VALLEY VALEDICTORIANS

Each year, high school student who lead their classes in the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys are honored as valedictorians. A variety of criteria are used to choose the students, but basically, they are the best and brightest at their schools. Several of them share their thoughts as they embark on their journeys into adulthood.

Michelle Arenas, Glendale

School: Holy Family High

GPA: 4.4

College: Mount St. Mary’s College

Career goal: pediatrician

“I have mixed emotions about leaving high school. It’s a nervous excitement. I’m glad to be leaving, yet I’m kind of depressed about it. You have to leave the friends you’ve made and move on to something else. I don’t think I’m quite ready, but it’s a step I need to take. After a few months, I’m sure it will be easier. I’m an only child, which makes it more difficult. . . . Mount St. Mary’s is a small campus, and I like the personal aspect of it. When you go to a big school, they don’t even know you. You feel more comfortable at a small school. If I don’t understand something, I can go up and ask the teacher. . . . I’ve been living only with my mom since I was born. She’s the inspiration in my life. She’s the sister I never had. She’s everything to me.”

*

Robert Ly, Tujunga

School: Verdugo Hills High

GPA: 4.34

College: UCLA

Career goal: undecided, leaning toward math and science

“Right after school, I go to work at my parents’ doughnut shop in Echo Park. On the weekends, I work from morning until 11 at night, for a total of 50 to 60 hours a week. I do my homework when I get home. I can do some studying at work, but not much. Sometimes I need to study, and sometimes I just understand from class. My parents were born in China, then moved to Cambodia and came here when I was born. They wanted a better life. I’ve been working for them since I was a little kid. I think it’s good for me. I’m experiencing what real life really is, trying to juggle friends and work. Working has made me work harder in school. I can’t let anyone stop me. I don’t regret anything. It made me who I am.”

*

Edward Mundy, Los Angeles

School: Chatsworth High

GPA: 4.21

College: Yale University

Career goal: politician

“For the past seven years, I’ve been riding the bus from L.A. to go to schools in the Valley. It started out as my mother’s decision. She recognized how good a student I was and wanted me to get the best education I could. But as the years went by, it really was my decision. I get home a lot later than people in my neighborhood. And it’s hard in the morning, waking up at 5:30 every day. It’s an hour to school and an hour and a half to get home. I want to go to law school and eventually enter some kind of work in government or politics. I want to work to improve the schools, something to help out my community. I’m the first in my family to go to college. It makes me feel proud, knowing that my whole family is behind me and praying for me.”

*

Philip Lee, Northridge

School: North Hollywood High

GPA: 4.315

College: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Career goal: medical research

“I wanted to go to college far away for the experience and the opportunity to start over. But now that graduation is here, it’s starting to hit me that things are going to be different. . . . I’ve spent four years at [North Hollywood High’s] Zoo Magnet. I chose it partly out of chance because it’s science-based. I always knew I wasn’t going to be a veterinarian. After a year or two, I found it was really a great place to go. . . . I’ve put in 1,500 volunteer hours over the past two years doing microbiology work on HIV at a UCLA lab. If I had had a minimum-wage job, I could have saved enough money to buy a car by now. But this way, I can actually say I’m helping to find a cure for AIDS.

*

Janet Javaheri, Tarzana

School: Birmingham High

GPA: 4.075

College: UCLA

Career goal: lawyer

“I’ll be starting UCLA as a junior in the fall. In college, there’s a lot more freedom, as opposed to high school. You do things for yourself. If you don’t want to survive, no one is going to stop and help you. I like the college atmosphere. You’re treated like an adult, because it’s up to you. You know your limits and how hard you have to work. I’ve been attending Pierce College and Santa Monica City College since 10th grade. Hopefully, I will graduate UCLA at 20 years old. I’m the kind of person that if I don’t have something to do, I will be bored. I like to be productive. My parents came from Iran about 20 years ago with nothing. I want to take their sacrifice and make it into something. They came here to make this possible for me.”

