Immaculate Conception Grade School Students Clean Up with Awards to Close Out the School Year

Fourth-, fifth-, sixth- and seventh-grade students at Immaculate Conception Grade School in Elmhurst gathered in the IC church for the annual end of the year awards ceremony May 31. 

ICGS Principal Cathy Linley began by welcoming Elmhurst Firefighter Jeff Hayes, who announced two ICGS winners in the Elmhurst Fire Department’s Learn Not to Burn poster contest. They were fourth-graders Peter Walega and Mary Katherine Kapsch.   

Linley proceeded to present awards to Student Council representatives, after school tutors, members of the safety patrol, state science fair gold medal winners, the spelling bee winner, physical fitness test achievers, and the participants and winners of various speech, math and science contests were recognized. 

The Spirit of the Knight Award, given to a boy and girl in each of the upper grades who exhibited exemplary sportsmanship and effort while representing ICGS in athletics. Students who received this award were Luke Ricobene, Lauren Vilips, Joe Giralamo, Margaret Smith, Tom Devereux and Ally Farrow. 

The final award was given for the students in each grade with the highest general average in all of their academic subjects.

They are fifth-grader Nick Crnkovich, sixth-graders Jimmy Kenneally and Joe Giralamo (tie), and seventh-grader Emily Garelli. Eighth-grade students received their awards at a ceremony preceding graduation May 26.