COMMUNITY COLUMN RESEDA STUDENT PICKED FOR LEADERSHIP.Reseda High School Reseda High School, established in 1955, is located in the Reseda section of Los Angeles, California, United States. The current principal of Reseda High is Alfredo Tarin. The mascot of Reseda High is the Regent, a lion welding a crown and a scepter. student Annoushka Ranaraja will attend the 2006 Congressional Student Leadership Conference next week at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., where she'll attend briefings and discussions with national and international leaders and take part in leadership workshops. Ranaraja has high grades, does extra-curricular activities with her cheer team West Coast Rush, and volunteers with the Special Olympics and her church, St. Joseph the Worker in Winnetka. She also earned the President's Award when she graduated from junior high and holds the Girl Scouts' Silver Award. ``I'm very proud of her because she has a lot on her plate,'' said Ranaraja's mother, Simone Ranaraja. ``She's taking a lot of advanced placement and honors classes, she's the captain of her competitive cheer team, all the volunteer work she does, and she still manages to maintain her grades.'' The leadership conference is designed to foster leadership in youth from around the world and has served nearly 40,000 students from more than 50 countries since 1989. California Lutheran University Mission statement The University's mission statement is as follows: "California Lutheran University is a diverse, scholarly community dedicated to excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies. in Thousand Oaks appointed John Sladek as president and chief executive officer. ``Dr. Sladek's distinguished career as a leader and scholar, and his commitment to the distinctive mission and excellence of Lutheran higher education uniquely qualify him for the tasks ahead,'' said William Kane, chairman of the university's board of regents An independent governing body that oversees a state's public Colleges and Universities. All 50 states have governing bodies that oversee the administration of public education. . Sladek previously was vice chancellor of research at the University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
Rosalyn Herrera, a freshman at High Tech High School in Lake Balboa, was honored at the Capitol last week when her first-place entry in the San Fernando Valley Congressional District Student Art Competition went on display. Her artwork will hang in the Capitol corridor for a year, alongside winning entries from other congressional districts. Titled ``Green,'' Herrera's piece is a color photograph of a woman with long green hair in front of a vine-covered wall. Herrera and her family also got a trip to Washington for the unveiling ceremony, paid for by Southwest Airlines and Time-Warner, and were met by Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks. Representatives from the Canoga Park Youth Art Center, Time Warner Cable and Telesis Community Credit Union judged the competition. Second prize went to Irina Hermosa, also of High Tech High, for her photo of a grasshopper on a white iris. Talina Gharibibian of A.G.B.U. Manoogian-Demirdjian School in Canoga Park took third for her painting. Both of their works are on display in the congressman's Sherman Oaks office. The Milken Family Foundation named 10 Los Angeles-area high school students as 2006 Milken Scholars last week. Chosen from hundreds of nominees, each recipient will get a $10,000 scholarship and other opportunities for college such as internships and mentoring. The San Fernando Valley awardees were Hamik Mukelyan of Burbank High School, who will attend the California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. ; Elizabeth Roy of Harvard-Westlake High School, who will attend the University of Pennsylvania; Manavjeet Sidhu of Van Nuys High School Van Nuys High School (VNHS) established in 1914, is a high school in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles, California, belonging to the Los Angeles Unified School District: District 2. , who will attend the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. ; Oliver Tilk of North Hollywood High School North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white, grey. , who will attend the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. ; and Quingan Zhou of Monroe High School, who will attend Yale University. The University of California, Santa Barbara History The predecessor to UCSB, Santa Barbara State College, focused on teacher training, industrial arts, home economics, and foreign languages. Intense lobbying by an interest group in the City of Santa Barbara led by Thomas Storke and Pearl Chase persuaded the State , graduated five San Fernando Valley residents from Reserve Officer Training Corps last month. The U.S. Army has now commissioned the five men as second lieutenants. They are Steven Broudy of Reseda; Augustine Castronovo of Woodland Hills; Van Doan of La Crescenta; Sacco Nazloomian of La Canada Flintridge; and Daniel Rabinovitch of Encino. All but Doan will attend the Army's R.O.T.C. Leadership Development Advance Camp at Fort Lewis, Wash., this summer before heading for more specialized training. Doan will join the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vicenza, Italy, after graduating later this month. |
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