RANCHO CORDOVA, CA (MPG) - On Thursday, May 11^th, 88 Cordova High seniors were recognized at the high school’s annual Scholarships and Awards Ceremony.  Principal Jerad Hyden welcomed the seniors and their families, and Assistant Principal Ann Botsford served as Master of Ceremonies. Principal Hyden was quoted for stating, “I am very grateful to join all of you in celebrating and honoring the hard work and continued commitment of these accomplished Lancers tonight.   I’m pleased to see so many family members and friends here to join us and a special welcome to all the CHS alumni in the audience.”  17 students who had applied for local scholarships received scholarship awards, totaling $28,750 in local scholarships. 

The scholarship winners were: 
Aerojet Rocketdyne Foundation STEM Scholarship $1,000: Nam Dang, Capitol Coalition Scholarship $1,000: Rocio Perez, Catherine J.Fidel Scholarship $1,000: Carlo Campbell, Clark Family Memorial Scholarship $500: Ayden Gregory, Cordova Lancers, Leaders, and Legends Scholarships $1,000 each student: Kaeli Savorn, Jazmine Savorn, Ashonna Miley, CREATE Mentoring Program Scholarship $1,500: Iffat Thasina, Don Nottoli Scholarship $5,000: Sophia Trujillo, Folsom Cordova Leadership Assn. (FCLA) Scholarship $500: Janet Iturriaga-Lona, Gary and Janie Sorg Family Scholarship $1,500: Carlo Campbell, Hontz Family Scholarship $500 each student: Ayden Gregory & Rocio Perez- Vicente, Josie and Dale Steelman Scholarship (Optimist Club) $600 each student: Aimee Cordova- Delgado, Ayden Gregory, Taivant Negron, Rocio Perez- Vicente, Selma Portillo, Kelly Family Scholarship for Orchestra $250: Jael Aquino Gumucio, Lester Family Scholarship $1,000: Carlos Medina Estrada, Mark Levy Memorial Scholarship $500: Aimee Cordova Delgado, Mike Lazenby Leadership Legacy $500 each student: Carlo Campbell & Sophia Trujillo, Ose Family Community Service Award $1,000: Ayden Gregory, Rancho Cordova Kiwanis/Key Club $1,000: Ayden Gregory, Rancho Cordova Community Pride $500 each student: Ayden Gregory & Sophia Trujillo, Rancho Cordova Rotary Scholarships $500 each student: Selma Portillo, Carlo Campbell, Nam Khanh Dang, Jeremiah Abass, Rocio Perez- Vicente, Virgil Douglas Brown, IV scholarship $1,000: Claire Pearce.

Three students received Student Government Leadership Awards:
Sophia Trujillo-4 years of leadership, Carlo Campbell - 4 years of leadership, Rocio Perez Vicente - Represented Rancho Cordova on the FCUSD school board.

Three students were recognized for enlisting in the military:
Nathaly Gomez & Cody Jones in the United States Marines Corps, and Heylin Del Cid in the United States Navy. 

The US Marine Corps also recognized 6 students with framed certificates in the areas of Academics, Athletics, and Music:
Stephen Nefsky, Mariah Hopkins, Andres Valdovinos, Sophia Trujillo, Joshua Campolo, Haley Ftacnik.

Being a very ethnically and culturally diverse campus, Cordova High students always do well with the State Seal of Biliteracy, and this year was no exception.   45 seniors received a special gold seal for their diploma and a medal to wear at graduation for demonstrating proficiency in English and one or more other languages.  Languages represented were French, Spanish, Russian, Romanian, Dari, Pashto, Farsi, Turkish, and Vietnamese.  The following students received Seal of Biliteracy medals:  Jonathan Angel-Amado- Spanish, Sana Awalkhil- Dari & Pashto, Wazhmah Azizi- Dari & Farsi, Jael Aquino Gumucio- Spanish, Zakari Bautista- Spanish, Osvaldo Bernabe Angel- Spanish, Erika Chigai- Spanish & Romanian, & Russian, Aimee Cordova Delgado- Spanish, Briahna Cruz Jimenez- Spanish, Nam Dang- Vietnamese, Sofia Dubinets- Spanish, Bernadette Gabriel- Spanish, Matthew Gardner-Procita- Spanish, Hayk Ghahramanyan-French, Mylissa Giacomo- French, Ellen Goyak- Spanish, Ayden Gregory- Spanish, Janet Iturriaga Lona- Spanish, Connor Keehner- French, Muskan Khalili- Dari & Pashto, Kavita Lal- Spanish, Evan Lee- Spanish, Maricarmen Lupita Lopez-Flores- Spanish, Raul Lopez-Flores- Spanish, Deisi Lopez-Gonzalez- Spanish, Soledad Lopez- Spanish, Marie Francine Lukban- Spanish, Zainab Mahyar- French, Leksi Martinez Villasenor- Spanish, Sadaf Mohammedi- Turkish, Angela Mendoza- Spanish, Yolanda Ochoa Torrentes- Spanish, Claire Pearce- Spanish, Ryan Phan- Spanish, Diego Pimental- Spanish, Kacey Roberts- Spanish, Nathan Robinson- French, Emily Sandner- Spanish, Kian Santos- Spanish, Aryan Singh- French, Alejandra Tellez- Spanish, Andres Valdovinos- Spanish, Edgar Verduzco Lopez- Spanish, SaDarah Willis- French, Phoenix Yang- French.

