All-County
PINNACLE AWA R D S CLASS OF
Sponsored by the San Joaquin County Office of Education
Students are capable of great things. The proof is here in this publication celebrating the honorees of the All-County Pinnacle Awards, sponsored by the San Joaquin County Office of Education (SJCOE). On these pages, you will find the names, portraits, and accomplishments of the highest-achieving graduating seniors of the Class of 2021 in San Joaquin and Calaveras counties. For 26 years, the Pinnacle Awards have helped celebrate the excellence of each graduating high school class. It’s not just a celebration of how high these outstanding students have climbed; it is also a recognition of the challenges they faced to be counted among the highest-achieving students in the county. “We are proud of their hard work and recognize that each student has their own unique story,” said Dr. Troy A. Brown, San Joaquin County Superintendent of Schools. “Attaining excellence is never easy. Nor is it an accident. Each and every Pinnacle and Distinguished Student awardee has overcome obstacles and made thousands of choices on the journey down the path to achieving excellence.” And it is not just in academics where these students have excelled. These students are being recognized for their achievement in three areas: academics, extracurricular activities, and citizenship or community service. As you look through this publication, you will notice how the community has been enriched by the endeavors of these young men and women. They have volunteered with local charities, fought for important causes, and tutored and mentored younger students so that they may, too, climb higher. These students excel in sports, music, and the arts. They have earned paychecks and taken care of family members, too. This year we are recognizing 91 Pinnacle and 268 Distinguished Student award winners, representing 39 schools. Pinnacle awardees represent the top 1 percent of the graduating seniors in San Joaquin and Calaveras counties. Distinguished Student awardees represent the next 2 percent. Pinnacle winners received a medal, pen set, and certificate. Distinguished Students received a certificate. This year’s All-County Pinnacle Awards ceremony was hosted by the SJCOE and held virtually. A special thank you to the sponsors who have made this new commemorative publication possible: the SJCOE’s Teachers College of San Joaquin, CodeStack Department, and Educational Foundation. The sponsorships allow the printing of this publication.
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ALL-COUNTY PINNACLE AWARDS
ABLE CHARTER SCHOOLS SHADRICK THOMPSON
School Name: ABLE Charter Schools Student Activities: Mock Trial 2020 Top Prosecution Team Member; Class President; Senior Leadership Class; Student Mentor/Tutor; Senior Class Web Designer Citizenship: Church volunteer; Toy Drive; Animal Protection League College: UC Santa Barbara, Stanford, Harvard Possible Major: Actuarial Sciences
ASPIRE LANGSTON HUGHES ACADEMY PATRICK KROGH
School Name: Aspire Langston Hughes Academy Student Activities: School Drama Club, Esports Team, School Video Game Tournaments Citizenship: Tutoring College: UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly Possible Major: Geology and Biology
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ASPIRE BEN HOLT COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY JAYDEN AREVALO
School Name: Aspire Ben Holt College Prep Academy Student Activities: MEChA President; Varsity Cross Country; CSF; Culture/Travel Club; National Honors Society Citizenship: Connect Crew Leader; Emergency Food Bank; Mi Familia Vota College: Stanford, UCLA, UC San Diego Possible Major: Biological Sciences
BEAR CREEK HIGH SCHOOL SIDNEY BANKS
School Name: Bear Creek High School Student Activities: Varsity Swim; Varsity Water Polo; Vice President, NHS Citizenship: NAACP Stockton Branch; peer tutor College: UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley Possible Major: Molecular and Cell Biology
BEAR CREEK HIGH SCHOOL ALEX BUSSEY
School Name: Bear Creek High School Student Activities: Varsity Water Polo, Bruin Voice School Paper Citizenship: Elementary Science Olympiad Team volunteer College: UC San Diego, UC Davis, University of Arizona Possible Major: Aerospace Engineering
BEAR CREEK HIGH SCHOOL KEVIN PAYTON
School Name: Bear Creek High School Student Activities: President, Film Club; Vice President, E-Sports; Polynesian Club; CSF; NHS Citizenship: Tutoring College: UC Santa Barbara, UCB, Cal Poly Possible Major: Physics
