois state scholars, a designation given to the top 10 percent of graduating seniors statewide. Scholars are chosen by a combination of standardized testing scores and class rank during the second semester of junior year, according to ISAC.
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"ISAC is pleased to recognize Illinois high school students who have been named 2021-22 State Scholars for their outstanding academic achievement," according to its website. "The 2021-22 designation applies to the year students will begin their postsecondary education."
See a list of Buffalo Grove students who were given the honor — listed in alphabetical, last name, first name order — below:
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Buffalo Grove High School
- Bahary, Kaley
- Barba, Christina
- Barnett, Jason
- Bickhaus, Brooke
- Brosnahan, Kyle
- Butler, Natalie
- Chmil, Alexandra
- Christou, Constantine
- Cichy, Ethan
- Dalman, Chandler
- Deckowitz, Rianna
- Diamond, Georgia
- Dierbach, Thomas
- Dombroski, Jillian
- Dracopoulos, Madeline
- Durso, Haley
- Elifirenko, Aleksandr
- Farkhadau, Maksim
- Franz, Jack
- Gerea, Andrew
- Gleason, Nathan
- Godsell, Shannon
- Guittar, Jillian
- Heidelberger, Kaitlin
- Heinrich, Zoey
- Julian, Michael
- Karsten, Gillian
- Kononov, Nika
- Kubrak, Pola
- Lee, Nathan
- Lialios, Penelope
- Limber, Leah
- Long, Chrystel
- Lugo, Kailin
- Majeski, Cameron
- Mercado, Anna
- Mitsunaga, Megan
- Monacelli, Dominic
- Morain, Joseph
- Opperman, Adam
- Osman, Wedad
- Palffy, Ella
- Patel, Shrey
- Pattis, Aaron
- Paunan, Sydney
- Pedro, Roshelle
- Petryshyn, Sofiya
- Poukatch, Daria
- Reynolds, Bridget
- Roy, Robert
- Schneider, Claire
- Shomali, Afif
- Siminskiy, Daniel
- Sparacino, Justin
- Stefanchyshyn, Pavlo
- Stefani, Christopher
- Stefani, Kyle
- Stenger, Zachary
- Stoesser, Amelia
- Swanson, Erik
- Templer, Lauren
- Tessier, Hannah
- Tetyusheva, Lida
- Tsiftilis, Thomas
- Varaniuk, Yauheniya
- Vates, Hannah
- Vossel, Jennelle
- Walsh, Connor
- Weede, Alyssa
- Wellisch, Benjamin
- Wytmar, Justin
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