The San Marino PTA Council’s 89th annual Founder’s Day awards ceremony was held last week in the Kenneth F. White Auditorium at Huntington Middle School.
Co-Chairs Darbin Chan and Belinda Hwang led the community in honoring and celebrating the district’s 16 Honorary Service Award recipients, who were selected from each school site as well as at the Council level. This year’s theme, “Above and Beyond,” acknowledged the time, effort and tremendous dedication the volunteers have given to their schools and community in doing just that: going “Above and Beyond.” Honorees included Lauren Shen, Jennifer Park and Jane Chon at Carver Elementary: Ellen Tsang, Michiko Lee and Zarana Patel from Valentine Elementary: Brent Bilvado, Jenny Yessaian and Rob Miller at Huntington Middle School: Ann Boutin, Helen Kim Spitzer and Eve Estrada at San Marino High School, and Lisa Wang for the PTA Council. Yvonne Chen was given the Continuing Service Award by the PTA Council, Nam Jack received the prestigious Golden Oak Award and Ruben Hernandez earned the Very Special Person Award.
