Pali News - Palisades Charter High School
Pali News - Palisades Charter High School
Pali News - Palisades Charter High School
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Lily Emitaz was awarded $40,000 from Pratt Institute<br />
Alan Klug was awarded $12,000 from Art Center College of Design<br />
Val Karuskevich was awarded a $106,000 from the Maryland Institute College<br />
of Art for his outstanding portfolio in photography.<br />
There are also several students in the art program who are attending universities and<br />
also received academic scholarships:<br />
Marilyn Areceo received $36,000to California Lutheran University<br />
Sophie Rivera was awarded a $40,000 Emerging Artist Scholarship from Notre<br />
Dame de Namur University<br />
Julia Gullotti was awarded a $40,000 academic scholarship from Loyola<br />
University in New Orleans<br />
Tara Raoufi was awarded a $46,000 scholarship from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo<br />
San Luis Obispo, CA<br />
We are very proud of their accomplishments and wish them well!<br />
DRAMA DEPARTMENT NEWS<br />
DRAMA DEPARTMENT SWEEPS DTASC FESTIVAL<br />
<strong>Pali</strong>sades <strong>Charter</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> Drama Students, under the direction of Lisa Kraus,<br />
won the annual Shakespeare Competition held by the<br />
Drama Teachers Association of Southern California (DTASC) on April 24, 2010 in<br />
Sherman Oaks, California. 80 <strong>Pali</strong> students joined 50 other schools at the festival. Not<br />
only did the <strong>Pali</strong> Thespians win 1 st place in two divisions of the competition, but they<br />
swept four of the large group categories: Theme Collage, Julius Caesar and the<br />
Comedy of Errors.<br />
Large group scenes last up to eight minutes and require 4 to 10 actors. The<br />
productions are timed and are judged on technique, characterization, group<br />
interaction, staging and overall effectiveness. In C Division, (grades 9-12) Theme<br />
Collage, directed by Katie Lantz and Elena Loper, wove together scenes from Hamlet,<br />
Othello, and Measure for Measure. The scene featured Madeline Packer, Tehmina<br />
Dinshah, Eli Shavalian, Alana Best, Nick Giggins-Hill, Katie Lantz, Elena Loper, and<br />
Ryan Steinberg. Large Group Drama, Julius Caesar, directed by Gabby Bonder and<br />
Hannah Gross, featured Sean Pinto, Travis Fearing, Mark McGowan, Tasha Solomita,<br />
Gabby Bonder, and Hannah Gross. Gross composed an original score, sung a capella<br />
by the actors. Finally, Large Group Comedy, featuring Julian Schwartzman,<br />
Alessandra Varsano, Vivien Huba, Peter Atkinson, Amy Mahoney, and Brandon Papo,<br />
captured the veteran directing talent of Mariel Redlin and Vivien Huba in a bold scene