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RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD HIGH SCHOOL 2014-2015 YEAR IN REVIEW

ACADEMICS

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY – SENIORS (class of 2015) (Elected in March 2014)

SAM ABBATACOLA RYAN HANLEY ANAIS MORON SANCHEZ

LUCIA ADAMI BROOKLYN HASTINGS KATHRYN NADKARNI

RACHEL ARP RODERICK HAUGH MIA NORTON

ALEXANDRA BAKALICH ALICIA HENINGER KATHRYN O'CONNELL

CLAIRE BARTOLONE KEITH HERMANEK CHRISTOPHER OLSZEWSKI

PARLEY BELSEY LANA HERRMANN DIAMANDA PEDROZA

CONNOR BEREK MONIKA JANAS MARY PENCKOFER

KATE BUCKLEY NICHOLAS JEPSON PETER PRIBYL-PIERDINOCK

DAVID BUKSA JOSEPH JONES LAUREN PRIMER

RENA CERNY UGNE JURGAITYTE GRACE RASMUSSEN

MATTHEW CHAPP DEANNA KEEN CECILIA RINGO

ELENI COLLIS TIMOTHY KMET CRYSTAL RODRIGUEZ

ANGELA COMICHO NICOLE KORONKOWSKI DOMINIC ROSA

CHARLES CONNELLY KONRAD KROCZYNSKI BENJAMIN ROUSSIN

GEORGE CONNELLY TIMOTHY KUCHYNKA CAITLIN RUSEN

LIBBY CREEK JAMES KUNKEL ALICJA SACHA

MOLLY CUNNINGHAM RENEE KUNKEL MICHELLE SALGADO

JANAE DABNEY JACQUELINE LABELLE PAUL SITKIEWICZ

ANNABELLE DAILY ASHLEY LAMS BRYAN SMITH

GIAMARIE DESTEFANO KAYLYN LANDAHL LACEY SMITH

CHRISTOPHER DETLOFF PAOLA LEHMAN AUSTEJA STANEVICIUTE

NINA DORENBOS HAO SHENG LI ERIKA STERNER

MEAGHAN DORSEY EZEQUIEL LINARES JAKE SURPRENANT

MOIRA DUNN JACOB LUCAS ZHIHENG TAN

TRICIA FAJE DANIEL MAGEE ALEXANDER TONG

ASHLEY FERGUSON EVGENIY MAKOVETSKIY KYLE TRACY


ROBERT FILEC STUART MARCINIAK JESSICA VAN WINKLE

NICHOLAS FUCINATO LOUISE MARTIN MINDAUGAS VARASKA

MARCELLA GONZALEZ MONICA MASCITTI ANDREW VOLPE

SHANNON GREHAN ELISABETH MCCROARY TIMOTHY WALSH

CHRISTINE GRUBER MARGARET MIEZIO NATALIE WANNER

TYLER HAAGE ELLEN MITCHELL SAMANTHA WINSLOW

BRIDGET HALVEY MIRANDA MOLINA MATEA ZAPER

(Elected in September 2014)

ANTHONY COLON MICHAEL MCCABE JONATHON PLUISTER

CATERINA DENTONE ROBERT NORTIER JILLIAN PODBORNY

ELIZABETH DIMONTE ROBERT PEUGH LUCY ROUDEBUSH

DAHLIA MARQUEZ ANDREW PILEWSKI SELLA SHAW


NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY JUNIORS (CLASS OF 2016)

NIDA ALEKSA AMELIA HAUGLAND BRITTNEY PAETH

SILVANA ALVAREZ HANNA HETTASCH LAUREN PAISKER

SELENE ANAYA TAYLOR HOLIN RICHARD PATTON

EMMA BEENER AMELIA HRUSKA CLARE PAYNE

CAMERON BOLTON CATHERINE HUMPHREY MCKENNA POWERS

KERI BURKE NATALIA JANDURA DAVID PRIBYL-PIERDINOCK

MEGAN CALBY ALEXIA KINGZETTE HANNAH RANFT

JOSEPH CANNIZZO ALYSSA KORENCHAN BRANDON RIPOLI

THOMSON CATRAMBONE MORGAN KRAUS MARLENA ROBERTO

JUSTIN CHANEY JACOB KREISS GRACE ROCK

JEREMIAH CLARKSON LUKAS KULBIS MARLENE SANTORA

NERIJA CUPLINSKAS TADAS KUNICKAS ABIGAIL SCHWARZ

JOHN DOMEIER JULIA KURTH MARK SMITH

REMY DOORNEBOS NICOLE LABELLE EVAN ST. PAUL

ISABELLE ECHEVARRIA ANDREW LEMESURIER RYAN SWIFT

KILLIAN ELWART THOMAS LOFTUS COLLIN TAYLOR

APRIL FLORES NICKOLAS MALONE SOPHIA TRAEDER

ALEC FRANK CHARLIE MARCOU BRENDA ULLOA

ANN GAUGER ERIN MCGOVERN DANIEL WAAS

RICHARD GENTILE MALLORY MCGOVERN BEDA WATANABE-LOPEZ

CASEY GOMORCZAK SARAH MUNOZ GRACE WATYLYK

OLIVIA GYSSLER KENNETH NGO DEAN ZIGULICH

KENDALL HASTINGS FABIAN PACHECO


PRAIRIE STATE SCHOLARS The Prairie State Achievement Award is recognition of an excellent performance on the PSAE. A

student can earn an award in each of the four subject areas tested. Students receive a certificate

in their senior year that indicates each of the four subject areas in which they earn an award.

SAM ABBATACOLA

LUCIA ADAMI

REBECCA ALEJANDRE

RACHEL ARP

ALEXANDRA BAKALICH

CLAIRE BARTOLONE

SAMUEL BELL

PARLEY BELSEY

CONNOR BEREK

WILLIAM BLOOM

ALEXANDER BOGDAN

MADELINE BROM

ANDREW BROWN

DAVID BUKSA

CHLOE CARLSON

ZACHARY CARR

RENA CERNY

ELENI COLLIS

ANTHONY COLON

ZACHARY COLVIN

CHARLES CONNELLY

LIBBY CREEK

ANNABELLE DAILY

CHRISTOPHER DETLOFF

MEAGHAN DORSEY

MOIRA DUNN

TRICIA FAJE

ROBERT FILEC

SEAN FRUIN

NICHOLAS FUCINATO

DOMINIC GABINO

KEVIN GARZA

EMMA GAVLIN

ZACHARY GIERS

LOUIS GRIGOLETTI

TYLER HAAGE

BRIDGET HALVEY

RYAN HANLEY

BROOKLYN HASTINGS

RODERICK HAUGH

ALICIA HENINGER

LANA HERRMANN

JOSEPH HINES

BRIAN HO

MONIKA JANAS

NICHOLAS JEPSON

YULISSA JIMENEZ

JESSICA JIMENEZ

JOSEPH JONES

UGNE JURGAITYTE

DEANNA KEEN

KONRAD KROCZYNSKI

TIMOTHY KUCHYNKA

BRIAN KULAGA

JAMES KUNKEL

JACQUELINE LABELLE

KAYLYN LANDAHL

EZEQUIEL LINARES

JONATHAN LOPEZ

JACOB LUCAS

DANIEL MAGEE

STUART MARCINIAK

LOUISE MARTIN

MONICA MASCITTI

MICHAEL MCCABE

ELISABETH MCCROARY

MARGARET MIEZIO

ELLEN MITCHELL

ADRIAN MURPHY

KATHRYN NADKARNI

CHRISTOPHER OLSZEWSKI


ZACHARY PAISKER

JOHN PARISI

SARA PARKS

CALVIN PAYNE

MARY PENCKOFER

JORDAN PETRONELLA

ROBERT PEUGH

ANDREW PILEWSKI

EVANGELINE PINA

MATTHEW POTTS

PETER PRIBYL PIERDINOCK

LAUREN PRIMER

ALEXANDRA RAFTAKIS

GRACE RASMUSSEN

CASSIDY RAYFIELD

JONATHAN RICCHIO

CECILIA RINGO

JOHN ROBLING

DOMINIC ROSA

TIFFANY ROSICKY

LUCILLE ROUDEBUSH

BENJAMIN ROUSSIN

JACK RUF

ALICJA SACHA

VERONICA SANCHEZ

CHARLES SHOTOLA

PAUL SITKIEWICZ

ANDREW SOTO

AUSTEJA STANEVICIUTE

JAKE SURPRENANT

PETER SWANSON

OLIVIA SWEENEY

JONATHAN SZYDLO

ZHIHENG TAN

BRIAN TENNERT

ALEXANDER TONG

KYLE TRACY

JESSICA VAN WINKLE

ANDREW VOLPE

TIMOTHY WALSH

VYTAS WALZ

ROBERT WEBER

SAMANTHA WINSLOW

CAMERON YARGER

LIESEL ZUCKSWERTH


ILLINOIS STATE SCHOLARS: The State of Illinois honors academically talented high school seniors through its Illinois Scholar

Program. Illinois State Scholar is an honorary title given annually to seniors, who, by virtue of their

class ranks, high A.C.T. scores, and citizenship references from their school, are designated the

leading scholars among Illinois graduating seniors.

