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The Reedley Exponent B7 Thursday, April 19, 2018 Youth & Education
St. La Salle CRUSADERS News
Immanuel EAGLE'S EYE VIEW
Contributed
Registration is Open
Let your child grow with us at St. La Salle, where we be- lieve a Catholic school educa- tion is the most important gift you will give your child.
We have spots available in preschool and also are taking registration for all students.
We foster knowledge, faith and service in our students at St. La Salle, where students can explore many life paths. We want students to use their God-given talents to the full- est later in life, to serve the church and community and make the world a better place.
Call us at (559) 638-2621 to schedule a visit. You also can go online to stlasallereedley. org for more information.
Reasons to Choose
a Catholic Education
We are a proud Catholic
school. Here are 12 reasons to choose a Catholic school for your child:
1, We offer an education that combines Catholic faith and teachings with academic excellence; 2, We partner with parents in the faith formation of their children; 3, We set high standards for student achievement and help them succeed.
4, We provide a balanced academic curriculum that integrates faith, culture and life; 5, We use technology ef- fectively to enhance educa- tion; 6, We instill in students
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chosen as a Pirate Pillar,” she said.
• VANESSA BARRAGAN – She will graduate with a 4.06 GPA. She will attend Califor- nia State University, Fullerton and plans to major in nursing, with an emphasis on anesthe- sia. She was chosen for the university’s President’s Schol- ars Program, which covers full payment of in-state CSU tuition and fees for four years and other costs.
Barragan is one of two student members on the KCUSD governing board. She also has been a member of the Academic Decathlon and Sci- ence Olympiad teams and the Leo and Entre Nous clubs. She has been on the junior varsity volleyball team and the varsi- ty badminton team. Barragan noted her involvement in the Academic Decathlon helped her to be comfortable meet- ing new people and “trying to reach a higher level of suc- cess ...”
She has volunteered at the Nearly New thrift shop that support projects of the West Coast Mennonite Cen- tral Committee and local non- profit organizations.
Barragan has taken eight AP courses and two Honors courses. Her favorite class? AP biology.
• SAMUEL ESCARENO JR. – He will graduate with a 3.96 GPA. He will either at- tend Hilbert College in New
the value of service to others. 7, We teach children re- spect of self and others; 8, We emphasize moral development and self-discipline; 9, We pre- pare students to be productive
citizens and future leaders. 10, We have a 99 percent high school graduation rate, and 85 percent of our gradu- ates go to college; 11, We cul- tivate a faculty and staff who are dedicated, caring and ef- fective; and 12, We provide a safe and welcoming environ-
ment for all.
Scrip
Please support St. La Salle School when you make a purchase at Save Mart. At the checkout stand, just enter the numbers (559) 638-1916 on the keypad. This automati- cally will give the credit to our school.
Celebrating Monsignor
Join us in celebrating Monsignor John Esquivel’s 50 Years of priesthood and his years of service to St. Antho- ny of Padua Catholic Church and St. La Salle School.
The community is cor- dially invited to a Mass of Thanksgiving at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 27 at the new St. Anthony of Padua church, 1018 N. Frankwood Ave. We hope toseeeveryonethere!
Pastor Appreciation Day
Sunday, April 22, is Pas- tor Appreciation Day. We ask
York State or the University of California, Merced. He plans to major in business administration.
He has played on the Pi- rates boys varsity soccer team that won the Valley Championship this season. He also founded and is president of the Soccer Club. He also has been a member of Entre Nous, the Spanish Club, the California Scholarship Fed- eration, and Athletes Readers and Leaders.
Escareno has taken four AP courses and two Honors courses. His favorite class was physics.
Outside of school, Escare- no is in the Reedley Police De- partment Explorer program.
Escareno told the trustees his goal is to one day have his own business.
• MARIA JOSEBET LU- NA GONZALEZ – She will graduate with a 4.0 GPA. She will attend Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo and will major in ar- chitectural engineering.
She recently was honored as the Student of the Year for the Migrant Program and earned first place at the CAD Architectural Competition at Fresno City College.
At RHS, Luna Gonzalez has been a member of the Spanish Club, Migrant Club, Latin Dance Club, Key Club, and Skills USA. She is the cur- rent president of the Migrant Club. She also is on the var- sity badminton team.
She has taken four AP courses and one Honors course. Her favorite class was architectural drawing and
that all St. La Salle students and families attend Mass at 11 a.m. that day to honor our pastors. We extend a heart- felt “thank you” to Monsignor John Esquivel for being our spiritual guide and for all the support he gives our students. May God reward him!
May Crowning
The May Crowning Mass will be on Friday, May 4. In this special event, students pay homage to our Blessed Mother and crown her as Queen of Heaven and Earth.
