Below are some accomplishments that La Reina High School has achieved.
| ACCOMPLISHMENTS |
5/10/2008 |
Congratulations to Amanda Mundell! Amanda, an attorney on the LRHS Mock Trial Team, received an "Outstanding Performance Award" at the National High School Mock Trial Championships on May 10.
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4/24/2008 |
Congratulations to these Regents who earned awards at the Ventura County Science Fair on April 23.
| Jr. Chemistry | 1st Pl. | Elly Shao ''12 | | Jr. Chemistry | 3rd Pl. | Anna Burrows ''12 | Jr. Energy &
Transportation | 3rd Pl. | Nishitha Viswanathan ''12 | | Jr. Engineering | Special Award, Air &
Waste Management | Sara Messina ''12 | Jr. Environmental
Sciences | 2nd Pl. | Hannah Heitzig ''12 | Jr. Environmental
Sciences | 3rd Pl. | Alexi Ozder ''12 | Jr. Environmental
Sciences | Special Awards, Air
Pollution Control
District & Air &
Waste Management | Alexi Ozder ''12 | Jr. Physics
& Astronomy | 2nd Pl. | Jordan Hisel ''12 | Jr. Physics
& Astronomy | 3rd Pl. | Lacey Smith ''12 | Sr. Animal
Sciences | 1st Pl. | Brenna Callero ''11 | Sr. Animal
Sciences | 2nd Pl. | Alexandra Wall ''09 &
Samantha Martinez ''09 | | Sr. Biochemistry | 1st Pl. | Emily Zolfaghari ''10 | | Sr. Engineering | 2nd Pl. | Jodi Loo ''10 | | Sr. Engineering | 3rd Pl. | Olivia Zolfaghari ''09 | | Sr. Engineering | Special Award, Society of
Women Engineers | Jodi Loo ''10 &
Olivia Zolfaghari ''09 | Sr. Environmental
Sciences | 2nd Pl. | Sambavi
Ramakrishnan ''09 | Sr. Environmental
Sciences | Special Awards, the Coastal
Geological Society & the
American Petroleum
Institute | Sambavi
Ramakrishnan ''09 | Sr. Physics &
Astronomy | 1st Pl. | Jacquelyn Lauletta ''09 | Sr. Physics &
Astronomy | Special Award,
California State
University, Channel Islands | Jacquelyn Lauletta ''09 |
Good luck to the first and second place winners who are eligible to enter the California State Science Fair on May 19 and 20!
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4/23/2008 |
Congratulations to Mrs. Carol Stanley and the staff of the La Reina Herald! The LRHS student newspaper received a first place award from the American Scholastic Press Association for overall excellence; Belinda Lai ''09 and Alexa Garcia ''08 also received outstanding original art awards.
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4/15/2008 |
Congratulations to the ASB officers elected for 2008-09: Jennifer Zahlit ''09 - President
Samantha Martinez ''09 - Vice-President
Amanda Starrantino ''10 - Secretary
Jenna Collins ''10 - Publicity Coordinator
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4/8/2008 |
Congratulations to Brenna Callero ''11, a SemiFinalist for the 2008 Life Sciences Award sponsored by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Her mosquito abatement project, recently featured in the Ventura County Star, originated as a Science Fair project at LRHS.
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3/30/2008 |
Congratulations to the La Reina High School Mock Trial Team--crowned CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONS on Sunday, March 30! La Reina won the final competition over Piedmont High School from Alameda County in the historic Riverside County Courthouse. The Regents represented Ventura County in a grueling tournament consisting of 5 trials in less than 48 hours. In the preliminary rounds, La Reina won their trials over the champions from San Diego County, Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County and Marin County. The team will represent California at the National High School Mock Trial Championship to be held May 7 through 11 in Wilmington, Delaware.
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2/28/2008 |
CONGRATULATIONS REGENTS! For the FIFTH consecutive year, the Regent Mock Trial Team captured first place in the Ventura County competition. This feat also marks the fifteenth county championship for La Reina since 1990! The team now advances to the state competition on March 28 and 29. |
2/27/2008 |
Congratulations to these Regents who earned individual awards at the Ventura County Mock Trial competition:
Natalie Kamajian ''08 - Journalist, First Place
Amanda Turk ''08 - Defense Pre-Trial Attorney, First Place
Alexa Garcia ''08 - Courtroom Artist, Second Place
Katie Williams ''10 - Bailiff, Third Place
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2/11/2008 |
 Belinda Lai ''09 designed this prize-winning poster for the Ventura County Science Fair. Congratulations, Belinda! |
2/6/2008 |
GO, MEGAN! Congratulations to Regent varsity soccer player Megan DeGennaro ''08. On February 8, Megan signed her letter of intent to play soccer at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania next year!
