The North Berwyn Park District’s Best of Berwyn program recognizes the top 8th grade students in the City of Berwyn. The students, nominated by educators, community leaders and elected officials are individually interviewed and go through a judging process that narrows the candidates down to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.

The awards banquet, attended by over 300 guests from the community, was held on Wednesday, May 1st, in Berwyn. Samantha Torres from Heritage Middle School was awarded the top honor as Best of Berwyn, Raul Galvan from Heritage Middle School was awarded 2nd place and Julio Garcia from Lincoln School was awarded 3rd place, respectively. “These students are an example of the future leaders that reside in the City of Berwyn, the city is very proud of all the candidates recognized in the North Berwyn Park District’s Best of Berwyn program,” said Berwyn Mayor Robert J. Lovero.