CHAMPS Student Published in L.A. Youth

CHAMPS student, Kiera Peltz, contributed to the latest (May-June) issue of LA Youth, the newspaper by and about teens. LA Youth is the only newspaper in the area that brings a teen's view of the world to more than 1,300 classrooms six times a year. It is an independent, not-for-profit journlism education program that publishes 70,000 copies and distributes to newspapers free to teachers throughout Los Angeles County.

Kiera has written wonderful stories on health care and diversity. Visit www.layouth.com to read her stories. If you know of any students who would like to join L.A. Youth encourage them to attend Newcomer's Orientation on Saturday, June 12 at 11a.m. at 5967 W. 3rd. St., Suite 301, Los Angeles.

CHAMPS Student to Attend California State Summer School For The Arts

Jacqueline Gunning was accepted into the California State Summer School for the Arts (InnerSpark) program held at CalArts. She will be in the Visual Arts Program, with an emphasis on photography, painting, and drawing. The school was created by the California Legislature, and held its first session in 1987. Its purpose is to provide a training ground for future artists who wish to pursue careers in the arts and entertainment industries in California. The California State Summer School for the Arts is a state agency funded through a unique public-private partnership. Now embarking on its twenty-fourth summer of operation the school has trained more than eleven thousand highly talented students.

Jacqueline will participate in four weeks of exploration, discovery and hard work designed to unleash her creative power. From July 10 through August 6, 2010, she will receive intensive training from professionals in music, theatre, video and film, visual arts, dance, creative writing, and animation. This rigorous, pre-professional, month-long training program, attracts talented high school students from all over the country. InnerSpark provides a supportive environment in which students hone acquired skills and explore new techniques and ideas for an intense and exciting learning experience.

Selleca-Tesh Foundation
presents

The Primo Sellecchia CHAMPION Scholarship
to
Jessica Bloom

Thanks to the generosity of John Tesh this scholarship has been established in honor of his wife Connie Selleca, for her tireless efforts on behalf of not only CHAMPS but for her service to so many people in need. It is also in honor of Vincent Sellecchia, in honor of his work throughout the country teaching kids and adults the value of caring enough to take action and help those in need. This $25,000 scholarship will be given annually to a deserving CHAMPS senior who has been accepted to a 4 year college or university.

Jessica will be attending Mills College in the Fall. While at CHAMPS she has volunteered for the Ovarian Cancer Coalition, The Jewish Home for The Aging, The Red Cross, Drop Food Not Bombs, and Relay For Life. She will be the first person in two generations of her immediate family to attend college. "I have big dreams..., I know I can contribute many great things and ideas to the world, and going to Mills College will help me accomplish my goals."
CONGRATULATIONS JESSICA!

4 CHAMPS students receive scholarships to attend Berklee School of Music Summer Program

Jacquelin Givelber, Noah Lucas, Tamina Johnson-Lawson, & Natalie Kalamdaryan have received scholarships to attend Berklee's Five-Week Summer Performance Program. The program, now in its 22nd year, is the largest, most comprehensive summer music program available--anywhere. Better known as "Five-Week," the Berklee Five-Week Summer Performance Program, with its diversity of study options, world-class Berklee faculty, visiting artists, and state-of-the-art facilities, is the premiere contemporary music summer program for young musicians. Each summer, approximately 900 participants from across the U.S. and around the world (70 countries) share in this unique summer experience--all instruments, all contemporary styles, and all levels of musical ability. Five-Week will provide these students with the opportunity to experience the summer of a lifetime, at the world's most prestigious institution for the study of contemporary music.

Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principle that the best way to prepare students for careers in music is through the study and practice of contemporary music. For more than half a century, the college has evolved to reflect the state of the art of music and the music business. With more than a dozen performance and nonperformance majors, a diverse and talented student body representing more than 70 countries, and a music industry "who's who" of alumni, Berklee is the world's premier learning lab for the music of today—and tomorrow

CHAMPS students to attend Alvin Ailey American Dance Center Summer Intensive

Prima Tesh and Kristin Baylis have been selected to attend the Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive in New York City. The Summer Intensive Program is a 6-week training program for pre-professional students, ages 16-25, with a minimum of three years of consistent training in ballet and modern. Students are selected from auditions that are conducted all over the world. In 1982, The Ailey School and its programs received accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Dance.

The program is structured to advance the technical skills of our students in a wide variety of techniques. Students take 12-15 technique and workshop classes weekly from our core curriculum which includes a daily ballet class and a daily class of Horton and/or Graham-based modern. All students are evaluated in placement classes at the beginning of the program to determine the proper level in each technique.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre has gone on to perform for an estimated 23 million people in 48 states and in 71 countries on six continents, including two historic residencies in South Africa. The company has earned a reputation as one of the most acclaimed international ambassadors of American culture, promoting the uniqueness of the African-American cultural experience and the preservation and enrichment of the American modern dance.

CHAMPS students win the VEX ROBOTICS Design Challenge Essay Contest

Essays written by Payal Chakraborty and Yael Rosenblum were selected to be among the top ten entries in the Vex Robotics Design Challenge essay contest. Their essays were described as "clear and concise essays describing what VEX means to them and how it has affected their lives." These students won a $50.00 gift certificate.

CHAMPS student selected for UCLA Summer Institute

UCLA offers summer youth program in performing, media arts School of Theater, Film and Television camp trains future award winners. CHAMPS student, Hailey Chavez will be among more than a thousand high school and college students from the United States and around the world that will take up residence on the UCLA campus this summer as part of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television's Arts Camp/Workshops.

Francesca Placidi accepted into the Vasser-Powerhouse Apprentice Training Program

The Powerhouse Theater Apprentice Training Program provides an opportunity for students to look at the art of theater in new and meaningful ways. Participants explore the boundaries of theater from the traditional to the new, from campus to town, from amphitheater to art center. By living, breathing, and creating theater with peers and professionals alike students come away with a unique life changing experience.

The program is the result of a unique collaboration between Vassar College, a prestigious liberal arts institution, and New York Stage and Film, an established professional theater company. A Powerhouse day will include morning classes taught by an outstanding faculty, in acting, voice, movement, directing, and Soundpainting. Powerhouse afternoons feature rehearsals, workshops, and more, while evenings are filled with performances.

CHAMPS Students Accepted into Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts Program!

Perry-Mansfield's mission is to provide young people superior arts training in body, heart, and mind, and to promote creativity, a sense of the close brotherhood of the arts, and the values of a way of life close to nature.

In 1913, Charlotte Perry and Portia Mansfield fulfilled their dreams of creating a theater and dance camp in the mountains. Now, 97 years later, Perry-Mansfield is recognized as the oldest continuously-operating performing arts school and camp in the nation. Throughout the years, a number of distinguished alumni, faculty, and guest artists have passed through the doors of Perry-Mansfield. The list includes Robert Battle, Sammy Bayes, Jessica Biel, Wally Cardona, John Cage, Martha Clarke, Merce Cunningham, Harriette Ann Gray, Julie Harris, Dustin Hoffman, Hanya Holm, Lee Horsley, Doris Humphrey, Jack Lee, José Limon, Rue McClanahan, and Agnes de Mille

Today, students from all over the world take classes from a select group of accomplished and internationally renowned faculty. The tradition of Perry-Mansfield remains unsurpassed as the camp continues to prepare emerging young artists for the stage. Recent alumni are performing with Ballet Hispanico, Battleworks Dance Company, Munich Ballet, the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Nederlands Dans Theater, and in film, on Broadway and television. We invite you to share in the magic of Perry-Mansfield.

Adam Sherman and Caroline Smith
were both accepted into the 2010 Perry Mansfield Summer Program.