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Granada High

(Granada Hills)

Rosa Isela Garcia

Mission Hills

3.37

Mission College

Agoura High

(Agoura Hills)

Nathaniel Stern

Agoura Hills

4.31

Harvey Mudd College

Antelope Valley High**

(Lancaster)

Natalie Brussow

Lancaster

4.0

Antelope Valley College

Danielle Fire

Lancaster

4.0

Antelope Valley College

Yvonne Gaspar

Lake Los Angeles

4.0

USC

Megan Kennedy

Lancaster

4.0

U.S. Military Academy at West Point

Saul Villeda

Lancaster

4.0

UCLA

Birmingham High *

(Van Nuys)

Sheila Ahoubim

Encino

4.284

UCLA

Amber Blackmon

Van Nuys

4.003

University of Pennsylvania

Eric Bustamente

West Hills

4.135

UCLA

Sharif Elcott

Encino

4.228

Columbia University

Robert Fernandez

Van Nuys

4.238

Stanford University

Juana Gatson

Winnetka

4.147

University of Pennsylvania

Marian Kaldas

Encino

4.35

UCLA

Ali Kaufman

Tarzana

4.057

Columbia University--Jewish Theological Seminary

Jeffrey Kim

Reseda

4.083

UC Berkeley

Benjamin Nabati

Van Nuys

4.03

UCLA

Thao Nguyen

Van Nuys

4.296

Emory University

Adina Ostoia

Van Nuys

4.044

Fordham University

Brajesh Sharma

Granada Hills

4.109

UC Riverside

Danny Yagoubian

Encino

4.198

UC Berkeley

Burbank High

(Burbank)

NAME

RESIDENCE

GPA

COLLEGE

Burroughs High

(Burbank)

Teresa Baker

Burbank

4.47

MIT

Bahman (Alex) Farsaad-Iraji

Granada Hills

4.47

USC

Calabasas High *****

(Calabasas)

Elise Cheng

Calabasas

4.45

Stanford University

Lauren Schiff

Calabasas

4.48

MIT

Yashih Wu

Agoura

4.42

Princeton University

Canoga Park High

(Canoga Park)

Patrick Bran

Van Nuys

4.121

UCLA

Canyon High

(Canyon Country)

Leslie A. Wood

Canyon Country

4.63

UCLA

Chatsworth High *

(Chatsworth)

Stephanie Abel

Winnetka

4.23

UC Berkeley

Flora Ahn

Northridge

4.33

University of Pennsylvania

Vered Anzenberg

Chatsworth

4.32

UC Berkeley

Gardenia Cercado

Los Angeles

4.12

Columbia University

Simon Chan

Chatsworth

4.37

Cornell University

Sara Greenstadt

Chatsworth

4.09

UCLA

Zain Husain

Chatsworth

4.07

UCLA

Negar Jazayeri

Northridge

4.35

UC Berkeley

Azmina Ladha

Chatsworth

4.22

UC Berkeley

Viet A. Phan

Chatsworth

4.06

UCLA

Ranju Punnoose

Northridge

4.0

Pierce College

Erica Ross

Chatsworth

4.05

UC Berkeley

May-Tal Sauerbrun

Northridge

4.01

UC Berkeley

Johnathan Silva

Canoga Park

4.06

UCLA

Vy Thao T. Tran

Chatsworth

4.17

Pitzer College

Michael Williams

Canoga Park

4.0

U.S. Air Force Academy

Julia Witkow

Northridge

4.27

UC San Diego

Darcy Wooten

Chatsworth

4.45

Stanford University

Cleveland High *

(Reseda)

