Plainfield Year in Review: Kids Make the News

It's not secret that Plainfield is a great community — and we've got a lot of great kids, too. 

And since Christmas is a holiday that's tailor-made for the young (and the young at heart), we thought the timing was right to share our picks for Plainfield's whiz kids of 2012.

• Plainfield North Student Earns Perfect ACT Score: Nicoletta Kijak was one of fewer than 800 teens nationwide to score a perfect 36.
• : Patch profiled Alyssa Dunn, a Plainfield 10-year-old working hard to make her Olympic dreams come true.
• Plainfield Teen to Perform at Bolingbrook 4th of July Celebration: 14-year-old Keegan Eich is already making a name for himself on the local music scene.
• Kids Help Kids: Plainfield Brothers Sell Artwork to Benefit Children's Hospital: Josh and Ryan McKeown came up with a creative way to give back this holiday season.
• Plainfield Students Fight Back After School Shuts Down 'Rent': A group of teens spoke out passionately against an administrative decision that they believed sent an anti-gay message.
• Plainfield Teen Snags First Movie Role: 13-year-old Ashley Hall spent last summer filming her first movie.

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