The year 2020 was not the senior year any senior at East had expected. The spread of the coronavirus Covid-19 led to school closures across the country as governors “shut down” their states and put “stay-at-home” orders in place. So Friday, March 13, 2020, schools in Illinois were closed until the end of the month, but then the order was extended to include the end of the school year for most schools. East seniors missed their prom, senior nights, spring sports seasons, the spring musical production, and many other activities. The one big event, of course, was graduation, which was supposed to be Thursday, May 21.
Many seniors are still planning on moving on with their next life experience-college, the military, work, and gap years. The X-ray editors, with the help of Assistant Principal Lisa Dandre, shared the annual X-ray Senior Survey with students ready to graduate from East. The results of this survey are shown here in the graph and the attached sidebar titled “Where they are off too….”
Many also shared some of their thoughts on what they missed most this year because of the closures, and many shared their guiding thoughts. (Please see our columns in “Opinions.”)
Here is where our seniors are headed....
(327) Attending College
(13) Military
(19) Other
(Trade, Transition/Gap Year, Work)
Alabama (3)
Auburn University
Joey Scimeca
University of Alabama
Erin Seales
Jack Spence
Alaska
Arizona (10)
Arizona State University
Charles Metz
Amanda Miller
Samantha Miller
Colin Seales
Grand Canyon University
Miles Hamilton
Kate Monfils
Kirby Pearce
Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Scottsdale Junior Program
Kaylee Schwarz
University of Arizona
Lauren Bolek
Lucy Charpentier
Arkansas (1)
Arkansas State University
Jalen Farmer
California (2)
Loyola Marymount University
Jamieson Claussner
University of San Diego
Lauren Pondel
Colorado (2)
Pikes Peak Community College
Makayla Flanders
University of Colorado Boulder
Sarah Sheley
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida (7)
Ave Maria University
Samantha Sash
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Vincent Raymond
Florida Gulf Coast University
Casey Makowski
Florida State University
Francesca Carravetta
Full Sail University
Gavyn Zonyk
Miami Dade College
Mark Sastre
University of Central Florida
Taylor Petros
Georgia (1)
Emory University
Andrea Brink
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois (158)
Augustana College
Paige Breslin
Aurora University
Deztiny Lake
Maya Nair
Lissette Rodriguez
Anisa Soto
Zachary Stege
Kiara Ynocencio
Benedectine University
Heeba Mahmood
Joseph Maldonado
Bradley University
Cassidy Bolster
Erica Delgado
Nicholas Junkas
Joshua Kennedy
Robert Nitsch
Jack Settle
Michael Villagomez
Melanie Williams
College of Dupage
Karyssa Hannah
Ryan Kolb
Maria Ramirez
College of Lake County
Alicia Mullis
DePaul University
Matthew Clancy
Molly Greene
David Griggs
Hannah Notte
Paris Ortiz
Lily Rooney
Natalia Saavedra
Sarina Singh
Elgin Community College
Zbigniew Adamczyk
Orion Bell
Jackie Benitez
Kaleb Bielski
Jesus Borjon
Carly Ciszek
Thomas Corcoran
Corbin Deasey
Kaleb DeLoncker
Molly Doyle
Azel Emmanuel
David Erikson
Daniel Gantner
Armando Garcia
Mackenzie Garza-Moore
Amber Gebhardt
Jocelyne Gomez-Hernandez
Kate Guttierez
Katrina Hammond
Max Heroldt
Alexia Jennings
Grace Klemm
Michael Kostas
Venique Kreung
Yosman Kulbeda-Kasal
Kayla Kuntsman
Abigail Luna
Madyson Jastrab
Nicole Martinez
