Vol. 52, No.23
Serving the San Gabriel Valley Since 1966
June 18, 2014
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Army and Navy Academy’s 103rd Commencement Ceremony by Paige Maslen San Gabriel Valley
The 103rd Commencement of Army and Navy Academy, a private military boarding school in Carlsbad, California, was held on Saturday, June 7, 2014. There were 67 graduating Cadets in the Class of 2014, including: Hao Huynh of El
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Monte (91732), Eric Lin of Rosemead (91770). Eric Young of Temple City (91780); Magna Cum Laude, National Honor Society, California Scholarship Federation Seal Bearer Status. The 2014 Commencement speaker was Lieutenant Colonel Mark Duffer, USMCR (Retired), a graduate of Army and Navy Academy’s Class of 1984. Lt. Col. Duffer served in the United States Marine Corps for 22 years, during which he completed several deployments and received the Meritorious Service Medal, Strike Flight Air Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, two letters of commendation, and various unit and personal awards. Lt. Col. Duffer is currently a Boeing 737 Captain with the world’s leading airline, United Airlines, based in Los Angeles, California, where he flies both domestic and international routings
Erik Lin - Left - with Friend Feixiong Lou of Hacienda Heights - Pre Commencement Ceremony
throughout the Americas. He is a co-founder and partner in Victory Diesel, LLC, a Fort Worth based biofuels corporation, as well as partner and Board of Directors member with Minnesotabased Instant Wireless Interpretation (IWI), LLC. Lt. Col. Duffer emphasized the importance of character and values, two touchstones of the Academy, and how they are the keys to future success. Major General Arthur M. Bartell, USA (Retired), President of Army and Navy Academy presented diplomas to the graduates. Founded in 1910, the Army and Navy Academy is
Eric Young with MG Bartell
Hao Hyunh - Center - in Commencement Procession
a private not-for-profit institution that provides an academically robust, characterbased education for young men, grades 7 through 12. It is the only private boarding
school in San Diego County and the only private military academy for high school-age students in California and surrounding states.
Arcadia High School Alumni Donate 100,000
or Current Resident
by Scott Hettrick San Gabriel Valley
Arcadia High School culminated yet another amazing year with a graduation ceremony at Santa Anita Park Wednesday, June 11, 2014, that showcased the best of the best. Graduation Day for Arcadia High School seniors June 11, 2014 at Santa Anita Park. Photo courtesy of Arcadia School District. A day earlier, students from the high school’s Associated Student Body (ASB) announced a donation
AHS Associated Student Body from 2006-2017 donates $100,000 at School Board meeting to be used for Performing Arts Center and video scoreboard at Salter Stadium. Photo courtesy of Arcadia School District.
of $100,000 to the Arcadia Unified School District from students past, present and future. The next day, 901 seniors participated in the pomp and circumstance of
graduation ceremonies in more astounding, the averfront of thousands of famage Grade Point Average of ily and friends in the histhis class is 3.34, and the avtoric and iconic grandstands. erage SAT scores were 1846, That’s more than 99% of the entire senior class. Even Arcadia High continued on page 6