Two students from Huntington Beach, Thieng-Trang J....

Two students from Huntington Beach, Thieng-Trang J. Nguyen and Momoko

Sato, were named to the Dean’s List at Boston University for their

academic achievements during the Spring 2004 semester ... UC Santa

Barbara named 16 Surf City students to the Dean’s List. Kate

Elizabeth Andruss, Kristy Jennifer Burnett, Timothy Michael Cully,

Megan Kathleen Garibaldi, John Jerold Griffin, Shawna Rae Hopes,

Christine Diana Jeng, Allyson Anne Johnson, Grace Wendy Liu, Heather

Ashley O’Neill, Leslie Ann Reed, Nicholas Adam Schwab, Ashley Ann

Vadala, Lindsay R. Vukovich, Turi Jocelyn Wilson and Lori Diane

Workman were honored for their successes during the spring 2004

semester ... Gabriella Perna, 10, was named Student of the Year at

Smith Elementary School. During the school year, she was Student of

the Month for March, won the “Most Considerate” Class Character Award

and had the most Accelerated Reader points in her classroom.

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