GIVING HOPE TO HIGHER EDUCATION CLUB'S SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON HELPS STUDENTS.Byline: RICK COCA Valley News Writer Karen Sikora, the Sylmar Woman's Club president, can't tell you exactly when her club started providing scholarships for Sylmar High School Sylmar High School is a public school in the northeast San Fernando Valley in the Sylmar district of Los Angeles, California. Established in the 1950s, it is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, District 2, and serves more than 3,600 students in grades 9-12. and Mission College students, but she can tell you things have dramatically improved. ``It started out with eight women giving out $400 and now we're giving out $11,000,'' Sikora said recently at the Sylmar Woman's Club Scholarship Luncheon, held at the Odyssey Restaurant in Granada Hills. This year the club gave out $500 scholarships along with three $1,000 memorial scholarships to 11 Sylmar High School and eight Mission College students. Students were introduced along with some of their family members at the luncheon provided by the club. The students will actually receive the money through the financial-aid departments of their respective schools once they register for classes in the fall. ``It gives them a start,'' Sikora said. ``It gives them hope. That they can say, `Yes, I can get an education.''' Los Angeles Mission College Los Angeles Mission College is a two-year community college located in Sylmar, California neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, United States. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District. student Claudia C. Romero was one of two women who brought their children on stage with them. Her 8-year- old son, Andrew, was a bit embarrassed by the attention, hiding behind his mother as she spoke about his love and support, but later he didn't hide his pride in his mother's accomplishment. ``I'm very happy for her,'' Andrew said of his mother, who's studying to become a preschool teacher A Preschool Teacher is a type of early childhood educator who instructs children from infancy to age 5, which stands as the youngest stretch of early childhood education. Early Childhood Education teachers need to span the continum of children from birth to age 8. . ``He's the one who supports me,'' Claudia said. Family time with her husband, Luis, son, Andrew, and daughter, Daisy, often is put on hold while she studies. But her family has been supportive of her efforts nonetheless, Romero said. And so has the Sylmar Woman's Club. ``(The scholarship) will help me with the economic support of my family,'' Romero said. Recipients of the club's $1,000 memorial scholarships were Sylmar High School students: Spencer Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. (Vila Watters Scholarship), who will attend 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. . Ernesto Sandoval (Joe Franklin Joseph Fortgang (born March 9 1926, Bronx, New York) is an American radio and television personality who uses the stage name Joe Franklin. From New York City, Franklin hosted the first television talk show. Scholarship), who will attend UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . Priscilla Galvez (Bernice Rosenfield Scholarship), who will attend California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an . Other Sylmar High School scholarship recipients included Jonaya Brazil, Judith Cardenas, Ernesto Castaon Jr., Crisostomo Lejano III, Leticia Reyes, April San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Maggie Tapia and Fatimah Zulkifli. Los Angeles Mission College recipients included transfer students, Angelica Gonzales-Escobar and Maria Lopez, along with continuing students, Autumn Cochrane (14-years-old, attending high school and Los Angeles Mission College), Erendira De Loera, Claudia Romero, Juana Soto, Yesenia Soto and Cecilia Uribe. The club's holiday boutique and May fashion show are the two major fundraisers it puts on each year to support the scholarships. Judging by the beaming faces of the students and their family members in attendance at the luncheon, the club's hard work has payed off once again. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Recipients of the Sylmar Woman's Club scholarship awards from Sylmar High School and Mission College enjoyed an afternoon lunch and much-deserved praise at the Odyssey Restaurant in Granada Hills. (2) Home-schooled Autumn Cochrane, 14, is concurrently enrolled in High School, and Mission College, where she has taken classes for a couple of years. Autumn - shown here with her father, John - is interested in genetics and hopes to one day attend UCLA, Caltech, MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology or Stanford. Rick Coca/Valley News |
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