Dr. Sheliah Burnette-Lyle was named the new director of Student Services of the San Mateo Union High School District. She will oversee matters from counseling, student health and wellness programs as well as attendance. Burnette-Lyle served in a similar role in South Carolina previously.
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Cassandra Tse and Monica Ota of Foster City; Erica Gonzalez Palafox and Tyler Hsieh of Menlo Park; Madison Brown-Moffitt of Redwood City; Bowie He and Sebastian Sutjipto of San Bruno; Alexandra Patawaran and Claire Phillips of San Mateo; Sofia Cosenza of Burlingame; and Lilian Recinos of South San Francisco were elected to the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi at their respective colleges.
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Almarah Urman of Foster City was named a tour guide at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania.
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Samantha Kavich of San Mateo, Colin Welter of Belmont, Saya Elisofon of Menlo Park, Navarin Pirachai of Burlingame, Benjamin Putney of Woodside, Prerna Sharma of San Carlos, Emma Buck of Menlo Park, Amanda Marcos of Redwood City, and Aidan Brown of Pacifica were named to the dean’s list at Emerson College in Massachusetts for earning GPAs of 3.7 or higher.
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Central Elementary of the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District; Brisbane Elementary of the Brisbane Elementary School District; Hoover Elementary and Roosevelt Elementary of the Burlingame School District; North Hillsborough, West Hillsborough and South Hillsborough schools of the Hillsborough City Elementary School District; Monticello Elementary of the Jefferson Elementary School District; Meadows Elementary of Millbrae School District; Brittan Acres Elementary and Mariposa of San Carlos School District; and the North Start Academy of the Redwood City School District, were named to the 2025 California Distinguished Schools list.
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Leslie Castillo Ortiz of South San Francisco was named to the dean’s list at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Florida for earning academic success.
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Xavier Francisco Andrade of San Mateo graduated from Luther College in Iowa with a degree in communication studies and political science.
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The robots team from Junípero Serra High School will be competing at the 2025 World Championship in Texas after coming in second at the competitive Silicon Valley Regional competition. The robots team is ranked in the top 3% of robotics competition teams globally this year.
Class Notes is a column dedicated to school news. It is compiled by education reporter Ana Mata. You can contact her at ana@smdailyjournal.com.
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