(ATTACHMENT 1) MAY 2014 PRESENTATION OF THE MPS VALEDICTORIANS AND SALUTATORIANS AND OTHER AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS PRESENTATION OF THE 2013-2014 MPS VALEDICTORIANS AND SALUTATORIANS This evening, the Milwaukee Board of School Directors will honor the following MPS Valedictorians and Salutatorians for their impressive academic accomplishments: School Valedictorian Salutatorian ALAS ....................................................................... Claudia Evangelista ......................... Alejandra Vasquez The Alliance School ................................................ Tony Sayarath ................................. Jeramiah Owens Assata High School ................................................. Shayla Smith ................................... Alexus Neely Audubon Technology & Communications High School........................................................... Chelsea Santoro .............................. Mindy Yang Banner Prep ........................................................... Latredriana McCoy ......................... Yolanda Polk Bay View High School ............................................. Jennifer Lyons ................................. Johnathan Brown Lynde & Harry Bradley Technology and Trade School......................................................... Deondre Wright .............................. Mark McPhan Carmen High School of Science and Technology ... Eduardo Moreno-Romero .............. Fernando Mandujano Career Youth Development (CYD) .......................... Romello Hamon .............................. Kaporchea Bumley Community High school ......................................... James Yang ..................................... Ger Yang Grandview High School .......................................... Maurice Russell .............................. Samuel Quella Groppi High School ................................................ Sherice Robinson ............................ Terrance Jines Hamilton High School............................................. Jim Yang .......................................... Rafael Jimenez Rufus King International School ............................. Leah Alexander Madison Cox Meredith Gingold Paul Meyers Elizabeth Penn Kimberly Phillip Jordan Salinsky Katherine Wasielewski MacDowell Montessori ......................................... Aleah Boehlen-Joosten ................... Carissa Babcock MacDowell Montessori .......................................... Lina Hamilton James Madison Academic Campus ........................ Erica Marion ................................... Levante Reed Milwaukee Community Cyber High School ............ Lorna Gray Milwaukee Excel High School................................. Elaina Stiff ....................................... James Kainz Jordan Jelinek Milwaukee High School of the Arts ........................ Borgne Raasch ................................ Morgan Ryser 1-1 (ATTACHMENT 1) MAY 2014 PRESENTATION OF THE MPS VALEDICTORIANS AND SALUTATORIANS AND OTHER AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS Milwaukee School of Languages ............................ Erin May.......................................... Kristi Boudwine Morse•Marshall ..................................................... Jasmine M. Johnson........................ Tilim Lee New School for Community Service ....................... Deja Pearson ................................... Keiondra Reed North Division Charter High School ....................... Vera Fonville ................................... Takiya Eiland NOVA HS ................................................................ Antonia Morris ............................... Raquel Anderson Pulaski High School ................................................ Ashley Brown .................................. Selena Vega Reagan College Preparatory High School ............... Paula Duong Elizabeth Konkolowski Fabiola Magaña Alexander Navarre Nhu Quynh Nguyen Alejandro Rodriguez Hao Tran Riverside University High School............................ Rajpreet Growal.............................. Aaron Wilder Shalom High School ............................................... Shaonia Biles ................................... Sha’ Paris Earl South Division ........................................................ Xong Chang ..................................... Ze Her Transformation Learning Community .................... Stefaknie Tatum ............................. Brandi Roby Transition High School ........................................... Leroy Scott ...................................... Rahim Summerise Vincent High School ............................................... Xai Vang .......................................... Dimitric Mcgowan Washington High School of Information Technology ....................................... Maasio Mohamed .......................... Yi Yi Than Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning ........ Christina Chapman ......................... Stephanie Rogalinski ◊◊◊◊ 1-2 (ATTACHMENT 1) MAY 2014 PRESENTATION OF THE MPS VALEDICTORIANS AND SALUTATORIANS AND OTHER AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS OTHER AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS STUDENTS – SCHOOLS MPS 8TH GRADER PLACES THIRD IN NATIONAL CIVIL WAR ESSAY CONTEST Adianna Jackson, an eighth grade student at U.S. Grant Elementary School, was awarded third place in a national Civil War essay content through The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Adianna Jackson examined the nation’s most divisive conflict through letters, speeches, songs, photographs, newspapers, military orders, and other documents, conducting research with primary as well as secondary sources. Her essay, “African Americans and Their Battle,” earned her a third place award in the middle school category, as well as $100. She was also flown to New York City, along with her teacher, Ms. Felde, and her grandmother for the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize dinner. While there, she met Hollywood director Stephen Spielberg, who was honored with a Special Achievement Award for his film, “Lincoln.” Spielberg took pictures with each student and spent time speaking with them about their papers. Adianna also had the opportunity to tour the Gilder Lehrman Collection of original documents while in New York. The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History partners with schools across the country – including more than a dozen MPS schools – to improve history education. More information is at www.gilderlehrman.org. ◊◊◊◊ THREE MPS STUDENTS WIN FULL-RIDE GATES MILLENNIUM SCHOLARSHIPS Three Milwaukee Public Schools seniors were among 1,000 students nationwide who earned prestigious, all-expenses paid scholarships to college, the district announced this week. The three students include: Maria Capistran, from South Division High School; Eric Isidoro, from School of Languages and Fernando Mandujano of Carmen High School of Science and Technology. Maria Capistran has been accepted to Alverno College and Mount Mary University. 1-3 (ATTACHMENT 1) MAY 2014 PRESENTATION OF THE MPS VALEDICTORIANS AND SALUTATORIANS AND OTHER AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS Eric Isidoro has been accepted to the Milwaukee School of Engineering, the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Fernando Mandujano has been accepted to Marquette University and UW-Madison. The Gates Millennium Scholarship program was funded by a $1 billion grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which aims to help high-achieving students from disadvantaged backgrounds attend college. The scholarships for each student cover all tuition and expenses. All the winners achieved their scholarship thanks to educators and counselors at their schools who have helped them along the way. Capistran and Isidoro also received support from College Possible Milwaukee, the local operation of a national nonprofit group, along with their school counselors. This is the second straight year that MPS has seen three Gates Scholars. ◊◊◊◊ STAFF TONYA ADAIR NAMED ‘OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR’ BY CIVIC MUSIC ASSOCIATION The Civic Music Association has named Tonya Adair, principal at Washington High School of Information Technology, its 2014 ‘Outstanding Educational Administrator of the Year.’ The honor is given annually to educational administrators who have “shown outstanding support for music education and teachers of music.” Tonya C. Adair, M.Ed. is principal at Washington High School of Information Technology where she has created an atmosphere of excellence through building relationships with community, parents and alumni. Music has been an inspiration in her life since childhood, and in the three years she has been at Washington, she has revived their discontinued music program and incorporated dance instruction into the curriculum. Adair has also been recognized for her efforts to restore arts programming at the school. This past year she formed a partnership with Arts@Large to provide art experiences for 9th graders. Prior to becoming principal at Washington, Adair was Assistant Principal at Milwaukee High School of the Arts. In 2006, she received the Wisconsin Women on the Move Educator Award from the Top Ladies of Distinction, an international women’s service organization. Adair earned her Bachelor’s degree in Education from Grambling State University, her Master’s degree in Education Administration and Leadership from Alverno College, and is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Philosophy in Language and Literacy at Cardinal Stritch University. ◊◊◊◊ 1-4 (ATTACHMENT 1) MAY 2014 PRESENTATION OF THE MPS VALEDICTORIANS AND SALUTATORIANS AND OTHER AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS JILL HEWITT CLINGS TO STRANGER, PREVENTS HIM FROM JUMPING OFF BRIDGE Milwaukee Public Schools special education administrator Jill Hewitt likely helped save the life of a man she spotted on a bridge fence high above I-94 Sunday. After seeing him, Hewitt, MPS' Northwest Regional Coordinator for Specialized Services, went up to the bridge. She held onto the man, told him she loved him and shared stories of struggles in her own life. Milwaukee Veterans Affairs police arrived at the bridge near the Milwaukee VA Medical Center soon after and pulled the man to safety, but as WTMJ-TV's Charles Benson reported, "this rescue might not have been possible without the compassion and patience of a woman determined not to let the man jump." * * * * * 1-5