Sylvia Albert

Northridge

4.037

UC Berkeley

Celena Aponte

Studio City

4.081

New York University

Andrea Brennglass

Northridge

4.42

Northwestern University

Chun-Yin Chong

Winnetka

4.0

UCLA

Maayan Deker

Sherman Oaks

4.11

Boston University

Jocelyn De Leon

Arleta

4.112

UC Santa Barbara

Russell Feldman

Northridge

4.0

UC Berkeley

Anne Goldin

Reseda

4.12

Boston University

Dominique Gonfard

Sherman Oaks

4.01

New York University

Catherine Grady

Encino

4.01

UC Berkeley

Tracy Helseth

Reseda

4.006

Cal State Northridge

Jung Lee

Los Angeles

4.235

UC Berkeley

Elizabeth Lincoln

Van Nuys

4.141

Lewis & Clark University

Nicole Llamas

Van Nuys

4.016

UC Santa Barbara

Gabrielle Markand

Granada Hills

4.089

UC Berkeley

Aurea Martin

San Fernando

4.021

Georgetown University

Ashvini Naidu

Granada Hills

4.289

UC Berkeley

Susan Oh

Winnetka

4.42

University of Pennsylvania

Christina Ostermier

Chatsworth

4.122

UC Berkeley

Joann Ov

Winnetka

4.249

UCLA

Daniel Peng

Granada Hills

4.39

Duke University

Natasha Saggar

Tarzana

4.14

UCLA

Evan Simon

Los Angeles

4.01

UC Irvine

Danielle Truxaw

Reseda

4.284

UC Santa Barbara

Steve Tung

Los Angeles

4.441

UC Berkeley

Maricela Villegas

Northridge

4.079

UCLA

Katherine Wieczorek

Reseda

4.116

UC Berkeley

Ernest Wong

West Hills

4.355

UC Irvine

Richard Wu

Reseda

4.08

UC Berkeley

Deborah Yim

Encino

4.38

UC Berkeley

El Camino Real High *

(Woodland Hills)

Sandy Archussachat

Pacoima

4.3

UC Berkeley

Darcy Backes

West Hills

4.4

USC

Vadim Bendersky

West Hills

4.2

UCLA

Alyssa Bower

Van Nuys

4.0

UC Santa Barbara

Christopher Cabanne

Woodland Hills

4.0

UC Irvine

Chana Chantawansri

Northridge

4.4

UC Berkeley

Jennifer Cheng

Woodland Hills

4.2

UC Berkeley

Kuang (Ann) Chiang

West Hills

4.5

University of Pennsylvania

Eliese Dunn

Chatsworth

4.0

UCLA

Nancy Fu

Canoga Park

4.4

Stanford University

Ryan Geist

Woodland Hills

4.1

UCLA

Chiao Huang

Woodland Hills

4.0

UC Santa Barbara

Rajesh Jaganath

Canoga Park

4.5

Yale University

Jessica Jung

Canoga Park

4.1

UCLA

Sang W. Kim

Woodland Hills

4.3

UC Berkeley

Young Mi Lee

Los Angeles

4.0

UC San Diego

Angel Lin

Canoga Park

4.4

UC Berkeley

Stanley Liu

West Hills

4.2

UC Berkeley

Marmar Mehrpouyan

Woodland Hills

4.4

UCLA

Peyman Mesbah

Woodland Hills

4.0

UCLA

Miranda Mooneyham

Granada Hills

4.0

UCLA

Camille Moore

Woodland Hills

4.5

Cornell University

Kamil Nagji

Canoga Park

4.0

UC Berkeley

Jamie Newman

Woodland Hills

4.5

Amherst University

Tara Paravar

Woodland Hills

4.4

MIT

Nicole Sauler

Canoga Park

4.7

Northwestern University

Sini Thomas

Woodland Hills

4.3

UC Berkeley

Asaf Yeshaya

Canoga Park

4.2

UC Berkeley

Abigail Yook

Northridge

4.2

UC Berkeley

Glendale High

(Glendale)

Ani Khondkaryan

Glendale

4.6

Stanford University

Granada Hills High *

(Granada Hills)

