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New Trier High School Seeks Nominations for 2024 Alumni Achievement Awards

  • Do you know a New Trier High School graduate who has made a significant impact in his or her career field or the greater community? Nominations are now open for the 2024 New Trier High School Alumni Achievement Awards.

    The nomination deadline is May 1, 2023. Anyone may nominate a graduate through the school’s easy online form: https://connect.newtrierconnect.org/alumni-achievement-nomination-form

    New Trier launched the recognition program during the 2010-2011 school year and has inducted 70 honorees since (their biographies can be found here). Most of these honorees have returned to the school to share their memories in inspirational discussions with students at New Trier and at a Gala hosted by the New Trier Educational Foundation. Save the date: Gala 2024 will take place on Friday, March 8.  

    Nominees may range from well-known alumni to unsung heroes. The selection committee can consider only alumni whose names have been submitted, so don’t assume a famous alumnus or alumna has already been nominated. Please include information about the nominee’s service activities in addition to their resume.

    Recipients of the New Trier Township High School Alumni Achievement Awards must:

    • Be graduates of New Trier who have had outstanding careers, resulting in a direct and significant impact in their fields for a minimum of five years 
    • Demonstrate outstanding leadership, character, and service to the community 
    • Have school and career records that reflect the values of the New Trier motto: “To commit minds to inquiry, hearts to compassion, and lives to the service of humanity”

    In addition, alumni may be nominated in the Young Alumnus Award category. Anyone nominated in this category must:

    • Be younger than age 40 at the time of the nomination
    • Demonstrate potential for leadership in his or her chosen career and in service to the community
    • Reflect the values of the New Trier motto

    The decision to award an honoree in any category, including the Young Alumnus category, is at the sole discretion of the Alumni Achievement Awards Selection Committee. The committee includes alumni, community members, and representatives of the school.      

    Recipients of the New Trier Alumni Achievement Award also are inducted into the Alumni Hall of Honor, located near the second floor rotunda on the Winnetka Campus. The hall features plaques and an interactive touch screen monitor with information about the honorees. New Trier will announce the 2024 class of honorees by early fall of 2023.

    For more information and a list of past honorees, please visit the New Trier alumni website at https://newtrierconnect.org/.