VALLEY STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN MOCK GOVERNMENT.Byline: SIMONE SCHRAMM Community columnist The American Legion Valley Post 582 in Granada Hills sent two local students to the Girls and Boys State mock government contest that runs through Friday. Girls State is at Claremont College and Boys State is at Sacramento State College. The program teaches high school juniors about politics and American government. Julio G. Jimenez of Birmingham High School Birmingham High School is a public coeducational high school in the neighborhood/district of Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley section of the city of Los Angeles, California. The school is a part of District One of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). in Reseda and Claudia Vargas of John F. Kennedy High School John F. Kennedy High School can refer to one of many schools in North America. The following list is ordered by state/province/territory and then municipality:
``It's basically more about the structure of our government and how it should be run,'' Jimenez said. The contest features three categories: cities, counties and state. The positions in the contest mimic real government officials. ``I'm pretty excited. It's something new that I want to experience since I have an interest in politics,'' Jimenez said. Students who demonstrate outstanding citizenship and leadership will move on to the national state contest for a chance to meet the president. High school students enrolled in a Mission College culinary arts class have been awarded $182,865 in scholarships toward studies in the culinary arts field. Careers Through Culinary Arts Program, which provides training for students interested in food-service careers, awarded the scholarships. Top awards in the senior division went to: Wesdin Hernandez of Monroe High School For other uses, see James Monroe High School. Monroe High School may refer to:
Other winners in the senior division are: Jasmin Gutierrez, who won two scholarships totaling $4,500, and Joseph Serna, who received $11,600. Both students attend Sylmar High School. Winners in the junior division are: Rudy Martinez of Sylmar High School, $1,000, and Robert Valdovinos of Monroe High School, $1,265. Jade Aquino, 14, of El Camino Real High School El Camino Real High School (also known locally as "ECR" and by some more recently as "ELCO") is a public secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. in Woodland Hills won the Get on the Yoo-hoo School Board Skate Deck Design Contest for her winning artwork illustrating people fanatically chasing the chocolate drink. Her grand prize is a school year's supply of Yoo-hoo and 100 skateboards using her design. Pablo Gaeto, a teacher at Valerio Street Elementary School in Van Nuys, received a $1,000 grant from Teaching Tolerance, an organization that awards grants to fund innovative tolerance projects led by educators across the nation. Gaeto will use the funds to support year-round multicultural events at the school including monthly video presentations on different ethnic groups. The Agoura/Oak Park/Las Virgenes Chamber of Commerce announced recipients of its 2003 Educator of the Year Awards to exemplary teachers at area schools. The winners are determined based on nominations by administrators, parents and students. The 20 recipients are: Jenny Angel of Round Meadow School in Calabasas, Josh Barroll of Calabasas High School Calabasas High School is a four-year high school, freshman-senior, in Calabasas, California, United States. Calabasas High School, which serves portions of Calabasas and the West Hills, Los Angeles, California section of Los Angeles, is one of three high schools in the Las , Judy Berk of Willow Elementary School in Agoura Hills, Debra Burgher burgh·er n. 1. A citizen of a town or borough. 2. A comfortable or complacent member of the middle class. 3. a. A member of the mercantile class of a medieval European city. b. of White Oak Elementary School in Westlake Village, Jason Busby of Agoura High School Agoura High School is a four-year high school, freshman-senior, in Agoura Hills, California, United States. It is the largest high school in the Las Virgenes Unified School District, with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. , Jeannie Ensign of Red Oak School in Oak Park, Sharon Glickman of Buttercup Preschool in Thousand Oaks, Bart Goldman of Lindero Middle School in Agoura Hills, Mark Goldstein of Indian Hills High School Indian Hills High School may refer to:
 `măk, s Elementary School in Agoura Hills, Faith Pope of Chaparral Elementary School in Calabasas, Bob Robbins of Arthur E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas, Shannon Rodarte of Oak Hills School in Oak Park, Kathy Schultheis of Oak Park High School, Karolyn Tassio of Brookside Elementary School Brookside Elementary is a public elementary school in Surrey, British Columbia part of School District 36 Surrey. Full of gang bangers and children who are not welcomed at other schools in Oak Park and Tammy Van Fleet of Bay Laurel School in Calabasas.
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