Scholarly students

Editor’s note: This corrects an earlier version.

Corissa Chang

Corona del Mar High School

GPA: 4.47

School Activities/Clubs:

AP classes taken: psychology; world history; chemistry; English language; calculus BC; music theory; environmental science; physics C - mechanics; art history; statistics; government; economics -macro; English literature

Community:

Black belt - Kung Fu; competed in an international competition in China.

Began a gift card business that sold more than $50,000 and donated the profits to children in Third World countries.

Founder of World Love Organization

President of Key Club

Honors:

Played piano for more than 10 years, Certificate of Merit-Advanced

College Plans:

Decision pending.

Scholarships:

UC Davis Regents Scholar

UC Henley Scholarship

Ryan Albert

Newport Harbor High School

GPA: 4.41

School Activities/Clubs:

Member of the baseball program since freshman year

Community:

Friendship Circle – received the Chabad award for helping children with special needs. Also, I started a baseball club for children with special needs. Directed and coached the program for the last four years.

Honors:

AP Scholar with Distinction

NHHS Honor Roll

2009 Under Armor Pre-season All American Selection for baseball

Employment:

Tutor in math and science

College Plans:

Princeton (and will play baseball)

Marissa Cummings

Corona del Mar High School

GPA: 4.57

School Activities/Clubs:

Peer Assistance Leadership – four-year member

National Honor Society

Cross-country – captain and four-year varsity letterman

Track and field – varsity

Community:

Newport Beach Trick-or-Treat for Unicef – coordinator

Newport Beach Sister City Assn.; Youth Board member and international ambassador

Interests:

Photography

Travel

Snowboarding

College Plans:

Princeton University

Austin Deyan

Newport Harbor High School

GPA: 4.42

School Activities/Clubs:

Varsity basketball

Invisible Children Club

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

National Honor Society

Community:

Boys & Girls Club basketball coach

VIP Soccer

United in Harmony

Honors:

AP Scholar with Distinction

National Merit Commended Student

Employment:

National Junior Basketball Scorekeeper

College Plans:

Stanford University or UCLA

Kelsey Davis

Corona del Mar High School

GPA: 4.4

School Activities/Clubs:

AP classes taken: statistics; government/economics; Spanish; composition/literature; biology; U.S. history; world history; English language

Tennis – junior varsity three years, varsity one year

Community:

Environmental Nature Center – volunteer

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian – candy-striper

College Plans:

UCLA or UC Berkeley

Morgan Fabian

Newport Harbor High School

GPA: 4.36

School Activities/Clubs:

Student Political Action Committee (SPAC)

Junior Statesman of America

Lacrosse – four years (three years varsity)

Volleyball – freshman year

Cross-Country – sophomore year

CSF member

Community:

Share Ourselves – various projects such as Festival of the Trees

Volunteering for Pop Warner Football

Children’s Lifesaving Foundation

Honors:

“Best All Around” for 2010 Senior Class

NHHS Student of the Year Nominee, Science (2009)

AP Scholar with Honor (2009)

Girl’s Lacrosse All-Sunset League 2nd Team (2009)

California State Assembly Certificate of Recognition: Excellence in the Arts (2007)

Employment:

Academic tutor: math, science and English

Retail Sales Associate July 2008 to October 2009

College Plans:

Undecided, but accepted to: UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Michigan and still waiting to hear from a couple of others.

David Fink

Corona del Mar High School

GPA: 4.49

School Activities/Clubs:

Tennis – varsity

Mock Trial – vice president

Academic Mentoring Program

Business Club – co-president

AP classes taken: world history; U.S. history; biology; calculus AB; Spanish; English language; government; economics; physics; art history; statistics; English literature

Community:

Newport Beach City Youth Council

Employment:

City of Newport Beach – fiscal clerk, Revenue Department

College Plans:

UC Berkeley or Emory University

Gwendolyn Gaylord

Newport Harbor High School

GPA: 4.28

School Activities/Clubs:

President of Global Outreach Club

National Honors Society

Ambassadors Club

Varsity track and field

Community:

Tutor children through Lighthouse Ministries

Mission work in Honduras

Youth soccer coach

Honors:

AP Scholar with Distinction

Academic Letter

Employment:

N/A

College Plans:

UC Berkeley or University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Bryn Hastings

Corona del Mar High School

GPA: 4.6

School Activities/Clubs:

