La Lumiere School is proud to recognize students who achieved honor roll status for the first semester of the 2015-2016 academic year. Director of Studies, Will Lingle says, “We are very proud of our students and the enthusiasm with which they approach learning. We are also thankful to have such a talented faculty that supports our students in their all-around education.”
La Lumiere’s honor roll is based on a 4.0 scale. Cum Laude students have a cumulative, unweighted GPA of 3.0 or higher and no grade lower than a C. Magna Cum Laude students have a cumulative, unweighted GPA of 3.5 or higher and no grade lower than a C. Summa Cum Laude students have a cumulative, unweighted GPA of 4.0 or higher.
CUM LAUDE
9th Grade
Teagan Anderson, Michiana Shores, Ind.; Tyger Campbell, Brentwood, Tenn.; Destiny Chapman, Chicago; Kathleen Eversole, Chesterton, Ind.; Josie Futrell, Chesterton, Ind.; Nolan Howard, Richland, Mich.; Sasha Jalinous, Granger, Ind.; Zhuohao (Chris) Li, Guangzhou, China; Andrew McArdle, Spencerville, Ind.; Alexis Novak, Michigan City, Ind.; Alexis Surma, Rolling Prairie, Ind.; Julian Trejo Bax, South Bend, Ind.; Longfei (Amy) Wang, Beijing, China
10th Grade
Elise Behnke, La Porte, Ind.; Angelina Billys, Long Beach, Ind.; Zifei (Vincent) Chen, Haidian Dist., Beijing, China; Isabella Conner, Michigan City, Ind.; Joshua De St. Jean, South Bend, Ind.; William Devers, Carbondale, Colo.; Alexander Kuiken, Michigan City, Ind.; Natalie McGuckin, Long Beach, Ind.; Hasan Nasar, Chesterton, Ind.; Evan Odar, Hickory Corners, Mich.; Trent Schermer, Valparaiso, Ind.; Emily Smith, Indianapolis; Qingyuan (Season) Wu, Haidian District, Beijing, China
11th Grade
Isaac Albano, La Porte, Ind.; Sarah Beach, South Bend, Ind.; Sydney Benacka, Valparaiso, Ind.; Dutcher Boyd, Wilmette, Ill.; Andi Breitowich, La Porte, Ind.; Griffin Carlson, Michigan City, Ind.; Ethan Dolezal, Long Beach, Ind.; Isabella Kaplan, Michigan City, Ind.; Eduardo Maitin, Panama City, Panama; Jayden Mougin, New Carlisle, Ind.; John Ruszkowski, Michigan City, Ind.; Kayla Saniga, Valparaiso, Ind.; Cora Schander, Long Beach, Ind.; Channing Scott, Granger, Ind.; Hayley Shipley, Michigan City, Ind.; Sarah Van Sessen, Westville, Ind.; Ming Washington, Michigan City, Ind.; Xi (Simon) Zhang, Puyang City, Henan, China
12th Grade
Blair Arnell, Chesterton, Ind.; Matthew Bolda, La Porte, Ind.; Daniel Brooks, Michigan City, Ind.; Brandon Cyrus, Carlsbad, Calif.; Begoña Gomar, Rocafort, Spain; Nolan Grieger, La Porte, Ind.; Elizabeth McGuckin, Long Beach, Ind.; Steven Nielsen, Dragoer, Denmark; Violet Potter, Chicago; Patrick Smith, Muncie, Ind.; Ming (Stephanie) Sun, Jinan, Shandong, China; Stephan Verde, Chesterton, Ind.; Fiona Whalen, La Porte, Ind.; Shan (Jenny) Xue, Qingdao, Shandong, China
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
9th Grade
Massa Al-Ani, Granger, Ind.; Trevor Cary, La Porte, Ind.; Logan Funderburg, Chesterton, Ind.; Laura Gonzalez Sanchez de Lamadrid, Madrid, Spain; Leily Jalinous, Granger, Ind.; Elaine Jensen, Valparaiso, Ind.; Hannah LeCount, Michigan City, Ind.; Tucker Magill, La Porte, Ind.; Thomas McDonnell, Michigan City, Ind.; Aashiyana Patel, Granger, Ind.; Benjamin Ruszkowski, Michigan City, Ind.; Amelia Surma, La Porte, Ind.; Henry Visconsi, South Bend, Ind.; Mitchell Willis, Westville, Ind.