SAM ABBATACOLA

LUCIA ADAMI

ALEXANDRA BAKALICH

CLAIRE BARTOLONE

SAMUEL BELL

PARLEY BELSEY

CONNOR BEREK

ALEXANDER BOGDAN

ANDREW BROWN

DAVID BUKSA

RENA CERNY

ELENI COLLIS

ANTHONY COLON

LIBBY CREEK

MOLLY CUNNINGHAM

ANNABELLE DAILY

CHRISTOPHER DETLOFF

MEAGHAN DORSEY

MOIRA DUNN

ROBERT FILEC

EMMA GAVLIN

TYLER HAAGE

BRIDGET HALVEY

RYAN HANLEY

BROOKLYN HASTINGS

ALICIA HENINGER

LANA HERRMANN

JOSEPH HINES

BRIAN HO

MONIKA JANAS

NICHOLAS JEPSON

JESSICA JIMENEZ

JOSEPH JONES

UGNE JURGAITYTE

DEANNA KEEN

KONRAD KROCZYNSKI

TIMOTHY KUCHYNKA

JACQUELINE LABELLE

EZEQUIEL LINARES

DANIEL MAGEE

STUART MARCINIAK

LOUISE MARTIN

ELISABETH MCCROARY

MARGARET MIEZIO

ELLEN MITCHELL

MIRANDA MOLINA

KATHRYN NADKARNI


JOHN PARISI

CALVIN PAYNE

MARY PENCKOFER

JORDAN PETRONELLA

ROBERT PEUGH

ANDREW PILEWSKI

EVANGELINE PINA


LAUREN PRIMER

GRACE RASMUSSEN

CASSIDY RAYFIELD

JONATHAN RICCHIO

CECILIA RINGO

DOMINIC ROSA

LUCILLE ROUDEBUSH


BENJAMIN ROUSSIN

JACK RUF

MICHELLE SALGADO

DOMINIK SLEZAK


PETER SWANSON

JONATHAN SZYDLO

ZHIHENG TAN

ALEXANDER TONG

KYLE TRACY

JESSICA VAN WINKLE

ANDREW VOLPE

SAMANTHA WINSLOW


COLLEGE BOARD’S ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) PROGRAM AWARDS

AP SCHOLAR WITH DISTINCTION These students earned an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3

or higher on five or more of these exams.

LUCIA ADAMI

PARLEY BELSEY

DAVID BUKSA

LANA HERRMANN

BRIAN HO

MONIKA JANAS

DEANNA KEEN

KONRAD KROCZYNSKI

JACQUELINE LABELLE

LOUISE MARTIN

ELLEN MITCHELL

MARY PENCKOFER

ROBERT PEUGH

EVANGELINE PINA


LAUREN PRIMER

DOMINIC ROSA

LUCILLE ROUDEBUSH

JONATHAN SZYDLO

ZHIHENG TAN

AP SCHOLAR WITH HONOR These students earned an average grade of at least 3.25 on all exams taken and grades of 3 or

higher on four or more of these exams.

SAM ABBATACOLA

CLAIRE BARTOLONE

ZACHARY CARR

CHRISTOPHER DETLOFF

TYLER HAAGE

NICHOLAS JEPSON

JESSICA JIMENEZ

JOSEPH JONES

KAYLYN LANDAHL

EZEQUIEL LINARES

STUART MARCINIAK

MARGARET MIEZIO

KATHRYN NADKARNI


JORDAN PETRONELLA

CECILIA RINGO

JACK RUF

DOMINIK SLEZAK


KYLE TRACY


AP SCHOLAR These students earned grades of 3 or higher on 3 or more AP exams.

ALEXANDRA BAKALICH

CONNOR BEREK

CHLOE CARLSON

ELENI COLLIS

ANTHONY COLON

NINA DORENBOS

MEAGHAN DORSEY

MOIRA DUNN

NICHOLAS FUCINATO

KEVIN GARZA

SHANNON GREHAN

ALICIA HENINGER

KEITH HERMANEK

UGNEJURGAITYTE

TIMOTHY KMET

JACOB LUCAS

DANIEL MAGEE

MONICA MASCITTI

ELISABETH MCCROARY

CALVIN PAYNE

ANDREW PILEWSKI

GRACE RASMUSSEN

CASSIDY RAYFIELD

JONATHAN RICCHIO

JOHN ROBLING

ALICJA SACHA

ALEXANDER TONG

JESSICA VAN WINKLE

JULIA WATERLOO

SAMANTHA WINSLOW

NATIONAL MERIT The National Merit Scholarship Program is an annual competition for college undergraduate

awards in which secondary school students who rank at the top of the academic ability scale

are identified and publicly honored. Students enter these competitions by taking the Preliminary

Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test at a designated time during

the high school curriculum. Students ranking among the top 34,000 in the nation are designated

“Commended Scholars” by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Of those 34,000, only

about 16,000 of them were named “Semifinalists.” Semifinalists are eligible to continue in the

competition for about 7,600 Merit Scholarship awards.

NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED SCHOLARS CLASS - OF 2015 LUCIA ADAMI

SAM BELL

DAVID BUKSA

ROBERT PEUGH

NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALIST SCHOLARS - CLASS OF 2015 LANA HERRMANN

NATIONAL MERIT FINALIST SCHOLARS - CLASS OF 2015 LANA HERRMANN advanced to Finalist, with the offer of the National Merit Emory University

Scholarship.

ARTHUR AWARD IN MATHEMATICS The senior is chosen based on academic excellence in math and leadership in the classroom DAVID BUKSA


TOM EXTROM EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE AWARD The senior is chosen based on academic excellence in science and leadership in the classroom AUSTEJA STANEVICIUTE

NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (NCWIT) NORTHERN ILLINOIS

AFFILIATE AWARD

MONIKA JANAS was selected as the National Center for Women and Information Technology

(NCWIT) Northern Illinois Affiliate Award Runner-Up. This award recognizes recipients for the

strength of their computing aspirations and accomplishments, as well as their leadership ability,

academic history, and plans for post-secondary education.

HAPPY AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK! November, 2014 In honor of American Education Week, students participated in an essay contest entitled, "What

I like best about RB” The link below shares just a few of the wonderful things that students had to

say about RB.

http://www.rbhs208.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=292863&type=d&pREC_ID=video&show

More=1&titleREC_ID=65381

Winners:

JOHANNA BILEK Sophomore - Class of 2017 1st Place

Quote from her essay:

“The reason I like the teachers is because they challenge you. They push you

to do things that you never would have guessed you could do. Also, they don’t

give up on you.”

ADDY HAAGE Sophomore - Class of 2017 2nd Place

Quote from her essay: “I also appreciate how the teachers and staff push

students to take honors and AP classes, because they know that challenges do

pay off.”

“Once I’m inside the school, I always see smiling teachers and students that

also share my love for learning.”

So, really the main reason I love Riverside Brookfield is because it’s a very welcoming school that

prepares us very well for successful futures.”

KIRSTEN CHAPMAN Sophomore - Class of 2017 3rd Place

Quote from her essay:

“I just love the vibe and comforting feeling inside of RB. You know that

someone’s there, and that you have a place to fit in. Anyone who comes

here, should know that there’s a lot of love and support here. But, when you

need it, they will give you some tough love and help keep you from falling into

the wrong path.”

http://www.rbhs208.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=292863&type=d&pREC_ID=video&showMore=1&titleREC_ID=65381

http://www.rbhs208.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=292863&type=d&pREC_ID=video&showMore=1&titleREC_ID=65381


NATIONAL GERMAN EXAM Several students performed very well on the National German exam. This was the second year

for the exam to be presented online with video support for the listening and viewing section

(Part I).The reading section involved reading graphs and selections of various lengths with

questions (Part II). The exam had a much closer connections to Advanced Placement skills

(finding the main idea, supporting details, inference, purpose, audience, idiomatic expressions,

interdisciplinary content, unfamiliar word, tone, and for the upper levels, point of view). Here are

the test results;

GOLD MEDALS

NICHOLAS JEPSON German IV (AP)

ROBERT PEUGH German IV (AP)

EVANGLINE PINA German IV (AP)

COLLIN DREILICH German III

NICOLE KURAL German III

SILVER MEDALS

JOHN PARISI German IV (AP)

HENRY SCHEFFER German II

CARLEEN EGAN German II

BRONZE MEDALS

KYLIE PAYNE German IV (AP)

JULIAN BRUDNAK German II

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

JEMMA PERRY German III

ELVIS BEGIC German III

MATTHEW FOUTS German III

ABIGAIL AYALA German II

GABRIEL OTTENWELLER- SCHUELER German II

CALISTA LOPEZ German II

AMANDA MARTINEZ German II

Two students are eligible to compete for the four week study trip, which involves an application, writing a

letter to a host family in German, transcripts, recommendations and an interview at Oswego High School.

NICOLE KURAL

EVANGELINE PINA


GERMAN NATIONAL EXAM RECOGNITION

Seven students at RB were recognized on April 26 at the College of DuPage Awards Ceremony

for their performance in the 2015 American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) German

National Exam. They all scored at least at 90 percent for their respective levels and received

gold medals. RB was the only school that had four students receiving this honor for the level 4

German test. Congratulations to:

COLLIN DREILICH

NICHOLAS JEPSON

NICOLE KURAL

JOHN PARISI

EVANGELINE PINA

ROBERT PEUGH

HENRY SCHEFFER

Pictured left to right: Patricia Reaves, German teacher, Nicole Kural, Collin Dreilich, and John

Parisi.

Poetry/Essay Competitions at UIC German Day

Students from 17 school participated in the contest.

Kylie Payne Senior 1st Place Poetry

Nicholas Jepson Senior 2nd Place Cultural Essay

Collin Dreilich Junior 3rd Place Cultural Skit Performance

Keith Hermanek Senior 3rd Place Cultural Skit Performance

Robert Peugh Senior 3rd Place Cultural Skit Performance

POETRY OUT LOUD COMPETITION

Congratulations to our school-wide Poetry Out Loud winner,

Amanda Martinez. Her recitation of poet, Thomas

McGrath's, "Ode for the American Dead in Asia" earned

high scores in presence, articulation, dramatization,

complexity, and understanding and demonstration of an

inherent sympathy for war victims. She advanced to the

regionals in Des Plaines on February 18 for the chance to

compete at the National Poetry Out Loud competition and

win a $20,000 scholarship. Congratulations, too, to the other

students who placed in the top five: runner-up Adam Nie;

Nicole Bajerek; Gianni Segarra; and Lisandro Resto. The

competition was organized by the Library Department, which is hosting a daylong poetry slam

with a visiting spoken-word poet this spring in collaboration with the English Department.


AMANDA MARTINEZ 1st Place

ADAM NIE Runner -up

NICOLE BAJEREK Runner -up

GIANNI SEGARRA Runner -up

LISANDRO RESTO Runner –up

MADRIGALS

On Sunday, December 14, 2014, the Madrigal singers had the honor of representing RB by

performing at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

METRO SUBURBAN BAND AND JAZZ BAND FESTIVAL - February 17, 2015

The following students were selected to participate in the Metro Suburban Band and Jazz Band

Festival on Tuesday February 17th.