Stuart D. Allen

Northridge

4.28

UC Santa Barbara

Jeannie Chan

Northridge

4.25

UC Berkeley

Yan Chau

Los Angeles

4.05

UC Irvine

Judy Yuen Fong Cheung

Los Angeles

4.18

UCLA

Denise Cathcart Forrest

Granada Hills

4.25

UC Berkeley

Jourabchi Ali Ghods

Woodland Hills

4.28

UCLA

Dylan Hirsch-Shell

Northridge

4.49

MIT

Jamie M. Hoffman

Northridge

4.05

UCLA

Yuttapong Kanjanakaset

Northridge

4.15

UC San Diego

Jaspereet Kaur

Northridge

4.26

UCLA

Christina S. Kim

Northridge

4.36

UC Berkeley

Michelle Seo Young Kim

Northridge

4.31

Wellesley College

Joel Kopelioff

Granada Hills

4.28

UC San Diego

Cathy Misa Kurata

Granada Hills

4.21

UC Berkeley

Brian P. Lai

Northridge

4.3

UCLA

Tuan Huy Khac (Brian) Le

North Hills

4.01

UC Davis

Linda Lien

Van Nuys

4.03

UCLA

Aaron D. Levy

Northridge

4.22

UCLA

Josh Mason

Northridge

4.25

UCLA

Tahamaki K. Mitchell

Canyon Country

4.07

UC Davis

Rebecca Lynne Panman

Agoura

4.08

UCLA

Charisse S. Pua

Northridge

4.14

UCLA

Robert S. St. George

Northridge

4.15

UC Berkeley

Michael H. Schneider

Granada Hills

4.15

UCLA

Kyu Sin

Northridge

4.18

UCLA

Justin S. Steinschriber

Northridge

4.05

Tulane University

Mitra Rose Tabidian

Simi Valley

4.39

UCLA

Frederick Tan

Northridge

4.18

UCLA

Sang Mu Trinh

Los Angeles

4.24

UCLA

Andrew Weinberg

Northridge

4.32

UCLA

Timothy Andrew Young

Canoga Park

4.12

UCLA

Grant High *

(Van Nuys)

Jessica L. Boyle

North Hollywood

4.07

UCLA

Andres Chung

Van Nuys

4.31

University of Pennsylvania

Sergey Doulatov

Van Nuys

4.17

UCLA

Rodney Joyal Jr.

Van Nuys

4.21

Valley College

Noriel E. Lim

Winnetka

4.23

UC Berkeley

Hovanes Margarian

Studio City

4.14

USC

Leon Namsiriwan

North Hollywood

4.01

Cal Poly Pomona

Kwang Hwi No

Los Angeles

4.1

UC Berkeley

Ann Tu Vuong

North Hollywood

4.04

UC Berkeley

Richie Phu Wong

Tarzana

4.26

UCLA

Grey High

(Reseda)

Fredrick Corona

Reseda

3.1

Pierce College

Highland High **

(Palmdale)

Trier C. Brown

Palmdale

4.0

U.S. Naval Academy

Rafael A. Garcia II

Palmdale

4.0

Notre Dame University

John M. Garfinkel

Lancaster

4.0

Stanford University

Jennifer Christine Leckliter

Palmdale

4.0

Cal State Long Beach

Ahmed-Saher A. Mohamed

Palmdale

4.0

UC San Diego

Kennedy High *

(Granada Hills)

Charles Cardenas

Granada Hills

4.351

UC Santa Barbara

Esperanza Paz Delcasal

Granada Hills

4.022

University of Rochester

Erica Espinoza

Granada Hills

4.03

UCLA

Lancaster High **

(Lancaster)

