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SAT Results top national average

The class of 1999 at Huntington Beach Union High School district scored

significantly higher on college admission tests than their state and

national peers.

Huntington Beach high school graduates scored an average of 1,071 on the

SAT. The national average was 1,016 and the state average 1,011.

Fountain Valley High School had the highest average SAT score at 1,103;

the lowest in the district was Westminster High School at an average of

976.

Edison High School had the highest percentage of its graduates take

college entrance exams: 80 percent. Westminster was the lowest in the

district, with only 46 percent.

Coastline Graduate Honored

The Community College League of California recently announced that

Coastline Community College graduate Tony Aguilar will be awarded the

prestigious California Community College Distinguished alumni Award for

1999 at its annual convention in San Francisco this fall.

Aguilar, who works for Southern California Edison, said his studies at

Coastline Community College greatly affected his life. “Coastline had a

major impact on my life and helped me realize I could accomplish new

heights in education, a formula which has also led me to many personal

success.”

Aguilar is a member of the Coastline College Foundation Board and hopes

to assist the institution to develop and fund other programs, which will

help students.

Donations to Fountain Valley District

Fountain Valley School District has recently received a variety of gifts

from generous donors. MacPherson Toyota made a cash donation of $50 to be

used for library upkeep. MacPherson Chevrolet made a $50 donation to

Hisamatsu Tamura Elementary school, $100 to Roch Courreges and $50 to

Isojiro Oka for a variety of uses.

The Orange County Teacher’s Federal Credit Union also gave the district a

$75 donation.

Surf City grad shines at Columbia

Columbia University in New York City recently announced its spring 1999

Deans List, which included Huntington Beach graduate Brian Brazier. The

academic honor is reserved to those who have a 3.33 grade point average.