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ROTARY PRESENTS MERIT AWARDS The Rotary Club of Hinsdale presented Youth Merit Awards to four eighth-graders on Oct. 22. This award recognizes extraordinary high school and middle school students for services to their community and classmates, leadership qualities and academic achievements. Awards were presented to Hinsdale Middle School — Addie Hsieh and Brynne O’Hare Clarendon Hills Middle School — Sydney Shuster and Darren Carlevato The club presents Youth Merit Awards several times during the school year. A photo appea...
MUSIC STUDENTS ARE ALL-DISTRICT Forty-one Hinsdale Central students earned All-District selections for band, chorus, jazz band and orchestra from the Illinois Music Education Association. Senior band — Dalia Ahdab, alto sax; Amy Chen, flute; Ryan Chen, trumpet; Sam Chung, alto sax; Jordyn DeLeon; Bb clarinet, Imran Husain, flute; Sophia Lee, French horn; Arun Marion, oboe; Bridget McBride, flute; Ivy Qiu, tenor sax; Michael Shao, euphonium; Sairaj Shetye, Bb Clarinet; Vandana Sivakumar, bassoon; Nina Teoli, oboe; Joshua Y...
WELLNESS HOUSE GALA A SUCCESS More than 580 guests attended Under One Sky Oct. 15, the Wellness House annual fall fundraiser, raising more than $800,000. The one-of-a-kind evening was hosted at three different locations: Butterfield Country Club in Oak Brook, Chicago Highlands Club in Westchester and Hinsdale Golf Club in Clarendon Hills. Guests at all locations enjoyed cocktails, a seated dinner, wine auction, program, live auction and dancing. Donations raised during Under One Sky will help fund more than 500 online and in-...
ROTARY RUN RAISES $100,000 The 2021 Rotary Run Charity Classic Oct. 3 had more than 825 registered runners and raised more than $100,000, with donations still coming in. Proceeds will be donated to The Community House, Rotary Club of Hinsdale Foundation, District 181 Foundation, Hinsdale Hospital Foundation and Ray Graham Association. Hinsdale Middle School and Oak School received the Mr. K and Mrs. B Rotary Run trophies, respectively, for having the most registered participants based on school population. The Monroe School...
ENGLISH TEACHERS TO PRESENT Two members of Hinsdale Central’s English department have been invited to speak at upcoming conferences. Teacher Jared Friebel will give a presentation titled “Honoring Our Students’ Work: IATE’s Young Writers Poetry & Prose Contest” at the Illinois Association of Teachers of English Conference in October. Department Chairman David Lange will be part of a group that will give a presentation titled “Creating Balance of Professional Development Between Your Staff and Yourself” at the Council on En...
HINSDALE MAN PUBLISHES BOOK Richard Munson of Hinsdale has written a new book, “Tech to Table: 25 Innovators Reimagining Food,” which introduces readers to more than two dozen innovators driving solutions to the biggest problems created by industrialized food. With short, deftly crafted profiles, Munson presents a preview of the future of food and highlights the stories of the entrepreneurs at the forefront of this revolution. While they come from diverse identities, backgrounds, places and professions, they all share an out...
PUBLIC SAVESTATION DEDICATED The first 24/7 accessible SaveStation with life-saving AED in Hinsdale was dedicated Sept. 21 at Burns Field Park in Hinsdale. The station was donated by the Just1Mike Foundation in honor of Michael Brindley, who died of sudden cardiac arrest at age 16. His family are former Hinsdale residents and Mike was a frequent user of the park. “The village is excited and honored to be the recipient of this public access SaveStation with AED,” said Heather Bereckis, superintendent of parks and recreation. ...
IAEA HONORS STAFF IN DISTRICTS 181, 86 Several individuals in Community Consolidated School District 181 and Hinsdale High School District 86 have received awards from the Illinois Art Education Association. Meg Cooper, executive director of the D181 Foundation, was named as an honoree in Distinguished Service to Art Education. Susan Tiemstra, recent District 181 retiree, was named a 2021 IAEA Educator of Distinction. Theresa McGee, Hinsdale Middle School art teacher, was the 2021 Presidential Award Recipient. HMS was...
