The South San Francisco resident is one of 11 community college students who received the prestigious award.
She will receive $10,000 each year for two years as well as a paid or volunteer summer work experience complementing her academic studies.
Cervantes graduated from Skyline this year with an Associate of Arts degree in university studies, and Associate of Science degree in natural science and biotechnology. While at Skyline, she was active in the Associated Students of Skyline College as vice president. She was also involved in the Latin American Student Organization, Pre-Medical Club, Phi Theta Kappa, Puente and Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement (MESA) Center.
She will study biology at UC Santa Cruz with the goal of becoming a pharmacist.
San Mateo High senior Eugenia Garcia received the Amici di Scuola Most Improved Student Scholarship Award for $600 on May 16.
She was selected for this honor by faculty and staff at the school. She doubled her grade-point average while enduring two back surgeries that forced her to miss a lot of school during her sophomore and senior years.
Garcia plans to attend College of San Mateo.
Amici di Sculoa (friends of the school) presents this award annually.
Burlingame High School student Geoffrey Horn was selected as the school's
spring 2007 Jefferson Service in Schools Program Award winner for volunteering hundreds of hours at the school.
Burlingame High is one of 25 schools in the Bay Area participating in the Jefferson Awards for Public Service/Service in Schools Program, which was created to encourage young Americans to volunteer in community service.
For the past four years Horn has spent close to 500 hours working in the school's theater, setting up protocols for use of the facility and training personnel.
Notre Dame High School senior Ariana Afshar will receive a $5,000 scholarship from the Professional Business Women of California. It will go toward her education at Stanford University starting this fall.
The San Bruno Park School District will hold its Centennial Picnic on Friday from 5-7 p.m., celebrating its 100 years in the community.
The event, which will be in San Bruno Park, will be modeled after what a typical community picnic would have been like in 1907.
Hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and beverages will be provided. There will also be contests such as a three-legged race and sack race.
For more information, call Superintendent David Hutt (650)624-3110.
A team of Notre Dame High School students won the highest honors in the year-end standings at the 2006-2007 WordMasters Challenge, a national competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry.
Participating against 572 other high school teams, Notre Dame's 11th-grade team tied for 10th place in the nation in the cumulative standings at the end of four meets.
While not placing in the year-end standings, the school's 10th-grade team tied for 10th place in the nation in the year's final meet.
Two students won highest honors for year-long individual achievement. Junior Laura Sanford was one of the 11 highest-ranking juniors in the entire country in the year-end standings, and senior Kelsey Hayes was one of the 17 highest-ranked seniors.
Two summer schools in the Jefferson School District will provide free lunches as part of the National Seamless Summer Food Service Program.
Meals will be provided without charge to all children in summer school programs at Ben Franklin Intermediate School and Susan B. Anthony Elementary School.Labels: financial aid, high school, scholarship, student loans |