CALAVERAS HIGH SCHOOL EMMALEE MILES
School Name: Calaveras High School Student Activities: Track and Field, ASB Leadership; Cultural Diversity Club; CSF; PBIS PRIDE Club Citizenship: Volunteer, East Bay Mud to clean up Lake Camanche, Trunk or Treat College: UC Davis, Sacramento State University, Cosumnes River College Possible Major: Animal Biology
LUKE FRY
School Name: Bear Creek High School Student Activities: Varsity Golf; Varsity Cross Country; CSF; Swing Club, Math Club Citizenship: Tutoring; volunteer at elementary school Chess Club College: Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA Possible Major: Astrophysics
CALAVERAS HIGH SCHOOL AMAYA HALEPOTA
School Name: Calaveras High School Student Activities: CSF; Interact Club; Theater; Advanced Drama Executive Council; French Honors Society Citizenship: CSF and Interact Club College: UOP, UC Berkeley, Chico State Possible Major: Environmental Sciences
CESAR CHAVEZ HIGH SCHOOL SHYLA KHAN
School Name: Cesar Chavez High School Student Activities: True Titan Club; FNL Club; ASB President; Mecha; Golf Citizenship: Creating social movement and change through youth programs College: UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis Possible Major: Political Science
CESAR CHAVEZ HIGH SCHOOL CRISTIAN SANTOS
School Name: Cesar Chavez High School Student Activities: Track and Field; Cross Country; Orchestra; Track Captain Citizenship: Orchestra; Kennedy Games volunteer; Fun Run volunteer College: UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Davis Possible Major: Biomedical Engineering
TRINITY TRAN
School Name: Cesar Chavez High School Student Activities: Chavez Band; Drum Major Citizenship: Church, Saint Don Bosco Youth Group; food drives College: SJDC, UOP, Cal Poly SLO Possible Major: Music Education
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EAST UNION HIGH SCHOOL SEAN MARSH
School Name: East Union High School Student Activities: ASB Treasurer; MUSD Student Board Rep; Golf Team Citizenship: Stockton Astronomical Society College: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, SJDC Possible Major: Chemistry
EAST UNION HIGH SCHOOL MINH NGUYEN
School Name: East Union High School Student Activities: Key Club President; Art Club; Math Club; Science Olympiad; CSF Citizenship: Key Club; volunteer, local food banks; tutor and support Vietnamese children in East San Jose College: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Irvine Possible Major: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
DANIEL NGO
School Name: East Union High School Student Activities: Key Club Co-President; VP Science Olympiad Club; Treasurer CSF; VP Co-Founder Robotics/ Programming Club; JROTC Academic Team Citizenship: Raised money for FoodForFamilies, CA firefighters; served Veterans College: Stanford, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon Possible Major: Computer Science
EDISON HIGH SCHOOL MICHELL DIAZ-FLORES
School Name: Edison High School Student Activities: AVID; Treasurer, MEChA Club, Interact Club; NHS; Varsity Softball Citizenship: Volunteer at Valor Training Center; TOLA Organizing Academy College: UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford Possible Major: International Business
EDISON HIGH SCHOOL PILAR ESPARZA
School Name: Edison High School Student Activities: ASB Chief of Social Relations; Softball; Volleyball Citizenship: TOLA Organization; Stockton Scholars College: UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, San Jose State Possible Major: Philosophy and Political Science
GUADALUPE GUERRA
School Name: Edison High School Student Activities: President, Speech and Debate Club Citizenship: Volunteer, Merlo Institute of Technology College: CSU Fullerton, CSU Fresno, CSU Stanislaus Possible Major: Nursing
EDISON HIGH SCHOOL JOEY RILVERIA
School Name: Edison High School Student Activities: Volleyball; Badminton; INTERACt; AVID Program Citizenship: Stockton’s CHANGEist Program; Gender Justice Group College: UC Berkeley, Trade School, SJDC Possible Major: Creative Writing and English, Stenography
ESTEFANIA SAAVEDRA NAREZ
School Name: Edison High School Student Activities: No information provided Citizenship: No information provided College: No information provided Possible Major: No information provided
ESCALON HIGH SCHOOL MIKAYLA EGAN
School Name: Escalon High School Student Activities: Escalon 4-H; Vice President CSF; President Visual Performing Arts Club; Vice President Upper Room; Art Club Citizenship: Escalon Christian Reformed Church; Modesto Gospel Mission College: Montana State University Bozeman Possible Major: Nursing
