AVID Write-Off Ceremony Regional Winners Recognized

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Seven regional award winners from Riverside and San
Bernardino counties will be honored at the 10th annual RIMS Advancement Via
Individual Determination Write-Off Ceremony on March 19 at the University of
Redlands Chapel.

Students in grades 6-12 from AVID programs in San Bernardino,
Riverside, Inyo, and Mono counties are participating in this year¹s
Write-Off, a timed-essay writing contest that is modeled after the
University of California¹s Analytical Writing Exam. 

Each of the 72 middle and 70 high school sites submitted one entry per grade level (668 total
entries).

The following students will be recognized as regional winners:

12th-grader: Tiphanie Gardner of Murrieta Valley High School in
Murrieta Valley;
11th-grader: Miguel Ramirez of West Valley High School in Hemet;
10th-grade: Sahil Bawa of Nova Meridian Academy in Colton;
Ninth-grader: Jennifer Capp of Kaiser High School in Fontana;
Eighth-grader: Rachael Justis of Terrace Hills Middle School in
Grand Terrace;
Seventh-grader: Mason Figge of Shivela Middle in Murrieta
Valley;
Sixth-grader: Kristen Adams of Apple Valley Middle in Apple
Valley.

The featured speaker at the Write-Off ceremony will be history
teacher Todd Anton of Heritage School of Phelan in the Snowline Joint
Unified School District. 

He has compiled an extensive collection of oral
history of World War II veterans, which he included in his book, "No Greater
Love." He wrote a second book, titled, "When Baseball Went to War."




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