Luke Mata
Grant Meador
James Mlinar
Janette Morales
Alec Murphy
Carissa Nazlian
Alex Orloff
Miranda Paige
Jeremy Pilario
Giulianna Porcello
Nick Regelbrugge
Chiara Ruane
Stephanie Ruiz
Nick Schumann
Brandon Snellgrove
Sam Stefansson
William Wegener
Autumn Womack
Keelan Yarusso
Elmhurst College
Isabella Giordano
Emily Leonard
Flashpoint Chicago–Columbia College Hollywood
Alfredo Torres
Illinois State University
Evelyn Alanis
Melanie Chavezz
Catrina Crones
Jacqueline Johnson
Emily Loehrke
Jake Miller
Stefani Paladino
Rachel Sheehan
Mary Schiltz
Sydney Stahly
Illinois Wesleyan University
Jazalyn Belz
Gabriel Delaney
Hunter Kennedy
Hannah Murray
Emma Sempsrott
Knox College
Destini Boswell
Loyola University Chicago
Jakob Coker
David Gheorghe
Thomas Hite
Amy-Lauren Kuhl
Helena Niforatos
Erik Odegaard
Michael Panfil
Millikin University
Trinity Haggerty
Monmouth College
Grace Passaglia
North Central College
Ashley Campise
Timothy Lyon
Johnny Olenek
Emily Stallmann
Nicholas Teegardin
Northern Illinois University
Andrew Ceralde
Kaitlin Gahagan
Emma Walsh
Oakton Community College
Cole Nelson
Robert Morris University
Vincent Manini
Rock Valley College
Evan Vitallo
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Lexy Watrobka
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Henry Bengston
Thomas Edgar
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Ashlynn Deane
University of Chicago
Marina Lyon
University of Illinois at Chicago
Brian Aguilar
Clayton Conn
Cole Conn
Zain Farooq
Hannah Peterson
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Storey Childs
Trudie Childs
Reginald Garcia
Allison Haab
Rachel Haab
Christina Hull
Chris Jurczewski
Elli Keys
Kyle Krawczykowski
Vijay Krishnan
Matthew Lane
Jamie McDermott
John Michelotti
Connor O’Keefe
Catherine Ortlund
Maya Patel
Lindsay Peters
Audrey Schero
Ayumu Seiya
Benjamin Sitta
Allen Steinberg
Caleb Sutton
Elizabeth Tarzynski
Megan Wilbur
Ryan Williams
Kaitlyn Wixted
Colin Zimmers
Waubonsee Community College
Max Connelly
Makena Ringhofer
Wheaton College
Caleb Vankerkhoff
Western Illinois University
Cole Jensen
Maya Steinke
Cruz Torres
Indiana (18)
Indiana University
Kelly Albers
Steven Arrambide
Ethan Carls
Meghan Kimberly
Paige Newman
Parth Shah
Aidan Sullivan
Purdue University
Klara Barej
Erika Denker
Jonathan Dufresne
Emery Frey
Grace Goudreau
John Houde
Amanda Jacobucci
Luke Matheny
Jake Polinski
Isabel Prath
Hannah Wojdyla
Iowa (20)
Drake University
Emily Peck
Grace Petersen
Iowa State University
Charlene Baes
Grace Duncan
Alia Klebosits
Shannon McSkimming
Lauren Pombar
Jack Sebahar
Jacob Shockley
Gavin Tatar
Tyler Weberski
The University of Iowa
Brooke Born
Anthony Dazzo
Joey Dunklau
Clarissa Kelly
Grace Peters
Sawyer Schulte
Lauryn Stevens
Geoff Unterberg
Kelsey Wilkes
Kansas (1)
University of Kansas
Matthew Minear
Kentucky (14)
Asbury University
Maddie Einwich
University of Kentucky
Lauren Arvizu
Riley Coine
Benjamin Erikson
Sophia Gapuz
Olivia Green
Gina Huber
Elise Kichka
Matthew Lamz
Madalyn Mavigliano
Rachel Parson
Courtney Podl
Andrew Risberg
Lauren Rohde
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland (1)
Johns Hopkins University
Xander Song
Massachusetts (1)
Boston University
Liam McCarron
Michigan (9)
Ferris State University
Blake Connelly
Michigan State University
Sydney Milella
Keagan Peppeard
Jenna Rizzi
University of Michigan
Amelia Kuhlman
Western Michigan University
Nicholas Cutrara
Tyler Johnson
Carter Maggio