Volleyball – varsity and club

National Honor Society

Fellowship of Christian Athletes – president

Boys Hope Girls Hope Club – founder

AP classes taken: European history; psychology; chemistry; U.S. history; English; government/economics; statistics; calculus

Community:

Boys Hope Girls Hope – community volunteer

Mariner’s Church Childrens Ministry volunteer

Homebuilding volunteer in Rojo Gomez Mexico

Been There, Done That Tutoring - founder

Honors:

Wells Fargo Academic Scholarship

College Plans:

Georgetown

Rebecca Gula

Newport Harbor High School

GPA: 4.35

School Activities/Clubs:

Member of the NHHS Young Democrats Club

Equestrian for more than 10 years

Competitive pianist

Honors:

Completion of 10 levels of Certificate of Merit (Piano) with honors

Employment:

Ruby’s Diner on 17th St. as hostess/cashier

College Plans:

Deciding between the University of Washington, UCLA, UC Berkeley and Occidental with a major in business and marketing

Ryan Ho

Corona del Mar High School

GPA: 4.45

School Activities/Clubs:

Club Fusion (Anti-Tobacco) Club

Environmental Awareness Club

Philosophy Club

Track and field – long jump and triple jump

AP classes taken: world history; biology; English composition; calculus BC; chemistry; environmental science; U.S. history

Employment:

Real estate – shadowed a Realtor

College Plans:

UCLA

Daniel Hurley

Newport Harbor High School

GPA: 4.38

School Activities/Clubs:

Cross-country – freshman

Baseball – four years

Tack

ACIS: School trip to Germany, Austria, Czech, Hungary

FCA – Leadership

Invisible Children

Community:

Boy Scouts

Eagle Service Projects

Honors:

Eagle Scout

Daily Pilot Athlete of the week for baseball

National Youth Leadership Conference

Who’s Who in American English

Who’s Who in High School Seniors

AP Scholar with Distinction

Employment:

Tutoring

College Plans:

UC San Diego – major neuroscience and physiology; minor psychology

Allegra Margolis

Corona del Mar High School

GPA: 4.4

School Activities/Clubs:

Yearbook – editor-in-chief

Human Relations Council – co-president

National Honor Society

Club Soccer, nine years

AP classes taken: physics; calculus BC; English literature; Spanish; macroeconomics; government; English language; U.S. history; chemistry; world history

Honors:

PTA Reflections, first runner up, sophomore year

Girl Scout Gold Award

Employment:

TriZetto – intern

College Plans:

University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School of Business)

Julie Kapelke

Newport Harbor High School

GPA: 4.42

School Activities/Clubs:

Ambassadors Club

JSA

National Honors Society

Peace of India

Environmental Studies Club

Field hockey

Soccer

Lacrosse

Community:

Volunteered as junior naturalist at Environmental Nature Center

Someone Cares Soup Kitchen

Honors:

AP Scholar with Distinction

California Scholarship Federation member

Academic Excellence Award

National Honors Society – treasurer

CIF champion for field hockey

Employment:

N/A

College Plans:

Probably UC Berkeley – plan to study genetics and get my doctorate and become a research scientist

Danna Moustafa

Corona del Mar High School

GPA: 4.5

School Activities/Clubs:

Peer Assistance Leadership

National Honor Society

Appreciating Diversity Day, coordinator

AP classes taken: world history; biology; calculus BC & AD; U.S. history; chemistry; English language; physics; English literature; government/economics; statistics; psychology

Community:

Medical/clinical research assistant

Junior Auxiliary Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian – president

Honors:

Auxiliary of Hoag Hospital Scholarship

UC Berkeley Regents Scholarship

USC Presidential Scholarship

College Plans:

Brown or Duke

Benjamin Lewis

Newport Harbor High School

GPA: 4.48

School Activities/Clubs:

Cross-country and track team captain

Juniors Statesmen of America member

National Ambassadors member

Community:

Volunteered with local charities including Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, Boys Hope Girls Hope and Families Forward

Honors:

AP Scholar with Distinction

UCI Academic Talent Search

Employment:

Summer job with Play-Well TEKnologies, a company that uses project-based programs designed to teach principles and methods of engineering to kindergarten through fifth grade, utilizing LEGO.