Stephanie Chang

Lancaster

4.0

UCLA

Nolan Harris

Lancaster

4.0

U.S. Military Academy at West Point

Marisa Oh

Lancaster

4.0

UC Riverside

Lyndsay Rouzer

Lancaster

4.0

UCLA

Kim Smit

Lancaster

4.0

UC Berkeley

Eric B. Sundberg

Lancaster

4.0

Cal State Long Beach

Erika Tapia

Lancaster

4.0

Cal State Northridge

Ying Zhu

Lancaster

4.0

UC Berkeley

Littlerock High

(Littlerock)

Russell C. Bloom

Lancaster

4.0

UCLA

Amanda Anne Martin

Valyermo

4.0

UC Santa Barbara

Mission High

(San Fernando)

Vanessa Plata

San Fernando

3.04

Mission College

Monroe High *

(North Hills)

Daniel Besancon

Woodland Hills

4.05

UCLA

Diana Biason

Los Angeles

4.2

UCLA

Jasper Cacananta

Panorama City

4.28

UC Berkeley

Damian Cavaleri

West Hills

4.18

UC Berkeley

June Chow

North Hills

4.19

UC Berkeley

Matthew Friedrich

Van Nuys

4.02

UCLA

Juliana Froggatt

Panorama City

4.18

UC Berkeley

Olga Grisman

Sherman Oaks

4.03

UCLA

Francine Hife

North Hills

4.04

UC Irvine

Nancy Kuy

Northridge

4.19

UC Irvine

Suh Yung Lee

Van Nuys

4.02

UC Berkeley

Rosaleah Macaraeg

Panorama City

4.04

UC Berkeley

Salameh Rabadi

Panorama City

4.23

Pierce College

Dawnabelle Rodriguez

Panorama City

4.13

Pierce Collge

Joshua Rosenthal

North Hills

4.08

UCLA

Emma Sangalang

Panorama City

4.11

UC Berkeley

Scott Tretsky

Northridge

4.03

Pierce College

Mount Lukens High

(Tujunga)

Dustin D. Stary

Verdugo Hills

3.4

Glendale Community College

North Hollywood High **

(North Hollywood)

Iris Ahronowitz

North Hollywood

4.7

Harvard University

Diana Hong

North Hollywood

5.19

University of Pennsylvania

Grace Lee

Los Angeles

4.91

Stanford University

Tamar Malinek

Los Angeles

4.7

Stanford University

Anthony Salazar

North Hollywood

4.525

UCLA

Chi Minh Vu

North Hollywood

4.245

George Mason University

Dara Zeehandelaar

Los Angeles

4.7

Cornell University

Raymond Zimmer

Woodland Hills

4.735

Stanford University

Owensmouth High

(Canoga Park)

Sean Myers

Canoga Park

3.154

Pierce College

Palmdale High **

(Palmdale)

Jennifer Davis

Palmdale

4.0

Cal State Northridge

Gladys (Rachelle) Enriquez

Palmdale

4.0

UC Santa Barbara

Allison Geyer

Palmdale

4.0

Brigham Young University

Jered Gray

Palmdale

4.0

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Jennifer Weier

Palmdale

4.0

UCLA

Polytechnic High *

(Sun Valley)

Jose Avendano Jr.

Pacoima

4.56

UCLA

Shushanik Balasanyan

North Hollywood

4.05

undecided

Kunthy Chhun

North Hills

4.45

UCLA

Vardui Chilingaryan

North Hollywood

4.36

UCLA

Thanh Dang

Arleta

4.2

UCLA

Rosemary B. Delgado

North Hollywood

4.25

UCLA

Melissa Evans

North Hollywood

4.53

UC Berkeley

Joshua Garcia

Arleta

4.33

undecided

Myduyen Huynh

Sun Valley

4.8

UCLA

Pruner Kim

Studio City

4.2

Santa Monica College

Rita Masrelian

Sun Valley

4.28

UCLA

May Roberts

Sylmar

4.59

UC Davis

Juan Romero

Los Angeles

4.35

UCLA

Surapong Somkaew

North Hollywood

4.93

UCLA

Somnang Thean

North Hollywood

4.3

UCLA

Dihn Tran

Valley Glen

4.3

Santa Monica College

Duc Anh Quan Tran

Sun Valley

4.26

UCLA

Quartz Hill High *

(Quartz Hill)

