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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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