38 were recognized for being in the top 10% of the class, and 11 received stoles to wear at graduation from the California Scholarship Federation.  Cordova High School is proud to be a part of the International Baccalaureate Programme as well as the International Baccalaureate Career Programme (for students interested in careers in the medical field).  This year 7 students received the International Baccalaureate full Diploma stole and certificate, 26 received the International Baccalaureate Career Programme purple cord and certificate, and 32 were awarded International Baccalaureate certificates and blue cords to wear at graduation. 

CSF (California Scholarship Federation):
Mia Becker*, Erika Chigai, Hayk Ghahramahyan**, Ayden Gregory**, Tuan Hoang**, Cassandra Lane*, Marie Francine Lukban**, Iffat Thasina, Sophia Trujillo*, Andres Valdovinos* (*Life Member Highest Honor & **every single semester).

Top 10%:
Jeremiah Abbas, Jael Aquino- Gumucio, Zohra Ataee, Wazhmah Azizi, Zakari Bautista, Mia Becker, Madeline Budge, Erika Chigai, Aimee Cordova Delgado, Nam Dang, Nevaeh Franklin, Matthew Gardner-Procita, Hayk Ghahramanyan, Ayden Gregory, William Hammann, Tuan Hoang, Luke Jiang, Muskan Khalili, Kavita Lal, Cassandra Lane, Soledad Lopez, Marie Lukban, Zainab Mahyar, Carlos Medina Estrada, Sadaf Mohammedi, Yolanda Ochoa Torrentes, Claire Pearce, Bogdan Peretyatko, Ryan Phan, Emma Reggio, Kacey Roberts, Xavier Santana, Jazmine Savorn, Kaeli Savorn, Isabel Streck, Iffat Thasina, Sophia Trujillo, Andres Valdovinos

Full International Baccalaureate Diploma:
Singh Aryan, Zakari Bautista, Annabelle Bottimore, Erika Chigai, Matthew Gardner- Procita, Soledad Lopez, &  Andres Valdovinos.

IB Career Programme Certificates: 
Elizabeth Abdulla, Fariha Anjum, Zohra Ataee, Averie Autagne, Sana Awalkhil, Wazhmah Azizi, Mia Becker, Jade Breer, Oscar De La Luz Marcos, Heylin Del Cid, Diego Espinosa, Nevaeh Franklin, Kiara Garcia Martinez, Jimena Ibarra, Janet Iturriaga Lona, Livia Kaur, Muskan Khalili, Hilary Lam, Cassandra Lane, Jimena Ibarra, Janet Iturriaga Lona, Livia Kaur, Muskan Khalili, Hilary Lam, Cassandra Lane, Jane Lazarev, Leksi Martinez- Villasenor, Sadaf Mohammedi, Yolanda Ochoa- Torrentes, Claire Pearce, Rocio Perez- Vicente, Isabel Streck.

IB Certificates (3 or more IB classes in 11th and 12th grade):
Sana Awalkhil, Zakari Bautista, Annabelle Bottimore, Erika Chigai, Aimee Cordova- Delgado, Nam Dang, Matthew Gardner- Procita, Hayk Ghahramanyan, Ayden Gregory, Tuan Anh Hoang, Jimena Ibarra, Luke Jiang, Kavita Lal, Cassandra Lane, Soledad Lopez, Marie Lukban, Leksi Martinez- Villasenor, Maddox Mellor, Sadaf Mohammedi, Joan Nguyen, Yolanda Ochoa- Torrentes, Claire Pearce, Ryan Phan, Kacey Roberts, Jaden Saechao, Xavier Santana, Kian Santos, Jazmine Savorn, Kaeli Savorn, Aryan Singh, Iffat Thasina, Sophia Trujillo, Andres Valdovinos.

Cordova High will have two valedictorians this year:
Kacey Roberts and Erika Chigai.