WHS Student of the Month
April 2024 Student of the Month – Makenna Reedy
Williamsville High School is pleased to announce that senior Makenna Reedy has been selected as the April Student of the Month. Makenna was selected by the senior class sponsors on the basis of academic performance, extra-curricular participation, and personal traits. She will receive a $100 cash award from the Williamsville State Bank and will also be eligible for Student of the Year.
Makenna is a very active and involved WHS student. She approaches everything she does with a high level of positive energy and cooperative team spirit. She is a four year member of the WHS Marching Band, Lady Bullet Soccer team, and Student Council, elected co president her senior year.
Makenna is very giving of her time. Her volunteer experiences include Williamsville High School food and teen gift drive, SES parents night out program, and Saint John Vianney Catholic Church’s Friday night fish frys.
While juggling all her activities, Makenna also works part time for Kids Place and Camp Sunshine. She helps with homework and activities.
Makenna plans to attend Lincoln Land Community College. She is deciding between education or healthcare as her major.
Congratulations to Makenna and her parents, Tip and Tara Reedy of Williamsville!
March 2024 Student of the Month – Nathan Simko
Williamsville High School is pleased to announce that Nathan Simko has been selected as the March Student of the Month. Nathan was selected by the senior class sponsors on the basis of academic performance, extra-curricular participation, and personal traits. Nathan will receive a $100 cash award from the Williamsville State Bank and will also be eligible for Student of the Year.
Nathan is a consistent member of the high honor roll, ranked 16th in his class with a 4.2157 weighted GPA and a member of the WHS Chapter of the National Honor Society.
While taking a full load of honors and AP level classes, Nathan is also a member of a wide variety of extra-curriculars that include the Bullets baseball team, Williamsville Wire, Bullets TV, and WHS athletic public address announcer.
Nathan is very respected by his peers. He has been elected class president his freshman, sophomore, and senior year. Nathan has represented the Class of 2024 throughout the years in various events and meetings and will be in charge for future class reunions.
When not in school or announcing for the Williamsville Wire, Nathan is busy at work. He works at a restaurant in Sherman, umpires for IHSA baseball, officiates for IHSA basketball games and is a weather spotter for the National Weather Service Spotter Network. He reports weather to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Nathan plans to attend Iowa State University studying Meteorology/Atmospheric Science. After college, he plans to work as a Weather forecaster at the National Weather Service, or an airline.
Congratulations to Nathan and his parents, Joseph and Rebecca Simko of Sherman!
February 2024 Student of the Month – Jonathan Janssen
Williamsville High School is pleased to announce that Jonathan Janssen has been selected as the February Student of the Month. Jonathan was selected by the senior class sponsors on the basis of academic performance, extra-curricular participation, and personal traits. He will receive a $100 cash award from the Williamsville State Bank and will also be eligible for Student of the Year.
Jonathan is a great student and consistently qualifies for the WHS High Honor Roll. He is a member of the Williamsville Chapter of the National Honor Society and was named to the Illinois State Academic Commission as a State Scholar.
Jonathan participates in several extra-curricular activities including cross country, track, high school play, musical, madrigals, vocal jazz, concert and jazz band. His passion is music. He can play an array of instruments. Jonathan is skilled in drums, trumpet, guitar, trombone, and piano. He has won or been recognized with numerous awards. Winning honors from the Illinois Music Education Association, receiving Superior ratings at the Federation Contest, and nine first place medals for his hard work just to name a few.
As part of the Bullets cross country team, Jonathan has earned All Conference recognition his sophomore, junior and senior years. Qualifying for state his last two years of high school.
Jonathan has written and arranged music for the madrigals and has had a principle roll in all four musicals he has performed in.
Jonathan’s future plans are to attend Belmont University, majoring in Music Performance and Education.
Congratulations to Jonathan and his parents, Dan and Angie Janssen of Sherman!
January 2024 Student of the Month – Sophia Corredato
Williamsville High School is pleased to announce that senior Sophia Corredato has been selected as the January Student of the Month. Sophia was selected by the senior class sponsors on the basis of academic performance, extra-curricular participation, and personal traits. Sophia will receive a $100 savings bond from the Williamsville State Bank and will also be eligible for Student of the Year.
Sophia is ranked 12th in her class with a weighted GPA of 4.3721. She is a High Honor Roll student and a member of the WHS National Honor Society. Sophia has also been named an Illinois State Scholar for the 2023-2024 school year.
Miss Corredato is a very active and involved Williamsville student. She is a four year member of Students Against Violence Everywhere Club (S.A.V.E), WHS Art Club, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America organization and the Bullets Soccer Team.
Being a very talented artist, Sophia has received many awards and honors throughout her high school career. She has been honored awards from the New Berlin High School Art Fair and Scholastic Art Program. Her highest recognition to date is receiving the Gold National Scholastic Award in New York. This is the nation’s longest running, most prestigious recognition program for teens.
Helping others is extremely important to Sophia. She has volunteered at the Senior Olympic Games of Central Illinois, St John Vianney chicken dinner, the Sherman Public Library, and the Williamsville Community Food and Teen Gift Drive just to name a few.
Even with her busy school activities and studies, Sophia finds time in her schedule to work part time at Sam’s Too during the year and at the Prairie Farms Dairy Building during the Illinois State Fair.
Sophia plans on majoring in secondary English teaching, with a minor in art. She is undecided on what college she will attend.
Congratulations to Sophia and her parents, J.J. and Ann Corredato of Sherman!