AMELIA HAUGLAND

JACKSON HAJER

ANTONIO JIMENEZ

THOMAS KELLIHER

JACQUELINE LABELLE

ANDREW LEMESURIER

MIRANDA MOLINA

ADRIAN MURPHY

DIAMANDA PEDROZA

REBECCA PERRY

SAMANTHA WINSLOW

WOMEN’S CHOIR FESTIVAL AT LINCOLNWAY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL - RB CONCERT CHORALE Congratulations to the members of Concert Chorale for their winning performance on Feb 6th

in the Women's Choir Festival at Lincolnway North HS.

ILLINOIS ALL STATE MUSICIANS

We are extremely proud that RB was represented by six talented students at the Illinois Music

Educators Conference (IMEC) in January. 2015. All of these students were invited to join

musicians from around the state in rehearsals and workshops in their given areas culminating in

performances on January 31 in Peoria. Chosen at the District level through an audition process

were:

LOUIS GRIGOLETTI Honors Choir BEN LONGO Choir ANDREW LEMEURIER Band

MIA HAUGLAND Orchestra MIRANDA MOLINA Future Music Educators Seminar

ALEX TONG 3rd place, ILMEA Statewide composition contest in the Jazz

Instrumental category ffor his composition, "Bring it Outside".


ILLINOIS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION

Please congratulate the following students who were selected by audition to

participate in the Illinois Music Educators Association District 1 Music Festival on

November 22, 2014.

CHORUS ANNABELLE DAILY

DYLAN DREILICH

MOIRA DUNN

LOUIS GRIGOLETTI

UGNE JURGAITYTE

BENJAMIN LONGO

COCO MURRAY

KATHRYN NADKAMI

ABIGAIL SCHWARZ

JESSICA VAN WINKLE

DEAN ZIGULICH

ORCHESTRA ELENI COLLIS LUKE DICKESON AMELIA HAUGHLAND

BAND ANDREW LEMESURIER

CHOIR/BAND STUDENTS PERFORM AT RIVERSIDE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE

Forty choir students and several band students took the time to perform in the Riverside

Memorial Day Service on May 25, 2015. This voluntary performance took place at

Riverside Methodist Church.

HONORS REPERTORY DANCE ENSEMBLE

RB’s Honors Repertory Dance Ensemble had the privilege of working with professional

choreographer and dancer, Donnette Cannonie. Donnette spent four days with our students

staging an original dance that was performed at the Winter Dance Concert on Thursday,

December 4th, 2014. Donnette pushed the dancers and encouraged them to look at

movement and performance in a new way. As a highlight students were able to hear about

Donnette’s experience working with nationally and internationally known recording artists on

music videos and live stage shows! Former RBHS alum, Danielle Kovack, is currently working with

Donnette Cannonie on various teaching and performing engagements.


HONORS REPERTORY DANCE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

On Wednesday, February 18th Honors

Repertory Dance Ensemble performed

for 100 2nd and 3rd graders at Brook

Park Elementary School and for the

entire Komarek School on February 18,

2015. The dancers performed five

dances for the enthusiastic audience

members and even demonstrated a

ballet class and a modern dance class.

The highlights of the performances

included answering questions from the

audience such as "what is your favorite

cartoon" or "how long have you been

dancing" and lastly inviting audience

members to come choreograph on the

dancers.

U.S.A. CAPITAL ART WORK WINNER OF CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION

NICK HAMERA Junior, Class of 2016

Nick was the winner of the 4th Congressional Art Competition for high school

students. This competition has been held every year since 1982 and Nick, as

far as we know, is the first RB student to achieve the honor. His “Old Man"

(attached) charcoal drawing was selected by Luis

Gutierrez's office to represent the 4th Congressional District of Illinois. The

drawing will be displayed in the tunnel connecting the Congressional offices

to the Capital Building. The tunnel is the main thoroughfare used by

Congressional members and tour groups every day to travel from the

Congressional offices to the Capital Building. It will be hanging from June,

2015 through June 2016. There is a reception for all student artists and others in the US

Capital Building on June 24th, 2015, and Nick received two round trip tickets to the

event from SWA.

METRO SUBURBAN CONFERENCE ART SHOW AND WORKSHOP

The RBHS Visual Arts Department hosted the annual Metro Suburban

Conference Art Show and Workshop on Wednesday, February 18, with

100 participating students and faculty from our 13 conference schools.

Ben Gembara, Caley Stanislaw, Emily Temmer, Taylor Jensen, Mia

Caballero, Elizabeth Rowley, and Alana Novak were chosen to

represent RB as our most promising underclassmen in the department.


These participants had the opportunity to create art pieces in a studio

workshop operated by five local working artists. The student-artists produced

various pieces including oil stick portraits, acrylic painting, photograms,

sculpture, and wheel throwing. Each student-artist contributed previously

made artwork in a competition judged by a curator and artist from The

Riverside Art Center. Alana Novak won an award for her photography and

all seven Bulldogs represented our school in a proud fashion.

TALENTED STUDENT ARTISTS Students of the Art Department in Mr. Blair Jensen’s class, put forth a group effort in creating the

design of the 2015/2016 Student Handbook Cover

RB STUDENT ASKED TO DESIGN POLICE DEPARTMENT LOGO REBECCA BURKE, senior student (Class of 2015) was asked from Officer Katzin of the Riverside

Police Department during her junior year to redesign the Riverside Police Department Arm

Patch. Officer Katzin saw Rebecca's art work hanging in Mr. Passarella's office and decided to

offer the project to Rebecca instead of the company that designs patches. Rebecca's patch

design now can be seen on all police uniforms!

RBTV AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES (CHICAGO MIDWEST

CHAPTER/NATAS) The National Association of Television Arts and Sciences (Chicago Midwest

Chapter/NATAS) awarded RBTV with the prestigious Crystal Pillar Award. The Crystal

Pillar Award is the highest honor a high school student can achieve in Television

Production. This student was honored at the NATAS Silver Circle Dinner on May 8. We

would like to congratulate:

COLIN HUGHES, Video Editing Category for the movie trailer, Override

CHICAGOLAND HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATORS COUNCIL VIDEO FESTIVAL IN NAPERVILLE

The following students received awards. Congratulations to:


SARA VACEK 1st Place for her Crayola commercial, I AM

ALEC FRANK & COLIN HUGHES 1st Place for the Public Service Announcement on Radon, You

Wouldn't Live with Radon

COLIN HUGHES & LISANDRO RESTO 2nd Place in Cinematography for the movie, The Dead

Among Us

DEREK JOHNSON 3rd Place for documentary on North Side Gal

COLIN HUGHES 3rd Place for Live Event Coverage on RBTV Sports and

Animation Reel

LIBBY CREEK & COLIN HUGHES 3rd Place in the Seven-Day Video Challenge for their

film, Clarity

This year, RBTV students entered the 7-Day Video Challenge sponsored by CTEC. Students had

to write, videotape, and edit a short film in 7 days. Senior Libby Creek and junior Colin Hughes

led the production team and took 3rd place for their short film "Clarity".

All these award winning videos can be seen on the RBTV Youtube channel -

Youtube.com/myrbtv.

Pictured from left to right: Libby Creek, Sara Vacek, Lisandro Resto, Alec Frank, Colin Hughes

WASHINGTON POST 2015 Riverside Brookfield High School is ranked 10th out of 72 Illinois schools and 454th out of 2,332

schools nationally on the recently released Washington Post's 2015 Most Challenging High

Schools. Of the approximately 22,000 U.S. public high schools, only 11 percent made the

America's Most Challenging High Schools list. This national ranking affirms our philosophy at

Riverside Brookfield High School: By establishing high expectations for all students and allowing

open access to a rigorous curriculum taught by outstanding teachers, students can reach their

full potential. Visit the Washington Post website for additional information on the rankings.

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STUDENT OF THE QUARTER

RBHS is a place where we strive for “Excellence and Ethics in all Bulldogs Do!” Therefore, we

continued with our student recognition program this year to celebrate the good choices our

students make, from the small daily courtesies to the astonishing, large contributions. It is

important to stop and recognize these positive actions to show our appreciation and to inspire

others to follow suit. In order to become a Student of the Quarter, each student had to earn the

admiration of the teachers from a specific department by excelling in two areas: academics

and character. The ceremonies recognized students displaying the Character Counts! Pillars of

Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Trustworthiness, Caring and Citizenship. Each quarter, we honored 10 students representing each academic department, in addition to

Student Building Leaders, who exemplify our values of "Excellence and Ethics in all Bulldogs Do!"

These students were nominated by faculty for excelling in two areas: academics and

character. The following students were recognized during this school year:

Department Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4

Applied Arts Caterina Dentone

(2017)

Francis Filec

(2017)

Sydney Barrueta

(2016)

Johhny Williams

(2015)

English Cameron Shaw

(2017)

Yulissa Jimenez

(2015)

Sara DiFatta

(2016)

Eleni Collis

(2015)

Fine Arts Rachel Bakalich

(2017)

Benjamin

Longo (2015)

Taylor Jensen

(2017)

Adam Nie

(2017)

Library Diamonte

Rodriguez (2017)

Tiffany Rosicky

(2015)

Julian Herrera

(2015)

Anthony Colon

(2015)

Math Lana Herrmann

(2015)

Eleni Collis

(2015)

Samantha Miezio

(2017)

Kieran Hynes

(2017)

Science Samantha

Rodriguez Noguez

(2016)

Joseline

Jimenez (2016)

Hailey Jurgens

(2018)

Keith Hermanek

(2015)

Social

Science Charles Connelly

(2015)

Annabelle

Daily (2015)

Nicholas Jepson

(2015)

Monica Mascitti

(2015)

Wellness MacKayla Reilley

(2017)

Kieran Hynes

(2017)

Parley Belsey

(2015)

Lilly Jerz

(2018)

World

Language Keith Hermanek

(2015)

Melissa Tovar

(2017)

Jazmin Andablo

(2015)

Amelia Hruska

(2016)

Building

Leader Zhiheng (Joe) Tan

(2015)

Jacob Lucas

(2015)

Silvana Alvarez

(2016) and

Thomas Loftus

(2016)

Ezequiel Linares

(2015)


STUDENT OF THE 1ST QUARTER 2015/2015 CEREMONY Front row (l-r) Samantha RodriguezNoguez, Science Dept.; Rachel Bakalich, Fine Arts Dept.

