School District 129

The Rowdies, a cheering section of West Aurora High School students, don Glimco masks Feb. 10 in the gymnasium, to the delight of their surprised principal, John Glimco.

West High students Scott Zinzer (center) and Brian Moy (not shown) surprise Supt. Jim Rydland (right) with a cardboard Elvis version of the superintendent when he visited the school on Feb. 21.

One hundred and twenty students at West Aurora High School never missed a day in class during the fall semester. The students received recognition and prizes at a ceremony on Jan. 26. Sponsors include Schmitt-McDonalds, Kirhofer Sports, Tinseltown Theatre, Chartwells, Funway and Target.

Students with perfect attendance are: Andrew Adams, Eric Ahlden, James Amurao, Brisilda Bala, Karolina Bartkowiak, Jeanine Beckle, Brent Bijonowski, Cody Bilmar, Matthew Bius, Erik Bohler, Daniel Botkin, Zachary Botkin, Matthew Campen, Maria Carrillo, Glenn Casillas, Jose Cisneros, Jessica Davidson, Denis Djidic, Samantha Doyle, Brittney Duran, Katherine Dusell, Kyle Erwin, Urian Franco and Shannon Fritz.

Claudia Garcia, Laura Garcia, Matthew Genslinger, Danielle Glynn, David Gonzales, Margaret Gray, Devin Hard, Jordan Harrold, Jorge Hernandez, Michael Hickey, Thelonious Hicks, Amy Ho, Brian Ho, Joshua Hochsprung, Timothy Hunckler, Ann Hutches, Joshua Jaskola, Ariel Johnson, Joshua Joray, Rakchanok Kachanthong, Jacob Karn, Mckenzie Kelly, Sean Kerwin, Anna Klenke, Amy Kluber and Corey Koskinen.

Robert Lemley, Philip Lindgren, Kyla Lingel, Zachary Little, Tyler Lockman, David Lopez, Humberto Martinez, Jacinto Martinez, Asenath Matteson, Simon Matteson, J. R. Mcanelly, Kathryn Mcdonnell, Oscar Meza, Sean Miles, Nicholas Miller, Stephanie Miller, Andrew Moore, Chelsey Moore, Daniel Newhouse, Emily OConnell, Brenda Oliveros, Nicole Oros, Sabrina Ortlieb, Alisa Owens, Jean Owens, Sarah Palmatier, Christopher Patterson, Tracey Park, Jason Paul, Benjamin Peterson, Anna Pierce, Heather Pierce, Rene Portillo, Hanna Pristave, Sharquel Pryor and Jaime Puebla.

Melva Quintanilla, Alyssa Ramirez, Alyssa Ramirez, Savanna Ramsey, Eric Reed, Katryna Reformado, Graciela Renovato, Stephany Renovato, Matthew Riddle, Daniel Rivera, Raphael Rodea, Jack Ruhl, Isaac Ruiz, Emily Santelli, John Schultz, Alexander Seymour, Alexander Sleboda, Sidharth Soni, George Sterling, Artillis Taylor, Robyn Towle, Nancy Trujillo, Erika Urrutia, Carmen Vallejo, Alison Vanduzor, Payam Vatani, Karen Vazquez, Alexandra Vickers, Emily Wilke, Brian Winders, Musawir Yousufzai, Joe Ziemer, Joshua Zinzer, Scott Zinzer.

The 2004 yearbook for West Aurora High School is featured in the 2005 Gotcha Covered Look Book, a gallery of the best yearbook spreads and covers.

West Highs yearbook, Eos, was among 500 selected from thousands submitted to a panel of judges for inclusion in the standard reference book for yearbook advisors and staffs published by Jostens. Student Mark Nardone was the editor of the 2004 edition. Kim Dirck is West Highs yearbook adviser.

The design, photography, reporting and journalistic quality of many school yearbooks approach the work of professionals, says Gary Lungren, senior program manager/education at Jostens. The Gotcha Covered Look Book features the best of the best.
Dirck and the yearbook staff received an award plaque from Jostens to recognize the achievement.

This is the fourth year that Jostens had held the competition, and West Highs designs have won awards for the past two, says Dirck. Our staff keeps improving each year.

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