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AVID Write-Off Ceremony Regional Winners Honored

2009-03-19

SAN BERNARDINO - Seven regional award winners from Riverside and San Bernardino counties will be honored at the 10th annual RIMS Advancement Via Individual Determination Write-Off Ceremony on March 19 at the University of Redlands Chapel.

Students in grades 6-12 from AVID programs in San Bernardino, Riverside, Inyo, and Mono counties participated in this year's Write-Off, a timed-essay writing contest that is modeled after the University of California's Analytical Writing Exam. Each of the 72 middle and 70 high school sites submitted one entry per grade level (668 total entries).

The following students will be recognized as regional winners:

12th-grader: Tiphanie Gardner of Murrieta Valley High School in Murrieta Valley;

11th-grader: Miguel Ramirez of West Valley High School in Hemet;

10th-grade: Sahil Bawa of Nova Meridian Academy in Colton;

Ninth-grader: Jennifer Capp of Kaiser High School in Fontana;

Eighth-grader: Rachael Justis of Terrace Hills Middle School in Grand Terrace;

Seventh-grader: Mason Figge of Shivela Middle in Murrieta Valley;

Sixth-grader: Kristen Adams of Apple Valley Middle in Apple Valley.

The featured speaker at the Write-Off ceremony will be history teacher Todd Anton of Heritage School of Phelan in the Snowline Joint Unified School District. He has compiled an extensive collection of oral history of World War II veterans, which he included in his book, "No Greater Love." He wrote a second book, titled, "When Baseball Went to War."