Back row (l-r) Cameron Shaw, English Dept.; MacKayla Reilley, Wellness Dept.; Lana Herrmann Math Dept.; Joe Tan,

Building Leader; Ms. Kristin Smetana, Principal; Charles Connelly, Social Science Dept.; Caterina Dentone, Applied

Arts Dept.; Diamante Rodriguez, Library/Media Arts Dept; Not pictured Keith Hermanek, World Language Dept.

STUDENT OF THE 2ND QUARTER 2015/2015 CEREMONY

Front Row: Yulissa Jimenez, English

Department; Melissa Tovar, World

Language Department; Eleni Collis, Math

Department; Tiffany Rosicky, Library/Media

Arts Department

Back Row: Kieran Hynes, Wellness

Department; Annabelle Daily, Social

Science Department recipient); Ben Longo

(Senior - Fine Arts Department recipient);

Frankie Filec (Sophomore - Applied Arts

Department recipient); Ms. Kristin Smetana

(Principal). Not pictured: Joseline Jimenez

(Junior, Science Department recipient)

Jake Lucas (Senior, Building Leader

recipient)


STUDENT OF THE 3RD QUARTER 2015/2015 CEREMONY

Front Row: Silvana Alvarex (Junior - Building Leader recipient), Hailey Jurgens, (Freshman - Science Department

recipient); Samantha Miezio (Sophomore - Mathematics Department recipient); Taylor Jensen(Sophomore - Fine Arts

Department recipient); Julian Herrera (Senior - Library/Media Arts Department recipient);

Back Row: Ms. Kristin Smetana (Principal); Sara DiFatta (Junior - English Department recipient); Parley Belsey (Senior -

Wellness Department recipient); Tom Loftus (Junior - Building Leader recipient); Not Pictured: Sydney Barrueta (Junior,

Applied Arts Department recipient) Nick Jepson (Senior, Social Science Department recipient) Jazmin Andablo

(Senior, World Language Department recipient)

.STUDENT OF THE 4th QUARTER 2015/2015

Front Row: Kieran Hynes, Class of 2017 - Math Department Recipient; Anthony Colon, Class of 2015 - Library/Media

Arts Department Recipient; Lily Jerz, Class of 2018, Wellness Department Recipient; Monica Mascitti, Class of 2015,

Social Science Department Recipient; Amelia Hruska, Class of 2016, - World Language Department Recipient

Back Row: Adam Nie, Class of 2017 - Fine Arts Department Recipient; Ms. Kristin Smetana, Principal; Johnny Williams,

Class of 2015 - Applied Arts Department Recipient; Eqequiel Linares, Class of 2015 - Building Leader Recipient; Eleni

Collis, Class of 2015 - English Department Recipient

Not pictured: Keith Hermanek, Class of 2015 - Science Department Recipient


GOOGLE'S 2015 COMPUTER SCIENCE SUMMER INSTITUTE (CSSI) FOR GRADUATING SENIORS

JACKIE LABELLE and JOE TAN were accepted into Google's 2015 Computer Science Summer

Institute (CSSI) for graduating seniors pursuing a career in a field related to technology. CSSI will

include an interactive and collaborative computer science curriculum; it will also foster a strong

sense of community and friendship among participants that they can take with them as they

transition to college. In addition, CSSI students will be immersed in daily life at Google, enjoying

technical talks by Googlers and Google perks, including delicious meals and fun game rooms.

GIRLS WHO CODE SUMMER IMMERSION PROGRAM AT MICROSOFT

ESMERALDA MACIAS was accepted into the 2015 Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program

at Microsoft in downtown Chicago. In this program, young women get hands-on experience in

computing concepts, programming fundamentals, mobile phone development, robotics, and

web development and design. Project-based curricular modules allow participants to build

products and develop innovative solutions designed to inspire an interest in and encourage

their pursuit of computer science.

CLUBS / ACTIVITIES / SERVICE AWARDS/CEREMONIES

STUDENT ASSOCIATION

2014/2015 Student Association Executive Board President ROBBY FILEC

Vice-President ANDREW PILEWSKI Secretary AUSTEJA STANEVICIUTE Treasurer ALICIA HENINGER Director of Communications SILVANA ALVAREZ Student Spokesperson DEE DEE KEEN


2015 Senior Class Officers: President LAUREN PRIMER Vice-President LANA HERRMANN Secretary MONICA MASCITTI Treasurer UGNE JURGAITYTE Elected Officer MATEA ZAPER

2016 Junior Class Officers: President KERI BURKE Vice-President MARLY SANTORA Secretary CATHERINE HUMPHREY Treasurer MEGAN CALBY Elected Officer DYLAN DREILICH Elected Officer KENDALL HASTINGS

2017 Sophomore Class Officers: President FRANKIE FILEC Vice-President MAX MAHER Secretary MAGGIE SHERECK Treasurer RAY GRECO Elected Officer LULU KEEN Elected Officer NICOLE BAJEREK

2018 Freshman Class Officers: President RADKA PRIBYL PIERDINOCK

Vice-President PAULINA LINARES

Secretary KAITLIN GAYNOR

Treasurer CLAIRE JACOBS

Elected Officer ALANNA WAAS

Elected Officer MAX ALVAREZ

2014 HOMECOMING Queen KATE KOSNER King JOSH SYLVIE Court BROOKLYN HASTINGS, LANA HERRMANN, RENEE KUNKEL, PAOLA LEHMAN GEORGE CONNELLY, ROBBY FILEC, JAMES KUNKEL, ZEKE LINARES Theme Once Upon A Time

PROM: Queen RENEE KUNKEL King CHARLES CONNELLY

Date May 1, 2015

Location /Theme Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel / “The Great Gatsby”


GRADUATION: Date May 22, 2015

Pledge of Allegiance ANDREW PILEWSKi, Vice President, Student Association

Executive Board

S.A. Officer Speech ROBBIE FILEC, President, Student Association Executive Board

Announcement of Senior Gift LAUREN PRIMER, Senior Class President

Senior Addresses: These two students were chosen by their peers from among the Top 10% of

the Class of 2015 to speak at Commencement. LANA HERRMANN EZEQUIEL LINARES

CHESS CLUB:

IHSA CHESS ROUNDUP February 13 – 14, 2015

Congratulations to the following 10 students who participated in the IHSA Chess Tournament in

Peoria on February 13 and 14. After the first day, the team was 3-1, with wins over Fenwick, St.

Rita, and Freeport. The team went on to finish 76th in state out of 146 teams with a 3-4 record.

IHSA Chess Tournament Team Members

JACOB BELL

MARIO CRESPO

CHRISTOPER DETLOFF

LUKE GRAHAM

JACKSON HAJER

JOSEPH JONES

KONRAD KROCZNSKI

LUKAS KULBIS

BENJAMIN ROUSSIN

JOE TAN

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Senior, Ben Roussin had four wins and a draw and finished in 38th place out of 188 kids on 6th

Board.

Junior, Jacob Bell, had four wins and finished in 51st out of 166 on his board.

Junior, Lukas Kulbis, and Seniors, Mario Crespo, Konrad Kroczynski, and Joe Tan, all had 3 wins.

First year players, Senior, Joe Jones and Freshman, Luke Graham, split 8th board and

collectively went 4-3.

Senior Captain, Chris Detloff, added two key draws.


CLARION STUDENT NEWSPAPER Clarion Receives CSPA Gold Medalist Critique and All Columbian Honors

After receiving its annual critique from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA), the

Clarion has also received Gold Medalist ranking with All Columbian Honors for its visual

elements. The Clarion is submitted every year to the CSPA, one of two nationally recognized

student media journalism organizations. In addition to the rankings, newspapers can also earn

additional All Columbian Honors in the categories of Essential, Verbal, and Visual. This marks the

third consecutive year that the Clarion has received a Gold Medalist Ranking with at least one

All Columbian Honors. Visit the award-winning Clarion website at http://rbclarion.com/.

2014/2015 Clarion Student Newspaper Staff

Mr. Daniel Mancoff, Sponsor

Steven Baer, Editor –in-Chief

Niko Radicanin, Editor-in-Chief

Morgan Divittorio, Story Editor

Nick Rogoz, Story Editor

Chris Olszewski, Opinion Editor

Cameron Yarger, A & E Editor

Zach Hundreiser, Media/Layout Editor

Galen Alaks, Web Editor

Kiera Donnamario, Public Relations Editor

Matthew Arenas, Staff Reporter

Charlie Connelly, Staff Reporter

Molly Cunningham, Staff Reporter

Nina Dorenbos, Staff Reporter

Isabelle Echevarria, Staff Reporter

Robby Filec, Staff Reporter

Nick Kaczmarek, Staff Reporter

Rachel Magee, Staff Reporter

Jimmy Nolter, Staff Reporter

Andrew Pilewski, Staff Reporter

Catie Rusen, Staff Reporter

Cameron Shaw, Staff Reporter

Jessica Van Winkle, Staff Reporter

2014/2015 ROUSER YEARBOOK

The 2014/2015 Rouser received a first place award from the American Scholastic Press

Association’s annual yearbook competition. It also received best of show recognition for the

spread on AP Testing, and honorable mention for the dividers, Best Buddies spread, and Student

Association spread- all from the Kettle Morraine Press Association.

FCCLA (FAMILY, CAREER, COMMUNITY LEADERS OF AMERICA):

The following FCCLA girls participated in the state competition. Congratulations to the following

students:

NATALIE GUTIERREZ Cake Decorating 1st Place

ISABELLA MARTUCCI Cookie Decorating 2nd Place

ZOE JACQUAT Apparel Construction 2nd Place

MIMI PENA International Experience 2nd Place

CHRISSY GRUBER International Experience 2nd Place

ANISA SELENCIA Children's Literature 3rd Place

RACHEL MAGEE International Experience 3rd Place

MCKENNA KUNISH International Experience 3rd Place

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MATH TEAM

ICTM – (Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics) 2015 REGIONAL MATH COMPETITION

The math team competed in the ICTM regional competition February 28, 2015 at OPRF.

Results:

The Junior-Senior 8-Person team of JUSTIN CHANEY, ALEC FRANK, LUKAS KULBIS, DAVID PRIBYL-

PIERDINOCK, MARLY SANTORA, DAVID BUKSA, MARGARET MIEZIO and JACK ROBLING placed

2nd.

The following members qualified for the ICTM state finals on May 2, 2015 at University of Illinois,

Champaign-Urbana.

