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12/16/2009 |
 Newly-elected officers for the Class of 2014 include (left to right) Paloma Martinez, president; Stephanie Lee, vice-president; and Grace Camenker, secretary. The class also selected Krista Andreassen, Gillian Myers, Adelle Panico and Dani Sommerhauser as homeroom representatives. |
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12/3/2008 |
 The La Reina Singers are bringing Christmas cheer to the community. In this picture, Mrs. Heidi Vass, director, conducts Kathleen Sullivan '14, Steffie Lee '14 and Jennifer Zahlit '09 at their December 3 concert at The Oaks Mall. Future presentations will include Dec. 10 at 3:30 p.m. at Sunrise Assisted Living of Westlake Village and Dec. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. |
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11/8/2008 |
 In their first tournament in the Golden State Middle School Debate League, La Reina’s team won the Sweepstakes Tournament award for the highest combined scores. The first place team award in parliamentary debate went to Lena Melillo ’13, Rachel Warner ’13 and Tiffany Hosseini '13 (shown in the photo, left to right). Individual speaker awards went to Lena Melillo ’13 (first place); Tiffany Hosseini ’13 (fourth place); Rachel Warner ’13 (fifth place); and Summer Knapp ’13 (8th place).
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11/4/2008 |
Congratulations to the 71 Regents recognized by the College Board for their outstanding achievement on the 2008 Advanced Placement exams!
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10/31/2008 |
Three La Reina juniors are featured authors in Gavel Gavel!!!, a recent publication from the Camarillo Writer's Club.
It includes short stories by Mackenzie Johnson '10, Madison Palmer '10 and Elizabeth Pode '10.
The stories were originally published in The Odyssey, the LRHS literary magazine. |
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10/30/2008 |
Congratulations to the LRHS Equestrian Team--they captured the Overall High Point Team Championship in the first Interscholastic Equestrian League show of the season!
The Regents captured the Novice Division High Point Award. Novice Dressage was dominated by Chenin Ryan '10 and Alice Lockhart '12--both riders tied for Novice Reserve Dressage Champion.
Stacey Bacheller '13 was the Overall High Point Champion (first place) out of 419 riders!
There were 78 schools and 419 riders in this competition. The Regents were followed by Marlborough, Campbell Hall and Westlake High. Ride on...Regents!
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10/27/2008 |
Congratulations to the Varsity Cross Country Team on that great victory at the Mt. San Antonio College Cross Country Meet on Oct. 25. Shown in this photo are Coach Robert Lopez, Meghan Murphy '09, Katie Kavetsky '10, McKenzie O'Malley '09, Mary Thompson '10, Tara Blanchard '10, Rachel Brajkovich '12 and Sarah Pearson '10. The Junior Varsity also captured the National JV Championship, Small Schools Division IV-V, at the same meet. |
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10/9/2008 |
Congratulations to Amanda Hardy '08 who recently received the Girl Scout Gold Award! For her project, Amanda created a Girls' Book Club for fourth through sixth graders who are Many Mansions residents. |
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9/25/2008 |
Congratulations to Tabitha Kovac '10, a member of the United States Junior World Archery Team! Tabitha will attend the Junior World Archery Championship Tournament in Antalya, Turkey, from October 3 through 13. Tabitha, your La Reina family wishes you all the best! |
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8/21/2008 |
Congratulations to Natalie Cannon '09 and Alexa Shaw '09 who will receive the Girl Scout Gold Award on August 24! Natalie's Gold Award project is titled "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words," benefitting the disabled participants at Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship. Alexa's project, "Games for All Ages," completely renovated, organized and fully-stocked the games room at Senior Concerns. |
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6/14/2008 |
Congratulations to the members of the Class of 2008! They received offers for more than $3,000,000 in scholarships from colleges, service organizations and other sources.
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5/22/2008 |
Congratulations to these writers from the La Reina Herald staff who won awards in the Ventura County Star's Best of High School Journalism contest! | Design | 2nd Pl. | Amanda Turk '08 & Herald Staff | | Feature | 1st Pl. | Alessandra Martinez '10 | | News | 1st Pl. | Emma Sullivan '10 | | News | 3rd Pl. | Juli Brauer '09 | | Opinion | 1st Pl. | Sarah McGough '10 | | Sports | 1st Pl. | Patricia Pichardo '10 | | Sports | 2nd Pl. | Ashley Moje'08 | | Sports | 3rd Pl. | Mary Freel '10 |
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5/20/2008 |
Congratulations to these students (left to right) Sambavi Ramakrishnan '09, Jodi Loo '10, Emily Zolfaghari '10, Olivia Zolfaghari '09. Elly Shao '12 and Nishitha Viswanathan '12 who earned awards at the California State Science Fair on Tuesday, May 20!
Jr. Electronics &
Electromagnetism | Honorable
Mention | Nishitha Viswanathan '12 | | Jr. Product Science | 2nd Pl. | Elly Shao '12 | | | | Elly is now eligible to compete in the national Discover Science competition. | | Sr. Biochemistry | 3rd Pl. | Emily Zolfaghari '10 | | Sr. Electronics | 3rd Pl. | Jodi Loo '10 | | Sr. Electronics | 4th Pl. | Olivia Zolfaghari '09 | | Sr. Environmental Engineering | Honorable Mention | Sambavi Ramakrishnan '09 |
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5/16/2008 |
Congratulations to five members of the Class of 2008, recently honored as Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Scholars: Elizabeth Dunbar, Jenny Frutchey, Natalie Kamajian, Amanda Turk and Kirdy Wilson. This distinction is given to students in recognition of their academic achievements, leadership ability and outstanding character.
