The first Distinguished Service Awards dinner sponsored by the Office of Catholic Schools and the archdiocese’s Board of Catholic Schools honored the following people during the Feb. 21 event at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile: Blue Ribbons Blue Ribbon Schools: St. Joseph Elementary School, Libertyville and St. Raymond Elementary School, Mount Prospect; NCEA Distinguished teachers: Julie Szwedo Noigebauer from Immaculate Conception School, Talcott, and Dominican Sister Marion O’Connor from Regina Dominican High School; NCEA Distinguished Pastor Father Patrick Lee from Immaculate Conception Parish (North Park). Distinguished service Distinguished Service Awards were given to: Gregory Bimm, Marian Catholic High School; Sister of Mercy Lucilla Conway, Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School; Carla Hickey, St. Ignatius College Prep; Michael Jankowski, Notre Dame College Prep; Sister of Charity Mary Sattgast, Carmel Catholic High School; Therese Bonomo, St. Turibius School; Karen Brodzik, Christ Our Savior School; Sister of St. Joseph Mary Kathleen Dowling, St. Helen School; Linda Duignan, Annunciata School; Rose Grill, St. Frances of Rome School; Jeanne Henry, Holy Family Catholic Academy; Kathleen Janush, St. Giles School; Lois Kettering, Queen of Martyrs School; Janine Markowicz, St. Pius V School; Irene Oldis, St. Patrick School; David Onofrey, Pope John XXIII School; Margaret Paliakas, Incarnation School; Ronald Pischke, St. Mary of the Woods School; Sandra Quackenbush, St. Joseph School (Round Lake); Dominican Sister Mary Bride Quinn, Our Lady of Grace School; Cynthia Rosasco, St. Edward School; Odessa Simich, St. Agnes School (Chicago Heights); Zita Wheeler, St. John of the Cross School; Jenny Whittaker, St. Monica Academy; Susan Zale, St. Peter School (Skokie) Special service Special Service Awards were given to Elaine Schuster, past superintendent of schools; Joshua Hale, executive director of the Big Shoulders Fund; and Holy Cross Father Timothy Scully, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame.