Rotary Club of Jurupa
Riverside County, CA US
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2011 High School Scholarships
Jurupa Rotary Club
2010 High School Four-Way Test
After a very competitive round of speeches, Rubidoux High School student Alexis Thrower was awarded the $200 first place prize. She will advance to the Rotary mid-level competition on April 24.
Annual Spelling Bee
Jurupa Unified School District
Students from all of our elementary and middle schools face words such as "impervious" and "ennui" and "approbation." ALL participants receive certificates, and the winners receive trophies - provided by Rotary Club of Jurupa.
2011 High School Scholarships
The
Rotary Club of Jurupa again is awarding $1000 scholarships for a graduating senior at each of our high schools: Jurupa Valley, Patriot, Rubidoux, and Nueva Vista.
Scholarships are awarded based upon the applicant's excellence of character, personality and citizenship, a scholastic ability to profit greatly by higher education, need for financial aid, and the individual's acceptance at an institution of higher learning prior to the award.
The application process for this year has been completed. Watch this space for announcements of our 2011 recipients!
Scholarships are awarded based upon the applicant's excellence of character, personality and citizenship, a scholastic ability to profit greatly by higher education, need for financial aid, and the individual's acceptance at an institution of higher learning prior to the award.
The application process for this year has been completed. Watch this space for announcements of our 2011 recipients!
Jurupa Rotary Club
2010 High School Four-Way Test
Speech Competition
The Rotary Club of Jurupa is pleased to announce their winner of the 2010 Four-Way Test Speech Contest for high school students. The purpose of this competition is to promote the art of delivering a public speech and the Rotary Four-Way Test of the things we think, say or do.
The Rotary Club of Jurupa is pleased to announce their winner of the 2010 Four-Way Test Speech Contest for high school students. The purpose of this competition is to promote the art of delivering a public speech and the Rotary Four-Way Test of the things we think, say or do.
Judges (L-R) were Dick Lynch (Rotary Club of Jurupa), Larry Grable (Office of the Governor of the State of California), and Joy Stoeffler (Rotary Club of Jurupa). Students Gabriela Rodriguez (Patriot HS), Brean Prefontaine (Patriot HS), Guadalupe Neri (Jurupa Valley HS), Lorraina Hernandez (Jurupa Valley HS), Pari Arayfar (Rubidoux HS), and Alexis Thrower (Rubidoux HS). Also pictured is Thomas Tan (president, Rotary Club of Jurupa).
After a very competitive round of speeches, Rubidoux High School student Alexis Thrower was awarded the $200 first place prize. She will advance to the Rotary mid-level competition on April 24.
Students spoke on a variety of topics, ranging from peer pressure to the benefits of a college education to the quality of the food we eat.
"The purpose of the competition is to promote the art of delivering a public speech involving the Rotary Four-Way Test," advises Thomas Tan, president of the Rotary Club of Jurupa.
Annual Spelling Bee
Jurupa Unified School District
Students from all of our elementary and middle schools face words such as "impervious" and "ennui" and "approbation." ALL participants receive certificates, and the winners receive trophies - provided by Rotary Club of Jurupa.
Our District 5330 Group Study Exchange team is ready to depart from Ontario (first photo on the right). Jurupa Rotary sponsored TWO members from our community! At the far right are Anthony Blakely, Jr. and Sylvia Betancourt. Rotarian Team Leader Carrie Dao Allan, center, led the group in a month-long exchange to Korea in April-May, 2008, expenses paid by District 5330 as part of Rotary's mission for world peace through increased cultural understanding. Nearly every Rotary district participates in an exchange every year.
In the second photo, the 2008 Group Study Exchange team from Korea's District 3620 arrives at Ontario International Airport for its May-June visit.
In the second photo, the 2008 Group Study Exchange team from Korea's District 3620 arrives at Ontario International Airport for its May-June visit.
The Memorial Wall at Veterans Memorial Park, Rubidoux.
Veterans from our community are honored with their names inscribed on the Memorial Wall at Veterans Memorial Park, Rubidoux. Jurupa Rotary is responsible for donating the permanent Rotary benches.
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