Cekada awarded scholarship
Recently, Ron Ferek, representing First Student, formerly Laidlaw, presented a scholarship to Antonia Cekada at the Jefferson-Morgan awards banquet. Cekada is the daughter of Vincent and Terri Cekada of Rices Landing. She serves as the president of Youth Traffic Safety and served on the board of directors for the Spanish Club. The recent grad was also a letterman on the volleyball and track and field teams, as well as a member of the National Honor Society, Leo Club, SADD and the Varsity Club. She also was active in recycling programs at J-M.
Outside of school, Cekada volunteered with the Big Brother/Big Sister program, was a library tutor and assisted in St. Marcellus Church Lenten fish fries. She also decorated for Christmas and made and delivered Valentine Day cards at Rolling Meadows.
This fall, Sekada plans on attending West Virginia University.