June 11, 2010
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Seniors, from page 16 Elise Canevascini was the recipient of the community service scholarship. She earned this award through many hours of volunteer work at Clayton’s Kindercare and the Clayton Historical Society Museum. “I enjoyed volunteering and I’m glad all the work I put in is paying off now,” says Elise, who is enrolled at Montana State University and will study to become an accountant. WRESTLING SCHOLARSHIP Adam Lee was awarded the Pete Laurence wrestling scholarship for $2,000. A Concord resident, Lee has a 4.2 GPA and will be attending UC Santa Barbara and major in engineering.
ADAM LEE
AAUW WINNER The American Association of University Women scholarship went to UC Davis-bound Andrea Araujo, who maintained a GPA of 4.14. She plans to major in biochemistry and molecular biology. She received an extremely well-rounded education at CVHS. She played lacrosse and soccer all four years, lettering in lacrosse and serving as team captain. She was named best defensive player in soccer.
LIZ HANSEN AND ANDREA ARAUJO
Her community service included volunteering at John Muir Hospital, camp counseling and tutoring. She was a member of the French Club, Clayton Valley Senior Women and the California Scholarship Federation. CLAYTON VALLEY WOMAN’S CLUB AWARD Joshua Tan is the recipient of the Clayton Valley Woman’s Club 2010 scholarship. Joshua excels in academics and is involved in sports, especially track and field.
JOSHUA TAN
The non-profit organization offers a $750 scholarship, renewable for three more years if the student maintains a 3.0 GPA. In his application, Joshua told about witnessing poverty in the Philippines as a child and his dream of providing aid. “We returned to Manila
when I was in the second grade and I was exposed to the true poverty in the world that doesn’t exist in the U.S.,” he wrote. “Manila was a very different place, with endless stretches of flooded streets along with a mass of people in desperate need.” He will attend UC Davis this fall and major in business. “Furthermore, I plan to return to Manila to not only start a business, but to find ways to combat the poverty that I saw in so much of Southeast Asia during my stay there,” he says. “With enough time and success, I can acquire enough money to start and support several nonprofit organizations that fight poverty in this extremely poor country.” A TIME FOR REFLECTION As they leave behind old friends, move away and start a new adult life, graduating seniors experience a whirlwind of emotions. “The experiences I have had throughout high school have transformed me into the strong individual I am today,” notes Katy Boeger. For Leticia De Brito, graduation is bittersweet. “I am nostalgic to leave my friends, but I am very excited to actually graduate.” Eden Mesfin feels sadness in leaving her classmates, excitement for the future and a sense of gratitude toward CVHS for helping her grow. “I will miss Clayton Valley for so many reasons. This school and the people I met here changed me completely,” she says. “I have completely evolved from the confused freshman I was when I entered high school to an adult with my own opinions and aspirations. I am excited for my future, but even more excited to see the future successes of my amazing classmates.”
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Chalk it up to an educational month
ROBBIE PARKER DVMS REPORTER After already having a science festival for seventh-graders last fall, Diablo View Middle School gave the rest of the students their turn May 14 and 26. UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science, along with a team of DVMS parent volunteers, hosted the Wizard’s Lab and A Most Murky Mystery. For the Wizard’s Lab, Lawrence Hall scientists demonstrated static electricity by having eighth-grade students conduct experiments with electricity. Students then traveled around the multi-use room to stations such
as floating magnets, tin can string telephones, air cannons and electro magnets. Students tested properties of matter and energy and discovered how things really work. Many were amazed and surprised by the different sciences and physics performed at each station. Lawrence Hall scientists finished the festival with a demonstration of an electric spark traveling up two wires. During the Murky Mystery festival, sixth-grade students learned more about our environment through a series of mysterious experiments. The students became environmental detectives and were given a puzzling scenario. They were told the fish and other wildlife were dying. They then performed chemical and biological tests to determine what could be causing this sticky situation. The students rotated to different stations, testing water and other experiments to find out what companies around the Bay were causing the fish to die.
School News
Samantha Di , Katelan Bowden and Kieylee Solla (all holding awards) celebrate big wins in New Orleans with choir director Elizabeth Emigh (third from left).
