Board of Education recognizes students
Dozens of Brook Forest and Butler Junior High students were recognized at the District 53 Board of Education meeting May 14, 2018.
Here is a list of awards and award winners by school:
Brook Forest
Science Fair - Given to those who exceeded the requirements in the Brook Forest Science Fair.
- Rayjan Prakash
- Arjun Khatau
- Christopher Koulouris
- Ayesha Ahmed
- Shahnoor Shafi
Fine Arts - Recognition of students who have consistently produced exceptional art work during fifth grade.
- Lauren Lin
- Santino Florio
Geo-Bee - First place winner in the 2017-18 Brook Forest Geo-Bee.
- Nabeel Hussain
Spelling Bee - Students who placed 1st and 2nd in the 2017-18 Brook Forest Spelling Bee
- James Philipneri (second time top two awardee)
- Samrah Syed
Illinois Council of Teachers of Math – Students who achieved the highest score on the assessment in Grades 3, 4, and 5.
- 5th Grade - Yash Gupta
- 4th Grade - Anika Bhagwat
- 3rd Grade - Atharva Naik
Butler Junior High Awards
Conference, regional, state, and national awards.
Cross Country - This award is being given in recognition of the students who placed 3rd in the TOP 7 race at the cross country conference meet.
- Sami, Baridi
- Ethan, Chow
- David, Cox
- Blake, Edmonds
- Rayyan, Iqbal
- Shiven, Shah
- Arjun, Shah
Illinois Music Educators Association (IMEA) Band and Choir Honor Festival – Students selected to perform in the Illinois Music Education Associate Honor Band and Choir.
- Sam Daw
- Leandra Gruft
- Jui Khankari
- Sophia Lee
National Spanish Exam - This year 5,677 students from the Chicago-Area Chapter registered for the National Spanish Exam.
Level 01 Chicago Chapter Winners
- Amal Arora
- John Chulos
- Jenna D’Souza
- Aarav Julka
- Elena Koulouris
- Daniel Majzoub
- Arjun Shah
Level 1 Chicago Chapter Winners
- Aasha Atluri
- Katherine Cox
- Talia Elzein
- Alex Gallagher
- Shiv Goel
- Leandra Gruft
- Rebecca Guan
- Ajay Gupta
- Rayaan Iqbal
- Rohan Julka
- Shahaan Shafi
Level 2 Chicago Chapter Winners
- Priya Dhanajaya
- Alexander Hadesman
- Catherine Huber
- Jui Khankari
- Athena Koulouris
- Sophia Lee
- Shivani Rao
- Saanvi Sethi
- Prachi Shah
- Raghav Sharma
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards - Approximately 8,000 writing and art entries were submitted to this year’s Scholastic Art & Writing regional competition.
National and regional winner
- Catherine Huber, Regional Gold Key & National Silver Medal
Regional Gold Key winners
- Anna Amine - Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Regional Gold Key
- Aasha Atluri - Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Regional Gold Key
- Mario Florio - Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Regional Gold Key
- Shiv Goel - Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Regional Gold Key
- Jui Khankari - Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Regional Gold Key
- Sophia Lee - Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Regional Gold Key
Regional Silver Key winners
- Morgan Carlson - Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Regional Silver Key
- Kevin Feng - Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Regional Silver Key
- Aishvarya Godla - Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Regional Silver Key
- Monet Gruft - Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Regional Silver Key
- Leandra Gruft - Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Regional Silver Key
- Audrey Hare - Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Regional Silver Key
- Annabelle Mullins - Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Regional Silver Key
- Shivani Rao - Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Regional Silver Key
- Leeland Zhang - Scholastic Art & Writing Competition Regional Silver Key
Science Olympiad - Butler's State Science Olympiad Team placed 9th at the state competition held at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign. Students who placed in the Top 10 at the state level were recognized.
- Morgan Carlson - Write It Do It - 7th place
- Aishvarya Godla - Write It Do It - 7th place
- Jui Khankari - Disease Detectives - 4th place
- Eshann Mylavarapu- Rotor Egg Drop - 7th place
- Shivani Rao - Anatomy and Physiology - 1st place
- Arjun Saini - Hovercraft - 4th place
- Saanvi Sethi - Disease Detectives - 4th place
- Rohan Shah - Rotor Egg Drop - 7th place
- Rohan Tolani - Anatomy and Physiology - 1st place
- Leeland Zhang - Hovercraft - 4th place
West Suburban Consortium for Academic Excellence (WSCAE) Art Show - Finalists selected by a panel of faculty to represent District 53 this year at the 4th annual WSCAE Art Show.
- Morgan Carlson
- Riley Conway
- Adam Gerard
- Keaton Jones
- Sid Malapati
- Annabelle Mullins
- Serene Safvi
