On Wednesday, May 3, Central recognized many 8th grade students for their success in education, leadership, athletics, and school spirit.
Here is a list of those recognized:
Larry I. Anderson Twister Pride Award
Trevor Wozniak
Olivia Martinez
Gerald R. Ford Award
Daniel John McCarthy
Christopher Coppolillo
Maxine Gill Service Award
Marni Hemminger
Madison Krueger
Harry "Butch" Mech Memorial Award
SeanGagen
Marni Hemminger
Fred Waring Director's Award for Chorus
Allison Noga
Lyndie Litman Memorial Award
Rylee Hernandez
Austin Brazitis
Pamela Lagomarcino Award
Grant Ruppert
Ruth Ann Smith Science Award
Ash McCarthy
S.W.I.C. Scholar - Athletic Award
Zach Orbon
Maggie Gormley
Illinois Principal's Association Recognition Award
Abigail Kopera
Sean Gagen
American Legion Award
Renee Saludar
Sean Gagen
VFW Award
Morgan Scott
Noe Sandoval
English/Language Arts (ELA)
Aubry Haack
Abby Simmons
Zachary Orbon
Trevor Wozniak
Math
Sean Gagen
DJ McCarthy
Science
Elliot Ries
Oliver Patno
Social Studies
Caitlin Slansky
Matthew Nendza
Spanish
Jacob Zoberis
Trevor Wozniak
Physical Education
Olivia Martinez
Art
Addysen Jakubowicz
Communications
Ahmad Ali
Lujaine Hamdan
Family & Consumer Science (FACS)
Christian Plaza Guadalupe
Music
Evan Morrill
Ash McCarthy
STEAM
Matthew Nendza
Drama/Declamation Award
Caitlin Slansky
Mathletes
Zach Orbon
Daniel John McCarthy
Musical Theatre Award
Georgia Gustafson
Twister TV
Ethan Angulo, Nathan Birks, Gerardas Markucevicius, Paul Schmeltzer, Cadence Horbaczewski, Kaylee Campus, Oliver Patno, Jawad Almajdobeh, Collin Carrig, Georgia Gustafson, and Zachary Kwiat.
Scholar Awards (4.0)
Ahmad Ali, Margaret Dunlap, Moira Dunlap, Sean Gagen, Abigail Kopera, Shelby McCoy, Matthew Nendza, Zachary Orbon, Renee Saludar, Jenna Schwider, Saffron Veard, and Trevor Wozniak.
Presidents Education Award- 3.75-3.99
Yasir Al-Yasiri, Leith Aljibawi, Ethan Angulo, Adeline Baltazar, Christopher Coppolillo, Casey Edwards, Julianne Engwall, Abigail Feldner, Noah Galvin-Tyler, Taiylor Gibert, Maggie Gormley, Noah Graham, Charlotte Green, Aubry Haack, Marni Hemminger, Cadence Horbaczewski, Evon Israel, Addysen Jakubowicz, Noah Johandes, Hadijat Kassim, Molly Kinsella, Madison Krueger, Qasem Kurdi, Isabelle Llanos, Jadis Long, Elizabeth Lopez, Olivia Martinez, Daniel John McCarthy, Addison McClure, Allison Noga, Callie Panozzo, Oliver Patno, Joel Ricard, Elliot Ries, Nathan Saleh, Noe Aaron Sandoval, Morgan Scott, Ayah Shkoukani, Abby Simmons, Caitlin Slansky, Max Soto, Aubrey Spilde, Riley Stein, Kevin Vargas, Matthew Vileta, and Jacob Zoberis.
Twister Leadership Team Awards
Adeline Baltazar, Margaret Dunlap, Moira, Dunlap, Marni Hemminger, Molly Kinsella, Madison Krueger, Randy Ludke, Olivia Martinez, Shelby McCoy, Molly Murnighan, Matthew Nendza, Elliot Ries, Abby Simmons, Aubrey Spilde, Saffron Veard, Daniel Weed, Trevor Wozniak, and Jacob Zoberis.
National Junior Art Honor Society Awards
Cinthia Flores, Nancy Herrera, Isabelle Llanos, Hailey (Ash) McCarthy, and Amelia McDonnell
National Junior Honor Society Awards
Yasir Al-Yasiri, Ahmad Ali, Leith Aljibawi, Adeline Baltazar, Christopher Coppolillo, Margaret Dunlap, Moira Dunlap, Casey Edwards, Abigail Feldner, Sean Gagen, Noah Galvin-Tyler, Taiylor Gibert, Maggie Gormley, Noah Graham, Charlotte Green, Marni Hemminger, Cadence Horbaczewski, Addysen Jakubowicz, Noah Johandes, Hadijat Kassim, Molly Kinsella, Abigail Kopera, Madison Krueger, Isabelle Llanos, Jadis Long, Elizabeth Lopez, Olivia Martinez, Daniel John McCarthy, Shelby McCoy, Matthew Nendza, Allison Noga, Zachary Orbon, Callie Panozzo, Oliver Patno, Joel Ricard, Elliot Ries, Renee Marie Saludar, Noe Aaron Sandoval, Jenna Schwider, Abby Simmons, Caitlin Slansky, Max Soto, Aubrey Spilde, Riley Stein, Saffron Veard, Trevor Wozniak, and Jacob Zoberis.