Jaspreet Brar

Palmdale

4.0

UCLA

Kristin Clark

Lancaster

4.0

UC Santa Barbara

Hamed Jones

Lancaster

4.0

UCLA

Erin Shelley

Palmdale

4.0

UCLA

Reseda High

(Reseda)

Amir Aharonov

Reseda

4.498

Stanford University

San Fernando High

(San Fernando)

Brian Sandoval

Mission Hills

4.367

Harvard University

Sherman Oaks Center for

Enriched Studies

(Reseda)

Joshua David Tasoff

Tarzana

4.32

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Stoney Point High

(Chatsworth)

Malea R. Miller

Chatsworth

3.71

Cal State Northridge

Sylmar High *

(Sylmar)

Angelica Ayala

Sylmar

4.1

UCLA

Lizeth Diaz

Sylmar

4.035

Woodbury University

Zabi Hotaki

Sylmar

4.31

UCLA

Ruben Rodriguez

Sylmar

4.04

UCLA

Taft High

(Woodland Hills)

Jennifer Altman

Reseda

4.46

UCLA

Shabnam Besimanto

Encino

4.46

UCLA

Bao Tran

Northridge

4.46

Brown University

Valley Alternative Magnet *

(Van Nuys)

Mike Duffy

Van Nuys

4.345

UCLA

Vi Hoang

Van Nuys

4.226

UC Berkeley

Linda Luu

Van Nuys

4.191

UCLA

Alex Vodovoz

Tarzana

4.206

USC

Van Nuys High

(Van Nuys)

Andre Pop

Palo Alto

4.875

Stanford University

Verdugo Hills High *

(Tujunga)

Elizabeth Llewellyn

Sunland

4.03

Brigham Young University

Joshua Logan

Sunland

4.03

UC Davis

Jessica Mays

Tujunga

4.14

UCLA

Joslyn Merideth

Tujunga

4.09

UC Berkeley

Sapna Patel

Tujunga

4.15

UCLA

Jennifer Schopper

Sylmar

4.0

UC Riverside

Karen Tosti

Sunland

4.14

UC San Diego

Esther Um

Tujunga

4.05

UCLA

PRIVATE SCHOOLS

AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian

School *

(Canoga Park)

Sheyda Bogosyan

Encino

4.15

UC Irvine

Nina Ghazarian

West Hills

4.55

UCLA

Arminee Izakelian

Northridge

4.3

UCLA

Lina Melidonian

Glendale

4.23

UC Irvine

Rita Parseghian

Northridge

4.42

Cal State Northridge

Garen Vartanian

Northridge

4.38

UCLA

Antelope Valley Christian High

(Lancaster)

Nin Saharattanachaiwong

Lancaster

3.7

Cal State Northridge

Bellarmine-Jefferson High

(Burbank)

Christian Beleno

Arleta

4.34

UCLA

Bethel Christian High *

(Lancaster)

Benjamin Borders

Lancaster

4.0

The Master’s College

Daniel Tatum III

Lancaster

4.03

Stanford University

Bishop Alemany High

(Mission Hills)

Donald Hannoun

Granada Hills

4.1146

UC Santa Barbara

Buckley School

(Sherman Oaks)

Ian Lopuch

Los Angeles

4.0

Stanford University

Campbell Hall

(North Hollywood)

Suzanne Topalian

Studio City

4.5

Boston University

Juan Trinidad

Los Angeles

4.5

Stanford University

Chaminade College Preparatory

(West Hills)

Takiyah Tate

Simi Valley

4.388

Emory University

Crespi Carmelite High

(Encino)

Steven La Femina

Thousand Oaks

4.583

UCLA

Jonathan Bird

Woodland Hills

4.583

Caltech

Desert Christian High

(Lancaster)

