Students and staff honored with Fern Awards

The 38th Annual Fern Award Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, April 29, recognizing the academic and extracurricular accomplishments of select students in the junior class and staff members for their service. The Fern award is one of the most prestigious honors a junior can receive.

2026 Fern Award Winners

West Leyden

Art

Fern Award: Damaris Estrada

Outstanding Achiever: Alexandra Zavala 

Business

Fern Award: Oliver Flores 

Outstanding Achiever: Andrea Prado 

English

Fern Award: Jenni Rodriguez

Outstanding Achiever: Naomi Lopez

FACS

Fern Award: Gilmarie Carrion 

Outstanding Achiever: Krisnnette Mercado-Rodriguez 

Industrial Tech

Fern Award: Bruce May

Outstanding Achiever: Daniel Guzman

Math

Fern Award: Ciara Torres

Outstanding Achiever: Zoey Dodgers

Modern Language

Fern Award: Michelle Vera

Outstanding Achiever: Fatima Becerra 

 

Music

Fern Award: Juan Carrillo 

Outstanding Achiever: Giovanni Ubieta 

PE 

Fern Award: Lauren Jones

Outstanding Achiever: Kaylei Colon 

Fern Award: Dylan Wayzer 

Outstanding Achiever: Marco Garcia 

Science

Fern Award: Alana Czajkowska 

Outstanding Achiever: Daniel Perez 

Social Studies

Fern Award: Julian Cisneros 

Outstanding Achiever: Sophia Rodriguez 

Personal Achievement

Fern Award: Angelica Armendariz-Banuelos 

Outstanding Achiever: Lexington Delgado 

Personal Achievement 

Fern Award: Joshua Andrade 

Outstanding Achiever: Valeria Castro Gomez 

Student Activities

Fern Award: Isabella Bonafe

Student Council

Fern Award: Rances Guzman 

Athletics 

Fern Award: Olivia Casper and Christian Diego

East Leyden

Art

Fern Award: Veronika Oliinychenko

Outstanding Achiever: Mia Martin

Business

Fern Award: Jose Monarrez

Outstanding Achiever: Jaziel Vega

English

Fern Award: Madelyn Vogelsburg

Outstanding Achiever: Nicole Krawczyk

MLL

Fern Award: Tetiana Karpeko

Outstanding Achiever: Evelina Maidanska

FACS

Fern Award: Madison Tokarz

Outstanding Achiever: Eleonora Khalash

Industrial Tech

Fern Award: Lexi Monreal

Outstanding Achiever: Jakub Kurek

Math

Fern Award: Oliver Mastela

Outstanding Achiever: Stephanie Torres

Modern Language

Fern Award: Angelica Camacho

Outstanding Achiever: Diego Cervantes

Music

Fern Award: Emelie Gutierrez

Outstanding Achiever: Katya Solis

PE 

Fern Award: Ruby Marrufo

Outstanding Achiever: Emily Soto

Fern Award: Elijah Scheidler

Outstanding Achiever: Julio Rodriguez

Science

Fern Award: Karolina Chowaniec

Outstanding Achiever: Jeremy Sobotko

Social Studies

Fern Award: Mateo Diaz

Outstanding Achiever: Kenya Velazquez

Personal Achievement

Fern Award: Xiavier Gorje Herrera

Outstanding Achiever: Alan Kaminski

Student Activities

Fern Award: Karolina Szlosek

Student Council

Fern Award: Evelyn Olney

Athletics 

Fern Award: Patrycja Klich and Chris Stephens

Faculty & Staff Awards

Social Studies:  Bernadette Ryan and Tom Rooney

Business Bear: Timmer and Jason Cartwright

Science:  Donna Maibusch and Todd Veltman

Math:  Frank Salerno and Joaquin Cardenas

Support Staff:  Celeste Mendoza, Rodriguez,  Suzy Molina, Leo Shuipys and Miguel Cruz