SCA 2002
Photo by: A. E. Araiza
The 2002 SCA scholarship winners are, clockwise from top left, Janal Lingham, Estrella-marie Balderrama, Lisette Toro, Kevin M. Copeland and Sulma Sevilla.
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We newspaper types hear the complaint a lot - "You never write any good news about teen-agers."
We did today. In spades.
Six years ago, the Star launched an annual section called Senior Class Achievers to highlight the accomplishments of students who might not normally be recognized: those living on their own or raising babies or struggling to work full time and go to school.
They are the students who might not have the highest GPAs or be involved in tons of school activities, but for whom staying in school was accomplishment enough.
Today, the section has evolved to include a mix of those students along with the valedictorians and all-star athletes - all picked from the hundreds of nominations we received from Southern Arizona schools and parents.
We're limited by space to include 10 percent of a school's graduating class, and everyone nominated was considered for one of five scholarships.
We selected students based on the hardships they've had to overcome, outstanding volunteer work as well as their academic and athletic talents.
It's an impressive mix of young people. Check them out.
Senior Class Achievers 2002 section staff
Features editor:
Maria Parham
Project coordinator:
Kevin P. Thé
Project assistants:
Anastasia Ching,
Sally Hankin
Contributing editors:
Kristen Cook, Elaine Gale, James H. Maish
Page designer:
Jen Levario
Design director:
Jose Merino
Director of photography:
Teri Hayt
Photographers:
A.E. Araiza, Max Becherer, Jim Davis, Aaron J. Latham, Chris Richards, Reneé Sauer, James S. Wood
Imaging technicians: Gina Coy, Ian Wingfield
Copy editors:
George Campbell,
Joe McDermott, Peter Sibley
Reporter:
Angela Soto
StarNet content producers:
Shelley Dougherty, Celia O'Brien
Scholarship committee:
Andrea Henderson, Gary Mechler, Sandy Riggins,
Emily Urban
