Island’s high school students graduate, receive diplomas

Alameda Resident Abigail Leong, has been awarded a President’s Scholarship worth $25,000 a year — along with the opportunity to earn even more from Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in Tacoma, Wash.

Congresswoman honors Lincoln Middle School students’ efforts 

Encinal High School

Jhunel Abellon, Maria Acosta, Tait Adams, Lachlan Addicott, Shariffa Ahmed, Emmal Ahmadzaoy, Carlo Alfaro, Ariana Alonso, Brooke Anderson, Stacie Aori, Jeremy Ardourel, Munkhjil Ariunbold, Zachary Bailey, Benjamin Paolo Baquiran, Jessica Barrett, Lawren Bartlett, Francis Bautista, Kendall Beering, Peter Bradas, Simone Bremond, Benjamin Briggance, Brianna Brown, Dashawnte Buress, Brian Cai, Emma Canalin, Lindsay Carnahan, Tyrel Carrigan, Eiza Cataquian, Jade Chan, Qian Chen, Yu Qiang Chen, Yin Hang Cheuk, Warisara Chiewpanit, Bobby Ching, Amber Chiu, Connie Chu, Karisa Coleman, Alyssa Corcino and Brea Cox Taylor.

Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) Superintendent Kirsten Vital will be leaving Alameda to take the reins of the Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD). Vital’s new employer announced that its school board settled on Vital on Saturday, June 14.

The Easter Bunny brought smiles and delight to last Saturday’s Egg Scramble at Crown Beach. The cutest among the “scramblers” were the ankle biters in the “just learning to walk” category, like these children looking for any goodies that the Easter Bunny just might have left behind.

The “land-swap” package deal came before the Alameda City Council on Tuesday after the Alameda Sun went to press. The Sun offers this synopsis of the package that, as of this writing, pundits were predicting that the council would have already passed.