DIABLO VIEW
STUDENTS EXPERIMENT
Sixth-grader Marcus Nikaido really enjoyed the festival, saying it was a lot of fun to perform the tests and figure out the mystery with a partner. Meanwhile, the Sidewalk Chalk Festival also took place in May – after a slight rain delay. Artistic students who wanted to show off their beautiful artwork entered this event.
during the science festival.
The students, who had already sent in preliminary sketches, were given bright pastel chalk to recreate their portraits. They drew their creations in the amphitheater during lunchtime. Robbie Parker is a seventhgrader at Diablo View. Send comments to Robbie@claytonpioneer.com
CLAYTON VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL The school’s choirs competed at the New Orleans Heritage Festival April 28-May 2. They received gold ratings for the Women’s Ensemble, Show Choir and Honors Choir and a silver rating for the Concert Choir. The Honors Choir won the Most Outstanding Choir award, as well as the coveted Adjudicators’ Choice award. The choirs also won the Choral Sweepstakes award, which means the average scores of all the choirs combined outranked the other schools participating in the festival. While in New Orleans, students visited the French Quarter, went on a swamp tour on the bayou and took a Dixieland steamboat cruise on the Mississippi. The Clayton Valley Honors Choir was also chosen to sing with the rock group Foreigner at the Sleep Train Pavilion in Concord on May 25. Students got to sing backup on “I Wanna Know What Love Is.” The popular ’80s band is on a 35-city tour with Kansas and Styx. In each city, Foreigner is sponsoring a choir as part of their Save the Music program. The organization donates $1,000 to the adopted choir and sells CDs and DVDs during the concert to raise funds to donate instruments to needy instrumental programs. The choir answered a radio request by 107.7 The Bone, which adopted the choir. The station announced CVHS choirs on the air throughout the day and linked a choir performance clip to its Website.
The Clayton Pioneer congratulates Diablo View Middle School 8th Grade graduates Sara Abele Ashlynn Adams Megan Addiego James Agers Yosef Ahmadi Tyler Alcock Jake Alimagno Jordan Allen Kimberly Anderson Cheyanne Andrus Amalia Avilez Paolo Bahia Alexa Balbuena Julie Barker Juan Barrios Vanessa Bermudez Clark Blatter Garrett Blatter Thomas Blazer Jordan Bluth Faith Bogumil Tommi Boyd Ryan Boyle Duncan Bradley Cameron Branco Connor Bredehoft Logan Brescia Marisa Brooks Gabriella Brown Maxwell Burmeister Antonio Calleros Cristian Camacho Alaina Campbell Sayoko Caproni Cassandra Carson Alberto Chang-Chirinos Daniel Chappell Arthur Chiok Amanda Chrisco Domenick Clement Daniel Condon Tyler Connel
Max Connor Cristian Contreras Brenden Crabbe Ashley Crase Alison Cronin Cynthia Cruz Kevin Cuff Katherine Cullen Kenneth Cuneo Madison Curtis Nina Dabit Matthew D’Angina Madison Daniel Kenneth Davis Nicholas De Sanctis Jordan Deely Ashley Deichler Annemarie Del Bene Casandra Del Monte Justin Doig Lauren Domina Zachary Dominguez Sadie Downing Brandon Drolette Jenessa Ducker Ryan Dudley Kristen Egle Yosef Ehsan Niccolo Engbeck Tyler Farber Hunter Farrand Kasey Fitzsimmons Jessica Forrester Hayley Fredenburgh Andrew Freeman Ashley Freeman Christopher Fregosi Ryan Freitas Kaitlyn Frith Jessica Gamm Jared Gans Catherine Garcia
Orlando Garcia Nicholas Giantvalley Kimberly Goddard Alexis Gomez Cesar Gonzalez Gustavo Gonzalez John Grego Nicole Griep Rebecca Grossman Teiauni Guarino Carlos Guerrero Amy Harris Momoko Hayashi Zachary Haynes Emily Heisinger Hayley Herrera Kyle Hively Natalie Hornsby Chuntao Hu Cameron Hughes Christina Humphrey Emmeline Hurley Jason Hurtz Lauren Ipsen Sabrina Jajeh Andrew Jecker Alexander Jennings Dylan Johnson Jordan Johnson Sara Johnson Arthur Jones Michael Kassicieh Christi Kelley Amy Kennalley Nicholas Kies Chloe Kim Alexandra King Joshua Kirmsse Sara Kommer Tracie Kreiss Chelsey Lacayo Kyle Lally
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