Board Recognitions at the May 15, 2025 Meeting

Palatine High School teacher Mauricio Orozco was recognized by the Board of Education for being the District nominee for the ISBE Teacher of the Year.

Fremd High School teachers Katie Giegler and Mike Karasch were recognized by the Board of Education for being District nominees for the ISBE Those Who Excel Team nominees.

District Controller and Treasurer Barb Peterson was recognized by the Board of Education for being the ISBE Those Who Excel Administrator nominee.  

Conant High School teacher Elizabeth Dopke-Jimenez was recognized by the Board of Education for being the ISBE Early Career Teacher of the year nominee.

Schaumburg High School Administrative Assistant Alison Woytus (pictured with Principal Brian Harlan) was recognized by the Board of Education for being the District's ISBE Those Who Excel Educational Service Personnel nominee. 

The Hoffman Estates High School Teaching and Learning Team (Jill Boomer, David Calisch, Hollee Czajka, Laura Mallon, Tanya Meador, Thomas Mocon, Christina Ordonez, Jason Stevens, Tessa Strzempek, Kari Verdonck, and Kay Yereb) were recognized by the Board of Education for being theDistrict's ISBE Those Who Excel Team nominee.

Hoffman Estates High School Gymnastics coach Dave Calisch was recognized by the Board of Education for being inducted into the Illinois High School Gymnastics Coaches Association's Hall of Fame.

Conant High School Co-ed Cheerleading coaches (and twin sisters) Amanda Schweinebraten and Christina Schweinebraten-Malone were recognized by the Board of Education for being inducted into the Illinois High School Cheerleading Coaches Hall of Fame.

Hoffman Estates High School Special Education teacher Angela Rallidis was recognized by the Board of Education for becoming a National Board Certified Teacher.

Booster Club presidents (Rachel Stevens, Betsy Gharagozlou, Jennifer Krieg, Verlyn Suderman, Melissa Schlesinger, Traci Garcia, Cristina Zajac, Debbie Lipka, Kathy Ashenfelter, Michelle Pikscher, Pam Conway, and Jessica Augsburger) representing all five schools and multiple music programs were recognized by the Board of Education for their service to the schools and programs throughout the District.  

Fremd High School students Helena Roh and Nicole Saletta were recognized by the Board of Education for their performances at the FCCLA State Conference.

Hoffman Estates High School student Danielle Rose Sy (pictured with Dr. Octavio Rodriguez) was recognized by the Board of Education for her performance during the HOSA State Competition.

Fremd HOSA members Sahasra Boyina, Mahreen Gaffoor, Niyathi Girish, Riya Kukreja, and Sumedha Rao (pictured with advisor Luke Madden) were recognized by the Board of Education for their performance at the Illinois HOSA State Championship.

Conant HOSA students Anuva Jakher, Reyna Patel, and Sabina Rajabova (pictured with Assistant Sponsor Monika Aubin) were recognized for their performance at the Illinois HOSA State Championship.

Palatine High School student Agam Nanda (pictured with sponsor Jennifer Dahl) was recognized by the Board of Education for his performance in the Illinois HOSA State Championship.

Palatine High School student Patrick Shoults (pictured with Math Coach Melissa Maher) was recognized by the Board of Education for his performance in the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics State Tournament.

Fremd High School Math Team (Isabella Chen, Siddharth Kadiyala, Rishi Kanchi, Ryan Kim, Chloe Kim, Joshua King, Joshua Lin, Krista Liu, Samuel Malcolm, Dayita Mandal, Mantra Mittal, Andrew Qian, Daniel Xiao, Jason Zhou, and Eddie Zhou) pictured with Coach Chris Grattoni, were recognized by the Board of Education for their performance at the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics State Tournament.

Conant High School students Krisha Dave, Evelyn Qiu, and Atinna Zhang (pictured with coach Jon Babcock) were recognized by the Board of Education for their performance at the Illinois Science Olympiad State Tournament.

Palatine High School Science Olympiad Team members Amy Chau, Joaqiun Flores, Krish Handa, Tyler Moi, Evan Muller-Zelazny, Harper Robinson, Tanya Saxena, and Abi Shahid (pictured with coaches) were recognized by the Board of Education for their performance at the Illinois Science Olympiad State Tournament. 

Palatine High School student Isabella Borissova (pictured with Journalism advisor Sean Berleman) was recognized by the Board of Education for her performance during the IHSA State Journalism Tournament.

Conant Journalism students Adriana Buchanan, Zehra Ozcan, and Leyla Yurtsever (pictured with Journalism coach Kathryn Sall) were recognized by the Board of Education for their performance at the IHSA State Journalism Tournament.