Downers Grove South Class of 2026 Receives High Academic Honors

District 99 celebrates 12th-grade students at Downers Grove South High School who have earned academic honors based on cumulative grade point averages after seven semesters of their high school career. For the 2025-2026 school year, 36 students earned the designation of “Distinguished Honors” by achieving a cumulative grade point average of 4.4 or higher after seven semesters of high school. In addition, 100 students earned the designation of “High Honors” with a cumulative grade point average of 4.0 or higher. And 188 students achieved “Honors” with a cumulative grade point average of 3.4 or higher. 

District 99 uses a 4.0 grade-point scale. Students receive a non-weighted and weighted GPA at the end of each grading period. If a student takes Honors or Advanced Placement classes, the student’s GPA can exceed 4.0, depending on the grades earned. At graduation ceremonies, graduates will wear gold stoles, cords, and/or tassels to indicate their academic achievement.

Congratulations to the following students earning academic honors:

Honors

Dominick Addante, Denise Alcantara, Jenin Aldaqaq, Diya Alex, Elysa Alikpala, Eliot Alwin, Amanda Anderson, David Antony, Ricardo Aroche, Nejmi Ayala Martinez, Taylor Bakula, Sava Barashki, Valeria Barladeanu, Isabel Barrera, Caitlin Barry, Marius Bartkevicius, John Bartlett, Nicholas Belony, Brooke Berman, Diana Karen Bernardino, Angelika Marie Bernardo, Avery Bishop, Carly Bleau, Karen Boakye, Madeline Bodem, Madelyn Bolton, Sarah Born, Maria Boudala, Mykhailo Brai, Daniel Brody, Michael Brown, Axel Cabay, Danielle Cacho, Aidan Cardenas, Alyse Carlson, Nell Chartynowicz, James Chastain, Rupert Chua, Mario Cierny, Taylor Ciucci, Victoria Colorato, Jules Crosley-Corcoran, Isabel Czuprynski, John Dablin, Jurate Davies, Ryan De Los Santos, Lauren Deacy, Jj Deja, Paige Dennis, Valeria Derueda Marquez, Ava Dickenscheidt, Trevor Dinaso, Sydney Dixon, Matthew Donahue, Sara Enriquez, Andrew Erdal, Margarito Flores, Rahul Gajula, Sofia Galasso, Ainsley Gales, Susan Galvan, Kasey Ganger, Paolo Garcia, Denisse Garcia, Lizbeth Garcia, Dianned Garcia-Jimenez, Gwendolyn Gronke, Sophia Gulden, Morgan Hahn, James Hanlon, Kate Hanneman, Gretchen Haselhorst, Abigail Heavrin, Abigail Helfrich, Alyssa Hernandez, Adrian Herres, Maryamkhon Homidova, Jillian Hubert, Sophia Hunter, Cameron Hurst, Christopher Janota, Malaya Jones, Danel Angelo Juralbal, Samantha Kafka, Alexander Kahsen, Emily Kasai, Dylan Kasper, Ananya Kharat, Viktoriia Khilchuk, Casey Klimes, Elsa Kramer, Mia Krezel, Vivian Kringlie, Cade Krueger, Delaney Lamm, Nate Lauer, London Lee, Karyle Leonida, Alejandro Luna, Michael Lynch, Esther MacKenzie, Isaiah MacKenzie, Jeshua Luke Macolor, Sarina Mathew, Alyssa McGinley, Justin Mclain, Elizabeth Mejia, Carla Mendoza Guzman, Jacklyn Meyers, Ethan Miller, Niya Mincheva, Maria Mirabal Duarte, Jared Miranda, Akyra Moaton, Braden Moehlenkamp, Dylan Mora, Wren Mroz, Brianne Ndoko, Olivia Oertel, Ethan Oliwa, Cassandra Olvera, Joandaline Osei, Peyton Paige, Brett Paige, Danylo Pakhomov, Madison Pelc, Celene Perez Bernardino, Thania Perez-Reyes, Maxwell Polivka, Nikolas Quilici, Mantas Ragauskas, Ashley Ramos-Morales, Mick Rapinchuk, Samantha Reichl, Sadie Rhoads, Aaron Richards, Nicholas Rinaldi, Aria Risley, Jacques Andre Robles, Gavin Ryan, Madison Rolnick, Samantha Sadelski, Rhea Saini, Payton Sanchez, Sara Sattouf, Jack Sbragia, Nicholas Scardina, Brian Schepp, Cecilia Schlueter, Jacie Selig, Madison Sickel, William Skweres, Jamie Snoddy, Jacob Spencer, Nicholas Spirek, Samantha Stapleton, Charlie Staruck, John Stauder, Ciara Steward, Daniel Suggs, Colin Sweeney, Sandra Swierzb, Silvana Sypien, D'avion Taylor, Hunter Templin, Yana Tsapar, Winona Vanorny, Dashiell Vanorny, Amelia Varkalis, Jerry Velazquez, Chael Lyndon Viteri, Evan Voss, Alexi Vytartas, Kayla Warren, Elle Watson, William Weinholtz, Liam Wells, Herbert West, Delia Whaley, Casey Wierda, Ella Williams, Maurice Williams, Emma Wilmore, Amanda Wiseman, Ryan Woolsey, Maksym Yakymyshyn, Alexander Zawila, Ava Zdancewicz, Jackson Zimmerman, Edvinas Ziogas

