Class Notes: Feb. 17, 2024

The Global Seal of Biliteracy offers three levels of certification — functional, working and professional fluency — in more than 100 languages and has been recognized in more than 30 countries and five continents, according to the release. 

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Mohammad Bakir, Michael Dinh and Jesse Ebinger Chavez of South San Francisco; Daniel Basman, Soumya Bhaumik, Jason Li, Victor Jiang and Amit Singh of Foster City; Will Bottrell, Tracy Duong, Jasmine Lau and Aleena Narithookil of San Mateo; Elaine Chen, Xiaofang Chu and Nardeep Singh Raja of Burlingame; Wei Guo, Varun Hegde, Fabian Rigterink, Tony Shen, Yanlin Wu, Renjing Yin and Haoran Zhang of Redwood City; Jason Ho of Belmont; Terrence Ho of Millbrae; and Sagar Phadkule and Blake Sanie of Menlo Park graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology this fall semester. 

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Menlo Park’s Alexandra Smith graduated from  the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota, with a degree in physical therapy. 

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Kamryn Cochran of Redwood City and Maya Grant of Half Moon Bay were named to the Dean’s List at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, for earning grade point averages of 3.5 or above. 

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Lauren Hodgson of Portola Valley and Taylor Matel of Redwood City were named to the Dean’s List at Linfield University in McMinnville, Oregon, for earning GPAs of 3.65 or above. 

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Talia Tokheim of San Carlos was named to the Dean’s List at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska, for earning a GPA of 3.6 or above. 

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Benjamin Antupit, Natalie Leigh and Isabela Sugden from San Carlos; Wyatt Binnard and John Neth from Belmont; Jonathan Blecherman, Henry Seeger and Sage Ugras from Menlo Park; Alexandr Zilberleyb from Foster City; Evan Demas from Portola Valley; Kate Dobson from Atherton; Adam Kalayjian from Redwood City; Nico Paoli from San Mateo and Katherine Tse from San Bruno were named to the Dean’s List at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, in honor of their academic excellence. 

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Talia Weinstein of Burlingame and McKenna Whyte-Shearer of San Mateo were named to the President’s List and Dean’s List at the University of Hartford for earning GPAs of 3.75 or above. 

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Pacifica’s Jeffrey Lei was named to the Dean’s List at the Georgia Institute of Technology for earning GPAs of 3.0 or above. 

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Ian Kwuan of Hillsborough and Viresh Pati of Woodside earned faculty honors at the Georgia Institute of Technology for earning GPAs of 4.0 or above. 

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Redwood City’s Alexander Maurry was named to the Dean’s List at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts, for earning a GPA of 3.5 or above. 

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Charles Ireland of Half Moon Bay, Allyson Chin of San Bruno and Leon Chow of Menlo Park earned spots on the Dean’s List at Purchase College in Purchase, New York, for earning GPAs of 3.5 or above. 

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Foster City’s Almarah Urman was named to the Dean’s List at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, for earning a GPA of 3.5 or above. 

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Taylor Bartels of Woodside and Garret Keyhani of Hillsborough earned spots on the Dean’s List at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, for earning GPAs of 3.5 or above. 

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Catherine Bussani of San Bruno was named to the Dean’s List at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, for earning a GPA of 3.5 or above. 

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Samantha Kavich and Daniel Conway of San Mateo; Allister Loftus and Liam Higgins of Emerald Hills; Anneka O’Brien of Half Moon Bay; Colin Welter of Belmont; Saya Elisofon of Menlo Park; Benjamin Putney of Woodside; Prerna Sharma and Luke Maxwell of San Carlos; Emma Buck of Menlo Park; and Josephine Fontana of Burlingame were named to the Dean’s List at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, for earning GPAs of 3.7 or above.

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Natalie Hoang of Daly City and Amanda Perry of San Mateo were named to the Dean’s List at Clark University in recognition of their academic excellence. 

Class Notes is a column dedicated to school news. It is compiled by education reporter Sierra Lopez. You can contact her at sierra@smdailyjournal.com.