LHS Announces Prairie State Scholars for Class of 2012

Twelve seniors have been designated as Prairie State Scholars for their scores on the Prairie State Achievement Exam in March 2011.

This year's honorees are: Ankit Amlani, Rebecca Baker, Ryan Conrad, Marjorie Dallmann, Tomasz Jazowski, Ryan Kahle, Colin Konicki, Jackson Montalbano, Matthew Nilles, Thomas Porter, Rebecca Rachan and Morgan Rex.

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In order to be named a Prairie State Scholar, students must score in the "Exceeds" level in the reading, mathematics, science and writing portions of the PSAE. Last year, .

Lemont had 99 students — more than one quarter of the students who took the exam — post at least one score in the "Exceeds" range, according to Tony Hamilton, director of school and community relations for Lemont High School District 210.

Additionally, the school had a record 110 students earn "Beat the Spread" honors. Unique to Lemont High School, "Beat the Spread" recognizes students who achieved better than expected scores on the PSAE, based on their performance on the PLAN test, which students take as sophomores.

The number of "Beat the Spread" honorees has increased each year since its inception, when the Class of 2006 had 38 honorees. Last year, the Class of 2011 had 85 students earn the distinction — a school record prior to scores posted earlier this year.

More than 30 percent of students in the Class of 2012 exceeded expectations on the ACT portion of the 2011 PSAE, while 96 percent met or exceeded predicted scores for the ACT, Hamilton said.

For the complete list of honored students, visit the Lemont High School website.