1. Freshman, JACKSON HAJER, placed 3rd in the Algebra 1 competition.

2. DAVID BUKSA placed 1st in the Pre-Calculus competition.

3. The orals team of DAVID BUKSA and ALEC FRANK placed 1st.

ICTM – (Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics) 2015 STATE MATH COMPETITION

On Saturday, May 2, 2015, three RB students competed in the ICTM state math competition at U

of I.

JACKSON HAJER, Freshman (Class of 2018) Individual Algebra Competition

DAVID BUKSA, Senior (Class of 2015) Individual Pre-calculus competition

DAVID BUKSA and ALEC FRANK, Junior (Class of 2016) Orals team competition, placing 10th in State

To the best of our knowledge, DAVID BUKSA is the first student from RB to compete in the state

math competition all three years!


METRO SUBURBAN CONFERENCE MATH TEAM COMPETITION The results from the Conference Math Competition held at Glenbard South High School on

December 6, 2014 are below.

Individual Finishers:

Algebra 1 - JASON KENNY (4th), JACKSON HAJER (1st)

Geometry - MAURA O'BRIEN and MELISSA TOVAR (tied for 4th)

Pre-Calculus - DAVID BUKSA (2nd)

Team Finishers:

3rd Place: Geometry Team JOVITA BERZANSKYTE MAURA O'BRIEN MELISSA TOVA

2nd Place:

Freshman/Sophomore 2-Person Team JACKSON HAJER JASON KENNY

Junior/Senior 8-Person Team JUSTIN CHANEY

TRISTAN KOTLICKY

DAVID PRIBYL-PIERDINOCK

DAVID BUKSA

MARGARET MIEZIO

PETER PRIBYL-PIERDINOCK

ALEX TONG

1st Place:

Algebra 1 Team KAITLIN GAYNOR

MARY CLARE GREENLEES

JACKSON HAJER

HAILEY JURGENS

JASON KENNY

RADKA PRIBYL-PIERDINOCK

Calculator Team MARY CLARE GREENLEES

HAILEY JURGENS

TRISTAN KOTLICKY

DAVID BUKSA

ALEX TONG

Freshman/Sophomore 8-Person Team KAITLIN GAYNOR

JACKSON HAJER

HAILEY JURGENS

JASON KENNY

RADKA PRIBYL-PIERDINOCK

JOVITA BERZANSKYTE

MAURA O'BRIEN

MELISSA TOVAR


Math Team Sponsors Melissa Gordon & Kevin Dybas

The team as a whole, received a 2nd place finish.

SCHOLASTIC BOWL TEAM

National Academic Championship

Congratulations to the five members of the Junior Varsity Scholastic Bowl team who

participated in the National Academic Championship held at the Four Points Sheraton O'Hare

in June, 2014 The team consisted of: Marly Santora (Captain), Alec Frank, Charlie Marcou, Rosie

Nolan, and Cynthia Smith. The team won four out of six first-round games and performed

extremely well against very difficult competition. The team is coached by Adam Gibbons.

SCHOLASTIC BOWL TEAM: Coach –MR. ADAM GIBBONS

NAQT ILLINOIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Congratulations to the RBHS Scholastic Bowl team for their record-breaking performance at the

NAQT Illinois State Championships on Saturday, February 14, 2015. The games, took place at

the University of Illinois, and the team finished tied for 17th in State, the highest final ranking in

the history of the organization. RB defeated very strong opponents including Springfield High

School, Peoria Christian, and Naperville North and finished with a 5-5 record. .

The team consisted of: Seniors (Class of 2015): CHRIS OLSZEWSKI MONIKA JANAS

NICK JEPSON

DAVID BUKSA

JUNIORS:

MARLY SANTORA

ALEC FRANK

REMY DOORNEBOS


FENTON TOURNABOUT TOURNAMENT

Congratulations to the varsity scholastic bowl team for their amazing performance at the

Fenton Tournabout Tournament on January 10, 2015. They finished 2nd out of 24 teams, and

brought home a trophy. The team went 8-0 during the qualifying matches, and was defeated

only in the championship game. Due to this performance, Varsity’s record improved to 22-2-1. CHRIS OLSZEWSKI Team Captain

MONIKA JANAS Team Captain

ALEC FRANK

NICK JEPSON

MARLY SANTORA

BOBBY PEUGH

DAVID BUKSA

REMY DOORNEBOSJOE JONES B Team CaptaiCYNTHIA SMITH

HENRY SCHEFFER

27th Annual Sheriff’s Youth Service Medal of Honor Recipients The 26th Annual Sheriff’s Youth Service Medal of Honor Award is given to residents of Cook

County, grades 9-12, who provided a minimum of 100 hours of meaningful volunteer service to

their communities between September 1, 2012 and August 31, 2013. We are proud of the

following RBHS student who have earned this impressive recognition. CATERINA DENTONE

2015 State Games for Special Olympics

The following participants competed in the 2015 Special Olympics State Games at Illinois State

University on June 13, 2015. JOSH SYLVIE 6th Place Softball Ball Throw

ANTHONY COMICHO 7th Place 50M Run

MAGGIE ROGERS (RB Grad) 4th Place Softball Throw

West 40 SCOTY (School Citizen of the Year) Recipient West 40 Intermediate Educational Service Center #2 annually recognized students who have

been chosen by their schools as “good citizens and models for others to emulate. “Grades and

activities are important considerations, but only a small part of the selection process. RBHS uses

school and community volunteer service as criteria for selection. In addition, the student must

also hold a current leadership role in the school.

CATHERINE HUMPHREY, Junior student, (Class of 2016) was selected to receive the West 40 School

Citizen of the Year (SCOTY) Award. The ceremony was held April 15 at West Leyden High

School, where Catherine was recognized among nearly 80 other local students for recognition

of being good citizens and role models for other students.


SENIOR WINS DAY OF SERVICE LOGO CONTEST REMY DOORNEBOS, Junior, whose logo entry was selected by the Day of Service Student

Committee as the winner of the 2015 DOS logo design contest! Remy was presented with a $20

Visa gift card by Dina Sanchez, the DOS chair. His design adorns t-shirts and other promotional

materials.

A DAY OF SERVICE On April 25, 2015, students, along with over 50 parent and staff volunteers, Board and PTO

members, engaged together on 24 local service projects. The event was successfully

coordinated by PTO chair, Dina Sanchez, PTO members and RB staff, Patty Young. Volunteers

performed a variety of jobs including landscaping, painting, cleaning many parks, schools and

community facilities.

BEST BUDDIES POLAR PLUNGE - FEB. 21, 2015

RB students, along with Ms. Jill Musil, Mr. John Fields, and Ms. Janet

Szykowny (our student teacher), participated in Special Olympics' Polar

Plunge! As a group, they raised over $2,000 for Special Olympics Illinois.

The area raised over $80,000 total!


RB GROUPS PARTICIPATE IN CHICAGO’S VON STEUBEN DAY PARADE

This was RB's 21st showing in Chicago's Von Steuben Day Parade. The RB Color Guard, Marching

Band, and German Club took to Lincoln Avenue and marched for thousands of fans. Among

the crowd this year were Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Republican gubernatorial candidate

Bruce Rauner, and State Comptroller Judy Barr-Topinka, pictured above.

SELMA COMES TO RBHS

On February 24, 2015, after school, students and staff were given the opportunity to hear two

speakers present their story as they walked in Selma with Dr. King. African American Club

hosted and invited all RB staff to the Alumni Lounge for this special experience.

2015 CONGRESS OF FUTURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LEADERS IN BOSTON, MA

Jill Lojas, (Class of 2017) was nominated to attend the Congress of Future Science and

Technology Leaders in Boston, MA on June 28th - June 30th, 2015. The Congress is an honors-

only program for high school students who are passionate about science, technology,

engineering or mathematics (STEM). The purpose of this event is to honor, inspire, motivate and

direct the top students in the country who aspire to be scientists and technologists, to stay true

to their dream and, after the event, to provide a path, plan and resources to help them reach

their goal. Jill Lojas was nominated by American hero and astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Science

Director of the National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists to represent Illinois

based on her academic achievement, leadership potential and passion for science and

technology. During the three-day Congress, Jill Lojas will join students from across the country

and hear Nobel Laureates and National Medal of Science Winners talk about leading scientific

research; be given advice from deans of the world's top tech universities; be inspired by fellow

teen science prodigies; and learn about cutting-edge advances and the future of science and

technology.

ATHLETICS


2 0 1 4 - 1 5 W i n t e r A t h l e t i c s S u m m a r y

Varsity (26-5 overall, 9-3 in MSC)

Defeated by OPRF 55-40 in the first

round of the IHSA Regional;

2nd place finish in the MSC

Bill VandeMerkt Thanksgiving

Classic Champions

1st place finish at the RBHS

Holiday Classic Tournament

Junior Varsity (16-9 overall, 8-4 in MSC)

Freshman A (12-12 overall, 8-4 in MSC)

Freshman B (7-12 overall)

All-Conference Athletes

Samantha Bloom, Dana Rettke

Suburban life Newspapers All Area:

Samantha Bloom, Dana Rettke, Lyndsey

Hoyd


Defeated by Stevenson in the IHSA

Super-Sectional 62-45

IHSA Sectional Champions- first in

program's history. Defeated Morton

66-61

MSC Champions for the 14th

consecutive year

Bill VandeMerkt Thanksgiving

Classic Champions

Most wins in program's history

Sophomore (19-5 overall, 11-1 in MSC)

MSC Champions

Freshman A (17-7 overall, 11-1in MSC)

MSC Champions

Freshman B (13-7 overall, 8-0 in MSC)

MSC Champions


Daniko Jackson, Jalen Clanton, Mark Smith, Sam Johnson (MVP) Suburban Life Newspapers All Area: Sam Johnson (MVP) Daniko Jackson--All Area, Jalen Clanton (honorable mention) Mark Smith (honorable mention) Illinois Basketball Coaches Association--All State: 3rd Team--Sam Johnson Special Mention--Daniko Jackson Honorable Mention--Jalen Clanton

Varsity

7th place at IHSA Sectional

1st place finish at MSC Meet

Junior Varsity

2nd place finish at MSC Meet


Haley Wolfer, Maddie Hopek, Mary O’Callaghan, Cayley Stanislaw

Varsity (2-2 overall)

