By Daily Press staff
Santa Monica High School students have recently shined in the community. The scholarship coordinator for Santa Monica High School, Ada Hollie, nominated 11 students who met the criteria for an Emblem Club Scholarship. This scholarship is based on academic achievement, community service and personality, officials say. Ann Scully, chairperson of the scholarship committee and her colleagues selected Caelain Coffman, Monica Cowan, Jimmy Maldonado and Julian Turner as winners. They were each presented a check for $500, and the nominees and their families were hosted for dinner at the May social.
Scholarship winners have various plans for the future. Coffman will be attending Loyola Marymount University in Westchester and will major in psychiatry. She has been involved in teenage counseling. Cowan has a scholarship at Yale University and will be studying engineering. Maldonado will be majoring in neuroscience at UCLA, and Turner will be attending Pepperdine University and specializing in telecommunications. Ken Miller, president of the Santa Monica Emblem Club, who was unable to be in attendance, had previously stated that “The future was in good hands, when we had boys and girls like these graduating from high school. When you looked at the hours worked, the community and school activities, and the tough classes, it was amazing to find such academic standing.” For more information, call Curt Curtiss (310) 645-8989.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 3, 2005. Read the original PDF.