We are pleased and proud to announce that Hinsdale Central senior Jui Khankari is among the five students from Illinois and 161 students from across the country who have been named 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars based on their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields.

In an announcement issued by the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said that the 2022 Presidential Scholars "represent the best of America, and remind us that when empowered by education, there are no limits to what our young people can achieve." All scholars will receive a Presidential medallion in commemoration of their achievements.

We congratulate Jui on this well-deserved honor, and wish her continued success when she starts at Stanford in the fall.

Meanwhile, the Red Devils (Jessica Han and Maria Jiao, singles; Tiffany Tu and Hannah Fang and Ivy Shen and Aishvarya Godla, doubles) battled their way to an 8-8 record and a 12th place finish overall.

Senior Matthew Cihlar from Hinsdale Central turned in a terrific performance at the state finals for boys gymnastics. He took fifth on the parallel bars, seventh on the vault, 10th on the still rings and 11th in the all-around.

We congratulate Matthew on a great finish to an incredible season.

Hinsdale South head baseball coach Paul Hoel notched his 500th career victory on May 20 thanks to the Hornets' 6-5 victory over Leyden.

We congratulate Coach Hoel on this tremendous milestone, and wish him and the team continued success heading into the postseason.

The girls track and field teams from Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South wrapped up their seasons with strong performances at the sectional and state tournaments.

The Red Devils took fourth place at sectionals and had top 10 finishes in the following events:

The team also had a pair of top 10 finishes at state. Catie McCabe took second place in the 800-meter run, and Elyssa Chandler took seventh place in the 300-meter hurdles.

Although the Hornets did not qualify for the state tournament, they had top 10 finishes in the following events at sectionals:

The team also set personal records in several additional events, including:

We congratulate both teams on their success this year.

The boys track and field teams from Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South showed off their speed, skills, strength and endurance during their recent sectional tournament.

The Red Devils took second place overall and had top 10 finishes in the following events:

The Hornets also had several top 10 finishes, including:

We want to congratulate both teams on their success at sectionals, and wish those moving on to state the best of luck.

Hinsdale South recently welcomed new members into its World Language Honor Societies. Selection for these societies is based on scholarship (in general and in the language of study), active participation in world language activities, and personal interest in all things related to French, German, Latin and/or Spanish.

We want to congratulate this year's inductees (listed below). We also want to give a special shoutout to Andrew Metzger and Emiliano Wiberg on being inducted into the honor society for Latin and earning the Trilingual Scholar award, which is given to graduating seniors who took four years of one world language and two or more years of another one.

Layan Al-Khaled

Grace Koziol

Leyton Mueller

Haya Bastati

Alexandra Cima

Adrian Drynan

Kaj Grzybicki

Fouzaan Amjad

Benjamin Poulos

Matthew Leonardson

Andrew Metzger

Ibraheem Najjar

Emiliano Wiberg

Veanka Francisco

Tyler Hallman

Aseel Jarad

Parth Joshi

Yumi Li

Ellen Mulgrew

Dylan Newman

Alexandra Styczynski

Nikki Wu

Sophia Yen

Kareem Chahin (Spanish, French)

Mitchell Hanson (Spanish, Latin)

Andrew Metzger (Spanish, Latin)

Nicole Pacasova (French, Latin)

Emiliano Wiberg (Latin, German)

On May 16, Katie DiCianni and Carrie Leary from the Transition Center gave the District 181 Board of Education a presentation about the Adult Opportunities Program, which provides life and vocational skills instruction to young adults with disabilities between the ages of 18 and 22. The board also recognized four students from the program who work in District 181 schools.

You can use the links below to learn more about the students who were honored. You can also visit https://d86.hinsdale86.org/Domain/10 to learn more about the Transition Center and its programming.

Congratulations to Elijah John and Andrew Metzger from Hinsdale South on winning the school's annual Fermi Award, which recognizes seniors who have shown outstanding dedication to and enthusiasm for science.

The Hinsdale Central Hispanic Student Association recently recognized the following seniors and thanked them for all they did during the past four years to advance the work and achieve the goals of the group.

We want to thank these students for their tremendous leadership during their time at Central, and wish them continued success on the path toward their ideal future.

Last week, Hinsdale South seniors Hunter Long and Gracie Wilcox received the American Legion Student Award, which embodies the organization's values of scholarship, courage, leadership and service.

We congratulate Hunter and Gracie on this well-deserved honor.

Hinsdale Central recently recognized 12 individuals who were named Student of the Quarter by the school's various departments based on their leadership, kindness and skills as role models. Those who received the recognition included:

We congratulate these students on this honor.

Last week's email included the list of Hinsdale South students who were named the school's Breakfast Club winners for fourth quarter. Unfortunately, Mason White, who earned the honor for world languages, was accidentally left off the list.

We apologize to Mason for the error, and congratulate him on this well-deserved recognition.

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