Lacy Smith, IHSA Sectional Qualifier

4th place finish at IHSA Regional

4th place finish at Independent

Conference Meet

RBHS Gymnastics Invite

Champions

Junior Varsity (1-3 overall)

3rd place finish at Independent

Conference Meet

Varsity

16th place at IHSA State Finals

2nd place at MSC Meet


Grace Rasmussen, Meredith McCarthy,

Grace Rock


Quinn Risley – 7th in State, 50

Freestyle & 20th in State, 100

Freestyle

Kevin Garza – 12th in State, 100

Butterfly

200 Freestyle – 10th in State (Quinn

Risley, Christian Hernandez, Joey

Rosa, and Kevin Garza)

200 Medley Relay – 13th in State

(Tim Walsh, Christian Chavez,

Kevin Garza, and Quinn Risley)

Mac Catrambone – 20th in State,

Diving

3rd place at IHSA Sectional

1st place at Independent

Conference Meet

1st place at Lincoln-Way Central

Relays

2nd place at RBHS Invite


1st place at Independent

Conference Meet

All-State Athletes

Quinn Risley – 7th in State, 50 Freestyle;

Kevin Garza – 12th in State, 100 Butterfly;

200 Freestyle Relay– 10th in State (Quinn

Risley, Christian Hernandez, Joey Rosa,

and Kevin Garza)


IHSA Individual State Qualifiers-

Tommy Russell, Josh Contreras,

Al'lon Carter, Nick Giurini, Antonio

Ochoa, John Szydlo

1st place at IHSA Team Regional

2nd place- MSC Conference


Freshman (0-1 overall)


Josh Contreras, Al'lon Carter, Nick Giurini,

Antonio Ochoa, John Szydlo, Maxx Reeze

All-State Athletes

Al'lon Carter


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R I V E R S I D E B R O O K F I E L D B U L L D O G S 2 0 1 5 S p r i n g A t h l e t i c s S u m m a r y

*BADMINTON

Varsity (7-5 overall in dual meets)

1st place at RB Invite

5th place in Independent Conference

5th place at IHSA Sectional Meet

Junior Varsity (5-8 overall in dual meets)

1st place in Independent Conference

Frosh-Soph (5-9 overall in dual meets)

Independent Conference

Erika Sterner – 2nd place at #2 singles

Alex Bakalick – 3rd place at #1 singles

Maggie Shereck – 3rd place at #4 singles

BASEBALL


IHSA Regional RB defeated by Reavis

2nd place finish in MSC

Sophomore (24-7 overall, 17-1 in MSC)

MSC Champions

Freshman (12-17 overall, 4-2 in MSC)


Connor Berek

Jake Surprenant

Brian Kulaga

Kyle Fitzgerald

GIRLS’ SOCCER

Varsity (13-7-1 overall, 4-2 in MSC)

2nd place finish in MSC

IHSA Regional Champions

IHSA Sectional RB defeated by

Wheaton Academy 1-0

Junior Varsity (6-8-2 overall, 1-1-1 in MSC)

Freshman (8-6-3 overall)


Meaghan Dorsey Allie Kucera Ashley Ferguson Julia Roedel

SOFTBALL


3rd place finish in MSC

IHSA Regional RB defeated by

Oak Lawn 4-0


MSC Champions

Freshman (15-14 overall)

All-Conference Athletes-

Katie O’Connell

Kendall Hastings

Lana Herrmann

Taylor Holin

BOYS’ TENNIS

Varsity (6-9-1 overall, 3-3 in MSC)

3rd place at MSC Tournament

IHSA Sectional on 5/22

Frosh-Soph (4-9 overall, 2-4 in MSC)

GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD

Varsity

3rd place finish at MSC Track & Field

Championships

10th place at the IHSA Sectional

Junior Varsity

3rd place finish at MSC Track & Field

Championships.


Hailey Jurgens – 1600M & 3200M

Marly Santora – Triple Jump

Emma Beener – Triple Jump

BOYS’ TRACK & FIELD

Varsity

MSC Champions – 3rd year in a row

IHSA Sectional on 5/22

1st Place at 47th Annual Gary Johnson

Bulldog Relays

IHSA State Qualifiers

Discus - Jordan Petronella

3200m - Mateo Nunez

4x100 Relay Team - Matt Chapp, Mike

McCabe, Otis Dortch, Marvin McKenzie

Frosh/Soph

MSC Champions


Marvin McKenzie – 100, 200 & 400 M dash

Matt Chapp –100 & 200 M dash, 4x100 &

4x200 Relay

Mike McCabe – 400 M dash, 4x100, 4x400 Relay

Eugene Makovetskiy – 800 M, 4x400 Relay

Matt Nunez – 1600 M

Wayne Morrelly – 3200 M

Dean Zigulich – 110 HH, High Jump, Pole Vault

John Glover – 110HH, 300IH

Otis Dortch – 4x100, 4x200, Triple Jump

Jhalen Williams – 4x100, 4x200

Zach Witken – 4x200, 4x400, High Jump

Jeremiah Clarkson – 4x400 Relay

Jordan Petronella – Discus

Ethan Clarkson – Pole Vault

Nick Quarino – Long Jump

*BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL


IHSA Regional RB defeated Morton

IHSA Regional Final RB defeated by

Hinsdale Central

Sophomore (19-13-1 overall)

Freshman A (6-20-1 overall)

Freshman B (5-5 overall)

*GIRLS’ WATER POLO


IHSA Sectional RB defeated Morton 11-6

IHSA Sectional RB defeated by Fenwick 21-

6


*BOYS’ WATER POLO


IHSA Sectional defeated Westinghouse 12-0

IHSA Sectional defeated by Fenwick 21-7


*Non-Conference Athletic Program


BULLDOG ATHLETICS ACCOMPLISHMENTS

WRESTLING

Congratulations to wrestlers Tommy Russell, Josh Contreras, Nick Giurini, Antonio Ochoa, Jon

Szydlo & Al lon Carter for qualifying for the IHSA State Meet!

Congratulations to wrestler Al' lon Carter for taking 5th place at IHSA State Meet! Al' lon is the 1st

wrestler to medal in 32 years.

Congratulations to the Wrestling Team for winning the IHSA Regional!

SWIMMING Congratulations to the following swimmers for qualifying for the IHSA State Meet!

200 Yard Medley Relay

Tim Walsh

Christian Chavez

Kevin Garza

Quinn Risley

200 Yard Freestyle Relay

Kevin Garza

Christian Hernandez

Joey Rosa

Quinn Risley

50 Yard Freestyle

Quinn Risley

100 Yard Freestyle

Quinn Risley

100 Yard Butterfly

Kevin Garza

Diving

Mac Catrambone

The Boys Swim team also won the Independent Conference Meet.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Congratulations to the Boys' Basketball team for winning their 14th consecutive Conference

Championship!


GYMNASTICS

Congratulations to Lacey Smith for qualifying for the IHSA Gymnastics Sectional in "All Around"!

CROSS COUNTRY

Congratulations to the following students for qualifying for the IHSA Cross Country State Meet!

Hailey Jurgens

Wayne Morrelly

FOOTBALL

Bulldog linemen Louis Grigoletti signed a letter of intent to play football at Central Michigan.

Grigoletti, who received a full scholarship, is the first RB football player in thirteen years to

receive a scholarship like this from a Division 1 school.

At the event, Nick Cundari, also a linemen, signed his letter of intent to play football for St.

Cloud.

DANCE TEAM

On Friday January 30, 2015, the Riverside Brookfield Dance Team competed at the IHSA State

Competition down in Bloomington Normal, Illinois. The girls were originally ranked 20th out of the

30 teams that made it down state. After an amazing performance and hard work from each

and every girl, the team moved up four spots placing 16th in state. There were originally 74

teams competing to make it down to state. The girls did an awesome job and it was great

experience for everyone! 2014-2015 DANCE TEAM MIA AVENA NIDA ALEKSA PARLEY BELSEY MADELINE BROM NICOLE CAPONE

ANNA COOK LILLIANA DZIGUA ALYSSA DZIURA KAILEE GILLHOOLY NICOLET LABELLE

MEREDITH MCCARTHY MADDIE NAKIS GRACE RASMUSSEN GRACE ROCK CATIE SINN

COACH – MS. NICKI SABATINO


SPECIAL OLYMPICS

Special Olympics competed at State (ISU) June, 2015, and we're proud to share our results.

ANTHONY COMICHO, a first-time S.O. athlete, took 7th place in the 50M run.

MAGGIE ROGERS, an RB grad who still participates with us, took 4th in the Softball Throw.

JOSH SYLVIE, who switched from Tennis Ball to Softball this year, took 6th in the Softball Throw.

Coaches: Ms. Jill Musil and Mr. John Fields

THEATER PRODUCTIONS

RB Theater's Spring Musical Production, “Bye, Bye, Birdie”

“Bye, Bye, Birdie”, the 1960-1961 Tony Award-winning musical production, directed by English

teachers, Kathleen Harsy and Tom Dignan, was performed in the Auditorium by RB students

on March 6 – 8, 2015. Over 75 student cast and crew members were involved in the play's

production. For the opening night, a Pack the Auditorium Red Carpet event was held, having

a “Paparzzi” theme. The red carpet event was live streamed on RBTV. Refreshments were

served by the Culinary Arts students and the Orchesis dance group put on a pre-theater

show.


RB Theater's Fall Play, “Our Town” Our Town, the Pulitzer Prize winning play (1938) by Thornton Wilder was performed on the RB

auditorium stage on Nov. 6, 7, and 8. The story revolves around the lives of people in the town of

Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, in the early years of the 20th Century. People grow up, get

married, live, and die in Grover's Corners.

The story was narrated by two stage managers, seniors: ANNABELLE DAILY

MOIRA DUNN

Student Director: Freshman KATIE LAHART. Director: Ms. Diane Marelli

Assisted by: Ms. Rosanne Marshall

Auditorium Manager: Matt McConnell

RBHS EVENTS

THE DAY OF SILENCE

Riverside Brookfield High School participated in the Day of Silence on Friday, April 17, 2015.

The Day of Silence is a national day of action in which students across the country vow to take

a form of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in

schools. The Day of Silence brings attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying, and

harassment, and effective responses. The goal of the Day of Silence is to make schools safer for

all students, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.

For more information, visit www.dayofsilence.org.

