2016
The California Association of IB World Schools is very proud to announce our scholarship and award winners for 2016. Thank you to our member schools who submitted such amazing applications. Reading them was an inspiring, joyous and humbling experience. The quality of IB students and educators in our state is unparalleled, while the diversity of thought and action represents what is so best about the IB. For 2016 we had an unprecedented number of applications and every single candidate was worthy of the award. This made the choice of winners very challenging. In the end, after much consideration and deliberation, the award committees were able to reach unanimous decisions. It is therefore our profound joy to announce the winners of the CAWS scholarships and awards for 2016.
CAWS Outstanding Community Service
PYP $500 Avery Livingstone, The Healdsburg School, Healdsburg
DP $1,000 Claire Bugos, Sequoia High School, Redwood City
CAWS Nancy and Cliff Forster Life Long Learner
PYP $500 Isabella Gutierrez, Amelia Earhart Elementary School, Indio
MYP $500 Johanna Dickie, Blair High School, Pasadena
DP $1,000 Camille Bean, Laguna Creek High School, Elk Grove
CAWS Video Award
$1,000 Pacific Beach Middle School, San Diego
CAWS Garry Prather IB Student of the Year
PYP Northern California $1,500 Harrison Threlfall, The Healdsburg School, Healdsburg
PYP Southern California $1,500 Riley Baker, Amelia Earhart Elementary School, Indio
MYP Southern California $1,500 Aalaiziah Collins, Pacific Beach Middle School, San Diego
DP Northern California $11,000 Dominic Tanzillo, Sequoia High School, Redwood City
DP Southern California $11,000 Dana Bakke, Granite Hills High School, El Cajon
CAWS Exemplary Educators of the Year
PYP $1,000 Hina Lee, IB Coordinator, Primary Years Academy of International Education, Stockton
MYP $1,000 Erin Paris, Language and Literature Teacher, Pacific Beach Middle School, San Diego
DP $1,000 Janet Conner, IB English and TOK Teacher, Newbury Park High School, Newbury Park
CAWS Teacher Training Awards
PYP $2,500 Sarah Mejias, 4th Grade Teacher, Park Side Elementary School, Sebastopol
MYP $2,500 Amy Weinheimer, Science Teacher, Pacific Beach Middle School, San Diego
DP $2,500 Marilyn Strange, IB Theatre Arts, Newbury Park High School, Newbury Park
Superintendent of the Year Award
Dr. James Q. Hammond, Ontario-Montclair School District, Ontario