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DHS Graduates Class of 2013

Deerfield High School celebrates annual graduation at Ravinia.

Deerfield High School graduated its Class of 2103 Wednesday as 430 seniors received their diplomas walking across the Ravinia Festival state in Highland Park.

Scholarship was honored as three valedictorians—Margaret Ackerson, Kathleen Frankel and Kevin Wilson—and a trio of salutatorians—Lillianne Becker, Madeleine Kenyon and Marissa Levy—were recognized along with 46 Deerfield Scholars.

After the faculty and graduates marched into the Ravinia Pavilion led by marshals Jack DiMatteo and Elizabeth Zwart, the capacity crowd heard from Andrew Gordon delivering the student address before Spencer Delman and Kevin Brenner presented the class gift.

After that, Principal Audris Griffith presented the class as members of the Township High School District 113 Board of Education handed out diplomas.

The Deerfield Scholars are Margaret Ackerson, Bernice Hsu, Casey Anderson, Grace Joseph, Becker, Joshua Joseph, Emily Block, Kenyon, Nathan Block, Monica Kirby, Thomas Bonadies, Marisa Levitt, Scott Boorstein, Marissa Levy, Mindy Borovsky, Melissa Lieberman, Brenner, Abby Lopata, Maneesh Chitturu, Mallory Lynn, Erin Church, Ariel Marks, Anthony Crist, Daniel Polotsky and Theodore Culbertson.
Others are Zoe Poncher, Gregory Dikopf, Lindsay Rabin, Dimatteo, Sarah Rudo, Rachel Feldman, Daniel Schwartz, Shayna Fertig, Christine Stitcher, Nicole Fisher, Benjamin Weiss, Frankel, Matthew Wexler, Evalena Friedman, Kevin Wilson, Salvador Garcia, Rachel Winter, Andrew Gordon, Amy Yi, Gabrielle Hoffman and Zwart.

The Deerfield High School Class of 2013

Members of the Graduating Class Members of the class, including those already mentioned, are Jordan Scott Abosch, Margaret Eileen Ackerson, Miranda Margaret Agopsowicz, Chandler Elizabeth Allen, Casey Ann Anderson, Madeline Marie Anderson, David Louis Anes, Timothy V. Angeles, Allison Rae Appelbaum, Isabel Simone Ashman, Ashley Webster Babcock, Mitchell Forrest Babendir, Emily Rachel Bagg, Jacob Otto Balder, Jordan Louis Barhydt and Jaclyn Christine Barichello.

Others are Michelle Erin Barichello, Lucy Baron, Alexander Barry, John Henri Beaudoin, Lillianne Emily Becker, Scott Lewis Becker, Alex Joseph Behn, Alexa Marie Belfor, Jack Thomas Bellavia, Amelia Anne Berger, Eli Robert Berlin, Brandon Bernardi, Richard Austin Bernstein, Daniel Harrison Bersh, Jessica Marie Bess, Meghan Lyn Blakey, Eve Sarena Blechman, Caroline Jane Bleser and Grant Marshall Bleser.

More are Emily Morgan Block, Nathan William Block, Corey Celeste Blumenthal, Donna Frances Boguslavsky, Thomas Nickolas Bonadies, Alan Bonucci, Scott Louis Boorstein, Mindy Anne Borovsky, Alex Nickolis Boryszczuk, Jenna Victoria Borzak, Jack Kaatz Boudreau, Brian Charles Angelo Brahos, Spencer Harris Brailov, Kevin Michael Brenner, Mark Steven Brisske, Jacob Ira Brody, Barbra J. Brottman and Carly Reeves Broutman.

Others are Benjamin Charles Browdy, Madeleine Elise Browdy, Jessica Paige Brownell, Patrick Kern Brunk, Adrianno Ocean Bulut, Aleksandra Bundalo, Tess Elizabeth Bulzoni, Lizabeth Rose Burgess, Max Bush, Riley Nicole Callahan, Daniel Tomer Carmeli, Alexis Christine Casati, John Martin Cawley V, Colette Adler Charak, Nicolas Earl Chevalier, Maneesh R. Chitturu, Erin Carmody Church and Andrew Jacob Clarke.

Additional graduates are Jordan Scott Coe, Ethan Scott Cohen, Shaye Ilana Cohen, Stephanie Anne Collins, Alyssa Michele Coltun, Brooke Hunter Cooper, Charles Adam Copeland, Jennifer Leigh Coren, Spencer Reed Cox, Anthony H. Crist, Theodore Randolph Culbertson, Caitlin Joy Curran, Colin Fraser Davis, Drew Matthew Davis, Spencer Cody Delman, Paul Victor DeLucia,Maeve Kathleen Derrig and Chloe Josette Helen Despos.

More are Calvin Gerard DiGioia, Gregory Allen Dikopf, Jack Albert DiMatteo, Svetozar Dobrinov Dobrev, Sophie Frances Dohnalek, Lindsay Gabrielle Dolnick, Hayley Aren Dorfman, Thomas E. Douglas, Kyla Morgan Druth, Alice Ann Dubois, Michael Zbigniew Dudek, David Samuel Dworkin, Adam Mitchell Edelson, Lauren Eiden, Jacquelyn Cheyanne Eisen, Jamie Brenda Elekman, Abigail I. Erkes and Tyler Mitzen Faierstain.

