BHS Fourth Quarter Honor Rolls Announced
Beecher High School recently announced students named to its fourth quarter honor rolls. Congratulations to the following students!
High Honors
Seniors: Steven Adam, Rebecca Andresiunas, Tyler Andresiunas, David Arroyo, Angelian Athanasopoulos, Jake Barkus, Bryce Beck, Gage Beck, Justin Benck, Megan Berkley, Cullen Berry, Ann Bingham, Jacopo Borgherini, Seth Cackowski, Thomas Campbell, Francisco Cardenas, Christopher DeFrank, Christina DeVries, Abigail Fernandez, Jose Gonzalez, Cody Graniczny, Emily Heber, Kylie Hoda, Jasmine Howell, Isabella Imhof, Julia Jennings, Joseph Kain, Mitchell Landis, Giselle Lopez, Emily McGregor, Samantha Menzyk, Talia Messana, Alyssa Oldenburg, Madelynne Oppenhuis, Phoebe Ouellette, Aidan Powell, Morgan Rakowski, Bethanni Ramsey, Nikolas Reid, Mallory Roper, David Slay, Andrew Smith, Cheyanna Stluka, Trenton Struzynski, Caelyn Thorpe, Vincent Tipton, Therin Tuttle, Payton Van Ness, Russell Ward, Thibaut Widart, Daniel Williams, and Jennifer Wyma.
Juniors: Emily Bingham, Sydney Bonham, Trinity Bonham, Kylie Cook, Alyssa Dillinger, Lola Eckhardt, Kayla Eickmann, Jacob Farrar, Olivia Flores, Ryan Gayton, Kevin Girard, Zachary Gorcowski, Ethan Graham, Jacob Graniczny, Kent Hartig, Olivia Hodac, Ethan Jacobs, Kendall Kasput, Riley Keating, Andre Kellum, Kamryn Koontz, Ashton Kraus, Jacob Kypuros, Azeezat Lawal, Margaret Leahy, Ava Lindow, Adrian Llamas, Morgan Magruder, Morgan McDermott, Tasja McKay, Vincent Messana, Daniel Monarrez, Julia Muschetto, Carly Paulmeier, Gavin Peterson, Brooke Reardon, Abbygail Schrimsher, Abby Sippel, Ethan Turney, and Chloe Zurek.
Sophomores: Quinton Allen, Alexis Barkus, Adriana Cabrera, Tyler Cochrane, Nathan Diachenko, Julieta Dominguez, Ariana Fernandez, Olivia Geringer-Spagnola, Caitlin Gill, Jack Hayhurst, Andrew Hering, Mihya Hernandez, Cynthia Hon, Jacob Janz, Cadence Johnson, Emma Johnson, Keira Jones, Samantha Kain, Maddison Kelley, Hayden Kettmann, Taylor Killis, Makenzie Krupa, Aaralyn Martinez, Adyn McGinley, Brandon Moffitt, Ethan Mohr, Hayden Mohr, Skyler Murdoch, Ethan Palmisano, Ricard Rodriguez, Natalie Rossi, Ethan Rydberg, Alaina Simone, Kayden Stone, Trevor Stout, and Emma Tiltges.
Freshmen: Valentin Alcauter, Noah Berry, Morgen Borst, Brooklynn Burdick, Klaudia Chlebek, Ava Chose, Meghan Dabrowski, Charlotte Farrar, Savannah Farrar, Steven Fezler, Nicholas Flores, Thomas Forrest, Natalie Herrera, Tanner Hodac, Jade Howell, Evelyn Jablonski, Brooke Jerkatis, Willow Kunkes, James Kypuros, Collin Malecha, Chloe Martin, Margaret McDermott, Brayla McKay, Ava Olson, Abrianne Papas, Emma Jean Perry, Jenna Pevion, Christopher Rauch, Melody Robles, Hannah Rozwalka, Annika Ruelo, Allison Sadus, Tayiah Scanlan, Maximillian Totos, and Logan Wilkins.
Honor Roll
Seniors: Zander Allen, Carmen Arroyo, Nathan Brody, Alison Damsch, Dylan Forsythe, Austin Hauser, Emilee Huenerberg, Bryan Johnson, Katelyn Laster, Garbriella Maurizi, Travis Miramontes-Sonichsen, Cadence Ricchio, Kevin Salas, Bryce Stout, and Brooklyn Tidball.
Juniors: Lilliana Avelar, Kayla Cruz, Tabitha Gregory, Zachary Herzog, Michael Matthias, Hunter Powell, Angel Quintero, Zaira Sancho Reina, Brianna Schrimsher, and Bryan Tavares.
Sophomores: Katelyn Bol, Jessica Ellerson, Giada Garza, Colin Hartke, Amanda Higgason, Troy Hoekstra, Anis Hussain, Zackary Johnson, Katelyn Jones, Briar Kidd, Zamara Killis, Jason Pomaranski, Anthony Sebastian, and Adam Trammell.
Freshmen: Ryan Cruz, Amelia Dodge, Kate Flora, Bradley Greer, Faith Howard, Tyler Kramer, Aylin Lagunas, Vittoria Maurizi, Daniel Murphy, Jenna Pacelli, and Joseph Scheetz.
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