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Brandon Sakas Earns Valedictorian Honors Montini Catholic's faculty, students and families congratulated and honored Valedictorian Brandon Sakas, during the school's 48th Annual Graduation ceremony in May. A graduate of Westchester Middle School, Brandon ranked number one in his class.

Brandon was also honored at Montini's Founder's Day ceremony for being an Academic All Star and a recipient of the President’s Award for Academic Excellence. He is also an Illinois State Scholar, and AP Scholar With Honors as well as a National Merit Finalist.

Brandon is a member of Montini Catholic's National Honor Society, Brandon Sakas ‘17 French Honor Society and Mu Alpha eta (Math Honor Society). He is a member of the Math Team and played an integral role in its 9th place State finish in May. He is also the recipient of Montini Catholic's Gold Award for Excellence in both French and Mathematics, and its Silver Award for Excellence in Science.

“Go forth and learn. Learn from people. Learn from books. Learn from experience.

- Brandon Sakas ‘17

CLASS OF 2017 ACADEMIC Awards Recognitions

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155 Lasallian Graduates 22 Illinois State Scholars

5 Advanced Placement (AP) Scholars 3 AP Scholar with Honors 7 AP Scholar with Distinction 1 National AP Scholar 1 National Merit Finalist 1 National Merit Commended Scholar 54 National Honor Society Members 57 IHSA Academic Achievement Honorees

68 Graduated with 3.5+ GPA

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"You cannot even imagine how proud we are of Brandon," said his mother, Christine. "It was a wonderful and almost surreal experience to hear his name announced as the Valedictorian and to listen to him speak at the graduation ceremony.”

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Brandon plans on attending the University of Illinois where he plans on majoring in either Computer Engineering or Aerospace Engineering.

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I had never seen for myself how bad poverty affects people in Nicaragua until today. My eyes have truly been opened. After going to the Garbage Dump and listening to the women talk about what they were struggling with and in need of - it shocked me to know that 50% of what they needed was right inside my backpack.”

- Ellie Krick ‘19

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6 STUDENTS EARNED PLAYER OF THE YEAR HONORS IN THEIR SPORTS/DIVISIONS

6 students traveled to Nicaragua to offer services to families in need 8 worked with Habitat for Humanity over their Spring Break 4 Students Earned Eagle Scout Ranking 25 Students attended the March for Life Rally in Washington, D.C. & 145 sophomores participated in our annual Day of Service. Over 9,000 Service Hours completed by Class of 2017 during their four years as Broncos!

ATHLETIC Accomplishments

Senior Enjoys Unique Music Opportunity

291 Academic All Conference Athletes 57 All Conference Athletes 14 Teams Earned IHSA Academic

Montini congratulated senior, Samantha Santay upon her selection for participation in Illinois Music Education Association's (ILMEA) All State Conference in January of 2017.

SENIOR MITCH WEST PICTURED -BOYS TRACK LAWLESS AWARD RECIPIENT

Achievement Honors

#1 State Combined Varsity Hockey Champs #1 Varsity Division 2 Rugby Champs #1 Gold Medal in Team Figure Skating Broncettes finished 4th in State.

27athletes signed letters of intent for college #3 Class 4A Finals - Girls Basketball #2 IHSA Class 3A Dual Meet - Wrestling

Santay, who is a graduate of Our Lady of Peace in Darien, was selected to be a part of the FMES (Future Music Educators Seminar). is unique program is designed to provide information and inspiration to young people interested in pursuing a career as a professional music educator. Only a select number of students statewide are chosen to participate.

Samantha is attending Loyola University where she will be majoring in musical theater.

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