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BRING YOUR CHILD TO WORK DAY

On April 24, over 40 students in our Child Development class hosted 75 staff members' children

in the annual Bring your Child to Work Day. RB students applied what they had learned

throughout the semester by running age appropriate activities for the children throughout the

day. Susan Brenner, Applied Arts teacher, and Patti Farlee, Instructional Coach for Applied and

Fine Arts, coordinated and oversaw this event.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM

Free Classes Offered to Learn English. Classes met on Thursdays from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.,

January 22, 2015 - March 26, 2015, instructed by Ms. Mary Smith.

WATCH MY FEET

On January 5, 2015, an energetic, innovative group of teen leaders called "Watch My Feet"

performed for all freshmen Wellness classes. RB students Breuna Wilson and Dalila Ovalle are

members of this dynamic LeaderShop performance group. This unique ensemble composed of

diverse students from four area high schools brings the message of hope and leadership to

other young people in the community. They create their own skits and dances based on teen

issues to encourage teens to make positive choices.

COMPUTER SCIENCE WEEK - DECEMBER 8 – 14, 2014

As a part of a national initiative to introduce coding to millions of students, the Math

Department hosted an "Hour of Code" in their classrooms for one class period. Videos were also

shown in Math classes to explain the importance of studying computer science. Students were

also introduced to a new course to be offered next year at RB, Computer Science (CS)

Principles. RBHS joined students worldwide to reach 100 million students exploring computer

science!

JANUARY 29, 2015: CUSTODIAN APPRECIATION DAY

Custodian Appreciation Day was January 29. This is the third year the Student Association and

PBS Acknowledgement Committee teamed up to celebrate and thank our amazing custodial

staff for their hard work and dedication to RB. Lunch and dinner were served to the day and

evening crew as a small token of our gratitude for all they do to make RB a special place to

come to learn and work.


VETERANS DAY Students had the opportunity to honor our military veterans in a personal way at our annual

Veterans Day program. The program began with a continental breakfast, followed by a school-

wide assembly honoring the veterans in attendance, and ended with more personal classroom

question and answer sessions.

RBEF TELETHON The RBEF Telethon raised over $21,000 on Saturday, February 21, 2015, for student, staff, and

faculty grants. The eight-hour live television event featured faculty and alum hosting each hour

as students, parents, and community guests manned the phones.

AST'S TOLERANCE WEEK MARCH 16 - 20

Tolerance Week 2015 was created and is sponsored by the Association of Students for

Tolerance (AST). At a morning discussion held last year, AST felt that RB was becoming a clique-

influenced environment of people who needed to be inspired. This insight led to a discussion of

celebrating International Tolerance Day on November 16. We decided, however, we could not

accomplish what we planned to do in just one day. So, Tolerance Week was born. During

Tolerance Week 2015, AST strove to:

Unite the organizations of RB through a service project at Cantata, charity donations,

and activities to promote clubs and sports.

Create a partnership within the building between AST and other clubs and sports.

Celebrate AST and what we stand for.

Highlight activities done by other activities and showcase RB.

MOLLY CUNNINGHAM

ALEX TONG

MORGAN DIVITTORIO

CLAIRE BARTOLONE

BROOKLYN HASTINGS

DANIEL WAAS

COLLIN DREILICH

MARLENA ROBERTO

ALEX TODD

ANTHONY CARRILLO

Sponsor: MR. JOHN BEASLEY

PTO'S RB BOUTIQUE

The Riverside Brookfield High School PTO is hosted "RB Boutique" on Saturday, March 14, 2015,

from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. at The Hollywood House in Brookfield. The boutique was a take-off of The

Glass Slipper Project in Chicago, where local girls can purchase gently used, formal dresses and

accessories for a fraction of the cost. The PTO was able to provide young, smart shoppers with

extra money for other things, while also promoting the "green" idea of finding a new and

creative life for something that otherwise might sit in a closet or be discarded. A raffle give-

away, along with valuable hair, nail, and floral coupons, were given to those who made a dress

purchase. The proceeds will go back to RBHS to benefit the students.


RB SERVICE PROJECTS

ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE.

As you can see in the video, which is also posted on our website, everyone was thrilled (and

chilled) to participate to raise money and awareness for ALS. It is no surprise that members of

the bulldog community continue to find ways to demonstrate their generosity to help those in

need. During early August, more than 30 teachers and coaches, along with three sports teams,

participated in the ALS ice bucket challenge. The teams that participate in the challenge were

football, cheerleading, and pupettes.

NATIONAL HONORS SOCIETY (NHS) SERVICE PROJECT FOR RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE

The National Honor Society students organized a donation drive in April, 2015, for the Ronald

McDonald House called "RB is Lovin' it". There was a large french fry container on the wall in the

main entrance, filled with "fries" that noted the items needed by the Ronald McDonald House.

Students and staff were encouraged to take a "fry" out of the container, purchase that item,

and drop it off to NHS. This effort is paired with the Student Association effort to raise two million

pop tops for the Ronald McDonald House.

BULLDOG FOR A DAY

On Friday, February 20, 2015, students and staff welcomed 5-year-old,

Chris Ellis, and his family to RBHS to make him an

honorary Bulldog. A resident of LaGrange Park,

Chris was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma

during the summer of 2014, and has been going

through many experimental treatments to help

battle this deadly disease. The Student

Association Executive Board, along with many

individuals in the RB school community, came together to show the Ellis

family the love and support of the Bulldogs as Chris headed into his most difficult treatment yet.

The support for the Ellis family will continue throughout the year as student organizations will

continue to raise money for the Ellis family.


STUDENT ASSOCIATION HOLIDAY SERVICE PROJECTS

S.A. BLOOD DRIVES The S.A. ran Blood Drives on October 23, 2013 and February 20, 2014. All proceeds went toward

scholarships for graduating seniors. They surpassed their goal of 90 pints of blood and collected

105 total donations. These donations will enable LifeSource to help save up to 315 lives within

our community.

S.A. HOLIDAY SERVICE PROJECT COLLECTIONS

During the 2014 Holiday Season the Student Association once again sponsored Thanksgiving

Baskets, Santa Anonymous, and the Coat and Blanket Drive. The participation of staff and

students continue to benefit our community. Here’s a little information on each option:

Thanksgiving Baskets:

The Co-Chairs for this event were Silvana Alvarez and Andrew Pilewski. Staff and students

helped those in need by giving them a thanksgiving basket to celebrate the holiday. All

proceeds benefit Community Support Services in Brookfield.

Santa Anonymous:

The Co-Chairs for this event were Dee Dee Keen and Alicia Heninger. All proceeds, for this

event, also benefit Community Support Services in Brookfield. Staff and students donated

money to buy gifts for people in need.

Coat and Blanket Drive:

The Co-Chairs for this event were Austeja Staneviciute and Robby Filec. Items collected were

donated to the Salvation Army Food Pantry. Staff and students collectively donated over 200

coats, hats, gloves, scarves and blankets. In addition, collections of items were taken during the

Turkey Tournament November 24-29, 2014 outside the Main Gym.

Pop Tops for Patients

Over the past ten years we have been collecting pop tops and donating them to the Ronald

McDonald House. The Ronald McDonald house offers housing to families whose children are in

the hospital. With every pound of pop tops collected, they receive 45 cents. This past year, a

total of 889,480 pop tops was collected.


GYMNASTICS TEAM SERVICE PROJECT FOR RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE

In February, 2014, the gymnastics team made their 4th Annual Presentation of Toys and Dolls to

the children at the Ronald McDonald House on the Campus of Hines Hospital in Maywood,

while they are receiving medical treatment., The gymnastics team also made their 4th Annual

Presentation of Daily Living Supplies to the USA Soldiers living at the Fischer House on the

Campus of the Hines Hospital while they are receiving medical treatment.

FRESHMAN GIRLS BASKETBALL

On Saturday December 13, 2014, the freshman

basketball team went to the Ronald McDonald

House on the campus of Loyola Medical Center. The

girls went out and purchased small gifts and toys for

the families who have to spend their holidays at

Loyola. The girls were the first to deliver gifts that

they placed under the tree in the main living room

of the house. The team was given a tour of the

House and had the opportunity to meet a few of

the residents who were there for an extended stay.

SOFTBALL TEAM STRIKES OUT BREAST CANCER On Friday, May 15th, 2015, our Bulldog Softball Team hosted a double header verses Sheppard

as they raised money and awareness for Breast Cancer in their Strike Out Breast Cancer game.

The event included bake sales leading up to the game. Staff showed support with a Denim

and Pink Day donating at least $5 to wear denim and pink on that Friday, to not only help the

girls, but to honor all victims and survivors of this horrible disease.

GIRLS BADMINTON TEAM

On March 21, the girls' badminton team paired with members of RB's Association of Students for

Tolerance to cut down buckthorn, weed, clean up trash on the grounds, and interview the

senior residents at the Cantata Retirement Home in Brookfield.

GIRLS WATER POLO TEAM

On May 12, 2015, the girls' water polo team volunteered for the organization, Feed My Starving

Children in Libertyville to hand pack meals that will feed malnourished children around the

world.


BASEBALL TEAM

In May, the baseball team held a "Spring Clean Up" removing all leaves, debris, and trash from

all the fields at Ehlert Park.

RBHS WRESTLING CHARITY WORK

In October, 2014, the RB wrestling team participated in "Hugs

For Mickie," which is a charity event, held at the St. Louise

Parish Center. The event raises money to benefit Mickie

Phillips, a beloved member of the community who is battling

cancer. The RB wrestling team was in full force, working

various activity booths, cleaning tables, serving food, and

breaking down the event when it was over.

The team also volunteered for Opportunity Knocks, an after

school program for teens/adults with disabilities. This past

summer, the wrestlers volunteered at their annual block party

by unloading all trucks and setting up all vendor booths. They

also volunteered at their annual softball tournament in

September by setting-up and serving breakfast. Earlier that

month, the team also participated in a "Day for Denise" to

raise money for ALS.

MILITARY APPRECIATION FOOTBALL GAME

On October 17, 2014, the Riverside Brookfield Bulldogs hosted a

MilitaryAppreciation Football Game to close out their regular season

home schedule at Shuey Stadium. More

than $2,625 was raised through a variety of

fundraisers during the week leading up to

the game. All proceeds from the fundraisers

were donated to the Edward Hines, Jr Veterans Administration

Hospital.

