Sean C. Morgan
The District 55 School Board on May 10 recognized Jerilyn Stone, an instructional assistant, for saving the life of Hawthorne sixth-grader Mariah Shirley recently.
The district presented a plaque to Stone at Hawthorne School.
Principal Ryan Beck said Mariah, one of the students in the school’s Pals program, “made the universal sign for ‘I’m choking.’” Stone performed the Heimlich Maneuver, and the food blocking the student’s airway popped out.
“The girl just…