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March 15, 2010 2:16 pm 0 comments

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GBHS students in youth summit at Valley Forge
Granite Bay High School sophomores Elveen Mann and Samantha McKenzie were granted full scholarships to the Freedoms Foundation’s American Leaders Youth Summit in Valley Forge, Penn.
   The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge was founded in 1949 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to educate and inspire youth with American history.
   McKenzie and Mann found out about the opportunity from the founders of the new Sacramento chapter and entered essays to apply for full scholarships.
   “We applied two weeks ago (with the submission of our essays),” Mann said. “I ended up receiving the scholarship because Sam pushed me to do it.”
   The essay these students submitted was based on their inspirations and their idea of the American dream.
   “I wrote about how my dream is to one day become a pediatrician and to help kids in third-world countries because they are our future,” Mann said.
   The program is being held April 22-25 and eight other students from the Sacramento chapter will be attending in addition to McKenzie and Mann.

All-State Honor Choir
   GBHS sophomore Emily Santor was selected to represent GBHS in the American Choral Directors’ Association All-State Honor Choir performance.
   Santor was required to go through a live audition process. The top 100 vocalists were chosen to perform in either the mixed honor choir, women’s honor choir or men’s honor choir.
   Santor is grateful to be performing with the women’s honor choir.
   “I’m very excited. (I’m) not nervous at all,” Santor said.
   The performance will take place at 6:30 p.m. on March 20 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in San Jose.

Speaker of the Year
   GBHS senior Pradhan Bhat was named the Speaker of the Year at a recent debate competition.
   GBHS juniors Blake Delaplane and Dominic DeMarco were the second and third runner-up for the award, even though they have only been competing for three years.
   The award goes to the individual with the highest accumulated number of points earned from various debate competitions.
   GBHS seniors Bhat, Nashmiyeh Ali and Matt O’Brien also won the League President Award.
   This award is given to students who have participated in speech and debate for at least 3-4 years who have contributed to their debate teams.
   “(The President Award) is usually (awarded) to seniors on our team who (have) stood out and really helped the team,” Bhat said.
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Athletic All-Stars
   GBHS seniors Andrew Knapp and Ian Rhodes were recently named National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame Scholar Athletes for this past season.
   They were recognized at an awards banquet on Wednesday in Sacramento along with other recipients in the area.
   Knapp also received a substantial scholarship from the University of California at Berkeley for baseball and has signed his letter of intent to attend the college next fall.

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