CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (May 15, 2020) – Marian Catholic High School celebrated 131 juniors and seniors at a special virtual honor society induction ceremony Thursday evening, May 14. Students earned recognition for their outstanding achievements in scholarship, world languages, and mathematics with election into the National Honor Society, Latin Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, French Honor Society, Chinese Honor Society, and Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society. The full ceremony—including messages from President Vince Kyrdynski ’81 and Principal Steve Tortorello ’04—is available for viewing on Marian Catholic’s YouTube channel.
Lansing was represented by Leandra Cabrales (National Honor Society), Camille Fulks (National Honor Society, French National Honor Society), Yesenia Garcia (Spanish National Honor Society), Andrea Roa (National Honor Society, French National Honor Society ), and Alexis Zamudio (National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society ).
The full 2020 list, with students from 35 towns, appears below. (* Denotes a senior student; ** denotes a sophomore; all others are juniors.)
Alsip
- Briana Brown: National Honor Society, French National Honor Society
Blue Island
- Raymond Cantelo: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
Chicago
- Eliseo Cabrales Jr.: Spanish National Honor Society
- Cassidy Casanova: Spanish National Honor Society
- Clarissa Cuadrado: National Honor Society
- Victoria De Leon: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Mark Martin II: National Chinese Honor Society
- Hope Rodriguez: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Andres Vazquez: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
Chicago Heights
- Logan Bartee: National Honor Society, National Chinese Honor Society
- Aaron Cristelli: National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Spanish National Honor Society
- Emily Eagan: National Honor Society, French National Honor Society
- Connor Hamilton: National Honor Society
- Rachel Kapocius: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Angelita Macari: French National Honor Society
- Alexis Mayronne: National Honor Society, Latin National Honor Society
- Olivia Vondrak: National Honor Society
- *Jordan Williams: National Chinese Honor Society
Country Club Hills
- Abimbola Adekoya: National Honor Society, French National Honor Society
- Oluwatobi Aina: Spanish National Honor Society
- Lulite Mulugetta: National Honor Society, French National Honor Society
- *Rebecca Mogbo: National Honor Society
Crete
- Brian LeCocq: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Aidan VanDerWall: National Honor Society
- Kyle Williams: National Honor Society
- *Dominick Angellotti: Mu Alpha Theta
- *Molly Brown: Spanish National Honor Society
Dolton
- Falyn Gill: National Honor Society
- Ariana Whyte: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
Dyer, Indiana
- Jacob Ryan Bernarte: National Honor Society, National Chinese Honor Society
- Emilee Kain: National Honor Society, Latin National Honor Society
- Khushi Sahi: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
Flossmoor
- Alexandria Davis: French National Honor Society
Frankfort
- **David Helsel: Mu Alpha Theta
Glenwood
- Blairlanee Bowden: French National Honor Society
- Adaeze Uwazie: National Chinese Honor Society
- *Destiny Durden: National Honor Society
Harvey
- Avery Pratt: National Honor Society
- Tamara Trimuel: National Honor Society
Hazel Crest
- Diangel Obodoakor: National Honor Society, French National Honor Society
- Christopher Scarver Jr.: National Honor Society, French National Honor Society
- Ava Spriggs: Latin National Honor Society
Homewood
- Samantha Byrd: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Madeline Swanson: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Ryan Taylor: Spanish National Honor Society
- Taylor Trojan: French National Honor Society
Lansing
- Camille Fulks: National Honor Society, French National Honor Society
- Yesenia Garcia: Spanish National Honor Society
- Andrea Roa: National Honor Society, French National Honor Society
- Alexis Zamudio: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- *Leandra Cabrales: National Honor Society
Lynwood
- Edneicia King: National Honor Society
Manteno
- Zachary Carson: National Honor Society
Matteson
- **Shiya (Sophia) Gong: Mu Alpha Theta
- **Weiyi (Karina) Tian: Mu Alpha Theta
- Alexiandria Bobbitt: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Zirui (Billy) Cao: National Honor Society
- Sarah DaSilva: Spanish National Honor Society
- Zhiyong (Eric) Du: Mu Alpha Theta
- Ce (Faye) Fang: National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta
- Tram Anh (Anh) Huynh: National Honor Society
- Jenna Kingma: National Honor Society, Latin National Honor Society
- Jingtao (Ryan) Lin: Mu Alpha Theta
- Chenyu (Al) Lu: Mu Alpha Theta
- Pete Frumencius Macasaet: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Skylar McLaughlin: National Honor Society
- Kya Murphy: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Peyton Shambee: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- David Tavarez: National Honor Society, National Chinese Honor Society
- Quincy Waiters: French National Honor Society
- Alexandria Walker: National Honor Society, French National Honor Society
- Minghang (Allen) Wang: Mu Alpha Theta
- Yichen (Edwin) Zhang: Mu Alpha Theta
- Tangqin (Alex) Zhu: Mu Alpha Theta
- *Romy Macasaet IV: Spanish National Honor Society
- *Payton Ramsey: National Honor Society
Midlothian
- Elena Godinez: National Honor Society, Latin National Honors Society
Monee
- Karina Bonilla: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Colleen Gruzewski: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Katherine Melbert: French National Honor Society
Munster, Indiana
- Kyle Thompson: National Honor Society, French National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta
Olympia Fields
- Simon Brush: National Honor Society
- Tiffany Gordon: Spanish National Honor Society
- London Hatch: National Honor Society, French National Honor Society
- Colette Jackson: French National Honor Society
- Jaylon Nauden: National Honor Society
- Tori Scales: National Honor Society
- Joseph Wilson: Spanish National Honor Society
Orland Park
- *Samantha Barrett: National Honor Society
- *Surayyah Elsharif: Spanish National Honor Society
Palos Heights
- Lilli Hansen: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
Park Forest
- Samuel Kirchner: National Honor Society, French National Honor Society
- Joanna-Rose Mahiya: National Honor Society, National Chinese Honor Society
- Janmay Pandya: National Honor Society
Richton Park
- Donovan McIntyre: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Shacara Stewart: National Honor Society, French National Honor Society
- Amber Wilson-Ashley: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- *Courtnee Napue: National Honor Society
Riverdale
- Donovan Flagg: Latin National Honor Society
Saint John, Indiana
- Benjamin Davis: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Christopher Kasperan: National Honor Society
- John Larson: National Honor Society, Latin National Honor Society
- *Caroline Bell: Spanish National Honor Society
- *Savka Popovic: National Chinese Honor Society
- *Analise Segarra: National Honor Society
Sauk Village
- Ashley Berry: Spanish National Honor Society
Schererville
- Joseph Boiquaye: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Crystal Gallegos: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Ruth Hansen: National Honor Society
- Alexander Korfiatis: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Lauren Spott: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Mary Udani: National Honor Society, Latin National Honor Society
- *Adam Haney: National Honor Society
- *Kyle Kwok: National Honor Society
South Chicago Heights
- Mauryana Jaquez: National Honor Society
South Holland
- Michelle Brannon: National Honor Society
- Mia Gastile: National Honor Society
- Nneayo Okabuonye: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Nnedi Okabuonye: National Honor Society
- Ifeanyichukwu Okonmah: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Jalesa Villegas: National Honor Society
- *Meshach Melton: National Chinese Honor Society
Steger
- Grace Brown: Spanish National Honor Society
- Lyzette Rebultan: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- *Luis Hernandez Jr.: Spanish National Honor Society
Tinley Park
- Juliana Cutrara: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Lannah Dee: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- Madeline Denty: National Honor Society
- Jadiel Sanchez: Spanish National Honor Society
- Jalixa Sanchez: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
University Park
- *Alanna Leedy: Spanish National Honor Society
Marian Catholic High School is a Catholic, coeducational, college preparatory high school located at 700 Ashland Avenue in Chicago Heights, Illinois. They follow the Dominican tradition of study, prayer, community, and preaching. Marian Catholic students seek truth, exhibit personal responsibility, cultivate their individual talents, and demonstrate ethical leadership and Christian service. More information is available at www.marianchs.com.