College Plans:

Engineering at UC Berkeley

Azadeh Nazemi

Corona del Mar High School

GPA: 4.48

School Activities/Clubs:

National Honor Society – vice president

Human Relations Council

Club P.O.I.S.E. – president

Soccer – varsity letter

Tennis – varsity letter

Community:

Candy-striping

Honors:

UCLA Regents Scholarship

UCLA Alumni Scholarship

College Plans:

UCLA or UC Berkeley

Dana Lowry

Newport Harbor High School

GPA: 4.33

School Activities/Clubs:

Co-president of National Honors Society

Community:

Tutor elementary and junior high students at the Minnie Street facility in Santa Ana

Honors:

Academic Letter and Pin

Student of the Semester for AP Language – junior year

Employment:

N/A

College Plans:

Either UCLA or Tulane University and I plan to major in international relations

Elizabeth Nguyen

Corona del Mar High School

GPA: 4.52

School Activities/Clubs:

Pianist – Top 2% Musicians in the state

Music Students’ Service League – founder and president

National Honor Society – secretary

Tennis – varsity three years; captain

AP classes taken: physics; chemistry; calculus BC; Spanish; government; macroeconomics; biology; English language; English literature; world history; U.S. history; statistics

Community:

Tobacco-Use Prevention – four-year board member of the California Youth Advocacy Network; spokeswoman for the California Youth Advocacy Network

Hoag Hospital – four-year candy-striper

Honors:

Pacific Coast League Sportsmanship Award

2050 Elks Lodge Most Valuable Student (Region A)

2010 Disneyland Resort Scholarship

2009 Erich Jenkins Memorial Youth Advocate of the Year Scholarship

2010 Toshiba Classic Scholarship

College Plans:

Northwestern University

Brooke Nelson

Newport Harbor High School

GPA: 4.41

School Activities/Clubs:

Co-president and co-founder of Peace of India Club

Co-president of International Ambassadors Club

National Honors Society

Varsity field hockey – three years – Tournament of Champions winner two years in a row

Varsity track – two years

Community:

St. Andrews Youth Group

Children’s Home Society

Earthwatch Research – volunteered in New Jersey with Diamondback Terrapin turtles

Honors:

NHHS Academic Excellence Award

Honors English Student of the Quarter – sophomore year

Student of the Year Nominee in Foreign Language – sophomore year

AP Scholar with Honors

CSF

Employment:

N/A

College Plans:

Stanford

Ashkan Salamati-Pour

Corona del Mar High School

GPA: 4.53

School Activities/Clubs:

Water polo – varsity

Swimming – varsity

Taekwondo – black belt

AP classes taken: biology; world history; Spanish; art history; U.S. history; environmental science; English language; economics; American government/politics; physics; English literature; calculus BC

Community:

Research – neurobiology

Medical clinic volunteer

Emergency Room internship

Zoroastrian Community Service Group

Honors:

UC Berkeley Scholarship

College Plans:

UC Berkeley

Robert Puncel

Newport Harbor High School

GPA: 4.45

School Activities/Clubs:

Marching Band – drum major

Jazz Band

Cross-country and track

National Honors Society

Community:

Boy Scouts

Helped renovate portions of Back Bay Bike Trail

Built cabinetry for the new NHHS Band Room and raised $1,000 for the project

Honors:

Eagle Scout

National Merit Scholarship Finalist

AP Scholar with Distinction

Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award

USC Trustee Scholarship

Employment:

N/A

College Plans:

USC – planning to pursue computer science

Rene Slykhous

Corona del Mar High School

GPA: 4.45

School Activities/Clubs:

Clothing the Gap Club – founder

Cross-country

AP classes taken: world history; art history; U.S. government; English language; macroeconomics; English literature; biology; environmental science; psychology; calculus BC; statistics

Community:

Wrote a novel

Photographer

College Plans:

Undecided

Lauren Rojas

Newport Harbor High School

GPA: 4.29

School Activities/Clubs:

Varsity field hockey – three years, captain this last season

Varsity lacrosse – three years

Field hockey – one year

Community:

International Princess Project – organization that helps with major fundraising events

Girls Inc.

