23 D202 Elementary, Middle Schoolers Selected For All-State Choir

PLAINFIELD, IL — Twenty-three musicians from Plainfield elementary and middle schools were chosen to perform in the 2025 Illinois Music Education Association Junior All-State Conference.

The conference will take place from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1 in Peoria. It's the first time Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 middle students will attend the state conference.

Seventh- and eighth-grade students will rehearse on Jan. 31, and fifth- and sixth-grade students will have rehearsal on Feb. 1.

All musicians will perform at the Peoria Civic Center on Saturday afternoon.

The one-day junior and elementary chorus events will be held in conjunction with the ILMEA's state conference and all-state student programs for high school students.

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Meadow View Elementary School

• Oliver Garcia, fifth grade
• Sofia Rosales, fifth grade
• Sarah Schmidt, fifth grade
• Isabelle Kopka, fifth grade
• Ariana Orozco, fifth grade
• Jack Schultz, fifth grade

Liberty Elementary School

• Kaden Bertrand, fifth grade
• Taylor English, fifth grade
• Eleanor "Nora" Grotto, fifth grade
• Rylynne Westra, fifth grade

Drauden Point Middle School

• Holden Garcia, sixth grade

Richard Ira Jones Middle School

• Kate Erwin, sixth grade
• Hailey Schultz, sixth grade
• Aiden Wright, sixth grade
• Kyle Eckstein, sixth grade
• Sarah Springer, sixth grade
• Noelia Cepeda-Tapia, seventh grade, soprano
• Weston Countrymen, eighth grade, baritone
• Amirah Ogunsegun, eighth grade, alto

Heritage Grove Middle School

• Mason Nasrallah, eighth grade, soprano
• Lucy Petrovic, eighth grade, soprano

John F. Kennedy Middle School

• Javian Gutierrez, eighth grade, baritone
• Brennan Lord, seventh grade, baritone