Spring Carnival
The St. La Salle School Spring Carnival will be on Friday, May 4, from 3 to 8:30 p.m. The community is invited to attend.
We’ll have games, food booths and lots of fun! There also will be a student talent show and a band program and performances by a ma- riachi band and the student choir. The carnival also will have great prizes. Raffle tick- ets are available in the school office at 404 E. Manning Ave.
(Please note: we need par- ent volunteers, so please at- tend this month’s meeting.)
We hope to see everyone at the Spring Carnival!
Dates to Remember
•April19and20–Yard Sale, 3-6 p.m.
• April 28 – St. La Salle First Communion, 10 a.m.
• May 4 – Spring Carnival design. Her interests include
drawing and painting.
• ELIDET MARTINEZ – She will graduate with a 4.24 GPA and will attend Fresno State, where she will major in business.
She has been a member of the Spanish Club, Entre Nous, the Leo Club and the California Scholarship Fed- eration. She also has been on the oversight board for the Leo Club. She won first place at this year’s Reedley College Tiger ROmP entrepreneur- ship competition.
Martinez has taken nine AP courses and one Honors course. Her favorite class was multi media marketing.
Martinez told the KCUSD trustees that as a young girl she knew it was important to maintain good grades. She said high school was more rigorous but that her RHS ex- perience was filled with mo- ments that “have shaped me into the person I am today.”
“And, because the Reed- ley community means so much to me, it’s an honor to be recognized as a Pirate Pil- lar for the Class of 2018.”
• LORENA OROZCO – She will graduate with a 4.39 GPA. She will attend Stanford University, where she will major in human biology with an emphasis on neurology.
Orozco is one of about 12 graduating seniors in the Central Valley to be chosen a Dell Scholar, a nationwide program supported by the Michael and Susan Dell Foun- dation.
Contributed
Serve the
Community Day Immanuel will have our
Serve the Community Day next Friday, April 27, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Our kindergarten through 12th grade students will serve the city of Reedley and surrounding communi- ties. They are assigned to clean-up and beautification projects. These events allow our students to serve in a tan- gible way that glorifies God (Matthew 5:16). Go Eagles!
Open House
Our Open House will be on Saturday, April 28. Festivi- ties will begin at 3 p.m. This is a community event. Please plan to attend.
Here is the schedule:
• 3-6 p.m. – Blood drive in the Immanuel High park- ing lot
• 3-4 p.m. – Powderpuff football on the junior high green area
• 5 p.m. – Experience Im- manuel with “Celebrating Milestones” in the Chapel
• 6-7:30 p.m. – Barbe- cue dinner at the campus green and North Gym; Open House; kindergarten to sixth grades in their classrooms, grades 7-12 in the South Gym; bounce houses at the elementary school green space, face painting in the gazebo.
High School Updates
On Thursday, April 19,
She has been a member of Students for Peace, Entre Nous, Sports Medicine, Cath- olics in Action and the Cali- fornia Scholarship Federa- tion. She’s also been involved in Science Olympiad.
She was a member of the Pirate girls tennis team that won the North Yosemite League title in 2017. Outside of school, Orozco is one of two youth representatives to the Reedley Community Ser- vices Commission.
At RHS, she has taken 11 AP courses and two Honors courses. Her favorite class? Calculus.
Orozco told the KCUSD trustees that she made it her goal in high school to make as big an impact as she could “by taking my education very seriously.”
• GREGORY QUINTA- NILLA – He will graduate with a 4.22 GPA. He will at- tend either Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo or the University of California, Santa Barbara. He plans to major in business.
At RHS, Quintanilla has been a member of the Asso- ciated Student Body, Athletes United, Entre Nous and the California Scholarship Feder- ation. He is president of CSF and treasurer for Entre Nous.
He also plays on the Pi- rates varsity baseball team.
Quintanilla has taken sev- en AP courses and one Hon- ors course. His favorite class was AP human geography.
“Everything I’ve done in high school has helped me to
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boys golf competes in the CSL Mini 9 Hole at Visalia Country Club in Dinuba; tee time is 2 p.m. Also on April 19, boys tennis plays Dinuba High at the Immanuel Sports Complex; matches start at 4 p.m. Also on April 19, boys baseball plays Exeter High at the sports complex; JV plays at 4 p.m., the first var- sity game is at 4 p.m., and the second varsity game is at 7 p.m.
On Friday, April 20, coed track competes in the Sanger Metric Classic Meet at Dob- son Field at Washington Academic Middle School in Sanger; events begin at 2:30 p.m.
For a full list of high school sports, go to imman- uelsports.bigteams.com or visit our website at immanu- elschools.com and click on “athletics.”
Also:
• Our high school choir members go on their annual trip to Southern California to minister through song, Friday, April 20, to Sunday, April 22. The group will visit local churches, possibly have a college campus tour, and go to Disneyland.