Others are Daniel J. Farber, Elan Yosef Farhi, Shai B. Farhi, Rachel Erin Feldman, Faith Ferber, Jacob Ferber, Shayna Rose Fertig, Jordan Seth Fine, Nicole Morgan Fisher, Zoey Gen Fishman, Marissa E. Foosaner, Amy Paige Forman, Maggie Brooke Forman, Andrew Mathew Fourkas, Jacob Daniel Fox, Jorie Caroline Fox, Kathleen Mary Fox, Melissa Hannah Fradkin, Kathleen Erin Frankel, and Brett Harris Freedberg.

Additional seniors are Samuel P. Friedland, Evalena Friedman,l Sydney Blake Friedman, Robert Jason Friend, Jr., Salvador Antonio Garcia, Stephanie Susan Garcia, Allison L. Gelfond, Cela Renee Pietrowski-Gerke, Ryan Paul Gersowsky, Jordan Michael Giacone, Kaitlyn Charlene Gilbert, Linden K. Gill, Sarah Delaney Ginn, Alexa Rachel Ginsberg, Corey Ethan Gitlin, Alexander David Glantz, Aaron Andrew Glass and Alyssha Sarah Glass.

Also graduating are Sara Deutsch Glickman, Melina Golchini, Alexander L. Gold, Carly Rose Goodman, Andrew Lewis Gordon, Hannah Nicole Gordon, Kaitlin M. Grossman, Leah Jacqueline Grunberg, Abigail Armstrong Gunther, Jared Paul Gupta, Corey Aaron Gutmann, Samara Halle Haas, Geoffrey Richard Hackett, Kahlia Roe Halpern, Chase Louis Hanusa, Marifrancis Anastasia and Hardison-Moschopoulos.

Others include Rebecca A. Hardner, Mark Anthony Harris, Jeremy Loren Hartenstein, Kira Ruth Hattenbach, Alexander Hawari, Akela Jazmine Hayes, Anika Lise Hedeker, Sarah Elizabeth Hehemann, Benjamin Steven Heichman, William Robert Higginson, Adam George Hoelter, Gabrielle Alexis Hoffman, India Grace Hoffman, Nolan Christopher Hoffmann, Carly Shannon Holtzman, Laura Kate Holzman and Christian Armani Horn.

More are Aaron Joseph Horwitz, Alexander Michael Horwitz, Samantha Lucia Houser, Bernice Li Hsu, Samantha Renee Hunt, Benjamin Alexander Huss, Amanda Lynn Imyak, Alyssa Idell Irgang, Robert Kevin Jakubek, Edward H. Johnson III, Patrick C. Johnson, Grace Margaret Joseph, Joshua Forester Joseph, Alexander Craig Karkazis, Karlee Elizabeth Karkazis, Sydney Krost Karon, Jack Kasbeer and Aaron Daniel Katz.

Additional seniors are Madlene Rachel Katz Samantha Taylor Katz, Zachary Sidney Keeshin, Jessica Tomi Kendall, Ellen Marie Kenik, Madeleine Paige Kenyon, Ellen Louise Kerschke Sarah Heisoo Kim, James M. Kirby, Monica Bryn Kirby, Adam William Kleiman, Nathaniel Jason Klein, Sarah Melissa Klein, Charles Steven Koclanes, Katerina Kokalias, Bette Emma Kole and Matthew Edward Kollada.

Others are Allyson S. Kolpas, Emily Shira Kolpas, Katherine Koo, Arras Hachik Korogluyan, Isaac Korytny, Marcy Adel Kreda, Rachel Danielle Kreisman, Jack Ryan Kritzman, Eliza Brett Kronenberger, Kevin G. Kuhl, Alex Scott Kushen, Abigail Lagunov, Madeline Jane Lallanilla, Matthew Cristian Lamberti, Nicholas Jeffrey LaPorte, Alexis Brooke Lasday, Michael A. Lash, Ethan Gregory Lathan and Nathan Louis Lauderback.

Still others are Alexis Rose LaValliere, Jackson Charles Lazar, Jessica Jane Leahy, Michael James Lee, Sophie Ilana Leib, Rachel Olivia Lemme, Samuel Jacob Levin, Amelia Rose Levine, Louis C. Levine, Tori Rose Levine, Marisa Elizabeth Levitt, Dana Bess Levy, Marissa Blair Levy, Jordan Eric Lieberman, Melissa Anne Lieberman, Evan Linton, Marissa Lauren Litner, Christina M. Looby and Abby Rose Lopata.

More are Martin Lopez, Jennifer Lauren Lubelchek, Mason Mitchell Lundberg, Mallory Ellen Lynn, Tobias Ma, Steven Henry Mages, Rachel Elyse Magnus, Joseph James Mahoney, Michael Tolliver Maki, Katherine Grace Mannebach, Ariel Rolf Gross Marks, Jennifer Florence Marks, Joseph Daniel Marks, Bradley Maurice Martin, Guadalupe Martinez-Vasquez, Lawrence Oliver Mascolino, Morgan Elizabeth Mazzetta and Brian Nolan McCann.

