Student Successes

Staff:

Mr. Morrison = MS in Educational Leadership

Mr. Norton = Academy Award-winning animator for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Ms. Chavira = Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists – Distinguish Journalist, Freedom of Information Award

School-wide:

 Los Angeles Unified School District, Cleveland Community of Schools – Most improved state testing scores

Magnet Schools of American School of Excellence Award Winner 2024/2025

Students:

Journalism Day 2024 (L.A. Times HS Insider and SoCalJEA) 2024

• 1st in Opinion Writing

• 1st in News Photography

• 2nd in News Photography

 

Gracie Huaman - 2024 First-Generation Recognition Award

Gracie Huaman - 2024 National Hispanic Recognition Award

Itzel Luna - 2024 Stanford Memorial Internship Award

Satenik Ayrapetyan - 2024 Hamilton Scholar Winner

Lauren Galvez - 2024 Tri-County Forensic League State Qualifier = Dramatic Interpretation

Maggie Simonyan - 2024 Robeson Scholars & Fellows

Alan Ruiz - 2024 Gold Medal Winner Hispanic Heritage Foundation = Media and Entertainment

Satenik Ayrapetyan - 2023 LAUSD Warren Christopher Scholarship Winner

Maggie Simonyan - 2023 Hamilton Scholar Winner

 

November 2024 – JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention

• Third Place in Best of Show print newsmagazine
• Honorable Mention in Multimedia News Story – Maggie Simonyan, Andre Arcilla and Alexa Garay
• Honorable Mention in Literary Magazine: Poetry – Jasmine Thompson
• Honorable Mention in Yearbook Copy/Captions: Student Life – Jasmine McNair
• Excellent in Yearbook Copy/Captions: Sports – Emma Rosenberg
• Honorable Mention in Review Writing – Linus Bossardt

 

October 2024 – CSUN J-Day

• Second Place in News Photography – Benjamin Recinos
• First Place in News Photography – Alex Salcedo
• First Place in Opinion Writing – Satenik Ayrapetyan

September 2024 – National Scholastic Press Association Individual Awards Finalists

• Multimedia News Story Finalists – Maggie Simonyan, Andre Arcilla and Alexa Garay

 

February 2024 – Los Angeles Regional Write-Off Competition

• Fourth Place in Photography – Serena Elkins
• Sixth Place in Opinion Writing – Satenik Ayrapetyan
• Tenth Place in Feature Writing – Jazmine Valerio
• First Place in Feature Writing – Alia Galvan
• Fourth Place in News Writing – Sophie Ortega
• Second Place in News Writing – Vanessa Morales
• First Place in News Writing – Jenny Marquez

 

Post High School Acceptances

They have continued on to top universities, the military, and other prestigious institutions.

Here is a partial list of colleges to which our students have been accepted:

Azusa Pacific University

Bradley University

Cal Poly Pomona

California State University – Channel Islands

California State University – Fullerton

California State University – Humboldt

California State University – Long Beach

California State University – Los Angeles

California State University – Monterey Bay

California State University – Northridge

California State University – San Diego

California State University – San Francisco

California State University – San Luis Obispo

California State University – San Jose

California State University – Sonoma

Clarkson University

Columbia College of Hollywood

Emerson College

George Fox University

Glendale Community College

High Point University

Hofstra University

Howard University

Julliard School of Music

Kent State University

Knox College

Los Angeles Valley College

Loyola University – New Orleans

Mount St. Mary’s College

New Mexico State University

Notre Dame de Namur University

Pacific Union College

Pasadena City College

Pepperdine

Pierce Community College

Santa Monica College

Southern Illinois University

Stanford University

Syracuse University

University of Alabama

University of California – Berkeley

University of California – Davis

University of California – Irvine

University of California – Los Angeles

University of California – Merced

University of California – Riverside

University of California – San Diego

University of California – Santa Barbara

University of California – Santa Cruz

University of Maryland

University of Nevada – Las Vegas

University of Oregon

University of Southern California

Vassar College