5 CHAMPS STUDENTS ACCEPTED

Founded in 1935, the Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is among the oldest and largest professional non-profit theatres in the nation. Each year OSF presents an eight-and-a-half-month season of eleven plays in three theatres plus numerous ancillary activities, and undertakes an extensive theatre education program. Operating on a budget exceeding $26 million, OSF presents more than 780 performances annually with attendance of approximately 400,000. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is committed to including diverse people, ideas, cultures and traditions in all areas of our work within a high-caliber theatre environment.

The following CHAMPS students have been accepted for the 2010 summer program:
Nick Bell, Collin Bradley, Alexandra Shepperd, Rebecca Tessier,
and Diante Singley (student counselor) .

THANK YOU

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COLLEGE BOUND CHAMPIONS!

We are so proud of our Champs students who have already been accepted to colleges! Special thanks goes to Anne Cochran, our college counselor, that has tirelessly worked with our students to complete applications. This year, 2,300 seniors in the greater Los Angeles area competed for the L.A.-based Posse Scholarships, and 80 students were chosen (10 at each of 8 colleges -- Tulane, UCLA, UC-Berkeley, U of Wisconsin, Dickinson, Kalamazoo, Grinnell and Bucknell) -- so CHAMPS won 2 out of 80 scholarships, which is a pretty stupendous accomplishment when one considers the intensecompetition from all of the large public schools in the greater L.A. market. Out of 17 CHAMPS candidates, about half of them made it to the second competition round. Three (Yvonne, Sharon and Chris)progressed to the third round -- and then Yvonne and Sharon were finally chosen as winners.

