The Examiner U-46 News FeedU-46 conducts annual high school honors event By Seth Hancock
The Board of Education in School District U-46 held its annual recognition of the top 2 percent of graduating seniors at its meeting on Monday, May 9. This will be one of the last graduating classes to receive the recognition as the district plans to do away with class ranking by the 2026-2027 school year.
The ceremony was held at South Elgin High School.
“Your parents, your network that’s here to support you tonight, the people at home who have supported you during your academic journey and all of the teachers who are at home watching you online or are here in person with you tonight helped you get to where you are today,” said Superintendent Tony Sanders.
There were 31 seniors in the top 2 percent from the three high schools in The Examiner coverage area.
From South Elgin: Abigail Choi, Anna Creagan, Ashlin Lee, Caroline Croft, Ella Winterhalder, Emma Hunter, Gino Santini, Liliana Ernandez, Loreal Wilson, Michael Walczuk, Rachel McClow, Salvi Patel and Yuri You.
From Bartlett: Agilan Gunashankar, Anthony Martin, Asmita Shah, Carter Eid, Desiree Oliveros, Evan Bulatek, Jillian Murdoch, Lorenzo Marasigan, Marcos Sanson and Ronit Nagarapu.
From Streamwood: HeeRan Yang, Jennifer Voravong, Joshua Manzano, Kaitlyn Esteban, Katelyn Nguyen, Kayla Ticherafi, Mishael Mazhar and Vanessa Pitsenbarger.
As for the coming changes, an April 11 memo to the board in response to questions from board member Dawn Martin stated students will not have access to their SAT scores or their class rank on their Infinite Campus transcripts when class rank changes take effect. SAT and PSAT scores will only be available on College Board accounts.
Regarding class rank, Martin noted every college asks for class rank on applications and “making sure students still have access if needed seems to make sense.”
The memo stated: “We will continue to recognize the Top 2 [percent] until this change takes effect with our current 7th grade class. We are still working to determine the district-wide recognition structure that will begin in the 2026-2027 school year. Students will continue to have access to their class rank through their counselor once this change takes effect.”
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