Southwest Riverside County School News: Chaparral High students excel

By:The Californian - | Monday, January 7, 2008 4:12 AM PST ∞

TEMECULA -- Chaparral High School announced that more than 100 students earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of exceptional achievement on the Advanced Placement Program exams.

The program offers students the opportunity to take college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP exams. About 18 percent of the more than 1.4 million high school students in more than 16,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.

College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students' performance on AP exams.

Six students qualified for the AP National Scholar Award by earning an average grade of at least 4 on all AP exams taken and on eight or more of the exams. They are Nicolas Altemose, Zachary Fuller, Melissa Jamero, Gregory Maier, Andrew Tang and Daniel Waltrip.

Thirty-seven students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. They are Nicola Altemose, Ryan Baird, Anamariacora Bondoc, Maria Nina Bondoc, Rebekah Campbell, Zachary Fuller, Allison Gauss, Jesse Gomez, Adam Greene, Joshua Groeniger, Marissa Hastings, Laura Hoffman, Joseph Hong, Melissa Jamero, Thomas Krause, Hua Ling, Gregory Maier, Andrew Marnell, Shawnee McQuain, Jeanette Ortiz, Daniela Palmer, Kimberly Pike, Brianna Riley, Samantha Sanchez, Ryan Sanford, Kristin Schlansky, Shafat Sirajef, Lauren Smith, Tyler Smith, Jordan Stone, Jason Tak, Andrew Tang, Aleka Titzer, Caitlin Tremayne, Britt-Marie Varisco, Daniel Waltrip and Johnny Zhang.

Twenty students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. They are Yohanna Bernardo, Melody Castillo, Michiko Fuller, David Gross, Jeffrey Gruber, Sam Han, Kevin Hardy, Morgan Houston, Sabeen Khan, Isabel Rose Masanque, Jared May, Zachariah Merrill, Morgan Miralles, Christopher Nickelson, Nicholas Price, Brian Shughrou, David Stone, Emily Thompson, Bianca Torres and Alexis Watkins.

Seventy students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are Stephanie Barana, Amanda Beaudry, Allison Boyd, Ashley Boyles, Dominick Carlson, Rhea Castro, Min-Jee Cho, Shannon Conner, Joshua Cooley, Jacob Cringan, Kirstin Daugherty, Christian Didier, Scott Dinsfriend, Meredith Eckard, Marisol Engel, Elizabeth Ertel, Miles Falappino, Kelsey Ferguson, Giovanna Figueroa, Roxanne Follis, Kylie Fuller, Kayley Garcia and Joseph Gennarelli.

Also, Hayley Hargrove, Ashlynn Harrison, Justine Haynes, Erin Jackson, Ashlyn Johnson, Gumin Jung, Melissa Kerfoot, Chelsey Kiester, Juliet Kim, Sharon Kim, Sarah Laforge, Eugene Lee, Brian Luque, Ike Maldonado, Yadira Mendoza, Pejman Moghbeli, Tabitha Morton, Megan Nelson, Khoa Nguyen, Sradjanjali Padhy, Scott Palmer, Insun Pang, Chris Pepes, Ryan Potts, Cassandra Rambo, Michael Robinson, Kimberly Romero, Mary Rosato, Arul Sangani, Isha Sharma, Sara Shirzad, Andrew Simmons, Jacob Simon, Joshita Singh, Daniel Slater, Samuel Soon, Shayla Spilker, Katherine Sweeney, Lee Sweitzer, Kai En Tang, Christine-El Tolfo, Thomas Voelp, Rachel Weck, Sylvia Wesolowsky, Anne Wilcox, Rebecca Wolf and Hannah Yoo.

Open enrollment starts in Lake Elsinore

LAKE ELSINORE -- Open enrollment will be held today to Jan. 31 in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District.

In the open enrollment process, parents can apply for their children to go to a different school within the district. Due to growth, transfers to some schools may not be possible. A flier with the number of available spots will be posted at each school beginning Jan. 7.

Applications may be picked up at the Centralized Enrollment Center, 530 Chaney St., across the street from the district office.

Science texts available for review

MENIFEE -- Science textbooks for grades kindergarten through eight in the Menifee Union School District will be on display for public review from today to Jan. 18.

The district office is at 30205 Menifee Road, and the books will be in Room L.

For information, call 672-1851.

Graduate programs subject of meeting

MURRIETA -- Azusa Pacific University is hosting a graduate information meeting at 6 p.m. Jan. 16 at the its Murrieta Regional Center.

The center offers programs to obtain a variety of credentials, including a mater of arts degree in education, leadership and organizational studies.

The center is at 39573 Los Alamos Road. For information, call Abena Salvant or Maria Buffington at 304-3400.

SAT events offered at library

TEMECULA -- The Temecula Public Library will offer Scholastic Aptitude Test preparation activities in coming months.

Students can take a full-length practice SAT under the same testing conditions as the actual exam to learn endurance and the skills need to earn a high score.

Sessions are 4 to 8 p.m. Jan. 31 and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 22. Register by calling Princeton Review at 788-5992.

SAT strategy sessions, where test takers can get a personalized score report that shows strengths and weaknesses and learn ideas on how to improve their score will be offered from 4 to 6 p.m. both Feb. 12 and April 3.

Register at the reception desk at the library, 30600 Pauba Road. For information, call 693-8900.

Conference to addresses technology in education

MURRIETA -- Azusa Pacific University's Educational Technology and Learning master's degree program will host the Ed Tech and Learning Conference, Celebrating Technology in Education from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Murrieta Regional Center.

The conference features several sessions for beginning to advanced technology users, including how to enhance learning through blogs, videos and podcasts. The sessions, led by faculty, graduates, and current students, celebrate the effective use of technology tools in the classroom.

Terry Cannings, dean of the School of Education at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, will serve as the keynote speaker. Cannings is known as a visionary leader in the field of technology-enhanced classrooms.

Tickets are $25 if purchased before Jan. 10, and include lunch. Prices increase to $35 after Jan. 10.

The Murrieta Regional Center is at 39573 Los Alamos Road. For information or reservations, call Maria Buffington at 304-3400.

ELEMENTARY LUNCH MENUS

Lake Elsinore Unified elementary schools

Monday: Ravioli

Tuesday: Mini corn dogs

Wednesday: Cheeseburger mini twins

Thursday: Cheese omelet

Friday: Cheese pizza

Served daily: Assorted sandwiches, yogurt, garden salad/baby carrots, cracker snack.

Menifee Union elementary schools

Monday: Soft beef taco

Tuesday: Chicken tenders

Wednesday: Piazza pizza

Thursday: Wrap n dog

Friday: Chicken nuggets

Served daily: Fruit and veggie bar, milk.

Temecula Valley Unified elementary schools

Monday: Taco hot pocket

Tuesday: Popcorn chicken

Wednesday: Mini cheeseburgers

Thursday: Chicken dipper

Friday: Macaroni and cheese

Served daily: Yogurt with elf grahams, fruit and/or vegetables from salad bar, milk.