College Acceptances As Of April 16, 2010

1. American University, Washington, DC – Lindsay Strongin
2. American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Hollywood, CA – Kendal Evans
3. Baylor University, Waco, TX – Yvonne Payne
4. Boston University, Boston, MA – Stephanie Merlinsky, Aaron Stevenson, Lindsay Strongin,
Alec Engerson, Daniel Szumilas
5. California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA – Karina Tamayo, Stephanie Merlinsky, Sandy Lopez, Tatiana Erasme
6. California Polytechnic University-San Luis Obispo – Tatiana Erasme
7. California State Univ.-Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA – Danielle Gang, Jessica Bloom, Max Rabinek, Mike Sobel
8. California State University-Dominguez Hills – Karina Tamayo
9. California State University-East Bay, Oakland, CA – Dawn Dobbs
10. California State University-Fullerton – Aaron Stevenson, Alec Engerson, Deena Edwards, Daniel Szumilas
11. California State University-Long Beach – Anna Kruszona, Deena Edwards, Aaron Stevenson, Kiara Artry
12. California State University-Monterey Bay – Mike Sobel
13. California State University-Northridge – Sandy Lopez, Emily Rivera, Ethan Pellegrini, Daniel Isler, Dillon Karaan, Salenta Baisden, Tal Rosenblum, Jessica Casteneda, Kristi Cha, Kendal Evans, Tina Tomassian, Jessica Bloom, Eli Salazar, Tamara Joseph, Gabby Villalobos, Coi Onyenah, Kyla Scoggins, Harris Winters, Mike Canon, Mike Sobel, Blake Hixson, Sean Benavi, Stephanie Merlinsky, Dennis Nevsky, Seth Meakin, Max Rabinek, Kate Collini
14. California State University-Stanislaus – Michael Sobel
15. Chapman University – Deena Edwards, Karina Tamayo
16. Columbia University, New York, NY – Diante Singley
17. Concordia University, Orange, CA – Kiara Artry
18. Drew University, Madison, NJ – Chris Wright
19. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA – Daniel Szumilas, Diante Singley, Alec Engerson, Aaron Stevenson
20. Duke University, Durham, NC – Diante Singley
21. Earlham College, Richmond, IN – Chris Wright
22. Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL – Michael Sobel
23. Emerson College – Lucy Orich, Alec Engerson, Lindsay Strongin
24. Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA – Mike Sobel
25. Goucher College, Towson, MD – Lindsay Strongin
26. Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT – Michael Sobel
27. Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA – Sharon Tan
28. Hiram College, Hiram, OH – Mike Sobel
29. Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA – Jessica Bloom, Sandy Lopez, Kate Collini, Seth Meakin, Tamara Joseph, Emily Rivera, Mike Sobel
30. Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN – William Nash
31. Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY – Lindsay Strongin
32. Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI – Danielle Gang
33. Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA – Diante Singley
34. Kenyon College, Gambier, OH – Christopher Wright, Alec Engerson
35. Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA – Lindsay Strongin, Shawn Benavi, Tatiana Erasme
36. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD – Deena Edwards
37. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA – Deena Edwards
38. McDaniel College, Westminster, MD – Diante Singley, Chris Wright
39. Menlo College, Atherton, CA – Danielle Gang, Shawn Benavi
40. Mills College, Oakland, CA – Jessica Bloom
41. Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA – Sandy Lopez, Kristi Cha
42. New York University – Diante Singley
43. Newbury College, Boston, MA – Danielle Gang
44. Northeastern University – Daniel Szumilas
45. Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA – Olivia Weissblum, Tatiana Erasme
46. Oklahoma City University – Lindsay Strongin
47. Otis College of Art and Design – Deena Edwards, Tamara Joseph
48. Pace University, New York, NY – Lindsay Strongin
49. Parsons School of Design, New York, NY – Tamara Joseph
50. Pomona College, Claremont, CA – Olivia Weissblum
51. Prescott College, Prescott, AZ – Michael Sobel
52. Reed College, Portland OR – Olivia Weissblum
53. Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ – Chris Wright, Danielle Gang
54. Ripon College, Ripon, WI – Diante Singley
55. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY – Tal Rosenblum, Rodion Malyshev
56. Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT – William Nash
57. San Diego State University – Lindsay Strongin, Stephanie Merlinsky, Daniel Szumilas, Dillon Karaan
58. San Francisco State University – Lindsay Strongin, Kate Collini, Stephanie Merlinsky, Max Rabinek, Tamara Joseph, Seth Meakin, Michael Sobel, Daniel Szumilas, Rodion Malyshev
59. San Jose State University – Anna Kruszona
60. Santa Clara University – Tal Rosenblum, Sarah Sabih, Dillon Karaan
61. School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Deena Edwards
62. School of Visual Arts, New York, NY – Tamara Joseph
63. Scripps College, Claremont, CA – Olivia Weissblum
64. Seattle University – Anna Kruszona
65. Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA – Kiara Artry, Michael Sobel
66. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL – William Nash
67. St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM – Olivia Weissblum
68. St. Mary’s College of CA, Moraga, CA – Tatiana Erasme
69. Suffolk University, Boston, MA – Daniel Szumilas
70. Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA – Diante Singley
71. Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY – Lindsay Strongin
72. Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX – Yvonne Payne
73. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA – Yvonne Payne, Olivia Weissblum, Diante Singley
74. University of California-Berkeley – Diante Singley, Olivia Weissblum, Lindsay Strongin
75. University of California-Davis – Chris Wright, Diante Singley
76. University of California-Irvine – Olivia Weissblum, Tatiana Erasme, Dennis Nevsky
77. University of California-Los Angeles –Olivia Weissblum, Tatiana Erasme, Kendal Evans
78. University of California-Merced – Shawn Benavi, Daniel Szumilas
79. University of California-Riverside – Aaron Stevenson, Salenta Baisden, Max Rabinek, Mike Sobel, Daniel Isler
80. University of California-San Diego – Sarah Sabih, Olivia Weissblum, Lindsay Strongin
81. University of California-Santa Barbara – Olivia Weissblum, Alec Engerson, Lindsay Strongin, Sarah Sabih
82. University of California-Santa Cruz – Chris Wright, Sarah Sabih, Shawn Benavi, Salenta Baisden
83. University of Denver – Anna Kruszona
84. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA – Alec Engerson
85. University of La Verne, La Verne, CA – Michael Sobel, Karina Tamayo, Salenta Baisden, Dennis Nevsky
86. University of Nevada-Las Vegas – Melissa Osser
87. University of Pennsylvania – Diante Singley
88. University of Redlands, Redlands, CA – Daniel Szumilas, Lindsay Strongin, Aaron Stevenson
89. University of San Francisco – Lindsay Strongin, Tatiana Erasme
90. University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA – Sarah Sabih, Lindsay Strongin, Tal Rosenblum, Karina Tamayo, Dillon Karaan
91. University of Texas, Austin – Daniel Isler
92. Utica College, Utica, NY– Michael Sobel
93. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA – Deena Edwards
94. Webster University, St. Louis, MO – Johnathan Olson
95. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI – William Nash
96. Whittier College, Whittier, CA – Mike Sobel
97. Willamette University, Salem, OR – Olivia Weissblum
98. Woodbury University, Burbank, CA – Karina Tamayo, Harris Winters

