Whiz Kid: 4th Graders Already Thinking of Higher Education

Each week, Bolingbrook Patch will seek suggestions from readers for individual kids, youth groups, teens, and even sports teams that wow us with their accomplishments.

We want to hear about these amazing children and teens and select one each week as the Patch Whiz Kid.  Submit your nomination in our comment box below or e-mail the information to Local Editor Brian Feldt at brianf@patch.com. Be sure to include all of the following information included below.

And without further ado, this week's Whiz Kid is...

• Whiz Kid: Abigaile Phanor and Jordan Delli
• Age: 4th Grade
• School:
• Accomplishment: Started thinking about college in 4th grade.
• Key to Awesomeness: Many students don't begin thinking of college until the last possible moment. In fact, some kids really don't give college much thought at all. But not at Tibbott Elementary, where thinking of college is the norm. School officials last month began college week, which included a Career Day, an opportunity to eat lunch in the college dorm room Tibbott has created, a presentation by State of Illinois officials on “Saving for College," and even an actual college fair. “Many of our children have never been on a college campus,” Wilson said.  “It’s not feasible to bring all 683 to a college, so we’re bringing college to them so they have an idea of what it’s like to live on campus.” Abigaile Phanor and Jordan Delli, this week's Whiz Kids, had their heads in the right places as they relaxed in a “dorm room” created at Tibbott Elementary School to give students and idea of what it’s like to live on a college campus.

Thanks to a partnership with Nancy's Pizza, each Weekly Whiz Kid will receive a certificate good for for one free slice of pizza at the restaurant's  or  location.

Weekly Whiz Kids may redeem their free slice of pizza at Nancy's Pizza locations in Bolingbrook, 210 N. Weber Road, and Naperville, 1275 Rickert Drive, only. For more information call the Bolingbrook location at 630-679-0700 or the Naperville restaurant at 630-355-8774.