Saluting The Class Of 2021: Tehya Venegas Of Joliet West High School

JOLIET, IL — The high school seniors of 2021 have had an experience like no other in a century — a year upended by a pandemic and by lockdowns that kept them from enjoying many of the activities that previous seniors have taken for granted.

Patch hopes to help make it up to those seniors by giving them a special sendoff. We asked parents and other family members to pay tribute to this year’s grads using a special submission form so we can publish those tributes one by one.

Joliet West High School student Tehya Venegas will graduate this year.

Plans after graduation: Tehya plans on attending Missouri S & T in Rolla, Missouri to study Mechanical Engineering.

Accomplishments: Tehya graduated Summa Cum Laude but her pride and joy was her accomplishments on the Joliet Cyborgs Robotics team where she served as a team leader for her Junior and Senior year.

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