Report Card

Paul Clinton

Eight students at St. Bonaventure Catholic School are in line to be

honored by the city Wednesday at a special ceremony.

Mayor Debbie Cook is scheduled to present the Mayor’s Awards to

children for their academic excellence.

The awards, now in their second year, are given to eighth-graders who

appear on the school’s honor roll for 40 consecutive trimesters.

To be eligible, the children can receive no more than two B grades in

any of the three sections of the school year, with the rest being higher.

These students have made the honor roll for four years in a row, starting

in fourth grade.

Cook is scheduled to present the awards during an 8:30 a.m. ceremony

in the parish room of the school.

The eight students were part of a 75-student class.

The winners are Meaghan Carey, Christine Dingman, John Gordon,

Geoffrey Klein, Catherine Marcoly, Danielle McKellop, Kadie Montano and

Nina Vogel.

The winners will be given a city certificate recognizing their

achievement.

Wall Street wonder back on the air

Wall Street icon Louis Rukeyser has returned to KOCE-TV Channel 25

after his much-publicized flap with a Maryland-based public television

station that led to his exit.

Rukeyser returned to KOCE at 6:30 p.m. April 20 with his new show,

called “Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street,” shown back-to-back with his old

show, “Wall Street Week.”

KOCE, which is based at Golden West College, received several hundred

calls from irate viewers after Rukeyser was dismissed, a station

spokeswoman said.

“People have threatened to cancel their membership,” spokeswoman

Kathleen Yoder said. “We’ve been really deluged with calls.”

Rukeyser’s new show can be seen at 8:30 p.m. Fridays on cable station

CNBC Channel 44. KCET-TV Channel 10 has pledged to continue broadcasting

“Wall Street Week” with its new hosts in the same time slot. KOCE will

broadcast his old show at 6 p.m. Saturdays.

Seacliff Elementary School teacher honored

An Orange County nonprofit group of educators, technology companies

and other members of the science community honored a Huntington Beach

teacher as one of five recipients of an excellence award.

Christine Polomsky, the local winner, teaches first grade at

Huntington Seacliff Elementary School.

Polomsky, an eight-year veteran, has created a science resource center

to allow her students access to books and materials at any time.

Project Tomorrow, the nonprofit group, hosted an awards event on

Saturday at the Beckman Center in Irvine.

Polomsky was nominated for the award by Lynn Bogart, an assistant

superintendent with the Huntington Beach City School District.

Bogart called Polomsky an “outstanding role model.”

“As a science lead teacher, Christine has supported the district

science program and is always the first to help with any project that may

arise,” Bogart said. “She asks questions, clarifies and gets the job

done. I have great respect for her ability as a teacher, co-worker and

leader.”