MELISSA MENDIETA-HERNANDEZ
School Name: Escalon High School Student Activities: President, Spanish Club; Interact Club; Key Club; Friends Helping Friends Club; Cheerleading Team Citizenship: Reading project at local library; math tutor College: UC Berkeley, Cal Poly, UC Santa Barbara Possible Major: Robotics Engineering
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL SHAUN-OLIVER GABRIANA
School Name: Franklin High School Student Activities: Science Olympiad; Marching Band; Writing Club Citizenship: St. Luke’s Catholic Church; tutor at MYP College: UOP, SJDC, UC Davis Possible Major: Pre-Med
RICARDO MUNOZ
School Name: Franklin High School Student Activities: Vice President, Spanish Club; Football team; IB program; Drama Class Citizenship: Aided in the beautification of parks; creator of elementary school yearbook College: UCLA Possible Major: Economics and Business
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FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL LIZETTE OROZCO
School Name: Franklin High School Student Activities: Art Club; Writing Club; Founder and President, Women’s Empowerment Club; Marching Band, Concert Band; Hosted Middle School Art Competition Citizenship: St. Edward’s Church College: University of San Francisco, UOP, SJDC Possible Major: Fine Arts or Gender Studies
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL ASHLEY REYES
School Name: Franklin High School Student Activities: FHS Writing Club; Respira, Mi Amor Founder ; Captain Varsity Soccer; Varsity Cheer All American Cheerleader; Superintendent Board of Student Representatives Franklin Student Representative Citizenship: Respira, Mi Amor; Animal Shelter College: Yale University, UC Berkeley, Harvard University Possible Major: Pre-Law
JIM ELLIOT CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL JOHN WUEST
School Name: Jim Elliot Christian High School Student Activities: Captain First Robotics Team; Student Body President; Captain Basketball Team; Interact Club; Drama Department Citizenship: Church; Interact Club, Children’s and High School Ministries College: Letourneau University, George Fox University, Grand Canyon University Possible Major: Mechanical Engineering
SYDNEY PETERSON
School Name: Franklin High School Student Activities: Varsity Softball; Writing Club; Spanish Club; Drama; Mathletes Citizenship: Fun Run to raise money for ovarian cancer; Elementary school math tutor College: Louisiana State University Possible Major: Chemistry and Pre-Med
HEALTH CAREERS ACADEMY JULIA YANG
School Name: Health Career Academy Student Activities: Asian Club Citizenship: Stockton Blood Donation with American Red Cross; volunteer to help the homeless College: UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, University of San Francisco Possible Major: Biology
KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL NATAN AKLILU
School Name: Kimball High School Student Activities: NHS President; HOSA Future Health Professionals Treasurer/VP; Math Club VP; CSF VP; Track and Field Citizenship: Tracy Interfaith Ministries; Animal Rescue of Tracy; Arezzo Way Berm Mulching Project College: Stanford, Cornell, UCLA Possible Major: Computer Science
KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL ANNE JELINE MARIANO
School Name: Kimball High School Student Activities: Medical and Health Services Academy; MHSA Leadership President; Key Club President; Division Newsletter Editor; American Red Cross Secretary Citizenship: Interfaith Ministries; Charity Miles College: Cal Poly SLO, Stony Brook University, UC Santa Cruz Possible Major: Public Health
HUSAM SOLACHUDDIN
School Name: Kimball High School Student Activities: SAT/College Prep Club President; American Math Club Vice President; NHS officer; HOSA competitor; Academic Decathlon Citizenship: Provided free SAT tutoring; community service at various local organizations College: Stanford, UCLA, Yale Possible Major: Computer Science
LATHROP HIGH SCHOOL VANESSA LAOENG
School Name: Lathrop High School Student Activities: UBE (Pacific Islander Club); Advanced Band; Academic Decathlon; Math Club Treasurer; Soccer Citizenship: World-Wide Walk to Fight Poverty; Coastal Cleanups; Forest Cleanups; Church Youth Group; Cancer Relay College: UOP, UCLA, Sacramento State Possible Major: Biological Sciences
LATHROP HIGH SCHOOL JOEY SANCHIS
