Culver City High Students Earn Community Scholarships

One hundred and thirty five graduating seniors from Culver City High School and Culver Park High School received scholarships totaling $145,220 at the Culver City Community Scholarship Fund awards night, in June at the Robert Frost Auditorium.

This year, the fund received a grant from the Bandai Foundation, a charitable foundation established by the Bandai toy company to improve the lives of children and families with a focus on education. Ten students were selected to receive $500 scholarships through this one-time grant.

 Other donors to the Scholarship Fund include a wide variety of service clubs, businesses, parent organizations such as PTA, and employee organizations from the school district and the city, as well as individual and memorial scholarships. Donors selected their recipients in May according to their own criteria, which may include academic status, financial need, career goals, or Culver City schools attended.

The Culver City Scholarship Fund is a nonprofit organization administered by a group of community volunteers who meet monthly from November to June.

There are two ways to donate to the fund. An individual, organization, service club or business can create a named scholarship in the amount of at least $300 and then a representative will select their recipient from among the applicants. In addition, the Scholarship Fund accepts donations of any amount for the Bettylyle Westbrook Spirit Awards. All donations are fully tax deductible.

For direct donations, checks should be made out to Culver City Community Scholarship Fund and sent to Culver City High School, 4401 Elenda St., Culver City, CA 90230, attention Margaret Fujisawa, College Career Center, or you may make a secure donation at the Fund's website, www.cccommunityscholarships.org.

If you wish to set up a new named scholarship for 2014, please contact Margaret at (310) 842-4200, extension 3558.

Congratulations to the following 2013 scholarship recipients:

1. Aguilar, Jacqueline

2. Aladro, Alyssa

3. Alcala, Juan

4. Alvarenga, Kimberly

5. Anvery, Amina

6. Appleby, Arman

7. Argueta, Natalie

8. Bac, Michelle

9. Bachrach, Elana

10. Baurto, Ruth

11. Beer, Martin

12. Bellows, Tristen

13. Bennett, Isabel

14. Benson Garcia, Melody

15. Canchola-Miranda, Kristina

16. Cardenas, Irais

17. Carter, David

18. Casillas, Selina

19. Castanaza-Gudiel, Michelle

20. Castro, Irma

21. Castro, Johana

22. Cereceda, Clio

23. Chastain, Katie

24. Chung, Gabriella

25. Chustz, Sydni

26. Copeland, Emma

27. Cornejo, Victoria

28. Cronin, Kevin

29. Davis, William

30. Dimeo, Jasmine

31. Dodenhoff, Julia

32. Donis, Vania

33. Dorsey, Erika

34. Duval, Amanda

35. Erlick, Miriam

36. Espinosa, Orlando

37. Estrada, Nataly

38. Ezedin, Zacky

39. Fente, Adam

40. Figueroa, Ariana

41. Finnegan, Olivia

42. Flores Rodriguez, Jesus

43. Furuta, Owen

44. Gaines, Brianna

45. Gallardo, Penelope

46. Garcia, Cassandra

47. Garcia, Dayana

48. Garcia, Gabrielle

49. Goldshine, Marlee

50. Guizar, Monique

51. Hale, Mychelle

52. Handler, Sarah

53. Hameed, Hammad

54. Hernandez, Caterine

55. Hernandez-Garcia, Alejandra

56. Hnin Pale, Bibi Zaveria

57. Hopfield, Madeline

58. Hossain, Anum

59. Hughes, Kira

60. Ichharam, Jaimal

61. Ignant, Delayna

62. Im, Jonathan

63. Jackson, Kierra

64. Juarez, Arlyn

65. Kennedy, Ellis

66. Khalil, Citra

67. Khan, Hamza

68. Kumari, Radika

69. Kunisaki, Jason

70. Kurihara, Emma

71. Leist, Madeline

72. Lopez, Carina

73. Lozano, Teresita

74. Lozano, Viviana

75. Madha, Fahiz

76. Mahmood, Sahar

77. Mala, Saher

78. Martinez, Magali

79. Mateo, Araceli

80. McGlothan, Morgan

81. Melchor, Thomas

82. Melendez, Alexander

83. Miller, Jordan

84. Miller, Simone

85. Mills, Sydnie

86. Mitchell, Eric

87. Mohammad, Maleeha

88. Moniz, Jonathan

89. Moreno Jimenez, Lucero

90. Moss, Daijah

91. Munoz, Fatima

92. Nagy, Renata

93. Najarro, Noemy

94. Nolasco, Christian

95. Olivera Grijalva, Andrea

96. Ordon, Mark

97. Paz, Corina

98. Pham, Tori

99. Pimental, Kevin

100. Price, Tristan

101. Ramierez, Nazario

102. Rasmussen, Daniel

103. Rodas, Diego

104. Rodriguez, Liliana

105. Rodriguez, Tayler

106. Roque, Trixie Anne

107. Rosales, Samantha

108. Ruidias Gomez, Daisy

109. Saito, Kanan

110. Saldana, Salvador

111. Salvaterra, Sterling

112. San Juan, Kevin

113. Schaffer, Laura

114. Sedeno, Gabriel

115. Shohat, Kevin

116. Silva, Krystal

117. Smith, Magnolia

118. Stephenson, Byron

119. Sugasawara, Tani

120. Suyetsugu, Matthew

121. Syed, Bathool

122. Tamura, Micah

123. Tanita, Taylor

124. Tran, Tracy

125. Ugalde, Mariana

126. Valdez, Olivia

127. Valentine, Kayla

128. Viera, Jasmine

129. Villanueva, Tyren

130. Wadibia, Ifeoma

131. Wheeler, James (Culver Park Student)

132. Williams, Aariel

133. Woodruff, Kimberly

134. Zakin, Alexandra

135. Zelaya, Kimberly