The San Carlos School District announced Sheila Brar as its new director of Health and Wellness.Â
Sheila Brar
Brar has a master’s degree in public health, with a focus on health policy and programs. She comes to the district with more than a decade of experience in quality improvement, community health programs, health education, and community engagement. Much of her previous work has focused on youth health, including immunization tracking and compliance, interventions and policies to reduce the burden of childhood asthma, and tobacco cessation research and education. She has also spent the last six years as a member of the San Mateo County Behavioral Health Commission, advocating for and providing oversight for the expansion of youth mental health programs and policies.
Sheila will support the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the district’s PK-eight health and wellness program to improve the health and wellness of all students and staff at each school site in the district. This position is funded through a grant partnership with the Sequoia Healthcare District.
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Wei-Hsien Yang of Foster City was named to the Dean’s List at the University of Maryland in Adelphi, Maryland, for earning a grade point average of 3.5 or above.Â
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Redwood City’s Nathan Talakai was named to the Dean’s List at Saginaw Valley State University in University Center, Michigan, for earning a GPA of 3.4 or above.Â
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Ayda Aricanli, Avery Herrod, Sunny Peng, Kyle Tomlinson and Sarah Tomlinson of Atherton; Carmen Bechtel, Aly Gregory, Zoe Gregory and Juliana Rose of Woodside; Claire Becker, Sasha Bellack, Andrew Dodson, Liam Drew, Nathan Liao, Sofia Seto and Rohan Valia of Redwood City; Julianna Birn, Jane Brockett, Parker Chandik, Matthew Chriss, Natalie Dell’Immagine, Gigi Edwards, Evelyn Hsy and Phoebe Wong of Menlo Park; Helena Fu and Lizzie Pimentel of Belmont; Beto Gonzalez Cabrera of East Palo Alto; Meg Grieve, Isabella Hammond, Isabelle Ho, Lauryn Horita, Emily Leschin, Jaden Richardson, Lloyd Walter and Zoe Yang of San Mateo; Isabella Hammond, Camille Lu and Bennett True of Hillsborough; Meghan Kelly of Millbrae; Malia Leung, Georgia Power, Sarah Stampleman, Madison Verner, Tyler Wong and Lauren Wu of San Carlos; Jonah Levie of Pacifica; Rianna Liu, Carissa Wang, Chris Yen and Eric Yin of Foster City; Josie Miller of Montara; Leah Nelson and Clarke Taylor of Portola Vally; and Gavin Weinstein and Elika Wilson of Burlingame were named to the Dean’s List at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, for earning GPAs of 3.4 or above.Â
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Luke Maxwell of San Carlos was named to the fall 2023 Dean’s List at Emerson College in Boston, for earning a GPA or 3.7 or above.
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Will Maxwell of San Carlos was named to the Fall 2023 Dean’s List at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo for earning a GPA of 3.5 or above.Â
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Will Frank, Arthur Powers and Kirby Saligo of Burlingame; Tal Larsen of El Granada; Elise Hayek of Emerald Hills; Reva Sathe, Zev Oberstein of Foster City; Zane Smith, Austen Dollente and Andrew Dollente of Menlo Park; Maya Teng of Redwood City; Mateo Alves of San Bruno; Matthew Campbell of San Carlos; and Javier Amaro of San Mateo were named to the Dean’s List at the Rochester Institute of Technology for earning a GPA of 3.4 or above.Â
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Afa Sanft and Venise Sanft of East Palo Alto, both student athletes at the American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts, were named to the Athletic Director’s 3.0 club for earning GPAs of 3.0 or above.Â
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Angela Costa of San Mateo and Samantha Lo of Burlingame were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s most selective collegiate honor society, at the University of Southern California.
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Mahzad Dehghany of Redwood City graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison with a doctorate of philosophy and chemistry Dec. 17, 2023.
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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