Congratulations February/March CHAMPions!

Each month teachers, administrators, and parents select students that exemplify the CHAMPS expected schoolwide learning results (ESLRS). They are CHAMPions of academic achievement, social responsibilty, life-long learning, and self-expressions and they exemplify the very best of CHAMPS, Charter High School of Arts-Multimedia and Performing.

FEBRUARY CHAMPIONS!
Name/Category/Subject/Teacher
Anderson, Leanna/ Life-Long Learning/ Ballet II/ Cathy Peoples
Anderson, Leanna/ Life-Long Learning/ English/ James Bresden
Azaria, Lior/ Academic Excellence/ Geometry/ Erika Amaya
Baisden, Salenta/ Life-Long Learning/ English/ Donovan Glover
Bolden-Douglas, Jalen/ Academic Excellence/ English/ James Bresden
Bradley, Colin/ Life-Long Learning/ Honors English/ Larry Friedman
Chavez, Hailey/ Life-Long Learning/ Psychology/ Paul Schnaufer
Cummings, Scarlet/ Academic Excellence/ English/ Scott Bailey
Cummings, Scarlet/ Life-Long Learning/ Music (Percussion)/ Jeff Byrd
Globus, Shelby/ Life-Long Learning/ Sophmore Drama Dance/ Cathy Peoples
Gottlieb, Adam/ Social Responsibility/ Dimitri Christy
Hernandez, Brandon/ Self-Expression/ Ballet I / Cathy Peoples
Hixson, Blake/ Life-Long Learning/ Robotics/ Nancy Aldrich
Hovakemian, Gayane/ Life-Long Learning/ Physics/ Rhonda Harris-Scott
Howard, DeLeon/ Life-Long Learning/ US History/ Bret Polish
Jimenez, Joseph/ Life-Long Learning/ Geometry/ Erika Amaya
Joseph, Tamara/ Social Responsibility/ Anne Cochran
Karaan, Dillon/ Academic Excellence/ Weight Training/ Charles Lindsey
Katuzian, Mahdis/ Academic Excellence/ Physics Rhonda Harris-Scott
Katuzian, Mahdis/ Life-Long Learning/ Spanish I/ Sheila Valles
King, Sheroki/ Life-Long Learning/ Biology/ Luke Mueller
Knapp, James/ Self-Expression/ Music/ Jeff Byrd
Lopez, Sandy/ Academic Excellence/ English/ Donovan Glover
Melloul, Jeremy/ Social Responsibility/ Patti Toll
Miller, Rachel/ Academic Excellence/ AP Euro/ Paul Schnaufer
Monkam, Arthur/ Life-Long Learning/ Radio Broadcasting/ Stephen Day
Paterson, Josh/ Academic Excellence/ Chemistry/ Shane Berning
Paterson, Josh/ Life-Long Learning/ Algebra 2/ Ripsme Paronikyan
Paterson, Josh/ Life-Long Learning/ English/ Scott Bailey
Peltz, Kiera/ Academic Excellence/ Dance for PE/ Melody McKnight
Peltz, Kiera/ Academic Excellence / Algebra 2/ Ripsme Paronikyan
Price, Natasha/ Academic Excellence/ Biology/ Luke Mueller
Price, Natasha/ Academic Excellence/ Geometry/ Nancy Aldrich
Schwartz, Kara/ Life-Long Learning/ Robotics/ Shane Berning
Shylakman, Lilya/ Life-Long Learning/ Dance for PE/ Melody McKnight
Smith, Naja/ Academic Excellence/ Mathematics (Alg 1B2)/ Stephen Day
Spiers, Jade/ Academic Excellence/ US History/ Bret Polish
Strongin, Lindsay/ Self-Expression/ Drama Academy/ Dawn Lisell
Thweatt, Desirae/ Academic Excellence/ English/ Larry Friedman
Thweatt, Desirae/ Academic Excellence/ Spanish II/ Sheila Valles
Williams, Elijah/ Life-Long Learning/ Weight Training/ Charles Lindsey
York, Wendy/ Self-Expression/ Ballet II / Cathy Peoples

