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Sunrise Kiwanis awards bikes for perfect attendance
AP courses and one Honors course. His favorite class was AP calculus.
• BRISSA REYES – She will graduate with a 4.18 GPA and recently was honored as an AP Scholars Award re- cipient. She will attend either University of California, Santa Barbara or University of Cal- ifornia, Berkeley. She is con- sidering a major in biology, with a minor in English.
Reyes has been a member of Students for Peace and En- tre Nous, for which she is the historian. She also is a mem- ber of the Reedley High Pirate Marching Band and also per- forms with the school’s jazz band and pep band.
Reyes also writes for the online Kings River Life Mag- azine. Her interests include reading, writing and playing music.
At RHS, she has taken eight AP courses and two Honors courses. Her favorite class? Chicano Latino Ameri- can history.
• CLAIRE KAPRIELIAN- SANTOS – She will graduate
This is the 81st annual year of the speech contests organized by Lions Clubs in California. The goal is to en- courage students to develop skills and confidence in public speaking, research and speech drafting. These are all skills that will benefit them in their future careers and in life.
The winner of the April 28 competition will advance to the area contest in May. The Multiple District Four final contest will follow in June.
Through the first three levels, Juarez earned a total of $450.
The final three levels
the 2015 University of Texas System’s Board of Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award.
The Speaker Series has earned a strong reputation for drawing some of the na- tion’s prominent writers, such as Joyce Carol Oates, Jane Smiley, T.C. Boyle, Richard Rodriguez and the late Philip Levine, who taught at Fresno
The Reedley Sunrise Kiwanis Club continues to encourage children to focus on education with the club's bicycle donation program for students who have perfect at- tendance.
In March, the civic organiza- tion presented bicycles at three elementary schools in the Kings Canyon Unified School district.
Each school typically conducts a random drawing for the bike from among all the students with per- fect attendance at that point.
RIGHT: Jose Julian Resendiz Guerra was the winner in March at Washington Elementary School.
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with a 4.11 GPA. She will at- tend either Fresno State or University of California, Santa Barbara. She plans to major in business administration.
She has been a member of Catholics in Action and Entre Nous and currently is presi- dent of both clubs. She also has been in the RHS choir program and this year is a member of the Madrigals.
Kaprielian-Santos also has been on the water polo and swim teams, at the varsity level for the past two years. She was selected to the All North Yosemite League First Team in both sports.
She has taken five AP courses and and one Honors course. Her favorite class is ASB or Principles of Leader- ship.
Kaprielian-Santos attend- ed St. La Salle Catholic School before Reedley High. She said that kind of transition can be difficult, but “at Reedley High School, it was an easy transi- tion for me. Being involved in so many things just helped me meet so many people and learn so many things.
award prizes in scholarships: a $4,500 scholarship at the district event, an additional $6,500 at the area contest, and an additional $10,000 at the final.
Along the way, Juarez has expressed appreciation to her parents, Jose and Sandra Juarez, OCHS Principal Angel Durazo, AP English teacher Erica Sanchez, and everyone who has supported her in this effort.
“And, of course, I’m thank- ful for the Lions Club that gives us this great opportunity to develop our public speaking skills,” she said.
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The Speaker Series pro- grams include a question- and-answer session and book signing.
The suggested donation is $5 for the general public and $2 for students. (The admis- sion price helps cover the cost of speakers’ fees.)
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tary School is seen with his new bicycle.
With him (from left) are Lincoln Principal Gabriela Cazares; Larry Wilder, president of the Reedley Sunrise Kiwanis Club; and the school's mas- cot, Shadow.
LEFT: At Jefferson Elemen- tary School, Francisco Solorzano was the bicycle winner for perfect atten- dance.
He is seen with Jefferson Principal Agustin Villarreal.
The Reedley Sunrise Kiwanis club has been organizing some form of a bicycle award program since 1999.
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“I’m just very honored to be in front of you today and to be a Pirate Pillar.”
• ROBERT REITZ – He will graduate with a 4.26 GPA and will attend Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo. He will major in architecture.
At RHS, he has been a member of the California Scholarship Federation, Entre Nous, the Leo Club, Science Olympiad and the Forestry Club. He told the KCUSD trustees that a Forestry Club team this year participated in the Forestry Challenge in Santa Cruz and won first place in one of the competi- tions.
Reitz was named Leo of the Year in 2016.
He also has been a mem- ber of the JV boys water polo team and the varsity swim team.
Reitz has taken eight
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a great speech,” Cooper said at the KCUSD board meeting on April 10. “The competition gets stronger at each level obviously, and she rocked that contest. We look forward to supporting her as she goes forward at the next level.”
The numerous contests are sponsored by the Lions Multiple District Four Stu- dent Speakers Foundation. Lions Multiple District Four is part of Lions Club Interna- tional.
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