On being an elf
Courtney Brock, a seventh-grader at the Athenian School, plays the role of one of the elves in the movie, “Santa Clause 3,” which was released last Friday. No photography was allowed on the set, but her mother Tammy Brock was able to take this photo outside with the director, Michael Lembeck.
Courtney also can be seen on the Disney Channel with the Movie Surfers, and is the voice of Laura, the girl with the pink hair, on a new arcade game for SEGA called “Dinosaur King.”
55 speech, debate awards
The Monte Vista High School speech and debate team walked away with 55 awards from the Golden Gate Speech Association Congress Tournament held recently at Miramonte High School. This competition included 453 students, 14 schools and 27 houses.
Courtnay Oddman was the Gavel Winner from Monte Vista named best PO Senate. Gavel Winners named Best PO House were: Carolyn Randolph, Brody Luebkeman, Max Bize, Alex Morris, Deanna Burkhammer, Sarah Hershon, Ingy Hodhod, Tayhlor Smart, Carrie Napolitano and Jennifer Aceto.
Senate Results: first place -Connie Lee, Brian Louie, Natasha Gupta; second place – Andrew Desser, Ronnie Shou, Saket Jha, Nipun Bhandari; third place – Armand Domalewski; fourth place – Jibran Khan, Sherif Elzarka; fifth place – Ian Wight
House Plaque Winners: first place – Kelsey Negherbon, Jordan Mauldin, Hao Tran, Akram Aboukhalil, Jake Erlick; second place – Carrie Napolitano, Jennifer Aceto, Kelsey James, Sebastian De Luca, Troy Dillingham, Alex Hebels, Ann Zhou, Victor Lu, Yili Huang; third place – Moniza Masud, Jeff Presnell, Tira Johnson, Diane Fazli, Uwale Moju, Dallas Morgan, Louis Li, Jeff Chen, Michael Chen, Matt O’Brien, Tiffany Mao; fourth place – Garrett Weiss, Sheena Chaudhuri, Taylor Smart, Sam Stone; fifth place – Amanda Chan, Pammie Peters, Alex Morris.
