Seniors awarded scholarships

On May 6, East and West Leyden honored the Class of 2026 scholarship award recipients at the annual Leyden Senior Scholarship Awards Night. Congratulations to the following scholarship recipients:

Alex Jomarron: English Language Learner Excellence Award
Marianned De Los Angeles Muñoz Gonzalez - East

Franklin Park Memorial Kiwanis Scholarship
Khrystyna Dzhus - East
Emily Kafka - East

Daniel Moshi Memorial Scholarship
Sophia Arguezo - East
Nathan Pera - West

Donald E. Stephens Academic & Athletic Scholarship
Alison Dimaranan - Academic - East
Karen Chaidez - Academic - West
Dominic Ganir - Athletic - East

East Leyden Parents' Club Award
Anesa Dawud 
Jorge Galindo
Jacob Ganir 
Emily Kafka 
James Kafka
Liliana Pantaleon 
Lucciano Reeves
Jiliana Rivera
Emilia Villasenor
Gabriela Zujko

Franklin Park Firefighters Local 1526 Scholarship
Ruby Monarrez - East

Franklin Park District PTA/Hester Junior High Scholarship
Rayane El Kalchy -East
Valeria Inzurriaga - East
Alyssa Ramos - East 
Karen Chaidez - West

Gene Haas Scholarship
Wiktor Kruszecki - East

Grand Chamber by O'Hare-Michael Rickert Memorial Scholarship
Lesly Herrera - East
Josh Armedilla - West

Holly Testa Memorial Scholarship
Alejandra Ortiz - East
Sean Jentsch - East

Illinois Federation of Teachers, Local 571: Leyden Council Scholarship for Future Educators
Izabella Szwedo - East 
Jimena Pimentel - West 

Jonathan Cain Fine Arts Scholarship
Sophia Di Paola - East
Allisson Huitron - West  

Joseph V Bychowski Scholarship
Alyssa Ramos - Easty

Joseph Russow Memorial Scholarship
Manuel Anaya - East
Paul Cieciwa - East
Adrian Nevarez - East
John Wilczek - East
Marely Olivo - West

Kiwanis Club of Northlake Scholarship 
Isabel Gonzales - West

Kiwanis Club of Northlake: Jerry Criss Service Scholarship
Leslie Marin - West

Larry Crippen "Aim High" Scholarship
Brianna Reid - East

Leyden Sharing the Dream Scholarship
Khrystyna Dzhus - East
Rocio Grosso - East
Joshua Sandi Paniagua - West

Lions Club Service Leadership Award
Sophia Di Paloa - East
Jocelyn Martinez - East
Maya Flasza - East
Gabriela Zujko - East

Lotus Flower Scholarship
Allisson Huitron - West

Lucia Ramirez Community Involvement Scholarship
Alyssa Ramos - East
Julio De Santiago - West

Marjorie McLeod Business Scholarship
Abbie Martinez- East

Parks Foundation of Franklin Park Scholarship
Angela Innocente - East

Richard Nardini Community Service Scholarship
Narita Nazareno - East
Josh Armedilla - West

Robert Radak Memorial Scholarship
Timothy Ferris - West

Rotary Club of Chicago-O'Hare Scholarship
Ruby Monarrez - East
David Soto - East
Izaac Terrazas - East
Oluwasubomi Akinola - West
Tijana Murray - West

Rotary Great Escape Scholarship
Allisson Huitron - West

Rundquist Opportunity Scholarship
Marianned De Los Angeles Muñoz Gonzalez - East

Sarah Callister Memorial Scholarship
Olivia Dogic - East

Schiller Park Firefighters Local 5230 Future Scholarship
Aleksandra Manojlovic - East
Izabella Szwedo - East

Smerz-Horvath Athletic Scholarship
Valeria Inzurriga - East
Rogelio Herrera - West

Student Council
Valeria Inzurriaga - East
Gianna Martorana - East
Liliana Pantaleon - East 

Michelle Abeja - West

Isabel Corral - West

Briana Martinez - West                                                                                                   

Valarie Berger: West Leyden Catering Scholarship
Allisson Huitron - West

West Leyden Parents' Club Scholarship
Michelle Abeja

Josh Armedilla

Camila Avitia

Elise Bertsche

Matthew Carrera

Karen Chaidez

Julio de Santiago

Carolina Diaz

Javier Gomez

Rogelio Herrera

Alison Huitron

Guadalupe Iniguez

Annalize Lopez

Leslie Lopez

Linoshka Martinez-Alvarez

Briana Martinez

Enrique Martinez

Mia Montesdeoca

Lizeth Montiel Romero

Tijana Murray

Michelle Nwauwa

Vanessa Nwauwa

Nathan Pera

Alexander Rodriguez

Vanessa Rosales

Yaymari Rosas

Joshua Sandi Paniagua

Alexandra Swiatek

Piotr Wojtasik

Jocelyn Zwalinski