The following students were presented scholarships last week at the Community Scholarship event:
Scholarships
LULAC – Darrell D. Marks Scholarship – Christopher Rene Valdez and Simon Valenzuela
Sydney Goldfarb High School Award – Kennedi Simmons and Ya’elle Wright
Sony Pictures Entertainment Scholarship – Natasha Jain
Rotary District 5280 – Jerry Chabola-Jules Zentner Scholarship – Miranda Myers
Southern California Gas Co. Scholarship – Nicolas Vu
Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club – Matthew Lawrence, Maria Lopez Zamudio, Nicolas Vu and Noah Wang
Culver City Education Foundation Otice (Red) Gallman Scholarship – Khalid Ali, Katherine Bermudez, Oscar Elias, Elizabeth Mark and Andy Salvador
Vicki J. Forman Writing Prize – Stephanie Liem
Vicki J. Forman Learning Prize – Parth Chhetri
Centaur in Action Civic Engagement Scholarship – Evan Dumas
Community Scholarships
Culver City Schools and Associations Scholarships:
Assn. of Classified Employees – Culver City – Andrew Fernandez and Alyssa Herrera
Culver City Council PTA – Danna Rodriguez Vargas and Jennifer Soto
Culver City Federation of Teachers
Culver City Local 1343 A.F.T – Elizabeth Lopez
Culver City High School PTSA – Angeli Jean Abrantes and Isabella Valdez
Culver City High School Alumni Assn. – Arielle Leyba and Luis Zesate
Culver City High School Boosters Club – Evan Dumas and Esmeralda Sandoval
Culver City Middle School PTSA – Mackenzie Elvington
El Marino Language School PTA – Sierra Brandt-Gray and Sarah Herrera
El Rincon PTA – Matthew Bae and Kristibel Turcios
Farragut PTA – Justin Pineda and Jonathan Tafel
La Ballona PTA – Ariadna Islas, Milsa Reyes, Marco Martinez Rosas and Andy Salvador
Lin Howe PTA – Sebastian Moran and Jaris Torres
Management Assn. of Culver City Schools – Stephanie Inzunza Castillo
Panther Partners of Culver City Middle School – Amelia Ashley and Tatiana Estrada
Business Scholarships
Culver City Chamber of Commerce – Lee Elmont
Goldrich & Kest Industries, LLC – Isabella Avincola
Takahashi Accountancy Scholarship – Lucia Zhang
Individual and Memorial Scholarships
Alex Smollins Great Heart Award – Rene Collazos
Alexandra Croft-Melendez Tennis Scholarship – Martha Fente
Ami Shilton Memorial Scholarship – Jack Groves and Natwara Sutthirat
Armond Fields Memorial Scholarship – Isela Garcia Lopez
Barry & Valerie Sulkin Scholarship – Frida Gomez, Richard Heymann, Jorge-Roberto Sandoval, Cynthia Santiago Cortes, Christopher Rene Valdez and Juanita Valdivia
Bauer Family Scholarship – Alan Vasquez
Meyer Frinkess Memorial Scholarship – Louis Ortega Jr.
Bechtloff Family Scholarship – Aaron Dozal
Ben Dudley Memorial Scholarship – Jay Sterner
The CCC Success Scholarship – Cianna Robinson
Dave Sanchez Memorial Scholarship – Nicholas Melendez
Diligence Scholarship – Marie Baroudi and Nicolas Vu
Estelle Langholz and Lisette Pulc Scholarship – Itzel Ponce Guzman and Casey Wells
Eva & Will Gross Memorial Scholarship – Jenny Cruz Jimenez and Vasu Kumar
Fine Arts Scholarship – Kevin Mayorga, Fabian Munguia and Mica Yamaguchi
Jason Meade Scholarship – Miguel Ramos
K. Tarvyd Family Scholarship – Mohammed Bazbaz
Kimberlyn Blue Ribbon Science Scholarship – Mekedlawit Efrem
Leighton Family Scholarship – Camille Clair
Lillian Thomey Memorial Scholarship – Sophia Brown and Zoe Torrealba Marin
Nancy Yeung Scholarship – Angelica Cesareo and Simon Valenzuela
Pyenson Family Scholarship – Steven Bradley, Stephanie Liem and Kasandra Luna
Rick Plasse Memorial Scholarship – Su Lin
Robin Turner Science Scholarship – Samantha Coleman
Anita Shapiro Memorial Scholarship – Valentina Flores
Pamela & Morris Marmon Memorial Scholarship – Natalia Saucedo
Sam & Jeanette Carl Memorial Scholarship – Mayra Mendoza
Tommy A. Davis Scholarship of Excellence – Ryan Allison
Trudy Cherness Scholarship – Jakitha Chanthisa
Vasquez Sisters Scholarship – Angel Salas
Victor & Geraldine Terry Scholarship – Arshan Appleby, Stephanie Barrera, Daishaney Baskin, Jasmine Lopez, Joseph Masato, Magus Mohamed, Olivia Morris, Aletris Palm, Kevin Sakamoto and Steven Torres
Wendy Forbes Scholarship – Jasmin Flores
William & Nancy Robertson Memorial Scholarship – Mia Campbell-Kiyabu
Zager Family Scholarship – Isabel DeHaro
Service Club Scholarships
Advocates for Language Learning, El Marino – Shannon Burne and Lindsey Tanita
Beacon of Light/Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc./Theta Epsilon Sigma Chapter – Dominique Patterson
Culver City Employees Assn. – Elizabeth Johnson and Saba Mekoya
Culver City Exchange Club Memorial Scholarship – Suha Abdulselam, Chad Altobelli, Brandon Clemons, Alberto Cruz, Breauna Dunlap, Kira Furuichi, Patrick Gardner, Dulce Graciano, Jason Grossman, Cameron Kato, Marika Kobayashi, Maximo Macchi, Miranda Myers, Michael Steckler, Grace Tan, Arlene Valdes, and Savauna Winn
Culver City Management Group – Nayar Islam, Alejandro Rodriguez, and Rene Sanders
Culver City Rotary Club Scholarship – Guiliana Bermudez
Culver City Sister City Committee – Jemila Herron
Culver City Woman’s Club – Aliah Dale, Melissa Lopez and Ya’elle Wright
Friends of the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center Elaine Little Memorial – Katherine Bermudez
Gamma Iota Future Educator Scholarship – Alma Abonce Vargas
Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter No. 526 West Los Angeles – Sean Lee
Grad Night Committee Scholarship – Mia Mavromichalis
Bandai Foundation Scholarship – Marcorios Bekheit, Parth Chhetri, Michael Jimenez, Byungyu Kim, Maria Lopez Zamudio, Briana Marestein, Desiree Mitchell, Roberto Perez, Jasmine Rodriguez, Inthanon Sriwattananon, Abel Tsegahun, and Ben Wong
Bettelyle Westbrook Spirit Award – Samantha Kim and Kamrin Saito