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5/15/2008 |
The La Reina High School community congratulates Kelsey Conway '07 who recently received the President's Youth Leadership Award from the United States Golf Association and the American Junior Golf Association! This award honors junior golfers who demonstrate leadership, character, integrity, sportsmanship and community service. Kelsey is being recognized primarily for her volunteer work as a Special Olympics Golf Coach and a teen mentor through the First Tee of Ventura County. Congratulations, Kelsey!
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5/10/2008 |
Congratulations to Amanda Mundell! Amanda, an attorney on the LRHS Mock Trial Team, received an "Outstanding Performance Award" at the National High School Mock Trial Championships on May 10.
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4/24/2008 |
Congratulations to these Regents who earned awards at the Ventura County Science Fair on April 23.
| Jr. Chemistry | 1st Pl. | Elly Shao '12 | | Jr. Chemistry | 3rd Pl. | Anna Burrows '12 | Jr. Energy &
Transportation | 3rd Pl. | Nishitha Viswanathan '12 | | Jr. Engineering | Special Award, Air &
Waste Management | Sara Messina '12 | Jr. Environmental
Sciences | 2nd Pl. | Hannah Heitzig '12 | Jr. Environmental
Sciences | 3rd Pl. | Alexi Ozder '12 | Jr. Environmental
Sciences | Special Awards, Air
Pollution Control
District & Air &
Waste Management | Alexi Ozder '12 | Jr. Physics
& Astronomy | 2nd Pl. | Jordan Hisel '12 | Jr. Physics
& Astronomy | 3rd Pl. | Lacey Smith '12 | Sr. Animal
Sciences | 1st Pl. | Brenna Callero '11 | Sr. Animal
Sciences | 2nd Pl. | Alexandra Wall '09 &
Samantha Martinez '09 | | Sr. Biochemistry | 1st Pl. | Emily Zolfaghari '10 | | Sr. Engineering | 2nd Pl. | Jodi Loo '10 | | Sr. Engineering | 3rd Pl. | Olivia Zolfaghari '09 | | Sr. Engineering | Special Award, Society of
Women Engineers | Jodi Loo '10 &
Olivia Zolfaghari '09 | Sr. Environmental
Sciences | 2nd Pl. | Sambavi
Ramakrishnan '09 | Sr. Environmental
Sciences | Special Awards, the Coastal
Geological Society & the
American Petroleum
Institute | Sambavi
Ramakrishnan '09 | Sr. Physics &
Astronomy | 1st Pl. | Jacquelyn Lauletta '09 | Sr. Physics &
Astronomy | Special Award,
California State
University, Channel Islands | Jacquelyn Lauletta '09 |
Good luck to the first and second place winners who are eligible to enter the California State Science Fair on May 19 and 20!
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4/23/2008 |
Congratulations to Mrs. Carol Stanley and the staff of the La Reina Herald! The LRHS student newspaper received a first place award from the American Scholastic Press Association for overall excellence; Belinda Lai '09 and Alexa Garcia '08 also received outstanding original art awards.
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4/15/2008 |
Congratulations to the ASB officers elected for 2008-09: Jennifer Zahlit '09 - President
Samantha Martinez '09 - Vice-President
Amanda Starrantino '10 - Secretary
Jenna Collins '10 - Publicity Coordinator
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4/8/2008 |
Congratulations to Brenna Callero '11, a SemiFinalist for the 2008 Life Sciences Award sponsored by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Her mosquito abatement project, recently featured in the Ventura County Star, originated as a Science Fair project at LRHS.
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3/30/2008 |
Congratulations to the La Reina High School Mock Trial Team--crowned CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONS on Sunday, March 30! La Reina won the final competition over Piedmont High School from Alameda County in the historic Riverside County Courthouse. The Regents represented Ventura County in a grueling tournament consisting of 5 trials in less than 48 hours. In the preliminary rounds, La Reina won their trials over the champions from San Diego County, Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County and Marin County. The team will represent California at the National High School Mock Trial Championship to be held May 7 through 11 in Wilmington, Delaware.
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2/27/2008 |
Congratulations to these Regents who earned individual awards at the Ventura County Mock Trial competition:
Natalie Kamajian '08 - Journalist, First Place
Amanda Turk '08 - Defense Pre-Trial Attorney, First Place
Alexa Garcia '08 - Courtroom Artist, Second Place
Katie Williams '10 - Bailiff, Third Place
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2/11/2008 |
 Belinda Lai '09 designed this prize-winning poster for the Ventura County Science Fair. Congratulations, Belinda! |
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2/6/2008 |
GO, MEGAN! Congratulations to Regent varsity soccer player Megan DeGennaro '08. On February 8, Megan signed her letter of intent to play soccer at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania next year!
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2/6/2008 |
Congratulations to Rebecca Kendig '88 who received this year's Distinguished Alumna Award at the winter Honor Assembly. Rebecca is a social worker in New Orleans; she helped found the Youth Empowerment Program, a non-profit organization that works with incarcerated youth to help them transition into a productive life when they leave prison. Employed as a mitigation investigator for a law firm, Rebecca researches the lives of death row inmates, trying to find circumstances--like mental retardation or mental illness--that would enable their death penalty to be commuted to life imprisonment.
In her acceptance speech, Rebecca noted: "Through my work as a social worker, particularly with children living in poverty, I have realized that a La Reina education is an anomaly. Millions of children in this country--let alone in this world--do not receive the education that all of you--and I--have been privileged to receive.... Let us profit from the love, care and attention invested in us by our La Reina teachers and families. Become change makers in this world, and work to ensure that the privileges you have been blessed with are provided to all children." |
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