GIRLS SWIMMING SERVICE PROJECTS

The girls swim team helped run the Cori's Kids Triathlon

again this past August. The girls had many different tasks

such as marking the athletes, working water stations,

helping in the transition area, lifeguarding the swim

portion, and typing in the participant numbers as they

transitioned.

They also went to the Honor Flight at Midway Airport in

October, 2014. Here, the girls passed out flags, talked to

veterans, and welcomed home 90 WWII vets from their

trip to DC.


GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM IN COLLABORATION WITH CANTATA

On December 10, 2014, the Riverside Brookfield High School girls'

basketball team spent time creating holiday-themed arts and crafts

with Cantata residents. Additionally, every week, a group of

students in Association of Students for Tolerance (AST) plays bingo,

charades, and other games with Cantata residents. John Beasley,

AST sponsor, eagerly shared with Cantata staff, "It's all driven by the

students themselves; all I do is drive them here!"

FREEZIN' FOR A REASON

Students: SARA DIFATTA, GALEN ALEKS, MORGAN KRAUS, ANDREW KRAUS,

MOLLY CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK MIKUS, MATTHEW PILEWSKI, BRENDAN SEDIVY,

CHRISSY GRUBER, NICK MASCITTI, MARLENA ROBERTO, ERIN MCGOVERN,

MALLORY MCGOVERN, SARAH SCHOENHEIDER, NATALIE O'CALLAGHAN,

KAYLYN LANDAHL STAFF: JANET SZYKOWNY, JILL MUSIL, AND JOHN FIELDS

On Saturday, February 21, 2015, 16 RB students and three faculty members took part in Special

Olympics (SO) Illinois' annual Polar Plunge. The 19 students and faculty members raised over

$2,000 for Special Olympics Illinois, contributing to the $80,000 raised by Area 5, RB's district for

SO. Each participant raised at least $75, with some raising as much as $450! The RB team took

the plunge together on Saturday, running into freezing-cold Lake Michigan as a group.

STAFF RECOGNITION

RETIREMENTS TERRY CAVANAUGH June 1983 - May, 2015

JOHN PASSARELLA August, 2003 - June, 2015

GAYLE BRANKIN September, 2009 - June, 2015

STAFF RECOGNITION

JOHN PASSARELLA - Riverside Police Department Recognition On April 16, the Riverside Police Department presented John Passarella,

Assistant Principal of Student Affairs, with a Riverside Police Department's

patch plaque at the Village Board meeting. The award recognizes him for

his years of service at Riverside Brookfield High School and his capacity as

liaison to the police department.

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BETH AUGUSTINE Counselor of the Year

On Friday, April 10, 2015, Beth Augustine, Director of Student Services, was

named by Triton College as Counselor of the Year for her ambitious work and

dedication in fostering a strong partnership with the college. She was chosen

from the many counselors at 14 feeder high schools in the Triton district.

DAWN IVES / - QUEST STAFF Earns Ranking for Best Food

Best Food ranks 3,868 school districts based on district spending statistics and

more than 580,000 opinions on food from 215,000 students and parents. RBHS

was ranked in the top 100 schools in the U.S. and 7th in Illinois for Best

Food. Congratulations to DAWN IVES and the QUEST STAFF for being recognized.

A high ranking indicates the district offers a variety of healthy, quality food

options, accommodates various dietary preferences like vegan and gluten-

free, and receives a favorable rating by the students on the quality of food. For the article, visit

the following website: http://www.foodservicedirector.com/industry-news-opinion/news/articles/top-

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cafeteria” into the Search Field, then click on the article titled, “Top 100 School-District Cafeterias”)

ADDRESSING THE COMMON CORE READING STRATEGIES IN THE ELECTIVES

Applied Arts teachers, PATTY SARKADY and PATTI FARLEE,

presented at the Association for Career and Technical

Education's "Best Practices and Innovations" national

conference this past September. Their presentation,

entitled "Addressing the Common Core Reading

Strategies in the Electives", provided attendees with

effective reading strategies that address the CCSS reading standards in elective classes.

AP BIOLOGY REGIONAL TEACHER ACADEMY LEADER

MICHELE KOEHLER, AP Biology teacher, has been selected as a leader of the

AP Biology Regional Teacher Academy (RTA) program. As a leader of RTA,

Michele will be responsible for leading weeklong professional development

opportunities in the Midwest region that help teachers learn about effective

science teaching and learning strategies.

COLLEGE BOARD FORUM PRESENTATION

DAN O'ROURKE and JAME HOLT presented, "AP Environmental

Studies: Cross-Curricular Alignment of APES and AP English

Language & Composition" at the College Board Forum in

October. During their presentation, Dan and Jame shared ways

to cultivate interdisciplinary connections to build students' skills in

reading, writing and thinking.

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AMERICAN COUNCIL ON THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

PRESENTATION

LAURENCE-MARIE FORBERG, French teacher, presented a session

on Scaffolding Across Levels at the annual American Council on

the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) conference in San

Antonio, TX on November 22, 2014, in collaboration with former

RB teacher, Antoinette Tortorello-Allaway. The presentation is the product of

the collaboration within the World Language Department between Spanish

teacher JESSICA MAURITZEN, LAURENCE-MARIE FORBERG and Antoinette Tortorello-Allaway.

The presentation stresses the importance of teaching AP standards and AP evaluation

tools from the beginning levels for increased success and ease at the higher levels.

ILLINOIS SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE PRESENTERS

KIRSTEN RUSINAK and BRIDGET WILMOT presented at the 2014

Illinois School Library Media Association Conference, "Leading

Change." Their session, "Reluctant Learners: Research in One

Day and Beyond", described how their library curriculum helps

students build strong foundations to be independent

researchers and thinkers.

CONFERENCE ON ENGLISH LEADERSHIP PRESENTATION

SARAH JOHNSON is presenting at CEL, the Conference on English Leadership, in

Washington DC. The panel, titled "Many Paths to the Top: Encouraging and

Implementing Change," focuses on three ways that leaders can foster and

sustain teacher growth with so many changes in the field of education.

THE DES PLAINES VALLEY EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT REGIONAL DELIVERY

SYSTEM (DVR) AWARD FOR BEST PRACTICES

The Best Practices Award recognizes a program that is created and

implemented by an individual or a team and used in the classroom or as a co-

curricular activity. RBHS'"Culinary Night in the Garden" event was the recipient

of this award. This activity not only met the Best Practice criteria, but also was a

unique event because of the involvement of more than one curriculum area along with

members of the community. The RBHS team was headed by KATHLEEN HARSY, who was the

catalyst behind the idea and conducted a majority of the planning with her English classes.

PATTI FARLEE'S Foods and Nutrition students determined the menu for the evening and acted

as "chef instructors" for the evening by working with RBHS students and parents.


AP ANNUAL CONFERENCE

LAURENCE FOREBERG, French Teacher, presented French Films for Classroom Use

at the AP Annual Conference in Philadelphia on July 11 & 12, 2014.

This presentation demonstrated how the use of Francophone movies in the

classroom, especially in AP French classes, may help to develop written and

oral skills, grammar, analysis, interpretation and cultural synthesis. The examples

showed different levels of use for movies such as Etre et Avoir, la Haine, Entre les Murs, les

Visiteurs, Comme un Image....

COLLEGE BOARD AP EXAM READERS

LAURENCE FOREBERG, World Language Teacher, was selected by the College

Board to be an AP reader for AP French.

DAN O’ROURKE, English Teacher, was appointed as a Table Leader at the

College Board’s 2014 AP English Language Reading.

SANDY CZAJKA, Math Teacher, was selected to be an AP reader again for AP

Computer Science.

BLAIR JENSEN, Fine Arts teacher, has been selected to be a part of the Reader

team for the AP Studio Art testing.


1ST PLACE AWARD FROM THE ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY MEDIA (ACM)

The Alliance for Community Media (ACM) has awarded PATTY

SARKADY and GARY PROKES 1st place national recognition

through their Hometown USA Media Awards. The two teachers

won the award for their promotional video on the Applied Arts

Department, which is currently running on RBTV and can also

be watched on the RBTV YouTube Channel Youtube.com/myrbtv

FELLOWSHIP FROM NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

During the summer of 2014, Bridget Wilmot received a fellowship from the

National Endowment for the Humanities. As part of this award, she was invited to

Mississippi to participate in an academic workshop, "The Most Southern Place on

Earth: Music, History, and Culture of the Mississippi Delta."

ABE LINCOLN NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE

Bridget Wilmot was selected among Illinois librarians to serve on the Abe Lincoln Nominations

Committee, for a three-year term, which consists of about 15 Librarians. As part of this

committee, Bridget will help choose the Abraham Lincoln Award Books, which often are

considered by librarians to be the best books out there for high school students.

THE FOUNDERS AND EARLY HISTORY OF GENEVA, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS -

VOLUME I: BEGINNINGS TO 1837

Adam Gibbons, social science teacher, published a book,

The Founders and Early History of Geneva, Kane County,

Illinois - Volume I: Beginnings to 1837. This 732-page book

chronicles the city of Geneva, Illinois, which has a vast and

rich history dating back more than 180 years. For more

information about the book, please visit the following website:

http://booklocker.com/books/7574.html.

SERVICE LEARNING ON AP COMPUTER SCIENCE

While attending a College Board Service-Learning Workshop, Sandy Czajka,

along with another teacher, created a service-learning curriculum for AP

Computer Science (APCS). Next year, RBHS and the Boston school will be the

only two schools in the country to implement these units. If the students follow up

with the service from the units, the College Board will give them a "Service

Learning" distinction associated with APCS.

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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATORS (SIGCSE)

Sandy Czajka also presented at the Special Interest Group for Computer Science Educators

(SIGCSE) conference for university and high school computer science educators. At this

conference, the College Board invited RB to be a pilot school for the new Computer Science

Principles course next year.

ALUMNI RECOGNITION 2014/2015

KYLE PERFECT, (Class of 2012) had the honor of singing with his a Cappella group at the

Governor’s inauguration in January, 2015 He was also selected to sing the solo.

NICOLE ROSS- BENSON. (Class of 2001) Nicky Ross-Benton, has written a Christmas children’s

book centered on giving, titled, The Spirit of Christmas.

Nicky has also partnered with the Salvation Army on this project and a portion of the proceeds

benefit the Red Kettle Campaign.

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