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14 | June 20, 2019 | the orland Park Prairie school
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The Orland Park Prairie’s
Standout Student
Sponsored by Marquette Bank
Bella Krol, Meadow
Ridge fifth-grader
Bella Krol was chosen as
The Orland Park Prairie’s
Standout Student because
of her academic accomplishments.
What is one essential
you must have when
studying?
Being organized, hard
work, working carefully.
What do you like to do
when not in school or
studying?
Playing volleyball, piano,
dance class, reading,
hanging out with neighbor
kids and voice lessons.
What is your dream job?
Either a nurse like how
my mom got her nursing
degree or a teacher.
What are some of your
most played songs on
your iPod?
The “Hamilton”
soundtrack.
What is one thing people
don’t know about you?
That I moved to a new
house in second grade and
that I like voice lessons.
Whom do you look up to
and why?
My mom, because
whenever I need help with
something my mom will
stop what she’s doing and
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take care of me. My older
sister Kaylee, because
things that my mom can’t
help me with she can give
me advice and encourage
me.
What is your favorite
class and why?
Reading, writing and
math, because I’m quite
good at all of them, and
they come pretty easily
for me.
What’s one thing that
stands out about your
school?
The nice teachers and
students, and the fun stuff
we do.
What extracurriculars
do you wish your school
had?
Volleyball, reading
club.
Standout Student is a weekly
feature for The Orland Park
Prairie. Nominations come
from Orland Park area
schools.
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School News
Bradley University
Four students from Orland Park
earn places on deans’ list
Bradley University recently congratulated
nearly 900 students who
received their academic degrees in
May.
The following Orland Parkers
were among those who earned degrees:
John Markey (computer science
- mobile computing), Lauren
Germino (FCS Dietetics), Kaitlyn
Markey (nursing) and Rebecca
Zaragoza (nursing).
Clemson University
President’s list recognizes Orland
Park student
Matthea J. Wong, of Orland
Park, has been named to the president’s
list at Clemson University.
Wong, whose major is biological
sciences, made the president’s list
for the spring 2019 semester.
To be named to the president’s
list, a student must achieve a 4.0 (all
As) grade-point average.
Georgia Tech
Orland Parker earns degree
Katherine Krzus, of Orland
Park, recently earned a Bachelor of
Science in Business Administration
from the Georgia Institute of Technology
in Atlanta.
Loyola University
Student from Orland Park named to
dean’s list
Samantha Gilchrist, of Orland
Park, recently was named to the
dean’s list for the second semester
of the 2018-2019 academic year at
Loyola Univesity’s College of Arts
and Sciences.
University of Findlay
Dean’s list celebrates Orland Park
student
Olivia Rydzewski, of Orland
Park, was named to the spring 2019
dean’s list at the University of Findlay.
To earn this achievement, a student
must attain a grade point average
of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.
University of Iowa
Student from Orland Park among
those on president’s list
Michael Leyden, a University
of Iowa student from Orland
Park, studying in the College of
Engineering, was named to UI’s
president’s list for the spring 2019
semester.
The UI established the president’s
list in the fall of 1983 to
recognize academic excellence. In
order to be included on the list, a
student must have a minimum grade
point average of 4.0 (4.0 is a “A”
grade) in all academic subjects for
the preceding two semesters, with a
total of at least 12 semester hours of
credit per semester during that period.
More than 600 UI students were
named to the president’s list for the
spring 2019 semester.
University of Mississippi
Orland Parker earns degree
Amanda Jadallah, of Orland
Park, graduated with a Bachelor of
Science from the University of Mississippi
on May 11, 2019, at the university’s
166th commencement.
University of Rhode Island
Student from Orland Park among
those named to dean’s list
The University of Rhode Island is
recently announced the spring 2019
dean’s list. The students on it represent
nearly all of Rhode Island’s cities
and towns, all six New England
states, New York and New Jersey,
and many other states and countries.
To be included on the dean’s list,
full-time students must have completed
12 or more credits for letter
grades during a semester and
achieved at least a 3.30 quality
point average. Part-time students
qualify with the accumulation of
12 or more credits for letter grades
earning at least a 3.30 quality point
average.
Caroline Kruszecki, of Orland
Park, was among those named to the
dean’s list.
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Three from Orland Park named to
dean’s list
The following students from Orland
Park were named to the University
of Wisconsin-Whitewater
dean’s list for the 2019 spring semester:
Ryan Frencl, Graham
Hevel and Tonie Wasco.
These students have demonstrated
their academic abilities by receiving
a grade point average of 3.4
or above in a single semester.
West Virginia School of Osteopathic
Medicine
Orland Parker earns degree
Anna Malysz Oyola recently
graduated from the West Virginia
School of Osteopathic Medicine
with a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
degree.
While at WVSOM, Dr. Oyola received
a Polish-American Medical
Society of Chicago Academic Fund
Scholarship, a Kosciuszko Foundation
Tuition Scholarship and a
WVSOM Student Government Association
Leadership Scholarship.
She served as vice president of the
Class of 2019.
Oyola earned a bachelor’s degree
in neuroscience from Augustana
College in Rock Island in 2013.
She is a 2009 graduate of Sandburg
High School.
Oyola is the daughter of Renata
and Jerzy Malysz, of Orland Park.
She is married to Mario G. Oyola
Ortiz.
She plans to enter a general surgery
residency at New Hanover Regional
Medical Center in Wilmington,
North Carolina.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Student from Orland Park earns
place on dean’s list
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
recently announced that Matthew
LeMay, of Orland Park — a
member of the class of 2019 majoring
in robotics engineering and
computer science — was named to
the university’s dean’s list for academic
excellence for the fall 2018
semester.
A total of 1,595 undergraduate
students achieved the criteria required
for WPI’s fall 2018 dean’s
list. The criteria for the WPI dean’s
list differs from that of most other
universities, as WPI does not compute
a grade point average. Instead,
WPI defines the dean’s list by the
amount of work completed at the A
level in courses and projects.
Compiled by Editor Bill Jones, bill@
opprairie.com.