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Jonathan Millers received the prestigious Teacher of the Year award

7/26/2016

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Back-to-School Specials

By Irvine City News Staff
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RENDERING OF PORTOLA HIGH SCHOOL
With the new school year coming at the end of August, we checked in with the Irvine Unified School District to see what’s new as the 2016-17 school year begins.
 
 Sierra Vista Middle School History teacher Jonathan Millers received the prestigious Teacher of the Year award, worth $10,000, awarded at a National History Day Contest in Washington, D.C. The honor is bestowed upon one junior division (middle school) and one senior division (high school) teacher annually. Millers won the junior division.

Mr. Millers became eligible for the prize after winning California’s Junior Division Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year award. Mr. Millers has participated in National History Day at Sierra Vista for nine years. Once an extracurricular activity, it’s now a key part of the Sierra Vista the curriculum. Each year more than 40,000 students from 28 counties in California explore historical topics and create History Day projects that are entered in school, district, and county competitions. County champions advance to the annual statewide contest, which includes more than 1,200 participants. Congratulations Mr. Millers!
 
 Qualified Irvine residents have until 4 p.m. on Aug. 10 to apply to be a member of the Measure E Citizens Oversight Committee. The $319 million bond passed in June, and state law requires an oversight group of local citizens to provide transparency and maintain public confidence in the use of Measure E bond funds.

The committee will meet quarterly, with all meetings conducted in the evenings, after work hours, and open to the public. Membership is voluntary, there’s no pay, and members must be at least 18 years of age.

Applicants must commit to a two-year term of service and live or own property within the School Facilities Improvement District (SFID) boundaries, a map of which are available at: http://iusd.org/documents/IUSDSFIDMap2.pdf

To apply: Email to MeasureE@iusd.org (Subject Line: Citizens Oversight Committee Application); Fax to 949-936-5259 (Att: Citizens Oversight Committee); Mail or hand-delivered to 5050 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA 92604 (Att: Citizens Oversight Committee)

 With two new schools set to open in Irvine in late August (Beacon Park School and Portola High School), Irvine Unified School District is busy planning ahead to meet the needs of new students in the area.

Construction is underway for Eastwood Elementary School, following a groundbreaking ceremony in June. The $21.4 million school is scheduled to be ready for students in August 2017, and will serve up to about 1,000 K-6 students from the recently opened Eastwood Village community.
 
 And the IUSD School Board approved the location of a second K-8 school in the Great Park Neighborhoods. With projections showing that by 2019 the new Beacon Park School may be at or near its 1,000-student capacity for K-8 students, the Board approved a second 1,000-student K-8 school, set to open in 2019. The board chose a site that’s adjacent to a completed street (Cadence Ave.) on an already roughly graded lot with utilities completed in the area as well, advantages an alternate site lacked. The approved site for the as-yet unnamed school is between a proposed park, planned homes and the original proposed Veterans Cemetery site (which is perhaps another reason to consider the proposed alternate site).

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Irvine's National Merit Scholars

7/26/2016

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Irvine's National Merit Scholars

By ​Irvine City News staff
Though school has been out for a while now, students from Irvine Unified School District schools are still earning awards and scholarships. Among the most prestigious are National Merit Scholarships, which can be awarded from companies and foundations, individual schools and from National Merit Scholarship Corp.’s own funds. Here are some of Irvine’s most meritorious scholars!
 
Corporate-Sponsored Scholarships:

Evan Cui
Woodbridge H. S.
Probable Career Field: Business Administration
Allergan Foundation Scholarship

Jean Jade Fang
Woodbridge H. S.
Probable Career Field: Biology
Siemens Corp. Scholarship

Yiling Kao
University H. S.
Probable Career Field: Undecided
Siemens Corp. Scholarship

Hope Lee
Woodbridge H. S.
Probable Career Field: Mechanical Engineering
Allergan Foundation Scholarship

Charles P. Li
Northwood H. S.
Probable Career Field: Computer Science
Parker Hannifin Scholarship

Allie Pai
Northwood H. S.
Probable Career Field: Design
Boeing Scholarship

Jonathan C. Thai
Northwood H. S.
Probable Career Field: Business Management
Boeing Scholarship

Jason Wang
Woodbridge H. S.
Probable Career Field: Engineering
Siemens Corp. Scholarship

Evan Yu
University H. S.
Probable Career Field: Mechanical Engineering
National Merit Siemens Corp. Scholarship

Richard A. Yu
Northwood H. S.
Probable Career Field: Biology
Parker Hannifin Scholarship
 
National Merit-Sponsored Scholarships:

Michael L. Chang
Arnold O. Beckman H. S.
Probable Career Field: Business
National Merit $2500 Scholarship

James Z. Gui
University H. S.
Probable Career Field: Computer Science
National Merit $2500 Scholarship

Annabel H. Lee
Northwood H. S.
Probable Career Field: Molecular Biology
National Merit $2500 Scholarship

Amrit K. Rau
Northwood H. S.
Probable Career Field: Applied Mathematics
National Merit $2500 Scholarship

Kevin C. Tsao
Arnold O. Beckman H. S.
Probable Career Field: Computer Science
National Merit $2500 Scholarship

Andy C. Zhou
Northwood H. S.
Probable Career Field: Medicine
National Merit $2500 Scholarship

University-Sponsored Scholarships:

David Hsiou
Irvine H. S.
Probable Career Field: Pediatric Neurosurgery
Baylor University Scholarship

Annie C. Lee
Northwood H. S.
Probable Career Field: Occupational Therapy
University of Southern California Scholarship

Alyssa Liang
University H. S.
Probable Career Field: Medicine
Baylor University Scholarship

Tiffany Jade Lu
Northwood H. S.
Probable Career Field: Business
Southern Methodist University Scholarship

Soobin Park
Arnold O. Beckman H. S.
Probable Career Field: Music
Vanderbilt University Scholarship

Alyssa M. Rudin
University H. S.
Probable Career Field: Commercial Banking
University of Chicago Scholarship

Simran Singh
Arnold O. Beckman H. S.
Probable Career Field: Medicine
University of Southern California Scholarship

Rebecca J. Suh
Irvine H. S.
Probable Career Field: Public Policy
University of Southern California Scholarship

Michael Wong
Woodbridge H. S.
Probable Career Field: Medicine
University of Southern California Scholarship
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Kiwon Yun
Northwood H. S.
Probable Career Field: Political Science
University of Southern California Scholarship
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