Champions

FALL 2015
AP Scholars
The following students were recognized
by the College Board for their exceptional
achievement on their Advanced
Placement exams taken in May.
Habitat for Humanity
AP Scholar with Distinction:
average of at least a 3.5 on all AP exams
taken and scores of 3 or higher on five or
more of the exams
Colin Brankin ‘16 (Orland Park)
Ryan Carp ‘15 (New Lenox)
Matthew Diehl ‘15 (Orland Park)
Matthew Francis ‘15 (Orland Park)
Annicka Griffith ‘15 (Lemont)
Victoria Horak ‘15 (New Lenox)
Andrew Jatis ‘15 (Homer Glen)
Stephanie Mastorakos ‘15 (Homer Glen)
Raj Ranganathan ‘15 (Lemont)
Meghan Shea ‘15 (Orland Park)
AP Scholars with Honor:
average of at least 3.25 on all AP exams
taken and a 3 or higher on four or more
of these exams
Sydney Bartecki ‘15 (Lockport)
Jason Ciabattoni ‘16 (Frankfort)
Patrick Connelly ‘16 (Tinley Park)
Emma Griffiths ‘15 (Mokena)
Patrick Kay ‘16 (Orland Park)
Kerry Kole ‘15 (Homer Glen)
Daniel MacLean ‘15 (Lemont)
Jack Pell ‘15 (Mokena)
Jillian Rademacher ‘15 (Mokena)
Benjamin Wasicki ‘16 (Frankfort)
Nicholas Zielinski ‘15 (Mokena)
AP Scholars:
3 or higher on three or more AP exams
Jacob Alfarah ‘15 (Orland Park)
Michael Bonaguro ‘15 (Orland Park)
Anne Corso ‘15 (Palos Park)
Michael Davis ‘15 (New Lenox)
Elizabeth Dennis ‘15 (Lockport)
Thomas Dillman ‘16 (Peotone)
John Eckenstein ‘15 (Homer Glen)
Regan Flaherty ‘15 (Mokena)
Brittany Hallberg ‘15 (Tinley Park)
Alexander Jedlicka-Kriz ‘16 (Frankfort)
Hunter Klein ‘16 (Joliet)
Mary Kate Kozak ‘15 (New Lenox)
Jakob Lambert ‘16 (Homer Glen)
Matthew MacNab ‘15 (Homer Glen)
Kevin McEneany ‘15 (Lemont)
Adam Morrison ‘15 (Mokena)
Samantha Schwartz ‘15 (Joliet)
Mitchell Sharkey ‘15 (Mokena)
James Sharkey ‘15 (Mokena)
Kyle Struck ‘16 (Orland Park)
Kevin Troy ‘15 (Homer Glen)
Brenton Villasenor ‘15 (Lemont)
John Wolf ‘16 (Orland Park)
A group of 18 PCHS student members of Habitat for Humanity
and three chaperones volunteered their time working in Baraboo,
Wisconsin. Led by PCHS moderator, Mrs. Diane Hart, the students
spent several days landscaping, staining doors and installing
flooring. At an old Re-Store facility, workers sorted wood piles,
sorted inventory and loaded trucks to be taken to the new Re-Store,
where they painted and organized products.
program
implemented
PCHS has implemented a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program that
allows students to extend their technology skills in a controlled and
supportive environment. “PCHS students are “digital natives” who have
never lived in an unconnected world,” said Rosanne Grigoletti, Technology
Director. PCHS teachers strive to guide their students to where they need
to be academically by the time they graduate. BYOD allows students to
acquire the skills necessary to select and use digital tools that will empower
them in all segments of the learning process: research, problem solving,
content creation, communication
and collaboration. PCHS encourages
students to be innovative, to ask
questions, carefully judge the answers
they find, communicate with peers,
experts and others and use creativity
as they demonstrate their learning.
At left, students utilize their personal devices
as part of the BYOD pilot program in late May.
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