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Helix, Grossmont Students Receive a Total of $9,000 in Healthcare District Grants
Four local preps were among dozens honored Friday morning at a meeting of the Grossmont Healthcare District governing board in La Mesa.
Four students from Helix Charter and Grossmont high schools were among dozens in the region to receive scholarships at Friday morning's meeting of the Grossmont Healthcare District board meeting.
Lina Petrosyan and Amber Dillard from Grossmont High School were honored along with Lena Quang and Angelina Yu of Helix Charter High School. Amber and Angelina won $3,000 grants, while Lina and Lena received $1,500 grants.
The district appropriated $76,500 for scholarships to be awarded to 34 graduates of high schools within its boundaries during the 2010-2011 school year.
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The scholarship money was taken from the district’s grant budget, according to CEO Barry Jantz.
Grossmont Healthcare District awarded the scholarships as a means to encourage young people to consider the health-care industry when making their career choices. The students were nominated by their schools, and each is planning to pursue a career in the health care industry at the college level.
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The winners are all June 2011 graduates who reside in the district, and each has a GPA of no less than a 3.0 (4.0 scale), which was one of the requirements for nomination.
A complete list of scholarship recipients:
School
$3,000
$1,500
Chaparral High School
Tiffany King
Lilly Simental
Christian High School
Luke Downey
Stephanie Nash
El Cajon Valley High School
Mirna Fatho
Paloma Samano
El Capitan High School
Cheyenne Shy
Kristy Wilson
Granite Hills High School
James Saelens
Courtney Scholl
Grossmont High School
Amber Dillard
Lina Petrosyan
Grossmont Middle College High School
Farangis Habibzada
Melissa Valdez
Helix High School
Angelina Yu
Lena Quang
Monte Vista High School
Clarissa Leon
Jazsmen Hilbert
Mount Miguel High School
Melissa Meneses
Geraldine Cabreros
Mountain Empire High School
Stephanie Carle
Mercedez Alvarez-Salas
Patrick Henry High School
Stephan Romero
Sean Hui
River Valley Charter School
Jack Houston
Bayann Gouda
Santana High School
Matthew Rasmusson
Tiffany LaPuebla
Steele Canyon High School
Kailyn Franz
Christopher Sirkis
Valhalla High School
Amanda Thomas
Amber Kaminsky
West Hills High School
Melissa Reed
Hana Frank
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