STUDENT MUSICIAN STRIKES RIGHT NOTES.Byline: SIMONE SCHRAMM Community columnist Dominic Thiroux, a jazz-bass musician from Chatsworth, won a $10,000 ARTS Gold Award in Jazz from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts The National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (known by the acronym NFAA honors the most talented high school seniors in the performing, visual and literary arts from the United States through the youngARTS program.(formerly known as the acronym ARTS). . Dominic was honored Wednesday with 20 other California high school California High School (commonly referred to as Cal High) is a public school located in San Ramon, California, a suburb of San Francisco, Oakland, and Silicon Valley. Its mascot is a Grizzly Bear. The school's newspaper is The Californian which is published monthly. seniors, who shared an additional $35,000 in cash awards. Lindsey Glenn of Hillside Middle School in Simi Valley, Josie Godel of Aliso High School in Reseda and John Zee Kitapszyan of First Lutheran School in Glendale were grand prize winners of Tilly's ``Character Counts'' essay contest, co-sponsored by the Daily News. They received $500 savings bonds while their teachers received $500 gift certificates for school supplies. Nineteen other students received gift certificates ranging from $25 to $100. They are: Christina Amini of Pinecrest School in Woodland Hills, Andre Arsinian of AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School is an Armenian-American private school located in Winnetka, Los Angeles, California, USA. It is financed and run by the Armenian General Benevolent Union. With 947 students, it is the largest Armenian private school in the Greater Los Angeles area. in Canoga Park, Edgar Barton of Fremont Intermediate in Oxnard, Loren Bronsal of Aliso High School, Rebecca Driver of Bret Harte Elementary School in Burbank, Diana Hudson of Hillside Middle School in Simi Valley, Helen Lee and Samuel Lin of Andasol Elementary School in Northridge, Rachael Lind of Dixie Canyon Elementary School in Sherman Oaks, Kevin Marquez of Canyon Springs Elementary School in Canyon Country, Destiny Miranda of Bret Harte Elementary, Allsun Murtha of St. Robert Bellarmine School in Burbank, Jessica Prinslow of Monte Vista Middle School in Camarillo, Ada Rauch of Castaic Elementary School, Veronica Riss of St. Rose of Lima Saint Rose of Lima, (20 April, 1586 - 24 August, 1617), the first Catholic saint of the Americas, was born in Lima, Peru. Biography St. Rose was born April 20 1586, in the city of Lima, the capital of Peru. She received the baptismal name Isabel Flores de Oliva. in Simi Valley, Elizabeth Rubio of Fremont Intermediate, Gene Selle of Fremont Intermediate, Carol Torres of Sunny Brae Elementary School in Winnetka and Rosie Tucker of Pinecrest School. Erica Solomon of West Hills took home $1,000 as the first-place winner of the Anti-Defamation League's third annual human relations essay contest for her entry on bigotry. One of three honorable mentions went to Randal Marlise Curtis of Panorama City for his essay titled ``A Call For Peace: No Room For Hate.'' He received a $100 scholarship. Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic-Los Angeles announced that three of its six Winslow Coyne Reitnouer Scholastic Achievement Awards will go to local students with vision impairments and/or learning disabilities. Nick Guarino of Westmark High School in Encino won $2,000 for first place for earning high marks in school and participating in various community activities; Heather Bandy bandy /ban·dy/ (band´e) bowed or bent in an outward curve. of Reseda and John Joseph A. Gatchalian of Simi Valley tied for second place and won $500 for their achievements. Seven local high school students received $2,000 Chancellor's Scholarships from 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 . They are: James Alan Blau and Olivia Kathleen Pigdon, both of Royal High School in Simi Valley; Alya Elhawary of Westlake High School Westlake High School may refer to:
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