Madison Solomon
Minnesota (5)
St. Cloud State University
Alondra Carranza
St. Olaf College
John Massa
University of Minnesota
Hannah Harris
Tristan Keene
Winona State University
Ryan Kolb
Mississippi (2)
Mississippi State University
Elle McCaslin
University of Mississippi
Jordan Alimissis
Missouri (12)
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Danny Kreider
Saint Louis University
Mackenzie Riegler
Anjali Shah
University of Missouri
Zach Clodi
Jake Farmer
Nathan Hull
Alexis Hydar
Jake Powalish
Aiden Rabe
Benjamin Rogers
Emma Tousignant
Washington University in St. Louis
William Leidig
Montana
Nebraska (3)
McCook Community College
Owen Lester
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Brenna Paul
Allison Tarpey
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey (1)
Stevens Institute of Technology
Jacob Stark
New Mexico
New York (4)
Fordham University
Skyler Purvis
New York University
Cynthia Mendoza
Stony Brook University
Dominick Sarabella
Vassar College
William Flachmeyer
North Carolina
North Dakota (1)
University of North Dakota
Owen Mruk
Ohio (11)
Case Western University
Grace Jackson
Sean Yetter
Kenyon College
Maya Schwingel
Miami University
Caitlyn Ahlquist
Alyssa Justiniano
Joshua Nelson
Henry Pierce
Annika Schmidt
The Ohio State University
Jeffrey Sharko
University of Dayton
Jessica Garland
Sean Sullivan
Oklahoma
Oregon (1)
University of Oregon
Sofia Barbosa
Pennsylvania (1)
University of Pennsylvania
Alyssa Bebenek
Rhode Island
South Carolina (1)
University of South Carolina
Ailee Keenan
South Dakota
Tennessee (5)
The University of Tennessee Knoxville
Sarah Burke
Isabella DuJardin
Payton Foster
Nicole Luzi
Vanderbilt University
Thomas Ditsworth
Texas (4)
Baylor University
Abby Smolek
Texas Christian University
Mary Jania
University of Texas at Austin
Sydney Opaleski
University of Texas at Dallas
Margaret Harper
Utah (1)
Utah State University
Fischer Lund
Vermont
Virginia (3)
Liberty University
Calista Funke
Sydney Varga
Virginia Tech University
Tyler Filbert
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin (23)
Beloit College
Suzanne Healy
Marquette University
Erik Anderson
Gillian Atilano
Michael Gephart
Michelle Jolly
Aayushi Patel
Alexandra Robey
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
Lauren Luna
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Joseph Beeson
University of Wisconsin Madison
Annika Anderson
Dylan Barrett
Scott Breidigan
Robert Liking
Elena Melone
Chase Monkemeyer
Abu Syed
Briana Sypolt
Isabel Sypolt
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Alex Lopez
University of Wisconsin Platteville
Amarion Isbell
Emily Myers
University of Wisconsin Stout
Hudson Jahntz
University of Wisconsin Whitewater
Gino Cerrone
Wyoming
Military (13)
Air Force
John Mikleson
Army
Russel Jade Addun
Russel Jake Addun
Mary Kreiner
Michael O’Donnell
Marine Corps
Brandon Aganon
Joshua Aganon
Carlos Lopez
Ashley Olea
Thomas Otmanowski
Mackenzie Sullivan
Navy
Jordan Gehringer
Hayden Ruddy
Working
Kassandra Abshire
Renato Avendano
Luis Castellanos
Maxwell Connelly
Mehdi Halimaj
Kayla Kuntsman
Madison Malugen
Pedro Reyes
Ayva Salter
Lexy Watrobka
Trade
Jessica Cruz
Robby Henrickson
Julian Mazur
Transition
Joey Cambell
Thomas Loerhke
Gap Year(s)
Brian Lingard
Jillian Sanchez
Aidan Smith
Chloe Trentham
Sources: 142 responses on X-ray survey as of 11:10, May 19 2020, CCR website, and Honors Night.
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