School Name: Lathrop High School Student Activities: ASB President; MUSD Student Board Representative; Interact Club Vice President; Varsity Football Captain; Varsity Track & Field Captain Citizenship: Community work and Club activities College: UC Davis, University of Portland, UOP Possible Major: Political Science and Pre-law
YASHRAJ PRASAD
School Name: Lathrop High School Student Activities: “Student Council Treasurer, VP, Spirit Commissioner; Track & Field Captain; Cross Country Captain/President; Academic Decathlon Treasurer; Interact Club Citizenship: Volunteer to help the homeless; Breakfast with the bunny and Breakfast with Santa College: UC San Diego, UC Davis, UOP Possible Major: Psychology
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL ESHIKA ARORA
School Name: Lincoln High School Student Activities: Wind Ensemble; County Honor Band Clarinet Player; Veena (South Indian Instrument) Player; People to People International Club President; Science Olympiad Co-President Citizenship: Math tutor at elementary schools and high school; Sewing masks for community and organizing food drives College: UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, Boston University Possible Major: Chemistry
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LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL EMILIE AUTRAN
School Name: Lincoln High School Student Activities: “Middle Eastern Club Co President; Science Olympiad Co-Vice President; S.T.E.M Club Secretary; Our Planet Club; Mock Trial Citizenship: San Joaquin Democrats; The Education Initiative; Earth Guardian; Mu Alpha Theta math tutor; Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary College: Yale Possible Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
DIEGO BUSTAMANTE
School Name: Lincoln High School Student Activities: Associate Student Body VP; National Honor Society VP; Wind Ensemble Clarinetist and Pianist Citizenship: California Youth Empowerment Collective; Director of Organizing Commitment to Community Service Award College: Stanford, Johns Hopkins University, UCLA Possible Major: Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL DAVID QING
School Name: Lincoln High School Student Activities: CSF Life Member; Mu Alpha Theta; Interact Club; STEM Club; San Joaquin County Honor Band Citizenship: Stockton Public Library tutor; Tan Po Po Gakko College: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego Possible Major: Computer Science
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL ELIJAH TSAI
School Name: Lincoln High School Student Activities: State President of the California Association of Student Councils; Band; Drumline Citizenship: Member of Commitment to Community Service; advocated on behalf of California Students to the State Board of Education and State Legislature through CASC College: Swarthmore, Claremont Mckenna College, UCLA Possible Major: History
LODI ACADEMY EMMA LITTLE
School Name: Lodi Academy Student Activities: Yearbook Editor; Class Pastor; Volleyball; Select Choir (Lodian Singers); NHS Citizenship: Voting Service Center; Vacation Bible School; Local Food Distribution Centers and Dining Halls; Homeless Ministry; Church volunteer College: Walla Walla University, La Sierra University, Southern Adventist University Possible Major: Buisness
SEPENTA SHIRVAN
School Name: Lincoln High School Student Activities: LHS Mathletes Club; Science Olympiad; Varsity Soccer Team; Wind Ensemble; Marching Band Citizenship: Commitment to Community Program; Margaret Troke Library; California Association of Student Councils; St. Basil Greek Festival College: UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, NYU Possible Major: Neuroscience
LINDEN HIGH SCHOOL FELIPE RODARTE JR.
School Name: Linden High School Student Activities: Cross Country; ACE Show Choir; Random Acts of Kindness Club; CSF; Wrestling Citizenship: Church fundraisers; Linden Cherry Festival, Linden Christmas Tree Lighting, Relay for Life fundraiser College: UOP, UC Merced, Sacramento State Possible Major: Mechanical Engineering
LODI HIGH SCHOOL CHARLES CLAXTON
School Name: Lodi High School Student Activities: No information provided Citizenship: No information provided College: No information provided Possible Major: No information provided
LODI HIGH SCHOOL BENJAMIN KY
School Name: Lodi High School Student Activities: Interact Club; CSF; Golf Team Citizenship: Rotary Club; Interact; CSF College: Stanford, Harvard, Princeton Possible Major: Aerospace Engineering or Biology
LODI HIGH SCHOOL ANNEMARIE VAN METER
