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The Orland Park Prairie’s
Standout Student
Sponsored by Marquette Bank
Madison Kaminski,
Century Jr. High
eighth-grader
Madison Kaminski was
chosen as The Orland Park
Prairie’s Standout Student
because of her academic
accomplishments.
What is one essential you
must have when studying?
When studying, I need to
have my study space organized
and quiet, because that
is the way I study best.
What do you like to do when
not in school or studying?
When I’m not at school
or studying, I spend my
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free time playing soccer and
hanging out with friends.
What is your dream job?
My dream job is to become
a professional soccer player,
and if that doesn’t work out,
I want to be a rheumatologist,
because I want to help
kids with arthritis.
What is one thing people
don’t know about you?
When I was 5, I had a
speaking role in a commercial.
Whom do you look up to?
My parents, because they
are always there for me and
support me, no matter what.
Who is your favorite
teacher?
That’s hard. I like all of
my teachers, but if I have
to pick one, [Laura] Smith,
because she is an amazing
Spanish teacher.
What is your favorite class?
Science, because I find
what we are learning very
interesting.
What is one thing that
stands out about your
school?
How everyone who works
at the school is so caring and
kind.
What is your best memory
from school?
Our eighth-grade trip to
Washington, D.C.
Standout Student is a weekly
feature for The Orland Park
Prairie. Nominations come from
Orland Park area schools.
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School News
Carthage College
Student from Orland Park
earns scholarship
Christina Gonzalez, of Orland
Park, has been awarded
a Hay Scholarship through
a competition at Carthage
College. The scholarship
covers 75 percent of tuition.
Carthage presents these
awards, totaling more than
$1.5 million each year, to incoming
students who demonstrate
leadership skills and
academic strength.
Western Michigan University
Orland Parker helps Sky
Broncos bring home fifth
consecutive regional
championship
Western Michigan University’s
precision flight
team, the Sky Broncos, won
the National Intercollegiate
Flying Association Region
III event Oct. 16-21 and has
qualified for the 2018 national
competition next April
at Indiana State University.
Capturing the top spot
in both flight and ground
events at regionals, WMU
aviators qualified for the national
competition to be held
April 30-May 5. This year’s
win marks the fifth consecutive
regional championship
for the 15-member team,
which is coached by aviation
faculty specialist II Ryan
Seiler, along with assistant
coach Marty Coaker.
Competing against the Sky
Broncos in the regional event
were flight teams from Bowling
Green State, Kent State,
Ohio and Ohio State universities.
Teams earn points for
members who finish in the
Top 10 in a series of flight and
ground events. WMU’s team
accrued 292 points during the
event. Ohio State placed second
with 187 points.
Last year’s Sky Broncos
team finished fourth in the
national competition, competing
against teams from
27 colleges and universities
around the country.
Brett Been is a sophomore
from Orland Park, studying
aviation flight science and
management. He was the
sixth-highest-scoring contestant
in the competition,
placing first in simulated
comprehensive aircraft navigation,
sixth in short-field
landings and eighth in power-off
landings.
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bill@opprairie.com.
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