LANCER DANCERS
The Carlsbad High School Lancer Dancers Team won first place in jazz, second in hip hop and sixth in “Game Day” dance categories at the annual National UDA Competition in Florida this month, where more than 200 schools competed.
ARCHERY TEAM
The Grauer School middle and high school archery teams are currently training to compete in the upcoming 2025 Olympic Archery in Schools competitions on a local, state and national level. Last year, middle school student Chase Millikan took second place overall in the Middle School Varsity Boys Division at the OAS National Championship, and also ranked first place overall in the ranking round, third place overall in the Olympic round, and second place overall in the team round at last year’s OAS State Championship.
GRADUATES
The following students graduated from their respective universities: Alexandria Fayth Washington of Oceanside from Iowa State University; Adrien Cao, Ryan Giometti and Alvin Zhang of San Marcos, Bryan Regan of Carlsbad, Callista Krebs of Del Mar, Andy Wu of Encinitas, and Qingxiao Chen and Ashna Sood of San Diego from Georgia Institute of Technology; and Audon Lopez Ayala of Camp Pendleton, Adam Tunnell of Carlsbad, Trevor G. Ruffaner of Vista, and Oscar Jesus Castro Chavarria, Summer Gibson, Julian Mora Garzon, Analyah Lua, Jeremy Steele, Alisa Menendez, Erin Carter, Ririka Uehara, Anthony Ryan Frazier, Abm Reyan Asim, Frankie Burney, Chaine Arley Wyon, Jose P. Sanchez and Brennan Truong of Oceanside from the University of Maryland Global Campus.
PRESIDENT’S LIST
Levi Katriel of San Diego made the president’s list at The College of Charleston in South Carolina.
HONOR ROLL
The following students made the honor roll at their respective universities: Neleh Coleman of Oceanside at Angelo State University in Texas; and Kian Chakamian, Mika Okamoto and Sahil of Samar of San Diego, plus Garret Warner and Andy Yu of Encinitas at Georgia Tech.
DEAN’S LIST
The following students made the dean’s list at their respective universities and colleges: Madie Hamblin of Oceanside at Abilene Christian University in Texas; Kayla Rhoads of Oceanside at Saint Francis University in Pennsylvania; Devam Shrivastava of San Diego at Georgia Tech; Tony Shen of San Diego at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania; Rohan Inamdar of San Diego at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts; Cameron Hickox of Oceanside and Chris Broyles of Carlsbad at Hamline University in Minnesota; Kobe Flores of Escondido and Mercedes Rodriguez of Oceanside at Sam Houston State University in Texas; Lillian Mahoney of Carlsbad and Caroline Carnes of San Marcos at Fairfield University in Connecticut; John Taylor Liebig of San Diego and Lucas Rowden of Solana Beach at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and Jillian Abreu of San Marcos, Charlotte Sears of Carlsbad and Kira Abulhosn and Keira Skelly of San Diego at the University of Iowa.
UA DEAN’S LIST
The following students made the fall dean’s list at the University of Alabama: Josie Ryan, Madeline Shaffer, Kate Squires, Hudson Taylor and Leila Wheeler of Carlsbad; Hillary Cardinell, Davis Cornell, Lauren Gillbank and Jack Silverman of Encinitas; Rochelle Michaelson of Oceanside; Ali Byron, Taylor Farnsworth, Cassidy Matwiyoff, Amanda Phillip, Mia Weisman and Sebastien Wenger of San Diego; and Cade Carroll of Solana Beach.
UMGC DEAN’S LIST
The following students made the fall dean’s list at the University of Maryland Global Campus: Benjamin Bingham of Rancho Santa Fe; Sean Davoren of Encinitas; Alexander Goodson, Richard Lariviere and Kelly Toki; Claire Rolfes, Eden Sadler, Trevor Chahalis and Ela Uhuru of Camp Pendleton; Dwight Leiva Marin, Kenneth Pereira Silva, Alexis Russell, Alejandro Salado and Rachel Standish of San Marcos; Christopher Bohorquez, Betsabe Bohorquez, Susana Rios, Aidan Siley, Karina Vazquez Reyes and Lorenzo Earl of Vista; and David Aguirre Martinez, Mario Alba, Johnathon Barnes, Tramaine Brown, Sharlice Brown, Frankie Burney, Giovanny Calderon, Edward Calderon, Erin Carter, Nicolasa Cifuentes, James Coleman, Marlon Davidson, Anthony Frazier, Jessica Gonzales, Madalynne Gonzalez, Christopher Granados, Timothy Gregg, Aaron Hernandez, Michaela Hodge, Yun Kim, Omar Martinez, Christopher Meluso, Christopher Mendoza, Hannah Myers, Abigail Ortega Gomez, Dominic Santos, Darren Singletery, Jessica Ussery, Matthew Villanueva, Michael Watts and Samantha Woolard of Oceanside.
RESILIENT LEADER
The Education Research and Development Institute (ERDI) has awarded Oceanside Unified School District Superintendent Julie Vitale the 2025 Resilient Leader Award in honor of her push to create a safe and inclusive environment for students. As part of the award, one of the district’s staff members will be awarded a scholarship to complete a university degree online.
NEW QUICKCARE
TrueCare recently opened a brand new QuickCare location in San Marcos at 295 S. Rancho Santa Fe Road, which will provide same-day, non-emergency health care to patients. The center is open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will close daily for lunch from 12 to 1 p.m.
WATER DEPENDENCE
Olivenhain Municipal Water District recently began serving recycled water to Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in southern Encinitas, where irrigation needs were previously met with potable water. More than 680,000 gallons of imported water are estimated to be saved every year.
FAIR AWARDS
The 22nd District Agricultural Association, which produces the annual San Diego County Fair and owns and operates the Del Mar Fairgrounds, recently received 40 awards for excellence from the Western Fairs Association, including 20 first place awards and a featured category award.
HALL OF FAME
The Oceanside High School Foundation’s deadline for its nomination process is Feb. 28. Individuals can be nominated based on arts, academics, athletics, business, community service and public service. Nomination forms can be found at www.ohsfoundation.org.