School Name: Lodi High School Student Activities: VP Interact Club; Lodi High for NorCal Science Planning Team Leading Representative; Science Olympiad Red Team Member; CSF; Environmental Club Citizenship: Interact Club; Hope Harbors; Grace and Mercy ; Stockton Salvation Army. College: University of Arizona - Tucson, UC Davis, Pepperdine University – Seaver College Possible Major: Psychology
VICTOR PLUNKETT
School Name: Lodi High School Student Activities: CSF Treasurer; LHS Student Athlete Advisory Council; NHS; UNICEF Club; Varsity Water Polo Citizenship: Love Lodi; Student tutor; Salvation Army College: “UCLA, UCSD, San Diego State University Possible Major: Civil/Architectural Engineering
MANTECA HIGH SCHOOL ALEENA JAMES
School Name: Manteca High School Student Activities: Feeding Project co-founder; JV/Varsity Tennis; Track & Field; Co-Founder/President EcoClub; Safe Driving Campaign Citizenship: Volunteered in India at KVM School of Mentally Challenged; Habitat for Humanity; Bread for Life; Victory 2018 Campion; Give Every Child a Chance College: San Diego State, CSU Fullerton, CSU Long Beach Possible Major: Nursing
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MANTECA HIGH SCHOOL KAYSON NEDUVAKKATTU
School Name: Manteca High School Student Activities: Varsity Tennis, Academic Decathlon; CSF, College Prep Club; Robotics Club Treasurer Citizenship: Student volunteer at Doctors Hospital of Manteca; tutor, Give Every Child A Chance; Leader of the Youth’s Altar Service College: Notre Dame, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis Possible Major: Mechanical/Robotics Engineering
RAVEEN NIJAR
School Name: Manteca High School Student Activities: Tennis Team; Track & Field; President & Co-Founder of Eco Club; Vice President, College Prep Club; FEEDING PROJECT Founder Citizenship: Bread For Life; Manteca Public Library; Feeding Project College: UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego Possible Major: Civil and Environmental Engineering
McNAIR HIGH SCHOOL CINDY NGUYEN
School Name: McNair High School Student Activities: MESA; Academic Decathalon; CSF Citizenship: NHS; CSF; campus clean up events College: SJDC, UOP, UC Davis Possible Major: Nursing/Public Health
NHAN NGUYEN
School Name: McNair High School Student Activities: CSF Club President; MESA; Academic Decathlon; National Honor Society; Tennis Citizenship: Running of the Elk Marathon; Mosher Elementary’s Fall Festival; campus clean up College: UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Davis Possible Major: East Asian Languages and Cultures
McNAIR HIGH SCHOOL DIEGO RAMIREZ
School Name: McNair High School Student Activities: MESA; Cross Country; Academic Decathlon; Key Club; My School Votes Citizenship: Key Club, Boy Scouts (Eagle project was fundraising and building a fence for an animal shelter) College: Undecided Possible Major: Biology
MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL FELIX QU
School Name: Middle College High School Student Activities: Co-President of Red Cross Club; Student Government Senator; Politics Club Vice President; Key Club; MESA Citizenship: American Red Cross College: UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Davis Possible Major: Law/Political Science
ISAAC YANG
School Name: McNair High School Student Activities: MESA Team Leader; Esports Team Citizenship: Activities for Clubs: cleaning the Delta, washing classroom desks, sandwiches for the homeless College: UC Berkeley, Cal Poly, UC Davis Possible Major: Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
MILLENNIUM HIGH SCHOOL SONIA ANWAR
School Name: Millennium High School Student Activities: Cheer Team Captain; CSF; Interact Club Citizenship: Animal Rescue of Tracy; Millennium High School Mini Cheer Camp; The Grand Theater College: UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, UOP Possible Major: Biology
MOUNTAIN HOUSE HIGH SCHOOL HELEN EARLE
School Name: Mountain House High School Student Activities: Varsity volleyball team; CSF; WISE (Women in Science & Engineering); Link Crew Citizenship: Girl Scouts; McHenry House; Twilight Camp College: UCLA, UC Davis, UC San Diego Possible Major: Mechanical Engineering
MOUNTAIN HOUSE HIGH SCHOOL ERIN SU
School Name: Mountain House High School Student Activities: CSF President; Varsity SciOly; HOSA; Band First Chair Oboist; Academic Decathlon President Citizenship: Virtual Science Week; Video Editing MH Diwali Mahotsav; Test/Course-writing Tracy SciOly; coaching for Wicklund SciOly College: UCLA, Cal Poly, UC Berkeley Possible Major: Microbiology
ELYSE LOW
