Disney resort honors 2 Costa Mesa students

Two Newport-Mesa Unified School District students were recently

honored by the Disneyland Resort as part of its Creative Arts Scholarship

Program.

Jessica Arias of Estancia High School and Niall Huffman of Costa Mesa

High School were selected for their outstanding achievements in the

visual and performing arts disciplines.

Each student received a $1,000 scholarship, which was awarded to them

during a school-sponsored recognition function last month.

Consideration for the scholarship was based on the completion of a

preliminary selection process conducted by the student’s respective

district and concluding with a final round of interviews and an artistic

demonstration.

Winners were selected from a panel of judges from the Orange County

fine arts community.

For the 2001-02 school year, the resort’s second year of sponsoring

the program, 31 students were awarded the scholarship, totaling $28,500.