All District 155 high schools earned a spot in the top 100 of Illinois’s Best Public High Schools for 2019. The annual list conducted by U.S. News and World Report is determined based on six factors.

Elena Starcher, a senior at Crystal Lake Central High School, was awarded a national silver medal in photography by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. Nearly 340,000 works of art and writing were submitted for the 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and Starcher is among the top one percent.

Jenny Ramirez, a Crystal Lake Central sophomore, was selected to attend The Windrose Project’s 2019 Leadership Summit in Washington D.C., March 28 - 31. The organization aims to develop the next generation of leaders.

Twenty-three District 155 students earned $2,732,272 in scholarships from various art schools and the Illinois High School Art Exhibition (IHSAE). The sixth annual IHSAE featured the best student artists from more than 125 Illinois high schools.