Hickory Creek Middle School eighth grade students participated in their graduation ceremony on May 29 at Lincoln-Way North High School. Members of the Frankfort School District 157-C Board of Education and administrators awarded diplomas to the 289 graduates in the Class of 2013. Special awards were also presented as follows: Frankfort Jaycees Award Sponsored by the Frankfort Area Jaycees, the recipients of this annual scholarship are students who give effort, get involved and make a difference. The 2013 recipients – John Ruiz and Quinn Ruiz Viola Lankenau Award Viola Lankenau dedicated forty-two years of service to the children in the community, serving as teacher, principal and superintendent in the Frankfort School system. The staff at Hickory Creek Middle School selects one student who best exemplifies qualities of good citizenship, fine scholarship and excellent school participation. The award is sponsored by the Family School Partnership Organization. This year’s recipient – Caitlin Ferneau. The Lyndsey Whittingham Scholarship This annual scholarship was created to honor the memory of Lyndsey Whittingham, a former graduate of District 157-C. The scholarship is awarded to a student who best epitomizes Lyndsey’s love for life, positive attitude, caring nature and support to others. Sponsored by the Lyndsey Whittingham Foundation, the scholarship winner is nominated by his or her peers and chosen from a panel of District 157-C teachers/staff. This year's winner is Julia Chillon. President’s Education Awards Honoring student achievement and hard work is the purpose of the President's Education Awards Program. Since 1983, the program has provided individual recognition from the President and the U.S. Secretary of Education to those students whose outstanding efforts have enabled them to meet challenging standards of excellence. Hickory Creek Middle School graduates earning the President’s Education Awards included: Nada Ehab Abourashed, Connor Paul Alexa, Payton Marie Alexander, Jacob Alan Anderson, Sofia Michelle Anderson, Luis Fernando Aragon, Kelli Christine Arseneau, Ololade Beatrice Ayoola, Lauren Marie Baffo, Jared Vaughn Blair, Matthew Douglas Bockwoldt, Ryan Arthur Braun, Nathan Joseph Briese, Skye Doresa Iris Brugler, Emilee Anne Caldwell, Julia Elyse Chillon, Jade Susan Christensen, Riley Ann Clarey, Isabella Victoria Corso, Emma Nichole DeBruyn, Gianna Alicia DeCero, E. Weston Dell, Sabrina Viola Dobrovits, Samantha Camille Dudek, Elena Frances Everhart, Caitlin Nicole Ferneau, Kristen Lynn Ferracuti, Elise Nicole Gevaudan, Victoria Allison Green, Abigail Rose Grybas, Glenn R. Harris, Jr., Robert Gerald Hawkinson, Jacob Nathaniel Henstein, Richard Walter Hesse, Daniel Michael Hudziak, Ciara Mary Joan Hughes, Megan Marie Hussey, Taylor Grace Johnson, Kaitlyn Cecilia Savannah Jones, Collin Michael Kavanaugh, Elijah Nadir Kuli, Lauren Elizabeth LaDere, Justin Alexander Lavin, Lauren Chase Levy, Grace Marion Lewis, Jonathan Zachary Limp, Rose Christine Lizzo, Timothy John Lutz, Christine Mary Malito, Joseph Anthony Malzone, Ian Daniel McCormick, Michaela Caroline Mitchell, Dylan Lawrence Murphy, Brendan Thomas Nuzzo, Payton Cole Ortiz, Anna Marie Owczarzak, Samuel Rosario Passarelli, Raj I. Patel, Angela Marie Piscia, Michael Joseph Piunti, Nicholas Guido Piunti, Allison Rachel Plourde, Jair Nathanael Powell, Stephanie Lynn Provis, Kyle John Rekart, Brock Allen Salgado, Miranda Autumn Schor, Kimberly Jeanette Seper, Emily Rose Sesterhenn, Maxwell Ernst Shafer, Ryan Andrew Siggins, Sophie Noel Skoda, Alyssa Maureen Skopick, Clio Frances Spada, Cara Marie Stanker, Juliet Sophia Stearns, Jacob Michael Taylor, Kathan John Thomas, Rachel Marie Troeger, Logan Alexis Wallace, Katherine Anne Weithers, Samantha Marie Weithers, Sarah Jean Weithers, Jake Dalton West, Campbell Kenneth Williams, Ryan Jonathan Winkle, Nathan Christopher Wise, Thomas Robert Wrigley, Mengyue Zhao and Julia Ashley Zic. .