MARCH CHAMPIONS!
Name/Category/Subject/Teacher
Anderson, Leanna/ Academic Excellence/ English/ James Bresden
Baisden, Salenta/ Life-Long Learning/ English/ Donovan Glover
Bashian, Elizabeth/ Academic Excellence/ English/ Scott Bailey
Becerra, Summer/ Life-Long Learning/ Physics/ Rhonda Harris-Scott
Brooks, Harrison/ Life-Long Learning/ Radio Broadcasting/ Stephen Day
Chakraborty, Payal/ Academic Excellence Honors English/ Larry Friedman
Cotton, Nicole/ Academic Excellence/ Math/ Amelia Marshall
Cummings, Scarlet/ Life-Long Learning/ Math/ Amelia Marshall
Howard, DeLeon/ Life-Long Learning/ English/ Scott Bailey
Hummel-Colla, Christina/ Academic Excellence/ AP Euro/ Paul Schnaufer
Johnson, Tamina/ Academic Excellence/ Math/ Stephen Day
Jones, Daniel/ Life-Long Learning/ US History/ Bret Polish
Kaplan-Pucker, Jared/ Life-Long Learning/ Biology/ Luke Mueller
Lee, Julian/ Social Responsibility/ Dimitri Christy
McFarlane, Sarina/ Academic Excellence/ US History/ Bret Polish
Mekonen, Eden/ Life-Long Learning/ Music/ Jeffrey Byrd
Miller, Craig/ Life-Long Learning/ Weight Training/ Chuck Lindsey
Neal, Aankha/ Self-Expression/ Music/ Jeffrey Byrd
Onyenah, Coi/ Academic Excellence/ English/ Donovan Glover
Owen, Charlie/ Social Responsibility/ Yasmin Shepperd
Peltz, Alexis/ Life-Long Learning/ Honors English/ Larry Friedman
Peltz, Kiera/ Life-Long Learning/ Dance for PE/ Brandy Smith-Curry
Porter, Madison/ Life-Long Learning/ English/ James Bresden
Price, Natasha/ Academic Excellence/ Biology/ Luke Mueller
Soderquist, Angela/ Academic Excellence/ Chemistry/ Rhonda Harris-Scott
Vincze, Mihaela/ Self-Expression/ Weight Training/ Chuck Lindsey
Winters, Harris/ Self-Expression/ Dance for PE/ Brandy Smith-Curry
Wolfe, Trevor/ Life-Long Learning/ Weight Training/ Paul Schnaufer