Also graduating are Susan Marie McClean, Kyle William McClintick, Christopher McKenna, Quinn Garrett McLaughlin, Donald Clavey Middlebrook, Jamie F. Miller, Jordan Alexander Miller, Marielen M. Mincu, Brittany Michelle Molinari, Emily Anna Maria Montgomery, Sophie Renee Morrison, Samuel R. Mostow, Danielle Rebecca Moyer, Claire Elizabeth Mulert, Carolyn R. Mulhern, Adrienne Mulholland and Kaitlin Ann Murphy.

Others include Frederick J. Nawrot, Jamie Rose Nichols, Lianna Evans Nixon, Joshua Samuel Norris, Taisuke Okada, Emily Alexis Oravec, Connor Oriot, Joseph Michael Palmer, Elizabeth Sandra Pavalon, Grayson Peacock, Andrew Robert Pekin, Daniel Joshua Perlovsky, Leland Joseph Pew, Emily Anne Phillips, Paul Lukas Phipps, Alec Joseph Pighetti, Scott Jason Plonsker, Alexas Rachael Plotnick and Daniel David Polotsky.

More are Adam Levi Poncher, Zoe Rose Poncher, Jake Porento, John Conor Purdy, Guang Qu, Lindsay Rabin, Emma Kate Rade, Esther Leah Rafalson, Aurora Nicole Raimondi, Christian Rangel, Morgan Rappaport, Lee Michael Ratner, Kenison Richard Ready, Fiona Mary Reid, Danielle Marissa Resnick, Jessica Rose Resnick, Stacey Nicole Rhum, Daniel D. Rich, Maxwell Michael Rich and Alyssa Joy Robin.

Still more are Rocio Rojas Joshua Brett Rosen, Bryan Jared Rosenberg, Claire Helene Rosenberg, Mason Ryder Rosenberg, Natalie Margo Rosenberg, Joshua Martin Rosenblat, Ethan Matthew Rosenzweig, Joseph Philip Rosin, Haley Mae Roti, Jared Ross Rubin, Kenneth Jacob Rudin, Sarah Beth Rudo, Kayla Russell, Stephen Jared Rutstein, Christian David Ryan, Matthew Ross Sansweet, Ari Joseph Sapinsley and Joshua Lev Sapinsley.

Additional member of the class are Charlsey Jo Saul, Gregory M. Scarry, Samantha Emma Schachter, Elizabeth Helene Schaider, Daniel Harris Schneider, Alex Michael Schopa, Daniel Evan Schwartz, Sari Ellen Schwartz, Valerie Lynn Schwarz, Patricia Ann Schweinfurth, Zach Benjamin Segev, Haley Ann Seldin, Adam Serck, Delaney Jordan Serlin, Colin Matthew Sernick, Pooya Shams and Timothy Michael Shanley.

Others are Anthony Jack Shapiro, Skyler Pearl Shear, Emily Lynn Sheridan, Jack Mathews Sherman, Rachel Sherman, Emily M. Shindler, Allison Nicole Shlofrock, Nicole Celia Sigler,David Jordan Silverberg, Cara Jeanne Silverman, Mitchell Ian Silverman, Rachel L. Silverman, Brittany Tayla Silvers, Joshua Micah Simons, Marissa Zoe Sinai, Dylan Mason Singer, Zoe Shane Sinton and Harry Skaletsky.

More are Kellie Marie Slattery, Savannah Kathrine Smith, Jonathan Song, Casey Spiwak, Hannah Rose Spizman, Derek Paul Stanley, Rachel Ann Steinberg, Mitchell Eli Steindler, Roxana Jessica Stendera, Carly Sternberg, Christine Anne Stitcher, Maya Lily Strauss, Luke Gregory Strotman, Samuel Cole Sylvan, Emma Tanenbaum, Gordon Reuben Tcath, Dylan Alexander Thuente and Lindsay Marie Timko.

Still others are James Patrick Urice, Andrea Marie Valkanas, George Matthew Vanderkloot, Daniel Roth Verb, Zachery J. Wade, Brenna Emily Cohen Wagner, Dillon Jeffrey Wallace, Ann Isabel Walsh, Steven James Warren, Jackie Waterhouse, Jacob Daniel Weis, Jack Thomas Weisbond, James Bradley Weisbond, Benjamin Weiss, Matthew Aaron Wexler, Emily Jordyn Wilk, Austin Robert Williams and Kevin Jacob Wilson.

More are Rachel Kye Wiltgen, Omri Winkler, Jordyn J. Winston, Rachel Samantha Winter, Danielle Nicole Wiser, James Frederick Wyman, Amy Sehyung Yi, Jack T. Yucknut, Rachel Samantha Zeal, Abigail Zemach, Jin Yuan Zhou, Matthew David Zull, Sydney Leigh Zusman and Elizabeth Helme Zwart.

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