School Name: Mountain House High School Student Activities: Science Olympiad; HOSA; Varsity Tennis; SJC Honor Orchestra; Speech and Debate Citizenship: Virtual Science Week; Mountain House Asian American Association; Supervisor, Vacation Bible School in Southwinds Church College: UCLA, MIT, UC Berkeley Possible Major: Computational Biology
RIPON HIGH SCHOOL BRENDAN LAN
School Name: Ripon High School Student Activities: Leadership; Ripon Entomology Club; Varsity Tennis; Yoga & Pilates Mindfulness Club; Science Olympiad Club Citizenship: California Academy of Sciences Entomology Research Collections; Oak Grove Regional Park Nature Center; San Joaquin Summer Butterfly Count; Love Ripon; Ripon Recycling College: Cornell University Possible Major: Entomology
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RIPON HIGH SCHOOL NICOLE NGUYEN
School Name: Ripon High School Student Activities: ASB President; Korean Culture Club/ Asian Culture Club President; Multicultural Club; CSF; Track and Field Citizenship: Sacramento Vietnamese Medical Dental Pharmacy Association; Love Ripon; Holiday military cards; Book Buddies; Recycling Center College: UCLA Possible Major: Biology
SIERRA HIGH SCHOOL SIMRAN KHAHIRA
School Name: Sierra High School Student Activities: Academic Decathlon; Girls Tennis Team; President, American Sign Language Club; Co-President, Gay-Straight Alliance Club; President, Korean Culture Club Citizenship: Hope Family Shelter; local park clean-ups; Manteca Senior Center College: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara Possible Major: Finance
SIERRA HIGH SCHOOL MELANIE NGUYEN
School Name: Sierra High School Student Activities: Soccer team; Tennis team co-captain; National Honor Society Vice President; Link Crew leader; Leadership Arts Commissioner Citizenship: Student election officer; park cleanups; elementary school library; Flags Over Manteca College: UC Irvine, UC San Diego, Cal Poly SLO Possible Major: Economics
ZACH VAN ZWALUWENBURG
School Name: Sierra High School Student Activities: Swim team; Water polo; Interact; Community Leader of America; Fantasy Sports Club Citizenship: Interact; CLA; helping elderly; park clean ups College: Point Loma Possible Major: Biology/Pre-Med or nursing
ST. MARY’S HIGH SCHOOL CHRISTOPHER CANZANO
School Name: St. Mary’s High School Student Activities: Model UN; Chapel Ambassador; Link Crew; Senate and Cabinet Member; Varsity Trap Shooting; Salesian Leadership Club Citizenship: Hugh O’ Brian Youth Leadership; Stockton Kids Fun(d) Founder; Special Olympics Northern California College: Harvard Possible Major: Economics
ADELIADE MADARY
School Name: St. Mary’s High School Student Activities: Cross Country; Model United Nations; President of the Math Club; Link Crew Leader Citizenship: Stockton-CAN Mentor; St. Anne’s Church; Science Olympiad College: Columbia University, Rice University, UC Berkeley Possible Major: French
STAGG HIGH SCHOOL DANIEL ALLEN DONGON
School Name: Stagg High School Student Activities: Stockton Public Safety Academy Commander; Varsity Tennis; National Honor Society Vice President Citizenship: SUSD Police Explorer Lieutenant; community work and outreach College: U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Norwich University Possible Major: Cybersecurity
STAGG HIGH SCHOOL CARLIE RODRIGUEZ
School Name: Stagg High School Student Activities: MESA Club; Softball; Golf; Snowboarding Club; Freshman Class President Citizenship: Distribute masks throughout the community during COVID College: UCLA, UC Davis, UC Berkeley Possible Major: Civil Engineering
AMIIRA HUTSON-JOHNSON
School Name: Stagg High School Student Activities: Photo Editor for the Yearbook team; Badminton Team Citizenship: Community Partnership for Families of San Joaquin; provide aid for homeless College: UCLA, UC Davis, UOP Possible Major: Biological Sciences
STOCKTON COLLEGIATE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS HARLEEN SINGH
School Name: Stockton Collegiate International Secondary School Student Activities: Speech and Debate Junior Captain; M.E.Ch.A president; SCIS Ambassadors Citizenship: Community Partnership for Families; Diamond Cove II tutor; VITA; Red Cross Donor Ambassador; Lodi Memorial Hospital College: UOP Possible Major: Pre-Dental Advantage
STOCKTON EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY KYLIE CREIGHTON
School Name: Stockton Early College Academy Student Activities: Mock Trial President and Lead Defense Attorney; Student Government Junior Class Secretary; School Site Council Parlimentarian; Tutoring Citizenship: Art projects in Stockton to improve the community College: UC Berkeley, UCLA, Stanford Possible Major: Sociology
