CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) — A Champaign teacher as well as one hundred high school seniors have been recognized for their work.
The Illinois Reading Council announced Kevin Frederick, of Doctor Howard Elementary School, as the winner of the 2024 Jerry Johns Reading Educator of the Year Award.
The award is meant to recognize an outstanding teacher who makes contributions to promoting literacy among students, colleagues, and school communities. Frederick will receive the award at the IRC Conference in Springfield this March.
In addition to Frederick, Champaign Unit 4 School District Superintendent Dr. Shelia Boozer announced that 100 seniors from Central and Centennial High School have been designated as Illinois State Scholars.
The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC), the state’s college access and financial aid agency, presents the award to recognize academic achievement among exceptional Illinois high school students.
The following students are Unit 4 Illinois State Scholars:
- MaKenna Beaulin
- Annika Blackburn
- Francis Brigoli
- Elena Carrilo
- Natalie Caughlin
- Dana Chehab
- Mia Childress
- Emily Fallaw
- Maya Favila
- Alfonso Gutierrez
- Alexander Hackman
- Jonathan Hahn
- Jonathan Harrell
- Elena Hoang
- Joshua Hooper
- Daniel Juhn
- Shounok Kar
- Lilian Kelly
- Joaquin Leon
- Helena Lynn
- Tammy Marinichev
- Wyatt McCarty
- Sarmad Mizan
- Clare Pate
- Riley Ries
- Salma Rojano
- Trevor Schoonover
- Gavin Sheppard
- Jenna Shin
- Carson Smith
- Sandhya Subbiah
- Emily Tam
- Wilson Tian
- Christina Tran
- Sadie Tsiakals
- Ares Zhu
- Ezra Bernhard
- Madeleine Bigler
- Elyes Boubekri
- Parker Burk
- Iris Burov
- Lindsay Campbell
- Everette Carlson
- Charlotte Chesser
- Alexander Cho
- Thomas Costello
- Rachael Coventry
- Jake Crawmer
- Elijah Dorsla
- Jacqueline Douglas
- Harper Farrell
- Jonah Friedman
- Jackson Greenwold
- Manmitha Gunasekera
- Hasan Hanif
- Caden Hanlon
- Leah Hernandez
- Daniel Herzog
- Kelly Hong
- Brooklyn Hubbard
- Elise Ionin
- Keerthi Jagarlamudi
- Shalin Joshi
- Eleanor Kim
- Eunice Kim
- Andrew Kindratenko
- Jack Larson
- Michael Lee
- Angela Lin
- Joshua Loftus
- Swarup Majumder
- Abigail McKendall
- Sarah McKendall
- Christopher Miller
- Robert Miller
- Mariclare Ogorman
- Madeleine Orlie-Frost
- Carleigh Parks
- Thomas Pipkins
- Aaron Poetzel
- Stefan Popa
- Casey Pyrz
- Avi Rhodes
- Katharine Roth
- Maxwell Ryan
- Samaira Sandil
- Evelyn Schuchart
- Sanjay Selvam
- Kate Simmons
- Ryan Slifer
- Darwyn Sly
- Jonathan Smith
- Savannah Stortzum
- Hannah Su
- Sarah Su
- Benjamin Sutton
- Ayesha Waheed
- Kalah Weber
- Murphy Wilberg
- Abigail Yoon
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