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Staff honored in "Those Who Excel" awards program
Several members of the Summit Hill District 161 school community are being honored as recipients of the 2008-09 Those Who Excel awards sponsored by the Illinois State Board of Education. The Those Who Excel Awards program annually recognizes and honors people who have made outstanding contributions to public elementary education. A selection committee comprised of representatives of statewide education organizations convened in early summer to evaluate and score the nominations. The awards will be formally presented at the Those Who Excel banquet on October 18 in Peoria.

Summit Hill 161 recipients include:
• Kathryn Klein – Award of Recognition, School Administrator category.
• George Sliva – Award of Merit, Educational Service Personnel category.
• Nancy Sobczak – Award of Recognition, Classroom Teacher category.
• Summit Hill Band Boosters – Award of Recognition, Team category.
• Arbury Hills 2007-08 Problem Solving Team Members Karen Adamczyk, Jean Kienzle, Amanda Costa, Sue Stachler, Christine Burke, Katie McGrath and Laura Kinnan – Award of Merit, Team category.
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Summit Hill Jr. High Baseball Team wins State
The Summit Hill Spartan baseball team finished off its 2008 campaign by capturing its first-ever IESA 3A State Tournament Baseball Championship this past weekend in East Peoria.

On the season the Spartans set team records for wins (20), runs scored (215), runs allowed (35), and team E.R.A. (1.51).

Team members include Kevin Graff, Drew Korosic, Ryan Pellack, Pat Budney, Denton Wallace, DJ Lee, Corey Krupske, Stephen Hammar, Steven Stremme, Erik Eggert, Josh Handzik, Conor Grove, Nathan Harnett, Zach Deliberto, Brett King, Josh Reid, Joe Pacana, Reed Hero, Austin Olsen and Cody Murphy. Coaches are Mr. Fred Pufahl and Mr. Steve Evenhouse.

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