![Lemont’s Taylor Shimkus earns school’s first 36 on the ACT since 2017]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1563296826/lhs210net/zgjk1ocq7ozectcdfft7/2018-19_LHS_2020_Shimkus_Taylor.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1563296826/lhs210net/zgjk1ocq7ozectcdfft7/2018-19_LHS_2020_Shimkus_Taylor.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1563296826/lhs210net/zgjk1ocq7ozectcdfft7/2018-19_LHS_2020_Shimkus_Taylor.jpg","width":720}])
Lemont High School senior Taylor Shimkus has achieved something only a handful of high school students ever will accomplish.
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![Five Lemont students earn National Spanish Examination medals]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1562697309/lhs210net/louac5gltrawoesdlfch/2018-19_LHS_2021_Parent_Katelyn.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1562697309/lhs210net/louac5gltrawoesdlfch/2018-19_LHS_2021_Parent_Katelyn.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1562697309/lhs210net/louac5gltrawoesdlfch/2018-19_LHS_2021_Parent_Katelyn.jpg","width":720}])
Five Lemont High School students earned “medalist” status on the 2019 National Spanish Examinations (NSE), which were administered earlier this year.
![Board member Mike Shackel resigns from District 210 Board of Education]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1562697224/lhs210net/kneh80ukmi3aiucrzvsp/LHS_BOE_Shackel_Mike.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1562697224/lhs210net/kneh80ukmi3aiucrzvsp/LHS_BOE_Shackel_Mike.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1562697224/lhs210net/kneh80ukmi3aiucrzvsp/LHS_BOE_Shackel_Mike.jpg","width":720}])
Ten-year member Mike Shackel has submitted his resignation from the Lemont High School District 210 Board of Education.
![Lemont alumna Maria Purpura tabbed with Golden Apple Scholar accolades]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1562696961/lhs210net/f1guhzfmjhohbzoszudy/Purpura1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1562696961/lhs210net/f1guhzfmjhohbzoszudy/Purpura1.jpg","width":482}])
Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois annually honors the “cream of the crop” of future teachers, and for the first time since 2015, a Lemont High School student can lay claim to this most prestigious of awards.
![Lemont High School cites more than 950 students to second semester honor rolls]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1557254121/lhs210net/dejlhnkpwdasohvmuwrk/LemontHighSeal.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1557254121/lhs210net/dejlhnkpwdasohvmuwrk/LemontHighSeal.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557254121/lhs210net/dejlhnkpwdasohvmuwrk/LemontHighSeal.jpg","width":600}])
Lemont High School has tabbed 959 students with either Honor Roll or High Honor Roll distinction for the second semester of the 2018-19 school year.
![Lemont’s Hanna Dworkin tabbed as winner in Congressional Art Competition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1562696693/lhs210net/md4rm4rbgzmpco4g4ejd/Dworkin-3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1562696693/lhs210net/md4rm4rbgzmpco4g4ejd/Dworkin-3.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1562696693/lhs210net/md4rm4rbgzmpco4g4ejd/Dworkin-3.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1562696693/lhs210net/md4rm4rbgzmpco4g4ejd/Dworkin-3.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1562696693/lhs210net/md4rm4rbgzmpco4g4ejd/Dworkin-3.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1562696693/lhs210net/md4rm4rbgzmpco4g4ejd/Dworkin-3.jpg","width":2040}])
Lemont High School junior Hanna Dworkin has been named the winner of the 2019 Congressional Art Competition for Illinois’s Third Congressional District.
![Lemont’s David Lehenbauer competes at third IHSA Track and Field State Finals]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558707097/lhs210net/rdvohtdetwe0dzxa3ice/2018-19_LHS_BTR_Lehenbauer_David.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1558707097/lhs210net/rdvohtdetwe0dzxa3ice/2018-19_LHS_BTR_Lehenbauer_David.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558707097/lhs210net/rdvohtdetwe0dzxa3ice/2018-19_LHS_BTR_Lehenbauer_David.jpg","width":720}])
Lemont High School senior David Lehenbauer became the second athlete in program history to advance to state finals competition in track and field at least three times.
![Lemont’s singles, doubles entries compete at IHSA Class A Boys’ Tennis State Finals]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558707183/lhs210net/j7ybwscxpjjtdyrjtrfl/2018-19_LHS_BTNtoState.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558707183/lhs210net/j7ybwscxpjjtdyrjtrfl/2018-19_LHS_BTNtoState.jpg","width":480}])
Lemont High School seniors Shaan Pal and Nathan Pawlak and junior Max Celis all made their state finals debuts at the 2019 IHSA Class A Boys’ Tennis State Finals, which were contested from May 23-25 and hosted by High School Districts 211, 214 and 220.
![Lemont High School awards more than 325 diplomas at Class of 2019's Graduation]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1562696120/lhs210net/w57hglponnido1rxspov/2018-19_LHS_Grad_PalarzSpeech.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1562696120/lhs210net/w57hglponnido1rxspov/2018-19_LHS_Grad_PalarzSpeech.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1562696120/lhs210net/w57hglponnido1rxspov/2018-19_LHS_Grad_PalarzSpeech.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1562696120/lhs210net/w57hglponnido1rxspov/2018-19_LHS_Grad_PalarzSpeech.jpg","width":1200}])
Lemont High School held a Graduation ceremony for its Class of 2019 on Friday, May 24, in the school's Gymnasium, where more than 325 students were awarded their diplomas.
![Lemont’s Politza tabbed as all-state at 2019 IHSA Girls’ Track and Field State Finals]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1562696257/lhs210net/nxbse2y6w6vnfhzhpm57/Politza-GTRAll-State-2019.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1562696257/lhs210net/nxbse2y6w6vnfhzhpm57/Politza-GTRAll-State-2019.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1562696257/lhs210net/nxbse2y6w6vnfhzhpm57/Politza-GTRAll-State-2019.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1562696257/lhs210net/nxbse2y6w6vnfhzhpm57/Politza-GTRAll-State-2019.jpg","width":900}])
Lemont High School freshman Kaylie Politza capped an outstanding rookie campaign by earning her second all-state citation of the year.