• FFA will have a field day at Reedley College and Fresno State on Saturday, April 21. From May 4-6, qual- ifying teams will participate in the State FFA Finals at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo.
Members also will partic- ipate in the State FFA Lead- ership Conference April 22- 25 in Anaheim. Kallie Hue- bert and Taylor Lovewell have been chosen as state finalists for their respective supervised agricultural ex- perience projects. Huebert is competing against two others in the state in the ag- ricultural processing area for
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of the RHS Performing Arts Hall of Fame.
“Little Mermaid Jr.” is her first musical in her new job, and she’s delivered a polished production with a 35-member cast of third- graders to high school se- niors.
I caught opening night on April 13 and was impressed by the performance. If you know Wiebe, who also is a choreographer, you saw her professional imprint all over the show: the staging, the colorful costumes, the young actors embracing their roles, and the spirited ensemble numbers.
But the best part?
You could see the stu- dents were having a ball with this show.
The opening night audi- ence responded enthusiasti- cally to the performances, such as RHS senior Shelby DiQuirico’s in the lead of mermaid Ariel, portraying her kindness, wide-eyed cu- riosity about humans, and falling in love; RHS sopho- more Heidi Harris’ bold turn as the villain Ursula; Alison Stevens, a sopho-
her work experience project working for Huebert Farms, Inc. Lovewell is competing against two others in the state in forest management and products with her inde- pendently owned and oper- ated firewood business.
Both students will be in- terviewed at the state lead- ership conference and will be on stage during the third general session in front of thousands of FFA members, teachers, and supporters. State winners will advance to the national competition.
Junior High Updates
The junior high base- ball and softball teams have games on Thursday, April 19, at Kings River; game times are at 3 p.m. On Satur- day, April 21, the coed track team competes in the County Meet at Sanger High School; events begin at 9 a.m.
Elementary Updates
We had a great turnout at Family Bowling Night on April 13. “Thank you” to our PTF for organizing this fun event. This week, our sixth grades students are at Sci- ence Camp at Hume Lake. They are learning about God’s creations. Have a great week!
Enroll Your Student
Are you looking for a change in your child’s edu- cation? Consider Immanuel Schools.
Enrollment packets are available in the district of- fice, 1128 S. Reed Ave. in Reedley. Or visit us online at immanuelschools.com to download the information or schedule a tour.
Call us at (559) 638-2529, ext. 7101, for more informa- tion about Immanuel Schools, where the difference is life changing.
more at Reedley Middle College High School, as the funny, scatterbrained Scuttle the seagull; RHS sophomore Elicia Balladarez, dazzling in a red suit as a delightful Se- bastian; and Noah Gomez, an RHS freshman impressive in his first stage role ever as Prince Eric.
(By the way, Jason Aw- brey, one of the RHS Pirate Marching Band directors, plays King Triton, Ariel’s fa- ther.)
In fact, all the young cast members displayed a confi- dence that can only come from trust in their director.
What’s more, the cast includes students who have years to go in KCUSD. It will be fun to see what Wiebe draws from these students, who I hope stay involved in theater and blossom under Wiebe’s guidance and imagi- nation.
Meanwhile, Matt Wiebe, after a two-year absence, is making a return to the stage in “Noises Off,” the upcom- ing production from Reed- ley’s River City Theatre Company.
I have a story about the show, including why it’s so
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First Annual Reedley High School
ATHLETIC ˜ DINNER ˜
Saturday, April 28, 2018
Social Hour Dinner 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm 6:30 pm
Inductee Ceremony 7:30 pm
The Wakehouse
850 N. Kings River Road • Reedley
Silent Auction • Raf e Tickets:$40/Table of 8: $280 Inaugural Inductees:
Paul Mitchell Larry Iwasaki Glenda Morgan Pete Romero
Tickets available at RHS Finance of ce or at David’s or call PJ Method at (559) 285-7474
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Spring Open House
CRITTER CREEK WILDLIFE STATION’S
Come join us on Saturday, April 21st 11am - 2pm for our Spring Open House
Fresno
Highway 180 Hills Valley Road
George Smith Sand Creek Road
Squaw Valley
Mistletoe
Orange Cove Reedley
Critter Creek
36710 Sand Creek Road (559) 338-2415
Highway 63
Highway 198
Visalia
Manning Street
Highway 99
The gate will close at 1:30pm to allow you enough time to tour. The Open House will be unguided, so the pace is leisurely and there are more opportunities to take pictures. Our volunteers will be on hand to answer any questions that you have and to share stories about some of our permanent residents. The gift shop will be open. We have a picnic area, so bring a lunch, or the country store next door has refreshments.
Call (559) 338-2415 or
email at crittercreekwildlife@hughes.net for information.
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