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AVID Senior Recognition Event At Cal State San Bernardino Today

2009-05-07

SAN BERNARDINO - A record 1,189 Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) seniors representing 33 high schools from San Bernardino County will be honored tonight at a recognition ceremony at the California State University, San Bernardino.

They are among a record 2,951 AVID seniors in the Riverside, Inyo, Mono and San Bernardino (RIMS) region, who are graduating from high school this year.

Among the students to be honored from the four-county region will be 43 seniors who will receive scholarships from UC Riverside; Cal State San Bernardino; RIMS AVID; Gates Millennium; the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation; and QuestBridge.

AVID is an international education program that began in San Diego and targets students in the academic middle who have a willingness to work toward college acceptance. Typically, AVID students are the first in their families to attend college, and many are from low-income or minority families.

RIMS AVID is one of 11 regional programs set up in California. This year's graduating seniors from San Bernardino County reached the following goals:

• Nearly 88 percent (1,040) have been accepted to at least one four-year university, compared to 86 percent in the region (2,149 seniors);
• Thirty percent have been accepted at least to one UC school (355 seniors), matching the percentage from the four-county region (874 students);
• Eighty-one percent have been accepted to one Cal State University (960 seniors), slightly ahead of the region's 80 percent rate (2,362 seniors).

The following students earned scholarships from Cal State San Bernardino:

Alicia Agundez, Arroyo Valley; Rebekah Frazier, Cajon; Makalyla Jeffers, Norco; Chelsea Rodriguez, Corona; Netania Torrez, Ramona; Javier Villa, La Sierra; and Teresa Zabalsa, Arroyo Valley.

The following students earned scholarships from UCR:

Joanna Herrera, Pacific; and Ana Padilla, Lakeside.

The following students earned scholarships from RIMS AVID:

Delila Aguirre, Colton; Denise Cabanas, Norte Vista; Mayra Chavez, Temescal Canyon; Ana DeLaTorre, Pacific; Estefany Flores-Gutierrez, John North; Dale Fox, Cathedral City; Cindy Garcia, Perris; Ashley Harlow, Banning; Jennifer Moreno, Ramona; Ambar Pantoja, La Sierra; Guadalupe Ramirez, Bloomington; Veronica Robles, Perris; Autumn Torres, Moreno Valley; Nabil Torres, Bishop; Linda Vega, Cathedral City.

The following students will be honored as Gates Millennium Scholars:

Carlos Castellanos, Norte Vista; Alegria Granja, San Jacinto; Jonathan Trejo, Granite Hills; Briseida Uriarte, Coachella Valley.

The following students will be honored as Dell Scholars:

Genevieve Baker, Arlington; Christina Bennett, La Sierra; Violeta Carrillo Morales, Perris; Deja Cox, Vista Del Lago; Nereida Cuevas, Moreno Valley; Leonor Gaytan, Desert Mirage; Alegria Granja, San Jacinto; Lindsay Gutierrez, Desert Mirage; Lidia Miranda, Banning; Ashley Nguyen, Moreno Valley; Carla Perez, Riverside Poly; Stephanie Ramirez, Riverside Poly; Lissette Raya, San Jacinto; Dayna Williams, Moreno Valley;

Lindsay Gutierrez of Desert Mirage will receive the QuestBridge scholarship.