CELINA HUI
School Name: Stockton Early College Academy Student Activities: Key Club VP, Secretary, Division Leadership Team Executive Assistant; Mock Trial Club; Running Club; NHS Citizenship: Key Club; NHS; SECA Tutoring Program’s Tutor; Questbridge College Prep Scholar; 2020 Primary Poll Worker College: UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford University Possible Major: Business Economics
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TOKAY HIGH SCHOOL SABRINA CHEN
School Name: Tokay High School Student Activities: NHS; CSF; NorCal Science Festival Planning Committee; Science Olympiad; Piano Citizenship: Helped local business during COVID College: Stony Brook University, La Sierra University, George Washington University Possible Major: Management for Healthcare Professionals
BENJAMIN GOBEL
School Name: Tokay High School Student Activities: Water Polo; Swim Team; Science Olympiad; Science Bowl Citizenship: National Honors Society; NorCal Science Festival Planning Team; Lodi Youth Commission College: UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego Possible Major: Economics
TOKAY HIGH SCHOOL MARIKO HASHIMOTO
School Name: Tokay High School Student Activities: Science Olympiad; Girl’s Varsity Golf; Badminton Varsity Doubles; Go Green Club Secretary; Key Club Historian Citizenship: World of Wonders Science Museum; Lodi Middle Science Olympiad Coach; San Joaquin Mask On Campaign, NorCal Science Festival College: UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Davis Possible Major: Public Health
ZACHARY LARSON
School Name: Tokay High School Student Activities: Science Bowl; Science Olympiad; Head of Logistics NorCal Science Festival; Water Polo; Swimming Citizenship: Tokay Science Olympiad; Elkhorn Middle School Science Olympiad; Upward Basketball; SJ Regional Elementary Science Tournament; NorCal Science Festival College: UC San Diego Possible Major: Human Biology
TRACY HIGH SCHOOL RIZELLE MAE MAZON
School Name: Tracy High School Student Activities: Color Guard; Math Club Citizenship: Tutoring at Kumon College: UC Berkley, UC Davis, UC Irvine Possible Major: Material Sciences and Engineering
JADINE ANN RODRIGUEZ
School Name: Tracy High School Student Activities: Math Club President, Bulldog Project Treasurer; Asian Pacific Islander Club Treasurer Citizenship: Volunteer work at church; support of local organizations and shelters; McHenry House College: UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC San Diego Possible Major: BioEngineering
TRACY HIGH SCHOOL NATASHA RODRIGUEZ-ZANUTO
School Name: Tracy High School Student Activities: Cheerleading; Mock Trial Citizenship: Junior coach for youth cheerleading team College: UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford Possible Major: Business or Law Studies
NANCY TRIEU
School Name: Tracy High School Student Activities: Academic Decathalon; CSF Scientifically Speaking; Track and Field; Interact Club Citizenship: Animal Rescue of Tracy; Astoria Gardens; Local church; Harvest Festivals volunteer; McHenry House College: UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Davis Possible Major: Biology
VENTURE ACADEMY AMANDA LOPEZ
School Name: Venture Academy Student Activities: Academy Leadership Team; SkillsUSA; Varsity Cross Country Team; Tutoring Program; Defense of Mastery Mentor Citizenship: Youth Group Treasurer; Catechism Class Teacher Assistant; Church Game Booth Creator and Leader; Spanish/English Tutor; Election Poll Worker College: Cal Poly, CSU Sacramento, San Diego State University Possible Major: Clinical Psychology
CONNOR WRIGHT
School Name: Venture Academy Student Activities: Mock Trial Training and Competition Founder; Academy Mock Trial - Captain/Lead Attorney; Soccer Team Defender Citizenship: Mock Trial Youth Camp College: UCLA, Georgetown, Columbia Possible Major: Political Science
WEST HIGH SCHOOL EDUARDO GODINEZ DIAZ
School Name: West High School Student Activities: Robotics Club- Robot Driver/Base Engineer; Track and Cross Country Varsity; Space and Engineering Academy; CSF Citizenship: CSF; Campus clean-up, Tree planting, Easter Egg Hunt; South/West Park Elementary bench construction – SEA; Fireworks stand College: UCLA, UC Berkeley, MIT Possible Major: Aerospace Engineering
ARIA JACINTO
School Name: West High School Student Activities: Space & Engineering Academy; Varsity Tennis Co-Captain; Tri-M Music Honor Society President; Concert/Symphonic/Jazz/Marching Band; CSF Citizenship: Space & Engineering Academy; West High canned food drive; Arbor Day; Campus clean-ups College: UC Berkeley Possible Major: Molecular Environmental Biology