Honors:

National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar

Student of the Year Nominee for Mathematics

Captain of varsity field hockey team – All Tournament Team 2008

Sunset All-League Selection Team 2008 and 2009

Scholar Athlete

Honor Roll – four years

Employment:

Medical Legal Management – summer 07-09 (typed patient histories)

College Plans:

Undecided at this time. Top two choices are UCLA and Duke University, but still waiting to hear from other schools

Kristy Tsai

Corona del Mar High School

GPA: 4.4

School Activities/Clubs:

Make-A-Wish Club – vice president and secretary

French Club – vice president

Academic Decathlon – four years

Tennis – four years

AP classes taken: U.S. history; French; biology; English language

Community:

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian – candy-striper three years

Cancer Center – chairwoman and vice president

Triple Dot Corporation – intern

College Plans:

UC Berkeley

Christopher Segerblom

Newport Harbor High School

GPA: 4.36

School Activities/Clubs:

National Honors Society

Junior Statesmen of America

NHHS Davinci Academy

Four – time varsity sailing team – team captain 2009-10

Cross-country – freshman and sophomore years

Basketball team – sophomore year

Community:

Volunteer basketball coach – Boys & Girls Club

Teach beginning sailing and “At risk” Sailing programs at Orange Coast College as volunteer

2009 Junior Commodore at Newport Harbor Yacht Club

Honors:

National AP Scholar

National Honors Society

2009-10 US Olympic Sailing Development team member

Employment:

Junior Sailing Instructor at the NH Yacht Club (2008 to present)

Part-time sailing instructor at OCC School of Sailing & Seamanship

College Plans:

Attending Yale University

David Vu

Corona del Mar High School

GPA: 4.42

School Activities/Clubs:

Tennis – varsity, captain

Youth and Government Board Award, 2009-10

Academic Mentoring Program

Music Students Service League

National Honor Society

Youth and Government; Gold Senator

Science Olympiad

AP classes taken: world history; U.S. history; statistics; calculus AB and BC; biology; chemistry; art history; government; macroeconomics

Community:

MTAC Piano Certificate of Merit

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian – candy-striper

Honors:

Academic Letter with Honors

AP Scholar with Distinction

AP U.S. history – 3 VMA Awards

California Scholarship Federation

College Plans:

UCLA

Megan Spicer

Newport Harbor High School

GPA: 4.26

School Activities/Clubs:

Fellowship of Christian Athletes – leader for three years

International Ambassadors Club – vice president

Peace of India Club – secretary

Volleyball for three years

Community:

Vacation Bible School Guide

Tutor at the Minnie Street Learning Center – fourth- and fifth-grade students

Mission trips: Building homes in Mexico and helping the homeless in San Francisco

Honors:

AP Scholar with Honors

California Scholarship Federation

Academic Letter and Pin (four years)

Employment:

Mariners Church Bookstore for a little more than a year

College Plans:

Accepted to: Azusa Pacific, Point Loma Nazarene University, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and UCLA. Will be attending UCLA as a pre-psychology major

Sebastien Welch

Corona del Mar High School

GPA: 4.4

School Activities/Clubs:

National Honor Society – president

Mock Trial – four years; captain for two years

Cross-country – varsity four years

Track and field – captain for two years

Soccer – varsity

Brainwave – two years; captain one year

Global Leadership Conference

AP classes taken: world history; U.S. history; English language; French; biology; English literature; art history; government/economics; statistics

College Plans:

Berkeley

Hannah Toohey

Newport Harbor High School

GPA: 4.25

School Activities/Clubs:

ASB for three years

Tennis team for four years

Varsity tennis captain senior year

Track and field team for three years

Newport-Mesa Unified School District student board member senior year (I am the NHHS representative at district meetings)

School Leadership Site Council junior and senior year

Community:

National Honor Society junior and senior year (member of the executive board senior year)

Student Political Action Committee four years

Honors:

CIF Student Academic Award

Bleiker Memorial Scholarship

AP Scholar with Honor

Excellence Award (for getting a perfect score on the junior year STAR test in English)

Student of the Semester junior and senior year for Student Government

Student Advocate Award

Rising Leader Award

Employment:

none

College Plans:

Deciding between UCLA and Berkeley

Emily Wilson

Newport Harbor High School

GPA: 4.29

School Activities/Clubs:

Health & Heart Club

Cross-country – sophomore to senior year

Track – sophomore and junior year

Community:

Initiated and taught Art Class at Girls Inc.

Orange County Museum of Art Teen Arts Quarterly Newsletter team member

Studied sight-size portrait painting in Sweden

Honors:

Honor Roll

California Scholarship Federation

National Merit Finalist

AP Scholar

English Student of the Quarter – freshman year

Employment:

Assistant – teach oil painting classes; sell my original oil painting note cards

College Plans:

Deciding between Duke, UC Davis, CalPoly SLO, UC San Diego, St. Mary’s of CA, University Puget Sound. Waiting to hear from Yale and Harvard.

Possibly going to study something health-related