Fremd High School Girls Tennis players Akari Matsuno and Kyra Emmanouilidis stand with head coach Scott Newmark after being recognized by the Township High School District 211 Board of Education for placing 4th in the IHSA State Tennis Championship. 

The Board recognized High School District 211’s “Those Who Excel” Award recipients. The Illinois State Board of Education annually sponsors the “Those Who Excel” awards to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the state’s public and non-public schools. High School District 211 award winners are (not pictured in order, listed alphabetically): - Board of Education President Mucia Burke (school board member category) - Schaumburg High School Student Services Director Yassila Delgado (administrator category) - William Fremd High School Social Studies Teacher LoriAnne Frieri (classroom teacher category) - Palatine High School Homeroom Team (team category): Jessica Aulisio, Brittany Berleman, Jeanne Hedgepeth, Erin Luzadder, Erin Mahoney, Thomas Mocon, James Nowak, Fred Rasmussen, Joyce Richardson, Leslie Schock, and Claudia Sierra-Sokop - Palatine High School Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Emily Pilguy (early career educator category) - James B. Conant High School Nurse Dawna Smeltzer (student support personnel category) - Hoffman Estates High School Teacher Assistant and Title 1 Attendance Interventionist Andrew Wulbecker (educational service personnel category)