Student/Alumni Honors & Awards

3rd/4th grade teacher Miriam Kass is the winner of the prestigious Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education.

To read more, click HERE.

Akiba-Schechter students win big in the Asher Essay Contest, sponsored by the ATT.

Read some of their prize-winning work.

We are proud of our outstanding students who advanced in the following national competitions:

From left: Josephine Gendler, Lena White, Devora Klionsky, Hannah Given, Avriel Faye McCullough

National Spelling Bee:
Devora Klionsky (7th) won in the regionals and went on to
Washington, DC for the national competition in May/June 2010. Check out Devora as national speller #59 here.

State Science Fair:
Lena White (7th) won in the regionals and won a silver award at the state
competition in Champaign held in May 2010.

Chidon HaTanach (Bible Contest):
Hannah Given (7th), Regional Champion (Midwest)
Avriel McCullough (8th)
Devora Klionsky (7th)
All three scored high enough to go to the national competition held in New York in May 2010, and Hannah received the highest score in the entire country. Yasher Koach!

National Geographic Bee:
Josephine Gendler (8th) was one of 100 Illinois students competing for
state champion in the National Geographic Bee on April 9, 2010 at the Field Museum.