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Thought for the Week
"Your energy and enjoyment, drive and dedication will stimulate and greatly inspire others." -John Wooden

Congratulations to German Language Students - and teachers Simone Mueller and Liz Kaulard - 27 students in German Language 2 and 3 received awards for "Outstanding Achievement" on the National AATG German test. 56 out of 58 German 3 Honors students passed the "European Language Test" for German Language. Great job - Simone and Liz!

Congratulations to: 2008-2009 - ASB Officer and Appointed Commissioners - Next year will be another exciting and "active" leadership program under the direction of Jason Kaylor:

*ASB President - Christina Oh
*ASB Vice Pres of Business -Justin Spring
*ASB Vice Pres of Activities -Julia White
*ASB Secretary - Lindsay Snow
*ASB Treasurer - Chad Stinson
*Senior President - Nicole Smith
*Senior Vice President - Tanner Palmer
*Senior Sec/Treas - Nicolette Leffler
*Junior President - Keiko Hoen
*Junior Vice President - Minee Kim
*Junior Sec/Treas - Paul Hwangbo
*Soph President - Ian Lopez
*Soph Vice President - Audrey Zazuetta
*SophSec/Treas - Jenny McWhirter
*Freshmen President - Amanda Nguyen
*Freshmen Vice President - Jordon Fox
*Freshmen Sec/Treas - Madison Carpenter

Commissioners:
*Assemblies - Brandon Beltran
*Assemblies - Kirsten Resha
*Clubs - George Elwood-Miranda
*Elections - Lauren Bartelli
*Going Green - Lauren Kramer
*Internal Relations - Katherine Stephens
*Link Crew - Stephanie Carpenter
*Link Crew - Chelsea Matamoros
*Lunchtime - Katelyn Denezzo
*Lunchtime - Colby O'Connor
*Promotions/Website - Allie Shupe
*Publicity - Tanya Oberoi
*Publicity - Lindsay Tsai
*Publicity - Anna Dickey
*Renaissance - Danielle Martinez
*Renaissance - Priyanka Jain
*Renaissance - Samantha Becker
*Renaissance - Melina Panagiotou
*Special Projects - Elaine Lin
*Special Projects - Mignotae Kebede
*Staff Appreciation - Elizabeth Spangenberg
*Staff Appreciation - Brianna Kitchen
*Fine and Perf. Arts Rep - Megan Walton
*Media Tech - Sean Quinlivan
*Media Tech - Tim Lee
*Media Tech - Michelle Lanthier
*Men's Athletic Rep - Dylan Nelson
*PTSA Rep - Vivian Loi
*Women's Athletic Rep - Katie Moffa

More Good News and Congratulations - to Marsha Linsley and the art department. Esperanza had ten winners in the Yorba Linda Women's Contest. Congratulations to:

*Best of Show: Breanna Emerson

Category 1 (11&12 grade) Drawing:

~1-Rachel Kauffman     
~2-Caitlin Rose     
~3-Michelle Ji

Category 1 (11&12 grade) Painting:     
~2-Minhye Ki     
~3-Kate Muster     
~Honorable Mention-Albert Shieh

Category 2 (9&10 grade) Drawing:
~2-Ashley Hannah
~3-Sara Ledford

Category 2 (9&10 grade) Painting:
~2-Taylee Spandle

Did you Hear? - 10th Grade CAHSEE results for 2008 have just arrived and out of 836 10th graders taking the test only 52 were absent or failed English/Language Arts and 62 were absent or failed the math portion. That is a 93.77% pass rate in ELA an 92.5% pass rate in Math!

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation - announced the top scoring students who met the requirements to enter the 2009 National Merit Scholarship Program with a selection index score of 200 or above. Each of these students listed below is among the 50,000 highest-scoring participants of some 1.5 million program entrants. Congratulations to the following students: Evan Adams, Shweta Agrawal, Saad Asad, Scott Baar, Ryan Banks, Stephanie Carpenter, Andrew Chung, Kimberly Dabrowski, Stevi DeHoog, Alexis Draper, Allison Edgerley, Kathryn Francis, Sarah Hester, Jonathan Lim , Elaine Lin, Hayden Marks, Alyssa Nader, Danny Ngo, Peter Ngo, James Nguyen, Michelle Nguyen, Jason Norris, Christina Oh, William Richards, Kristin Schulte, Kyle Skoien, Mitchell Thai, Nicole Trone, Pearl Tsai, and Evan Williams.

Congratulations - The City of Anaheim and Mayor Curt Pringle will honor four Esperanza students for their selection as recipients of the "Mayor's Tech Scholar" program. To help further their educational goals, Mayor Pringle will present the following students with a brand new laptop and two years of internet connection. The awards presentations will be May 13th at 3:00 p.m. at Anaheim City Hall. Congratulations to: Amanda Buckner, Naziha Hussain, Shelby Schreck, and Lindsay Snow.

Did you Hear? - 2008-2009 Esperanza PTSA Officers
* President - Jeanette Chapman
* 1st Vice President - Midge Martinez
* 2nd Vice President - Zina Nelson
* Recording Secretary - Luch Huerta
* Treasurer - Susan Durfee
* Historian - Karen Tsai

-We have a terrific PTSA!!!!!