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2/6/2008 |
Congratulations to Rebecca Kendig ''88 who received this year''s Distinguished Alumna Award at the winter Honor Assembly. Rebecca is a social worker in New Orleans; she helped found the Youth Empowerment Program, a non-profit organization that works with incarcerated youth to help them transition into a productive life when they leave prison. Employed as a mitigation investigator for a law firm, Rebecca researches the lives of death row inmates, trying to find circumstances--like mental retardation or mental illness--that would enable their death penalty to be commuted to life imprisonment.
In her acceptance speech, Rebecca noted: "Through my work as a social worker, particularly with children living in poverty, I have realized that a La Reina education is an anomaly. Millions of children in this country--let alone in this world--do not receive the education that all of you--and I--have been privileged to receive.... Let us profit from the love, care and attention invested in us by our La Reina teachers and families. Become change makers in this world, and work to ensure that the privileges you have been blessed with are provided to all children." |
1/29/2008 |
Congratulations to these Speechies for their success at the Marmonte Forensics League Tournament on Jan. 25 and 26!
| Lincoln Douglas Debate | 1st Place | Nayantara Bhushan ''08
Emily Zolfaghari ''10 | | International Extemp | 1st Place | Lauren Dansey ''08 | | Impromptu | 1st Place | Lauren Dansey ''08 | | National Extemp | 2nd Place | Nayantara Bhushan ''08 | | Humorous Interp | 3rd Place | Megan Winter ''09 | | Duo | 3rd Place | Janet Lee ''10
Emily Zolfaghari ''10 | | Oratorical Interp | 1st Place | Alexa Shaw ''09 | | Thematic Interp | 1st Place | Mariana Green ''10 | | | 3rd Place | Rashi Jindani ''11 | | Dramatic Interp | 2nd Place | Mackenzie Johnson ''10 |
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1/28/2008 |
Congratulations to Amanda Turk ''07 who won first place in the Good Citizen Essay Contest sponsored by the Conejo Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Amanda also won La Reina''s Good Citizen Award. |
1/12/2008 |
Congratulations to these JUNIOR HIGH SPEECH TEAM members for their achievements at the January 12 tournament held at Las Colinas Middle School:
Remy Bessolo ''13 and Lida Messina ''12, Certificates of Excellence in Improv Dual
Colleen Cass ''13 and Elizabeth Pumford ''13, Fourth Place in Improv Dual
Brianna Darling ''12 and Rajika Jindani ''12, Certificates of Excellence in Creative Dual
Katie Gerbasi ''13 and Hannah Young ''12, Certificates of Excellence in Storytelling
Lauren Hearne ''12, Second Place in Storytelling and First Place in Expository Speaking |
12/12/2007 |
Seniors Lauren Dansey, Naomi Fernando and Emily Rossi help load gifts for La Reina''s traditional Christmas adopt-a-family program. This year, the La Reina community provided gifts for 26 families (or about 145 individuals) through the program at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in downtown Los Angeles. The gifts included such essentials as shoes, sox, blankets, pillows, clothing and furniture, as well as toys, bikes and games for children. |
12/12/2007 |
The La Reina Singers had their debut public performance during a lunchtime concert on Dec. 12 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. High school students featured during one of the numbers included Jennifer Zahlit ''09 (center) and Skye Privat ''11 (right). Conducted by Mrs. Heidi Vas, the La Reina Singers also performed at The Oaks Mall on Dec. 19. |
11/24/2007 |
Congratulations to the Regent Cross Country team! The team finished THIRD in the CIF State Division IV Championship in Fresno on November 24. Sarah Pearson ''10 earned first team all-state honors, placing 5th with a time of 18:51. Tara Blanchard ''10 ran her personal best of 19:26 and placed 19th overall. |
11/17/2007 |
