Graduating seniors with 4.0 GPA receive kudos
Graduating seniors with 4.0 GPA receive kudos
By: Carol Holmes
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Posted by editor Tue Nov 30, 1999 00:00:00 PST
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0 responses 1 comment To have a 4.0 grade point average for one quarter is impressive, to have a 4.0 for a year is great, but to maintain a 4.0 throughout all four years of high school is nothing short of phenomenal.
At the second annual 4.0 Recognition Dinner hosted by the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce, six Tehachapi High School students were honored last week for being phenomenal.
Leeland Harold Bergeron, Amanda Leigh Carroll, John Patrick Lane , Robert J. Maxwell, Lauryn Marette Stone and Catherine Julee Whitlach are all ending their high school career with a 4.0 GPA.
However, when the chamber’s chairman, Pete Sturn, asked each student their actual Grade Point Average, each exceeded the 4.0.
Sturn told the students that if they had younger brothers or sisters, those siblings have a lot to strive for to meet the accomplishments of those being honored that night.
Leeland, who is graduating with a 4.3 and will be the co-valedictorian, has met that challenge by following in the foot- steps of three older siblings who have been valedictorians.
Guest speaker Mayor Ed Grimes praised the students and told them his greatest passion is education because of the positive impact it had on his life.
“Education isn’t costly,” he said. “Ignorance is costly. Ignorance is something you can do something about.”
He gave the students three principals to guide their lives:
• Set your priorities
• Be determined in what you are going to to
• Have vision
Grimes said the world is made up of visionary people and encouraged all students to have vision.
The students received congratulations from Tehachapi Unified School District Superintendent Marian Stephens; Rex Moen, representing Senator Roy Ashburn’s office; Treva Elliott, representing Assemblyman Kevin McCarthy; Supervisor Don Maben; Grimes and Ida Rennie, president of the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce.
“We wanted to honor students who achieve academically,” Rennie said. “You are our future leaders.”
While each parent was pleased to discuss their child’s academic abilities, a common thread ran through their comments: Each student had always been excited about learning.
Robert’s mother, Cherie Maxwell, said he knew his alphabet by the time he was 18 months old. Nevertheless, she said he always studied very hard.
Sponsors of the dinner were Albertsons, Bank of the West, Law Office of Phillip H. Darling and the Tehachapi News.
The supporters were ’hachapi Tees, M&M Sports, Uniforms & Embroidery and The Apple Shed Restaurant.
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Sun May 28, 2006 08:30:35 PDT
Very Impressive! Good Luck in all your endeavors. Young people like yourselves are an example to your peers and it proves that if you put in the effort you can be successful in high school. It is nice to know that not all kids goof around in school.