NAME

RESIDENCE

GPA

COLLEGE

Faith Baptist High ***

(Canoga Park)

Bianca Polovina

Simi Valley

4.16

UC San Diego

Jongjin (Anne) Tumsatan

West Hills

4.12

UC Berkeley

First Lutheran High

(Sylmar)

Jennifer Hall

Sylmar

3.97

Loyola Marymount University

Glendale Adventist Academy

(Glendale)

Melissa K. Lee

Glendale

4.07

La Sierra University / Pacific Union College

Harvard-Westlake School

(Studio City)

Amit Kaushal

Newhall

4.556

Stanford University

Holy Martyrs Ferrahian Armenian High

(Encino)

Gina Borugian

Tarzana

4.31

UCLA

Landmark Christian High

(Lancaster)

Christopher The

Lancaster

3.9

Azusa Pacific University

Los Angeles Baptist High

(North Hills)

Ryan Alvarez

Northridge

4.71

Yale University

Los Angeles Hebrew High ***

(Van Nuys)

Jessica Goldstone

Los Angeles

4.0

Studying in Israel

Melissa Orkin

Calabasas

4.0

undecided

Los Angeles Lutheran High

(Sylmar)

Joseph Sullivan

North Hills

4.5

UC Davis

Montclair College Preparatory

(Van Nuys)

Joel A. Richlin

Northridge

4.0

Northwestern University

Notre Dame High

(Sherman Oaks)

Aileen Ocon

Sylmar

4.41

UCLA

Paraclete High ***

(Lancaster)

Eugene Bachini

Lancaster

4.014

UCLA

Brian Fenbers

Lancaster

4.01

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Amelia Frye

Lancaster

4.0

Cornell University

Gary Garland

Lancaster

4.009

Cal Poly Pomona

Joshua Gonzalez

Palmdale

4.059

UCLA

Stephanie Lomibao

Palmdale

4.018

Cal State Fullerton

Lisa Pinley

Quartz Hill

4.124

Cal State Long Beach

Amanda Pollock

Palmdale

4.086

Cal State Long Beach

Andrew Schuster

Lancaster

4.014

UC Irvine

Sarah Shields

Lancaster

4.029

Cal State Chico

Eric Slater

Lancaster

4.033

Antelope Valley College

Princeton College Preparatory

(North Hollywood)

Allison Allport

North Hollywood

4.9

USC

Providence High

(Burbank)

Veronica Kuiumdjian

Burbank

4.63

USC

St. Genevieve High

(Panorama City)

Melody Padilla

Arleta

3.98

UCLA

James Tantitham

North Hills

3.98

UCLA

Santa Clarita Christian School

(Canyon Country)

Tony Khan

Canyon Country

4.28

UC Irvine

Stoneridge Preparatory School

(Tarzana)

Eric M. Humphreys

Sherman Oaks

3.8

Cal State Northridge

Valley Torah High ****

(North Hollywood)

Avraham Eshaghian

Encino

4.45

Studying in Israel

Ghazaleh Hekmatjah

Woodland Hills

4.2

UCLA

Sharon Hayun

Studio City

4.2

Studying in Israel

Viewpoint School

(Calabasas)

Asaf Lang

Tarzana

4.0

Harvard University

Village Christian High

(Sun Valley)

Yvette Siegert

Burbank

4.29

Columbia University

West Valley Christian High

(West Hills)

Rebekah C. Godsil

West Hills

3.73

Biola University

*=Valedictorian awarded to all students with 4.0 and above.

**=Valedictorian awarded to all students with straight A’s.

***=Valedictorian awarded by committee to student(s) based on academics and contribution to school.

****=Valedictorian awarded to boy and girl (tie this year).

*****=Valedictorian awarded to students with straight A’s in all classes, including all honors and AP classes offered.

Schools not listed do not recognize a valedictorian.