With a collective grade-point average of 4.57, 147 students from the class of 2019 at every comprehensive high school in Riverside County were honored at the 14th Annual Riverside County Student Academic Awards Dinner on Monday, April 22, 2019, at the Riverside Convention Center.
The event also featured the announcement of the 2019 Riverside County Top Academic Scholars—the top graduating students from each school district.
More than 600 parents, principals, trustees, and superintendents gathered to celebrate the graduating students for their outstanding academic achievement. Based on their enrollments, eachhigh school was asked to select between one and three top students taking into consideration their grade-point average, class rank, SAT/ACT scores, extracurricular activities, and community service.
This elite group of students will graduate and attend colleges such as: Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University, and more this fall. Riverside County Superintendent of Schools, Judy D. White, Ed.D., also announced the names of the top 20 students—one from each district in the county with high schools—as the 2019 Riverside County Top Academic Scholars.
The 2019 Riverside County, Perris, Val Verde, and Moreno Valley Top Academic Scholars:
- Gelyca Arce, Canyon Springs High School, Moreno Valley USD
- Dylan Tran, Heritage High School, Perris Union HSD
- Diego Martinez, Riverside County Education Academy
- Samuel Xu, Martin Luther King High School, Riverside USD
- Kayla Pasumbal, Rancho Verde High School, Val Verde USD
Full List of Student Academic Award Honorees from the Class of 2019 at
MORENO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT:
- Gelyca Arce, Canyon Springs High School
- Abigail Gutierrez, Canyon Springs High School
- Catherine Guzman, Canyon Springs High School
- Karla Ayala, Moreno Valley High School
- Lauren Campos, Moreno Valley High School
- Elizabeth Gomez, Moreno Valley High School
- KeiAirra Grant, Moreno Valley Online Academy
- Evelinne Flores, Valley View High School
- Jade Moreno, Valley View High School
- Alexie Raz, Valley View High School
- Karime Camarena Chavez, Vista Del Lago High School
- Hailey Rivera, Vista Del Lago High School
- Lucas Ton, Vista Del Lago High School
PERRIS UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT:
- Vania Trejo, California Military Institute
- Marina Aina, Heritage High School
- Dylan Tran, Heritage High School
- Wendy Zamarripa, Heritage High School
- Sydney Andersen, Paloma Valley High School
- Christopher Hardy, Paloma Valley High School
- Esmeralda Morales, Paloma Valley High School
- Magdalena Castaneda, Perris High School
- William Jimenez Rustrian, Perris High School
- Hanani Uriostegue, Perris High School
RIVERSIDE COUNTY EDUCATION ACADEMY
- Diego Martinez, Riverside County Education Academy
VAL VERDE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT:
- Kenneth Ty, Citrus Hill High School
- Anthony Zomalt, Citrus Hill High School
- Luis Angulo, Orange Vista High School
- Deianira Griffith, Orange Vista High School
- Octavio Sanchez, Orange Vista High School
- Angel Coronado, Rancho Verde High School
- Kayla Pasumbal, Rancho Verde High School
- Lorie Reyes, Rancho Verde High School