Return of the Wonderful Whiz Kids

As I dropped off my little guy for his first day of third grade, I was reminded of all the awesome faces we saw last school year.

Our Whiz Kids feature introduced the community to some pretty amazing young people.

First there was , a chess champ from that attributed his successes to a lack of cockiness.

We also had , a speech star with big aspirations in journalism.

And what about ? He got to spend four months working as a page for U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

Take a look at the photo gallery above to see some of our past Whiz Kids.

We had plenty of other Whiz Kids last school year and we plan to have much more, but we need your help. There are tons of great young kids and teens in Chicago Heights, Olympia Fields and South Chicago Heights, and they all deserve the spotlight for their efforts, so let's make it happen.

Send your Whiz Kid submissions to christopher.paicely@patch.com, with the name, age, school and accomplishment included in the email.

I can't wait to hear from you!