2016 Kiwanis Club of Burbank Scholarship Day!
On May 4th, 2016 the Kiwanis Club of Bubank was proud to recognize deserving Middle School and High School 
Students with Citizenship Awards and Scholarships. This great event was organized by our very own David Harris and Cynthia Faust!
We were so proud to recognize the following Middle School Students with Citizenship Awards:
From John Muir Middle School – Elli Sumara, Tane Panosian and Ani Akopyan
From David Starr Jordan Middle School –
Adam Markarem, Amanda Silver and Olivia Cashman
From Luther Burbank Middle School –
Kelsey Acosta, Kayla Wrobel and David Garza
High School Senior Students were awarded Scholarships to help with their continuing higher education :
Morgan Maloney
Morgan is a senior at Burbank High where she has played softball for three years and is preparing to pursue a business degree. She has been a member of Key Club, volunteered on the Burbank Rose Bowl Float, and helped with the Christmas Toy Drive. She has worked part-time at Distinctive Accessories Boutique and ALDO Shoes, where she has recently received managerial training.
She wants to attend the University of Arizona as a Business Major and eventually own her own fashion design business. She is dedicated to giving back to the community and plans to dedicate part of any future profits from her business to helping others.
Daniel Ragheb
Daniel is a senior at Burbank High where he been a leader in academics, sports and government. Daniel has taken and excelled in 16 Advanced Placement courses. He has the highest GPA at BHS. He played on both the Varsity volleyball and basketball teams. He is Chairman of the School Site council and was the homecoming prince in his junior year.
In 2014 Daniel received the President’s Volunteer Service Award. He has been a member of Key Club for 4 years and is president and charter member of the Red Cross Club. He has interned at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and Providence St. Josephs.
Daniel wants to go to medical school and be a neurosurgeon but he plans to use our money to start his EMT traning.
Camila Grajeda
Camila is a senior at John Burroughs High where she has had an outstanding career in academics, sports and service. She is an AP Scholar with Honors, maintaining a 4.3 GPA. She is a member of both the track and soccer teams where her coach describes her approach with the words “Pursuit with Passion”. Her service work includes leadership in several school clubs, in her church programs and in City of Burbank programs.
Camila is interested in engineering as a career. She has recently participated in a Saturday academy at Cal State Northridge where the capstone project is designing and producing, with the help of a 3-D printer, an accessory to help facilitate an amputees grasping ability.
Jocelyn Esparza
Jocelyn never graduated from high school. She was introverted, related to the teachers more than the other students, and had few friends. When she was 23 and after gaining confidence with volunteer work with her church, she decided to enter the Burbank Adult school to try to continue her education. To her surprise, she found that she was now really fond of both school and learning. Currently, she is working on her high school diploma program and her counselor describes her as diligent, motivated and focused.
Jocelyn wants to eventually attend Glendale Community College, get a certificate in flight aviation, and pursue a career as a flight attendant. We have offered her two $500 scholarships, one for each of her first two semesters at GCC.