MEMBERS JOIN D181 COMMITTEES Several community members were selected to fill open seats on three board committees in Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years. Virginia Malinas, Ryan Trombly, Lois Mejdrich and Ronne Malham will serve on the Academic Success Committee, which is led by board members Bill Cotter and Grace Shin. Nathan Lucht, Rich Giltner, Asim Aleem, Chris White and Jerry Mejdrich will serve on the finance committee, which is led by Sinead Duffy and Michael Martin....
BAND DIRECTOR WINS AWARD Community Consolidated Elementary District 181’s Eric Morong was recently selected to receive the 2021 Quinlan & Fabish Chicagoland Music Educators Award. Morong was recognized at a June 17 celebration at the Quinlan & Fabish Burr Ridge location. He teaches band at Prospect School and Clarendon Hills Middle School and is entering his fourth year teaching in the district. “This is quite an amazing feat,” CHMS Principal Levi Brown said. “We are both proud and excited for Eric with this wonderf...
Rotary Receives Volunteer Award The Hinsdale Rotary Club on May 25 received the Katharine Van Duysen Volunteer service award from The Community House. Each year, The Community House presents this prestigious award to an individual or group that has gone above and beyond in their volunteer service to the organization. Members of The Community House Board and the Rotary Club gathered at The Community House to celebrate the decade-long partnership between the two nonprofit organizations. Over the last 10 years, The Rotary Club o...
CHMS RELEASES ITS HONOR ROLL Clarendon Hills Middle School has released the names of students who earned a place on the honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2020-21 school year. Sixth grade Principal’s honor roll Josephine Abitz, Sophia Admire, Caitlin Alsman, Emma Andrzejewski, Mia Angeletti, Tejas Arjun, Sahil Bonthala, Nathan Brown, Maralin Clapacs, Reid Clawson, Maggie Conley, Avery Croff, Colette Crooks, Ethan Cunningham, Abigail Dalton, Lorenzo DaSilva, Laura Deppe, Riya Desai, Natalie DeToro, Rahul De...
HMS HONOR ROLL Hinsdale Middle School has announced the names of students who earned a place on the HMS and principal’s honor rolls for the fourth quarter of the 2020-21 school year. Sixth grade HMS Honor Roll John Annoreno, Michael Annoreno, Arav Arvind, Winston Balbach, Logan Baskel, Catherine Bero, Jack Bryan, McCall Brzozowski, Emerson Cassell, Zhuoyan Chen, Clara Coman, Katherine Elsdon, Stephen Esposito, Johnathan Fausto, James Frankel, Thomas Golon, Oliyasari Goswami Amjad Hasan, Charles Heck, Brooklyn Hext, Jill Hoo...
HEIDECKE CLINIC hits RECORD total The 23rd Annual Julie Heidecke Clinic, held virtually this year, raised a record high of more than $4,450 for the foundation that supports students from Hinsdale Central and Illinois State University. Julie Heidecke graduated from Hinsdale Central in 1997. She was the captain of the soccer team and was an All-Conference selection her senior year. She went on to Illinois State University to continue her soccer career. Unfortunately, Julie died in 1998 at the age of 19 in a car accident....
MMIDDLE SCHOOL GRADUATES More than 400 eighth-graders graduated from Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills middle schools June 10 at Westmont High School. Hinsdale Middle School Hinsdale Middle School eighth-graders celebrated their commencement June 10 at Westmont High School. Members of the class of 2021 are: Frank Adamo, Abdullah Ahmed, Sachin Ahuja, Kaylee Akers, Gabi Alamir, Rocco Alessi, Lana Almansoori, Muhammad Alshahrour, Anthony Annoreno, Margaret Anos, Mikhail Antipov, Harlan Apple, Adhvay Arvind, Abigail AuYeung...
WELLNESS HOUSE RECEIVES GRANT Wellness House of Hinsdale received a $2,500 grant from the DuPage Foundation. The foundation last month awarded a record $702,860 in grants to 37 area nonprofit agencies through its Community Needs Grant Program. TEEN VOLUNTEER WINS SCHOLARSHIP Katherine Wilson of Hinsdale Central High School is one of eight students to receive a $2,000 Teen Volunteer Health Profession Scholarship from the Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Foundation. Wilson plans to become a surgeon. Funds for this year’s s...
RANDELL INDUCTED INTO PHI KAPPA PHI Mia Randell of Hinsdale was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Randell was initiated at University of Maryland, College Park. Randell is among some 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. COLLEGE STUDENT...
