JeNora Lewis was named the new principal of Middle College and Peninsula High School in the San Mateo Union High School District, and will begin in her position July 1. Lewis will be the instructional leader of both the Middle College program which is an alternative high school program in which students take courses at the College of San Mateo for dual credit, as well as the district’s continuation high school in Burlingame. Both programs cater to the district’s students with particularly unique needs.
“For over 25 years I have dedicated my time, passion, and voice to cases and commitments that empower and uplift,” Lewis said in a press release. “I am driven by education’s ability to heal.”
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Chloe Thorbrogger of San Mateo, Jack Taylor of Millbrae and Molly Buddie of Redwood City graduated from the University of Georgia.
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William Berger, Audrey Cousin, Mitchell Feldman, Manya Sinvhal Kumar and Mason Cao of Carlmont High School; David Meng of Burlingame High School; Andrew Dong of Aragon High School; Trisha Sabadra of San Mateo High School; Rohan Dalal and Katherine Yang of Crystal Spring Uplands School; Dylan Pu and Natalie Sepulveda of The Nueva School; Lilah Chen and Celine Chien of Menlo-Atherton High School; Astra Adams, Kate Stevenson and Madeline Lee of Woodside High School; Andrew Duh of Woodside Priory School; Christine Chang of Sequoia High School; and Mackenzie Joelle Chan of Design Tech High School were awarded the National Merit $2,500 Scholarship.
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Matthew Kearns of Daly City was named to president’s list at the University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky for earning a 4.0 GPA
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Emily Peng of Aragon High School was named a winner of the Princeton Prize in Race Relations for advancing racial equity or promoting racial understanding in Peng’s school and community. Peng is on of two Bay Area high schoolers who received the prize and associated $2,500 scholarship.
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Zion Kolodynski-Darby of Redwood City graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business management from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania.
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Alexander Ewald of San Mateo graduated with honors from the University of Central Oklahoma with a Master of Education degree.
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Daniel Chu of San Mateo will be the student commencement speaker for Worcester State University’s graduation this spring. Chu is earning his degree in business administration and is being recognized for his resiliency overcoming a serious injury and securing a financial analyst position in Seattle.
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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