Top Graduating Students Honored
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By: Craig Petinak
Director
Photo Courtesy of:
Craig Petinak
Photo Description:
2019 Riverside County Top Academic Scholars.
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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