VIRTUAL WHIRL RAISES $1.1 MILLION This year, the Chicago Zoological Society celebrated its 40th anniversary of the Whirl, its largest annual fundraiser. The event, co-hosted by the society’s board of trustees and Women’s Board, was held virtually on May 1. Hundreds of guests tuned in during the virtual fundraiser, which grossed more than $1.1 million for the animals at Brookfield Zoo as well as the society’s conservation, education, and research programs. The program featured welcoming comments from Stuart Strahl, president a...
Wellness WALK raises $500,000 Almost 2,000 cancer survivors, families, friends and volunteers gathered May 2 for the Walk for Wellness, which raised more than $509,000 for Wellness House. Participants completed a socially distanced in-person walk near Wellness House or at one of nine forest preserves around Chicago. After finishing the route in Hinsdale, participants wrote special notes on the Dedication Wall and on Threads of Love for the newly created Inspiration House. Even though this year was different, the same...
Red Devil Class of 2021 graduates Hinsdale Central High School presented 672 diplomas to members of the Class of 2021 May 17 at Dickinson Field. Congratulations to the graduates! They are Ryan Ables, Jake Adams, Mohammad Ahmadi, Moosa Ahmed, Rimsha Ahmed, Yusrah Ahmed, Nur-Fatima Akbar, Hani Akhras, Tolulope Akin-Olugbemi, Rudolph Albores, Ava Alessi, Sophie Aliaga, Emily Alter, Thomas Ambrose, Jay Amin, Arthur Andersen, Madeleine Anglin, Inan Anirudhan, Zoya Anjarwala, Oscar Antanaitis, Abigail Antinossi, Mikyra...
U.S. News RANKS CENTRAL NO. 10 Hinsdale Central High School ranked No. 10 for the state in the U.S. News and World Report list of 2021 Best High Schools released Tuesday. Central has a 96 percent graduation rate, with a college readiness score of 64.5 percent (based on AP exams taken and passed). Central is ranked No. 252 in the nation. Hinsdale South is ranked No. 82 in the state and No. 1,939 in the nation. The report ranks more than 24,000 public high school throughout the country, measuring how well schools serve...
STATE SCHOLARS NAMED AT CENTRAL Two hundred and thirty-six seniors at Hinsdale Central High School have been named Illinois State Scholars for their outstanding academic achievement. They are Jake Adams, Mohammad Ahmadi, Moosa Ahmed, Sophie Aliaga, Thomas Ambrose, Jay Amin, Arthur Andersen, Abigail Antinossi Chloe Aquino, Jack Arenberg, William Arnason, Emily Ascher, Chloe Attlan, Aryan Bahl, Zayn Bajwa, Kian Bandukwala, Luke Berg, Sophia Biancalana Luna Bitar, Owen Bots, Margaux Bouret, Victor Bouret, Bo Bourlard, Cullen B...
PRENTISS EARNS MERIT AWARD Tammy Prentiss, superintendent of Hinsdale High School District 86, has earned an Award of Merit in the Administrator category as part of the 2021 Distinguished Service Awards Program sponsored by the Illinois Chapter of the National School Public Relations Association. These awards recognize those who make a difference in their school communities by helping to promote public education and enhance its programs and services. Nominees are evaluated on their ability to support or improve understanding...
MPI RECEIVES Top Gun AWARD MPI Wealth Management in Hinsdale has been awarded a PSN Top Guns distinction by Informa Financial Intelligence’s PSN manager database, North America’s longest running database of investment managers. MPI Wealth Management was honored with both a 5 & 6 Star Top Gun rating for its US Fixed Income Short Strategy for its recent five-year and three-year rolling periods. “Congratulations to MPI Wealth Management for being recognized as a PSN Top Gun,” said Ryan Nauman, market strategist at Informa...
CENTRAL ARTISTS CHOSEN FOR EXHIBIT Samara Jaquez and Cadence Parker-Briones from Hinsdale Central will join other top student artists from across the state at the ninth annual Illinois High School Art Exhibition Senior Scholarships Announced event, which will be held virtually April 11. Students will come together to showcase their work and be recognized for their accomplishments. To date, Jaquez and Parker-Briones have received more than $368,000 in scholarships for their portfolios. STUDENTS MAKE DEAN’S LIST Several H...