Congratulations to these Speechies for their success at the Marmonte Forensics League Tournament on Nov. 16 and 17! Lincoln Douglas
Debate (Novice) | 1st Place | Sofi Cardenas ''11 | | | 3rd Place | Janet Lee ''10 &
Emily Zolfagari ''10 | | Public Forum Debate | 1st Place | Lauren Dansey ''08
Hannah Harper ''08 | | Dramatic Interp | 2nd Place | MacKenzie Johnson ''10 | | | 3rd Place | Elizabeth Pode ''10 | | Expository | 2nd Place | Emily Zolfagari ''10 | | Humorous Interp | 2nd Place | Alexa Garcia ''08 | | Thematic Interp | 1st Place | Emily Cardenas ''11 | | | 2nd Place | Erika Harlacher ''08 | | | 3rd Place | Mariana Green ''10 | | National Extemp | 1st Place | Kristin Miller ''08 | | | 2nd Place | Nayantara Bhushan ''08 | Original Prose &
Poetry | 1st Place | Caitlin Foster ''11 | | Duo Interp | 3rd Place | Nayantara Bhushan ''08
& Amanda Mundell ''08 | | Impromptu | 1st Place | Hannah Harper ''08 | | International Extemp | 1st Place | Hannah Harper ''08 | | | 2nd Place | Lauren Dansey ''08 | | Congress House A | 1st Place | Hannah Harper ''08 | | Congress House B | 1st Place | Lauren Dansey ''08 |
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11/14/2007 |
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE REGENT
JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL TEAMS
"Green Team"
Monday night Thousand Oaks Teen Center
City Champions"Gold Team"
Wednesday night Thousand Oaks Teen Center
City Champions |
11/10/2007 |
CONGRATULATIONS to the
Cross Country team
for qualifying for
CIF Division IV finals,
to be held on Saturday,
November 17
and to
Sarah Pearson ''10
who captured FIRST PLACE
at the CIV Division IV
Cross Country Prelims! |
11/5/2007 |
CONGRATULATIONS
to Rebecca Schubert ''08
who recently earned
the Girl Scout Gold Award.
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10/31/2007 |
Congratulations to these Regent Speechies
for winning these awards at the
Marmonte League Tournament
held on Oct. 26 and 27!
| Lincoln Douglas Debate | 1st Place | Emily Zolfagari ''10 | | | 2nd Place | Sophie Cardenas ''11 | | Public Forum Debate | 2nd Place | Sara Volkmann ''09
& Megan Winter ''09 | | | 3rd Place | Nayantara Bhushan ''08
& Kristin Miller ''08 | | Dramatic Interp | 1st Place | Elizabeth Pode ''10 | | | 2nd Place | Lauren Young ''10 | | | 3rd Place | Tina Nikoomanish ''09 | | Humorous Interp | 2nd Place | Sophie Cardenas ''11 | | | 3rd Place | Alexa Garcia ''08 | | Thematic Interp | 1st Place | Emily Cardenas ''11 | | | 2nd Place | Kaitlynne Birkett ''10 | | National Extemp | 1st Place | Kristin Miller ''08 | | | 1st Place | Lauren Dansey ''08 | Original Prose &
Poetry | 2nd Place | Caitlin Foster ''11 | | Duo Interp | 1st Place | Janet Lee ''10 &
Emily Zolfagari ''10 | | | 2nd Place | Patricia Pichardo ''10 &
Erin Roh ''10 |
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10/29/2007 |
 Congratulations to the Regent Golf Team...
the ONLY team from Ventura County to advance to the CIF Southern Section Girls'' Golf Finals
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10/29/2007 |
Thank you
to the La Reina family
for donating more than $10,000
for the American Red Cross
on behalf of the fire victims. |
10/20/2007 |
Congratulations to
Katherine Workman ''12,
Most Valuable Player
and Jami Fido ''12,
All Tournament Team at the
La Reina Junior High Volleyball Tournament |
10/20/2007 |
Congratulations to all of the winners
at the 35th Annual La Reina Junior High
Volleyball Tournament
First Place - Redwood Intermediate
Second Place - Los Cerritos Intermediate
Third Place - La Reina
Fourth Place - Chaminade
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10/12/2007 |
Congratulations to these
scholarship winners!
Keilani Garcia ''12, Emily Gilbert ''11,
Sambavi Ramakrishnan ''09 and Deanna Walker ''10
Gina Torrey Memorial Scholarship
Kaitlyn Philpott ''09
Michelle Sinclair Memorial Scholarship Amanda Turk ''08
Stephanie Tourikian Memorial Scholarship Alexa Garcia ''08 and Francesca Barletta ''11
Service Council Scholarships |