10th Grade
Caroline Bates, Porter, Ind.; Jack Breitowich, La Porte, Ind.; George Eisenhauer, Beverly Shores, Ind.; Joshua Grant, La Porte, Ind.; Olivia Hackett, Michigan City, Ind.; Keyvan Jalinous, Granger, Ind.; Shannon Jania, Walkerton, Ind.; Yifan (Iven) Jiang, Shanghai, China; Elizabeth Kennedy, Chicago; Shivani Patel, Granger, Ind.; Camryn Roberts, New Carlisle, Ind.; Reyna Rodriguez, Cicero, Ill.; Jonathan Rogers, Michigan City, Ind.; Ainesh Shintre, St. Joseph, Mich.; Baerett Stone, Elkhart, Ind.; Talya Wolf, La Porte, Ind.; Sophia Wood, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Maximillian Zaccone, Michigan City, Ind.
11th Grade
Mary Adam, Glen Ellyn, Ill.; James Anderson, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia; Lucy Caplice, Michigan City, Ind.; Julia Goodman, La Porte, Ind.; Luyuan (Andy) Hang, Shanghai, China; Kristin Koehm, La Porte, Ind.; Yang (Kathy) Kong, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China; Maria Lake, La Porte, Ind.; Jonghyeok (JH) Lee, Seoul, South Korea; Emma Patterson, South Bend, Ind.; Rowena Quinn, La Porte, Ind.; Vladimir Rak, Prostejov, Czech Republic; Noah Schuster, La Porte, Ind.; Marco Seow, Temple City, Calif.
12th Grade
Iyad Ali, Chesterton, Ind.; Janice Baek, Ulsan, South Korea; Haohao (Maggie) Chen, Suzhou, China; Kathryn Collins, Riverside, Ill.; Amelia Dudek, Riverside, Ill.; Hannah Fogel, Manteno, Ill.; Siewying (Christy) Gong, Qing Dao, Shan Dong, China; Nicholas Grandfield, La Porte, Ind.; Zhuoran (Aimee) Han, Changning District, Shanghai, China; Megan Jelinek, Flossmoor, Ill.; Dana Rafferty, Michigan City, Ind.; Amelia Sauers, La Porte, Ind.; Damaris Smith, Niles, Mich.; Jacob Stimley, Michigan City, Ind.; Christian Vasquez, Portage, Ind.; Tianchao (Charlie) Yang, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China; Yuyang (Peter) Zhang, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
9th Grade
Sabrina Ali, Chesterton, Ind.; Molly Caplice, Michigan City, Ind.; Nicholas Gnaedinger, La Porte, Ind.; Haley Harkness, Valparaiso, Ind.; John August Hendricks, Michigan City, Ind.; Annabelle Lake, La Porte, Ind.; Ameer Rifai, Valparaiso, Ind.; Katherine Rowan, Munster, Ind.; Savannah Starr, Michigan City, Ind.; Natalia Trejo Bax, South Bend, Ind.; Alex Turner, Buffalo, Mich.; Katherine Yemc, Long Beach, Ind.
10th Grade
Olivia Dybing, La Porte, Ind.; Sarah Gillen, La Porte, Ind.; Sasha Lyubashevsky, Chicago
11th Grade
Shunzhang (Lee) Li, Shanghai, China; Lotanna Ogbuefi, Bolingbrook, Ill.; Jenna Rifai, Valparaiso, Ind.; Zoe Surma, La Porte, Ind.; Stephanie Zaccone, Michigan City, Ind.
12th Grade
Megan Gillen, La Porte, Ind.; Anika Gnaedinger, La Porte, Ind.; Karalyn Knight, Beverly Shores, Ind.; Zicheng (Tom) Ren, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China; Nerissa Siwietz, Michigan City, Ind.; Rachael Yemc, Long Beach, Ind.