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The California Wine Grape Growers Foundation (CWGGF) is helping seven high school seniors achieve their goal of a college education by awarding $25,000 in scholarships.
The foundation awards scholarships each year to students whose parents are vineyard employees of winegrape growers.
CWGGF scholarship assistance provides two $8,000, four-year scholarships to any campus in the UC or California State University (CSU) system and four $2,000 scholarships for any California Community college.
Among this year's scholarship recipients was Alberto Macias of Lower Lake High School.
“Our vineyard employees are valued members of our winegrape growing family and it’s gratifying to help their children be able to achieve their dreams of going to college,” said JR Shannon, CWGGF’s chairman.
Scholarship selection is based on financial need, scholastic ability, community involvement, leadership and a 500 word essay.
“The foundation scholarships are definitely a big help to students in these tough economic times,” said Shannon. “Many of these bright and highly-motivated recipients depend on the financial assistance of scholarships to help pay for college.”
Since its creation in 1998, the foundation has awarded $222,500 in college scholarships. Congratulations to this year’s winners:
Four-year scholarship recipients
Cynthia Cervantes, Foothill High School, Bakersfield
Vanessa Nunez, Dos Palos High School, Dos Palos
Two-year scholarship recipients
Jessica Gonzalez, Healdsburg High School, Healdsburg
Leah Groves, Trinity High School, Trinity Center
Alberto Macias, Lower Lake High School, Clear Lake
Irais Morales, Healdsburg High School, Healdsburg
Robert Miller Scholarship
Madison White, of Adolfo Camarillo High School, is this year’s recipient of the Robert N. Miller Scholarship, awarded exclusively to Central Coast students who plan to major in or are currently enrolled in viticulture and enology programs at Alan Hancock Community College or California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly). The Miller family established the $1,000 yearly scholarship in 2006 to honor Robert Miller’s memory, his passion for innovation and his commitment to enhance the Central Coast wine growing business.
ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Four-year scholarships
Cynthia Cervantes
Foothill High School
Cynthia’s career path is to graduate college with the expertise to become an occupational therapist or a psychologist. “This goal of mine began when I started working in the hospital in Recovery…My perspective about the world changed. I no longer considered it just ‘my world’ but as ‘the’ world in which we all have to work together to help one another.”
Vanessa Nunez
Dos Palos High School
Vanessa plans to attend medical school and major in cancer biology, and then later specialize in pediatric oncology. “One of my personal heroes, Michael J. Fox, said ‘Don’t wish for a lighter load, wish for broader shoulders.’ Today, this is the motto I live by. It is easy to sit and complain about what you haven’t been given. But it takes courage to go out and fight for it. And this is what I plan on doing.”
Two-year scholarships
Jessica Gonzalez
Healdsburg High School
Jessica not only wants a successful career, but also a profession where she can enjoy what she does for a living, so her goal is to become a pastry chef. “With the skills I acquire I hope to open my own bakery. I hope to accomplish my goals for my future, a feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction.
Leah Groves
Trinity High School
Leah wants to pursue her dreams of working in animal science. “FFA has helped me realize that I love working with animals and it has helped me see what it takes and the challenges I will have to face for the road ahead.”
Alberto Macias
Lower Lake High School
A traumatic life-event set the course for Alberto’s life and pursuit of a career in nursing. “I realized I want to help take care of people. I want to feel useful and be able to give back to my community. My dream is to work in a hospital setting.”
Irais Morales
Healdsburg High School
Irais wants to help Third World countries build schools, libraries and homes, so she is planning to get a degree in Architecture. “I have always wanted to make a difference in someone’s life. There is no better feeling than knowing you just helped someone in a way that no one else bothered to do.”
Robert N. Miller Scholarship
Madison White
Adolfo Camarillo High School
Madison plans to attend Cal-Poly, San Luis Obispo and major in Viticulture and Enology. “The money I make from my vineyard would…fund research trips around the world so that I can learn more about the different wine regions…in order to better the ever-booming California wine industry.”
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Last week teacher Verna Rogers' advanced English class went on a field trip to the Ashland Shakespeare Festival.
The trip was in the town of Ashland, Ore., and the students stayed for four days and three nights.
The students who were able to go were Ashlee Ables, Erika Woods, Ashley Gravlee, Desiree Bauer, Corrisa Schonderwoerd, Shania Jones, Shawnie Chandler, Dylan Ward, Jade Fox and Tonya Smith, and the trip was chaperoned by Rogers and Cheryl Sullivan.
Everybody stayed in the Ashland Commons and walked into town, which was about five blocks or so away.
The students viewed three plays: the first was a mix of “Medea,” “Macbeth” and “Cinderella,” plus “Troilus and Cressida” and “Animal Crackers.”
The first play was a mix of “Medea” – the Greek tragedy where the warrior Jason takes a foreign princess, Medea, as his bride to gain power, and after she bears him sons he casts her aside for a new bride and gets her banished, so she plots revenge against him, his wife and the king – and “Macbeth, where Macbeth is told of possible glory, but to get the glory he has to kill the king and the king¹s son to attain his power, and Cinderella (which is self-explanatory).
The play was mixed, showing all three of the stories happening simultaneously, showing all of the similar themes.
Toward the end of the play the story started to move forward to present times and the characters were slowly shown out of costume. The play ended up being an interesting and entertaining mix of
three seemingly different stories.
The second play was “Troilus and Cressida,” which has two lovers trying to stay together through a large war after Cressida was traded to the other side of the war for a soldier.
The language was kept the same but the setting and clothing was changed to better relate to modern times. The entire play was very well acted out and well modernized.
The third play was the Marx Brothers classic “Animal Crackers.” The play was basically about a house party in a wealthy neighborhood that was crashed, and a very famous painting was stolen from it. Anybody who has ever seen a Marx Brothers play knows explaining the plot is pointless though.
All of the actors in the play were very convincing and the audience was constantly in stitches. In the end it was a wonderful revival of an old story.
When the students weren't at the play house they were able to explore the beautiful town of Ashland, and all of its unique culture.
Whether or not the students were a fan of plays or not this trip will be a cherished memory for a long time.
That is all for now, have a great week!
Jade Fox is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Konocti Christian Academy (KCA) is proud to announce Mrs. Becky Madison, the school's teacher and principal, has been certified as one of over 4,000 screeners for possible symptoms of Irlen Syndrome (Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome).
The Irlen Method identifies those with perceptual processing problems who, once diagnosed, may find those problems eliminated or minimized by the use of colored overlays and glasses/contacts fitted with Irlen Spectral Filers.
KCA is located on the Lake County Fairgrounds in Lakeport and continues to offer quality Christian education for students in Kindergarten through eighth grade, which includes challenging academics, high standards in character, Biblical training and a low teacher-to-student ratio.
If you have questions regarding Irlen screening or are interested in possible enrollment, please phone the office at 707-262-1522.
The school's Web site is www.konoctichristianacademy.com .
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Konocti Christian Academy has announced the latest winners in its Renaissance of Reading program.
Third quarter winners were Erik Nelson, fourth and fifth grades, 2,222 pages; Kameron Helmer, first grade, 2,097 minutes; Joshua Bridges, sixth and seventh grades, 889 pages; and Hanna Scully, second and third grades, 2,367 minutes.
KCA is located on the Lake County Fairgrounds in Lakeport and continues to offer quality Christian education for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, which includes challenging academics, high standards in character, Biblical training and a low teacher-to-student ratio.
For more information about the school call 707-262-1522 or visit www.konoctichristianacademy.com .