* Michael Taylor - earned the honor of "Outstanding Chemistry Student 2008" from Esperanza for his performance on the 45th annual American Chemical Society Test administered at CA State Fullerton. Michael will receive a certificate and plaque at the awards banquet at Chapman College on May 22nd. Great job Michael and Mr. Proctor - Chemistry teacher.

More Good News on College Acceptance Letters:
Jessica Friedowitz - UCI, ECSD, Chapman, NYU, Boston U; Connie Fang - UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, UCI; Jeanette Derby - Northeastern, American U., Catholic U. of America, George Mason , U of Mass-Amherst, and Syracuse; Matt Flesock - UCLA, UCSD, Cal Poly Pomona (full ride); Scott Davidson - NYU; Michael Fox - USC; Jamie Donovan - Chapman (full ride for dance); Lauren Cruz - Wesleyan U (Connecticut); Amman Desai - Penn, UC Berkeley, Harvey Mudd; and Matt True - American Music & Dramatic Academy in LA

Class of 2008 Valedictorian and Salutatorian - Congratulations to 2008 Valedictorian, Amman Desai, and Salutatorian, Laura Toy.
Esperanza's selection process focuses on the "most outstanding scholars" in the graduation class of 2008. Using their grade point average of 4.0 (unweighted), number of honors and AP courses completed and extended education experiences beyond the normal six period day each semester, both of these students have arisen to the top of the 755 seniors in the class of 2008.
* Valedictorian - Amman Desai - 52 "A's" (7 semesters) which includes 33 honors and AP classes with 752 hours community service. His current semester schedule includes 5 AP classes, orchestra, tennis and Academic Competition.
* Salutatorian - Laura Toy - 49 "A's" (7 semesters) which includes32 honors and AP classes with 829 hours of community service. Her current semester's schedule includes 6 AP classes and orchestra.
Congratulations also goes out to all of our seniors who received an "A" in every class they have taken at Esperanza.

* Brian Goldsworthy
* Anna Katz
* Cara Beth Mohlman
* Krista Perry
* Walter Ralston
* Kimberly Sommer
* Chin Yin Yau

A Big Thank You - to teachers for providing the opportunities to take the AP classes and schedule elective courses that fill their day before and after the normal school day schedule. Great job everyone!

FYI - Summer School-The postings and employment application forms for summer school teachers and classified employees are scheduled to be delivered to all district sites during the week of March 17. At that time we will post and have applications in the front office. The deadline for application submission is Friday, May 16.

2008 Summer School Schedule -

Grades 9-12 + Special Ed & Adult Trans. at Esperanza: 7:45 a.m.- 2:15 p.m. from 6/17 - 7/24
Grades 9 - 12 at Valencia: 7:45 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. from 6/17 - 7/24
At this time, we are still waiting to see who will be appointed Summer School Principal. As in the past, summer school will be held on west campus.


Attention Seniors and parents. Find out the latest information for 2008 Grad Nite planning by clicking here.

2007-2008 Placentia Yorba Linda Unified School Board Officers are -
* Judy Miller - Board President
* Carol Downey - Vice President
* Dr. Craig Olson - Clerk
* Karin Freeman - Trustee
* Jan Wagner - Trustee

US News and World Report - America's Best High Schools - Thursday, December 6, 2007 US News and World Report about American's best high school reported there are approximately 18,790 public high school in the U.S. U.S. News and World Report has attempted to rank American's best high schools using a formula produced in collaboration with School Evaluation Services, a K-12 data research and analysis business run by Standards & Poor's. They measured
*Students performance on state tests
*Disadvantaged students school performance
*Schools success in providing college-level coursework
100 top scoring schools received a "gold" recognition. 405 schools were awarded "silver" and 1086 earned "bronze". Esperanza is one of 20 Orange County High Schools to receive a "silver award". This report can be found on the newsstands this week and on the website - www.usnews.com/education. Great job everyone!

SPSA – Single Plan for Student Achievement is a yearly plan that every school must submit to O.C.D.E. The focus of the plan is on improving student achievement in key areas:
• Standards Based Instruction (Common Assessments)
• CST for Math and Language Arts
• Staff Development Programs
• Safe and Orderly Environment
• School Library and Support Program
• English Language Learner

Our SPSA is tied directly to our Focus on Learning expectations. Once our SPSA is presented for Board approval, your Department Chairs will have the report for you to review. EHS School Site Council has also reviewed our plan and Nadine, along with Harry, will present it to the District Office personnel. Then it goes to the school board. Thank you to Harry and Nadine for all their work on completing our plan.

Don’t Forget - The Yorba Linda Star newspaper is always looking for stories about our school, activities and student successes. Corinne Griffiths writes the “On Campus Column” for both the Yorba Linda Star and the Placentia News-Times. Send your articles to her email address: CorinneEscobar@Griffiths.net or fax to 714/970-1525 or call her cell phone at 714/336-2350. She is always looking for stories about our students, teachers, or staff members who are doing something related to school and/or district activities.

Counseling is presenting College Information Nights for our community.

• May 14 - College Basics - Forum Theater