La Lumiere School announces its honor roll for the first semester. 139 students reached a status of excellence: 31 Summa Cum Laude, 57 Magna Cum Laude, and 51 Cum Laude. Representation from the classes include; 37 freshmen, 35 sophomores, 41 juniors, and 26 seniors. Assistant Headmaster, Kevin Kunst commented, “With a rigorous curriculum like ours, the success of our students is a testament to their hard work and the quality of the learning environment created by our dedicated faculty.”
The La Lumiere Honor Roll is based on a 4.0 scale. Cum Laude students are those with a cumulative un-weighted grade point average of 3.0 or higher with no grade lower than a “C”. Magna Cum Laude students are those with an un-weighted 3.5 grade point average or higher and no grade lower than a “C”. Summa Cum Laude students are those with a cumulative, un-weighted grade point of 4.0 or higher.
Summa Cum Laude
Sixth Form (Twelfth Grade)
Ana Kleihege, La Porte; Natalie Newell, Schererville.
Fifth Form (Eleventh Grade)
Megan Gillen, La Porte; Anika Gnaedinger, La Porte; Karalyn Knight, Beverly Shores; Zicheng (Tom) Ren, Wuxi, China; Nerissa Siwietz, Michigan City; Rachael Yemc, Long Beach.
Fourth Form (Tenth Grade)
Maria Lake, La Porte; Shunzhang (Lee) Li, Shanghai, China; Jenna Rifai, Valparaiso; Zoe Surma,
La Porte; Stephanie Zaccone, Hobart.
Third Form (Ninth Grade)
Caroline Bates, Porter; Angelina Billys, Long Beach; Jack Breitowich, La Porte; Olivia Dybing,
La Porte; George Eisenhauer, Beverly Shores; Sarah Gillen, La Porte; Keyvan Jalinous, Granger; Shannon Jania, Walkerton; Elizabeth Kennedy, La Porte; Sasha Lyubashevsky, Chicago, IL; Shivani Patel, Granger; Camryn Roberts, New Carlisle; Reyna Rodriguez, Cicero, IL; Ainesh Shintre,
St. Joseph, MI; Aislinn Wade, St. John; Alexis Wade, St. John; Talya Wolf, La Porte; Maximillian Zaccone, Hobart.
Magna Cum Laude
Sixth Form (Twelfth Grade)
Emily Beach, South Bend; Madison Bratton, New Carlisle; Lydia Costello, Chesterton; Mary Crowe, Owensboro, KY; Angela Feikes-Mofield, La Porte; Livia Gazzolo, Harbert, MI; Daniel Goodman, La Porte; Johanna Guentert, South Bend; Brittany Hicks, La Porte; Samuel Kamyszew, Chicago, IL; Ian Miner, Ada, MI; Ikeadi Ndukwu, Chesterton; Sameer Sawaqed, Oak Lawn, IL; Noah Wennekes, Michigan City; Rowan Whalen, La Porte; Yiqian (Michael) Wu, Suzhou, China.
Fifth Form (Eleventh Grade)
Blair Arnell, Chesterton; Janice Baek, Ulsan, South Korea; Daniel Brooks, Michigan City; Haohao (Maggie) Chen, Suzhou, China; Amelia Dudek, Chicago, IL; Grace Dybing, La Porte; Hannah Fogel, Manteno, IL; Siewying (Christy) Gong, Qing Dao, China; Nolan Grieger, La Porte; Zhuoran (Aimee) Han, Shanghai, China; Mason Newbanks, Michigan City; Dana Rafferty, Michigan City; Damaris Smith, Niles, MI; Hannah Smith, Chesterton; Jacob Stimley, Michigan City; Jerome Thompson, Lane Cove, NSW, Australia; Shan (Jenny) Xue, Qingdao, China; Yuyang (Peter) Zhang, Beijing, China.
Fourth Form (Tenth Grade)
Mary Adam, Glen Ellyn, IL; Andi Breitowich, La Porte; Lucy Caplice, Michigan City; Julia Goodman, La Porte; Luyuan (Andy) Hang, Shanghai, China; Kristin Koehm, La Porte; John Lawicki, Portage; Jonghyeok (JH) Lee, Seoul, South Korea; Jayden Mougin, New Carlisle; Emma Patterson, South Bend; Rowena Quinn, La Porte; John Ruszkowski, Michigan City; Cora Schander, Long Beach; Noah Schuster, La Porte.
Third Form (Ninth Grade)
Joshua De St. Jean, South Bend; Joshua Grant, La Porte; Olivia Hackett, Michigan City; Olivia Haman, Chicago, IL; Yifan (Iven) Jiang, Shanghai, China; Alexander Kuiken, Michigan City; Jonathan Rogers, Valparaiso; Trent Schermer, Valparaiso; Sophia Wood, Scottsdale, AZ.
Cum Laude
Sixth Form (Twelfth Grade)
Allison Coffeen, La Porte; Lucas Conner, Michigan City; Vivian Crowell, River Forest, IL; Christopher Hohman, Rolling Prairie; Bradley Nygren, Michigan City; Alex Olesinski, Roswell, NM; Zeyu (Zoe) Wang, Xiamen, China; Zhan Cheng (Jessica) Zhao, Beijing, China.
Fifth Form (Eleventh Grade)
Abigail Babcock, La Porte; Matthew Bolda, La Porte; Kathryn Collins, Riverside, IL; Brandon Cyrus, Carlsbad, CA; Nicholas Grandfield, La Porte; Megan Jelinek, Flossmoor, IL; Zachary Kulkin, Newport Coast, CA; Elizabeth McGuckin, Long Beach; Steven Nielsen, Drager, Denmark; Violet Potter, Chicago, IL; Amelia Sauers, La Porte; Patrick Smith, Muncie; Ming (Stephanie) Sun, Jinan, China; Anne Turner, Greendale, WI; Christian Vasquez, Portage; Fiona Whalen, La Porte; Tianchao (Charlie) Yang, Beijing, China.
Fourth Form (Tenth Grade)
Isaac Albano, La Porte; Sydney Benacka, Valparaiso; Griffin Carlson, Michigan City; Ethan Dolezal, Long Beach; Isabelle Hendricks, Michigan City; Yikai (Troy) Hou, Nanjing, China; Isaac Houston, Niles, MI; Yang (Kathy) Kong, Xi’an, China; Ethan Murillo, La Porte; Richard Newell, Schererville; Wiley Redding, Chicago, IL; Channing Scott, Granger; Hayley Shipley, Michigan City; Sarah Van Sessen, Westville; Ming Washington, Michigan City; Yuyang (Mark) Yin, Beijing, China.
Third Form (Ninth Grade)
Elise Behnke, La Porte; Isabella Conner, Michigan City; Meghan Daly, La Porte; Aine Kura, Michigan City; Myon McGee, Michigan City; Natalie McGuckin, Long Beach; Cassidy Rehrer, South Bend; Nicholas Rogers, La Porte; Emily Smith, Indianapolis; Baerett Stone, Granger.
About La Lumiere School
La Lumiere School is a premier college preparatory boarding and day school located on a spectacular 190-acre campus 25 miles west of South Bend, 8 miles from La Porte, 7 miles from New Buffalo and about an hour southeast of Chicago. Academic excellence characterizes the entire curriculum and helps to prepare its students to attend some of the best colleges in the country including Stanford University, Northwestern University, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Notre Dame, Wake Forest University, Middlebury College, Georgetown University, Cornell University, Colgate University, University of Michigan, and the University of Chicago. For additional information, go online to lalumiere.org. La Lumiere School is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA).
More information about La Lumiere School can be found at lalumiere.org.