(Joliet, IL) Joliet Catholic Academy President/Principal Dr. Jeffrey Budz is proud to announce that 23 members of the Class of 2023 have been named Illinois State Scholars, by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (isac.org). The State Scholar Program recognizes students attending approved high schools for outstanding academic achievement. State scholar designation provides honorary recognition with no monetary award. Approximately the top ten percent of graduates from approved high schools are announced as State Scholars each year.

“We are very proud of our students who earned Illinois State Scholar status,” says Dr. Budz. “These individuals put in much time and effort to achieve academic success with many of them going above and beyond in and out of the classroom.  We know that this will not be the last time they achieve such an extraordinary accomplishment, for they all have many great successes ahead of them. ”

To be considered for State Scholar eligibility, you must:

• Be a U.S. citizen or an eligible non-citizen
• Be a resident of Illinois
• Attend an approved high school
• Take the ACT or SAT between September 1 and June 30 (by the end of the third semester before high school graduation*)
• Perform in the top one-half of your high school class at the end of the third semester prior to graduation*, and/or score at or above the 95th percentile on the ACT or SAT
• Graduate from high school during the academic year in which you were selected as a State Scholar

The following JCA students were named Illinois State Scholars: