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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

State Swimming Champ, Best College Football Player and More

2012 Year in Review: We look back at some of the biggest sporting moments in the Darien and Woodridge that were covered by Patch this year.

We all know there's a lot of talent that comes from the Darien and Woodridge area. In 2012, our headlines highlighted some of the best and brightest youth our towns have to offer: Girls Swimming: Downers Grove North's Gabby Sims Wins State Title Downers Grove North junior Gabby Sims won her second individual state title in dramatic fashion Saturday, breaking the pool record in the 100-yard freestyle at the IHSA girls swimming and diving finals in Evanston. Four Downers Grove South Students Earn Perfect ACT Scores Seniors Emma Chaplin, Marjorie Fera, Ammar Kalimullah and Samarth Malhotra each received a perfect composite score of 36 on the exam, which is administered to high school juniors nationwide. Woodridge Native Finalist for Most …

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VIDEO: D99 Cheerleaders Prep for State (in Woodridge Patch), Football: Downers Grove North Hosts Benet for IHSA 7A Quarterfinals, Woodridge Man is a Pokemon Master (in Woodridge Patch), and 7 more ›

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Four Downers Grove South Students Earn Perfect ACT Scores

South High students Emma Chaplin, Marjorie Fera, Ammar Kalimullah and Samarth Malhotra each earned a composite score of 36 on their ACT tests as juniors earlier this year.

Four Downers Grove South students earned perfect scores on their ACT college entrance exams earlier this year. Seniors Emma Chaplin, Marjorie Fera, Ammar Kalimullah and Samarth Malhotra each received a perfect composite score of 36 on the exam, which is administered to high school juniors nationwide. Malhotra earned his score in December 2011, while Chaplin, Kalimullah and Fera earned theirs on the statewide testing day in April. The ACT is a three hour exam—four with the ACT Writing Test—that covers English, Math, Reading and Science. Only one-tenth of 1 percent of students who take the exam—about 1.6 million each year—earn perfect scores, according to Community High School District 99 officials. “To have not just one student, but four …

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