High Honors

Ali Abdullah, Raymond Adler, Hiba Ahmed, Alp Alatas. Isidora Aleksic, Amara Allen, Taylor Anderson, Daniel Andreshak, Nathalie Antonio, Andre Auernhamer, Christopher Bernal Aviles, Marley Birch, Nedas Blauzdys, Olivia Bottoms, Riley Bowditch, Connor Burgess, Trent Carson, Aubrey Cervantes, Oliver Chartynowicz, Mikayla Ciucci, John Clinton, Lauren Curran, Gabija Dauderis, Gabrielle David, Christopher Demos, George Demos, Konstantine Dimitrakakos, Jayda Dixon, Daisy Duncan, Audrey Dunn, Patrick Durkin, Joshua Erdal, Nataly Fakhry, Nico Fallara, William Feylo, Brendan Fields, Aili Flannery, Julian Flores, Cathryn Frer, Megan Ganschow, Zachary Garcia, Danna Garcia De La Cruz, Natalie Gay, Sarah Gerges-Rodriguez, Daniela Giuffre, Katie Glass, Gabija Golokvoscius, Anthony Guzman, Anthony Handy, Stephanie Hernandez-Plata, Joshua Howard, William Jaeger, Sofia Job, Juliana Kerr, Preston Kiernicki, Milica Kosanovic-Cruise, David Kosinski, Grady Leddy, Dylan Ligue, Grace Lube, Ariana Mastny, John Melie, Lukas Meliukstis, William Miller, Mustafa Mohajir, Pranav Moolan, Alice Moriarty, Jillian Myers, Allison Mytys, Bryn O'Keefe, Romina Papavero-Gonzalez, Nathan Parker, Preet Patel, Casey Patten, Ava Pecoraro, Arely Perez, Gianna Perna, Claire Posmer, Rahul Rajeshkumar, Martina Alexi Reolope, Sofia Sanchez, Elizabeth Scannell, Blake Schmidt, Zoya Siddiqui, Erikas Sileikis, Margaret Sisul, Zachary Ssempebwa, Luce Stankaitis, Paul Swiecicki, Cameron Thiel, Elise Trame, Ethan Traugott, Annabelle Tung, Maximilian Tylka, Payton Van Dusen, Christian Varghese, Miah Wanserski, Luke Westendorf, Kate Wills, Julia Wozniak, Lyia Zhang

Distinguished Honors

Zahra Ali, Joseph Aye, Ryan Bishop, Logan Bjorseth, Ivy Bloomfield, Danielle Borchers, Lauren Bukey, Caitlyn Chlopek, Charlotte Clinnin, Mallory Crowley, Andjela Culafic, Matthew DiSalvo, Herbert Eli Dojoles, Brianna Doyle, Frances Dulles, Brady Dunlap, Ellysen Enriquez, Lauren Espinoza, Emily Gantz, Hannah Gantz, Ava Junkas, Linas Kasperiunas, Chrysalin Kuruvilla, Natalie Marten, Cody McCarthy, Eliana McCauley, Emily Motuelle, Juliana Padavic, Megan Pogorelec, Jonathan Robinson, Evangeline Selking, Aarav Shah, Eleanor Shifley, Zachary Staser, Elizabeth Tran, Yoldi Villa, Addison Yurchak