December 2023 Student of the Month – Madison Kloba
Williamsville High School is pleased to announce that Madison Kloba has been selected as the December Student of the Month for the academic year 2023-2024.
Madison was selected by the senior class sponsors on the basis of academic performance, extra-curricular participation, and outstanding personal traits. Madison will receive a $100 cash award from the Williamsville State Bank and will also be eligible for Student of the Year.
Madison is an outstanding student who consistently qualifies for the WHS High Honor Roll while taking several honors and AP level classes. She is also a 3 year member of the Williamsville High School chapter of National Honor Society.
Madison is a very active WHS Bullet. During her high school career she has been involved in the Williamsville High School S.A.V.E Club and Student Council. She was voted Student Council President her senior year.
Madison is a 4 year member of the Bullets softball team. She was recruited and has accepted a position from the Lincoln Land Community College Logger Softball organization. Volunteering is a large part of Madison’s life.
She has helped with the WHS Food and Teen gift drive, the Williamsville Village Quarter Auction, and the St John Vianney Church fish fry.
Madison’s future plans are to attend Lincoln Land Community College majoring in biology.
Congratulations to Madison and her parents, Kristopher and Jenna Kloba of Sherman!
November 2023 Student of the Month – Mason Lyttaker
Williamsville High School is pleased to announce that senior Mason Lyttaker has been selected as the November Student of the Month. Mason was selected by the senior class sponsors on the basis of academic performance, extra-curricular participation, and personal traits. He will receive a $100 cash award from the Williamsville State Bank and will also be eligible for Student of the Year.
Mason has maintained a high GPA throughout his high school career. He has qualified for the academic honor roll all four years.
Mason has been a very active student athlete. He has been a four-year member of the Bullets Football, Basketball, and Track teams. Earning Football All-Conference competing for WHS football in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
While being a busy high school senior, Mason also works for his family’s company, Lyttaker Construction.
After graduation Mason plans to attend Illinois State University, majoring in business.
Congratulations to Mason and his parents, Brian Lyttaker and Lindsey Lyttaker both of Williamsville!
October 2023 Student of the Month – Colin Burge
Williamsville High School is pleased to announce that senior Colin Burge has been selected as the October Student of the Month. Colin was selected by the senior class sponsors on the basis of academic performance, extra-curricular participation, and personal traits. He will receive a $100 cash award from the Williamsville State Bank and will also be eligible for Student of the Year.
Colin has excelled academically at Williamsville High School. He is consistently listed on the high honor roll and is a member of the WHS National Honor Society where he was elected president for his senior year.
Colin is involved in a number of extracurricular activities at WHS. For the past four years, he has proven to be an outstanding student athlete. He is a four year member of the Bullets football and track teams. He earned Sangamo All Conference Linebacker in 2022 and 6th place in the Sangamo Conference 100m dash in 2020. When off the field Colin is contributing to the Williamsville Wire, the high school media team.
Colin has volunteered time at the WHS Teen Food and Gift Drive and the Animal Protective League.
Colin is undecided on which college he will attend at this time, but plans to major in biology in hopes of becoming an orthopedic surgeon.
Congratulations to Colin and his parents, Craig & Kevilee Burge of Sherman!
September 2023 Student of the Month – Grant Allen
Williamsville High School is pleased to announce that senior Grant Allen has been selected as the September Student of the Month. Grant was selected by the senior class sponsors on the basis of academic performance, extra-curricular participation, and personal traits. He will receive a $100 cash award from the Williamsville State Bank and will also be eligible for Student of the Year.
Grant maintains a 4.0 GPA as well as qualifying for WHS High Honor Roll all four years. He is a member of the Williamsville High School National Honor Society, selected as this year’s Vice President.
Grant is a very active student athlete. He has competed on the Springfield YMCA Swim Team for the past four years and the Williamsville High School swim team since his sophomore year. He also joined the WHS Boy’s Golf team this year.
Grant volunteers his time as the swim coach for Special Olympics of Illinois, as well as helping with Healthy Kids Running Series, and the Williamsville/Sherman food and Teen Gift Drive.
Grant plans to attend a university, majoring in biology or engineering.
Congratulations to Grant and his parents, Stan and Melissa Allen of Sherman!
2023 Student of the Year – Seth Kunz
Williamsville High School is pleased to announce that senior Seth Kunz has been selected as the 2023 WHS Student of the Year. Seth received a $2,500 award from Williamsville State Bank & Trust at the May 2023 Honors Night.
Seth consistently qualifies for the WHS High Honor Roll while taking several honors and AP level classes. He has been a member of Vocal Jazz and Madrigals all four years of high school.
Seth Kunz’s voice should be familiar to most of Williamsville High School and Williamsville Junior High. He has been the schools play-by-play broadcaster and PA announcer for the last five years. He started in 6th grade as the announcer at Williamsville JFL games which grew into Junior High boys and girls sports. As a Freshman, Seth began as a play-by-play broadcaster for the WHS Bullets TV and currently coordinates, hosts, and edits for the podcast The Williamsville Wire. He also is the play-by-play broadcaster for Sports Radio 1450. In addition to Sports Radio 1450, Seth is the color commentary and PA announcing for the Milikin Big Blue Women’s Basketball Team.
Seth plans to major in Broadcast Journalism, but is still undecided where he will be attending college.
Congratulations to Seth and his parents, Aaron and Liz Kunz of Sherman!
