Magnolia High tops class traces immigrant student to UCLA
A Magnolia High School graduate from the Class of 2013 rose from struggles with English after arriving in the United States at age 10 to finish at the top of the class. He excelled in AP English, joined National Honor Society and California Scholarship Federation, and plans to attend UCLA as a psychobiology major, possibly shifting to math or science.
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Bryan
Magnolia
National Honor's Society
California Scholarship Federation
UCLA
Mercy Tran Western High School Accomplishments
Mercy Tran maintains a 4.41 GPA and belongs to the California Scholarship Federation and National Honor Society. She was the sole Western sophomore in AP Calculus AB and later took AP Statistics as a junior, earning a 5 on both AP exams. Selected to represent Western at California Girls State in 2012, she serves as district student ambassador and has volunteered over 300 hours. She will attend Emory University as a business major with a goal of shaping education policy and reform.
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Mercy
California Scholarship Federation
Western
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Emory University
Hailey Sledge Receives Scholarship and Honors at Connelly High
Hailey Sledge of Cornelia Connelly High School holds a 4.61 weighted and 3.93 unweighted GPA with AP and honors work plus summer courses. She earned a partial tuition scholarship, many awards, and led volunteer service over a decade. She plans to attend Notre Dame to study music and pre med, aiming to become a naval trauma surgeon and Doctors Without Borders surgeon.
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Hailey
Connelly
University of Notre Dame
Naval
Doctors Without Borders
Jonathan Valencia Service High School Community Service Leader
Jonathan Valencia, a Service High School student, has dedicated four and a half years to Her Servants' Kitchen, a school based homeless ministry soup kitchen. Appointed program director as a sophomore he stocked the pantry with produce and baked goods, filled the clothing closet with jackets and blankets, and organized volunteer teams to prepare meals for up to 80 people, contributing to more than 18 000 meals. He remains active with Orange County Congregation Community Organization and the Anaheim Poverty Task Force addressing local homelessness and plans to study culinary arts at Johnson and Wales University.
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HSK
Orange County Congregation
Anaheim
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