Tuesday, May 15, 2012
City National Grove of Anaheim

The annual North Orange County ROP Celebration of Success, an awards ceremony honoring and supporting student acheivement, was held Tuesday, May 15, at the City National Grove of Anaheim.  Two-hundred and eighty-nine North Orange County ROP students received recognition and a remarkable total of $40,000 in monetary awards.   In addition to specific awards, every student nominee at the “Celebration of Success” ceremony received cash prizes ($50 to each senior and adult nominee, and $25 to 10th and 11th grade student nominees.  The money was donated by staff and other individuals, as well as Altrusa International, Inc. of Anaheim, Anaheim Community Foundation, Cypress Woman’s Club, the Mary E. Moore Family Foundation; and SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union.

ROP students on each campus were selected by a panel of business people and school personnel as the ‘ROP Star Student’ representing their home campus.  Students interviewed with business people and foundation family members to win the following awards: Excellence in Career Pathways, Ray Gerace Memorial Scholarship Award for Leadership; Dewey Family Award for Personal Growth, Altrusa International of Anaheim, Inc. award for excellence in non-traditional careers and for re-entry women: and the Mary E. Moore Award for excellence in spite of extreme obstacles.  Additionally, Cypress Woman’s Club donated $500 to be split between the Cypress and Kennedy Students of the Year. The Anaheim Community Foundation funded the Student of the Year Awards in the City of Anaheim.

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