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WEST HIGH SCHOOL MATTHEW LEUNG
School Name: West High School Student Activities: No information provided Citizenship: No information provided College: No information provided Possible Major: No information provided
LILY MILLAR
School Name: West High School Student Activities: Cross Country; Track and Field; President, CSF; SJC Honor Orchestra; All State Honor Orchestra Citizenship: Tracy Interfaith; Student poll worker; Park cleanups; Tracy Arbor Day College: Brigham Young University (Provo), UCLA, UC Berkeley Possible Major: English
WEST HIGH SCHOOL REUVEN CLAY VILLANUEVA
School Name: West High School Student Activities: No information provided Citizenship: No information provided College: No information provided Possible Major: No information provided
THAR ZAW
School Name: West High School Student Activities: No information provided Citizenship: No information provided College: No information provided Possible Major: No information provided
WESTON RANCH HIGH SCHOOL KHAINA ACOB ALUPAY
School Name: Weston Ranch High School Student Activities: CSF Co-President Citizenship: Journalism; “The Mark Highlights” articles; Teaching art skills to local elementary school students College: Undecided Possible Major: Biology
PARNIT KAUR CHEEMA
School Name: Weston Ranch High School Student Activities: CSF Co Secretary; HOSA Class Representative; Varsity basketball; be.Vital Academy; FFA Citizenship: FFA community service; San Joaquin General Hospital Volunteer, Camp Okizu Fundraiser; Walks for Heart Disease and Autism. College: UC Riverside, UC Davis, UC Berkeley Possible Major: Biology or Public Health
WESTON RANCH HIGH SCHOOL SUMREET KAUR SANDHU
School Name: Weston Ranch High School Student Activities: Key Club President; HOSA President; CSF Co-President; Robotics Vice President Citizenship: Public Library; Mommunity events College: UC Berkeley, UCLA, Yale Possible Major: Biological Sciences
M I S S I O N S TATE M E NT The San Joaquin County Office of Education (SJCOE) is a regional agency that provides educational leadership, resources, and customized services to assist school districts. The SJCOE promotes student achievement and accountability, serves San Joaquin County’s most at-risk students, and strives to create an environment in which every student, regardless of circumstances, has an opportunity for a quality education.
D I S TI N G U I S H E D S TU D E NT S ABLE CHARTER Cameron Chaddock
ASPIRE BEN HOLT ACADEMY Muskaan Mann Natalie Regalia Rosabella Lopez
ASPIRE LANGSTON HUGHES Marcus Reyes
BEAR CREEK Natalie Tran Lanchai Thao Abigail Ver Amy Hoang Sydney Silveira Kevin Vo Leilany Perez Sally Huynh Amara Del Prato Jasmine Castillo Yeng Thao Emily Wolf Grant Johnson
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Michelle Navarro
CALAVERAS
Anna Evans Emily Piper Donivan Giangregorio Taylor Wright Alisen Phon
CESAR CHAVEZ
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DELTA CHARTER Eyan Manning Daniela Nunez
EAST UNION
Leilani Viloria Gurleen Kaur Tristan Santos Matthew Barnes Melinda Amick Hannah Knab Emily Saldana Jasmine Ruiz Erick Valencia Palacios Matthew Mendoza Jo Ann Neilsen
EDISON
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ESCALON
Rachel Lau Madelyn Page Ryan Belletto Elijah Lattig April Strand Hannah Underwood
FRANKLIN
LINCOLN
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LINDEN
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LODI
HEALTH CAREERS ACADEMY
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KIMBALL
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LATHROP
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MANTECA
MCNAIR
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MERLO INSTITUTE Miguel Chavez
MIDDLE COLLEGE Nora Bakken
MILLENNIUM
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MOUNTAIN HOUSE
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RIPON
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SIERRA
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ST. MARYS
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STAGG
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TOKAY
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TRACY
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WEBER INSTITUTE
Dhia Saleh Emanuel Martinez-Abundiz
WEST
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