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Triplets From Mt. Greenwood Graduate From Marist

John, Taylor and Nicholas Bounardj are all college-bound.

Marist science teacher Tom Murphy delivered the diplomas to the Bounardj triplets.
Marist science teacher Tom Murphy delivered the diplomas to the Bounardj triplets. (Marist High School)

CHICAGO — Among the hundreds who make up the Marist High School Class of 2020 are three from the Bounardj family of the city's Mount Greenwood neighborhood. John, Taylor and Nick Bounardj are all college-bound after receiving their Marist diplomas.

Taylor is headed to Illinois State University. Nick will play baseball at Saint Xavier University. John will attend Moraine Valley Community College.

All Marist grads this year had their diplomas delivered by faculty members. Science teacher Tom Murphy, a 2004 Marist alum himself, delivered the three diplomas to the Bounardj home.

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