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Gavriella's story ’89:
Gaviella graduated from Morasha in 1989. She has the honor of being a member of the 1st graduating class of Morasha. After attending Milkin Community High School, Gaviella went on to attend the University of California at Santa Cruz. She graduated in 2001 with a Bachelors of Science in Molecular Biology. From there, Gaviella attended the University of California at Irvine and was awarded an MBA in 2007. Some of Gaviella’s fondest memories of Morasha are the outstanding Art and Music programs she participated in. She also remembers the many school plays she helped plan as well as perform.
Sondra's story '94:
Her year book statement, “ten years from now I see myself finishing my sports scholarship for catching [softball] and starting my career as a fashion designer.”
graduatd in 2004 from Cal State Northridge where she accepted a full four year scholarship for softball.she set the record for the most doubles hit by an individual in the history of that school. Her second goal, to be a fashion designer, faded as she and found her real passion, teaching
Sondra says “Morasha was an excellent foundation for me and really helped me to focus on my goals over the years.” and “I still have friends from my days at Morasha! Not many people have friends from elementary school. But there were 8 of us and we really bonded.”
 Henry's Story '98:
Attends the
University of Pennsylvania (“Penn”). A Dean’s List and honors
student in the Wharton School and the School of Engineering and
in the Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, Henry
is also a National Merit Scholar. . Henry
excelled in middle and high school in his honors and Advanced
Placement (AP) courses. Henry had the distinction of achieving
5s (the highest score possible) in all his AP courses. He also
was a student at the Johns Hopkins’ Center for Talented Youth,
a summer program that engages the most talented junior high and
high school students in America. During the last two summers,
Henry was a Teaching Assistant at CTY in physics and in computer
science. Currently, Henry is a Teaching Assistant in Material
Science at the School of Engineering at Penn. He also tutors other
Penn students in physics.
Henry says that Morasha was uniquely instrumental in
formulating his academic and interpersonal skills.
Henry defines Morasha as a school of quality that instills character
traits in its students that last forever.
Erica's Story:
Dana Hills High
School an honors student, shares that Morasha gave
her a wonderful, warm and nurturing beginning both academically
and spiritually. She has been actively involved in her synagogue, in their Madrichim program assisting with
religious school and becoming a religious educator herself. She
has a very strong Jewish identity and has made NFTY (the reform
youth movement) a very important part of her life. After her bat
mitzvah Erica chose to continue her religious learning by enrolling
in the confirmation class at synagogue. She is planning a career
in either journalism or law.
Kevin's Story '02
After graduating from Morasha, Kevin went on to La Paz Intermediate School where he had much success, both academically and socially. During his 7th and 8th grade years he was a member of the Jazz Band at La Paz which won several competitions and recorded a CD. Kevin's hockey team also had much success winning 2nd place in the state for their division. Academically, Kevin graduated as a valedictorian! He credits Morasha for giving him an excellent educational foundation.
Troy"s Story '02:
After finishing his distinguished middle school career (he was on the president's honor roll every semester and the Superintendent's honor roll for one semester) at Marco Forster in SJC. Troy went on to Aliso Niguel High School. Outside of school, Troy is an advanced AYSO soccer player, and he races motocross. He also tried out and made the track team at Aliso Niguel High school where he specializes in the long jump and the high jump. Morasha was a great foundation for Troy and really gave him a "jump" on his middle and high school experiences.
Sophie's Story '96:
Sophie was involved in several Jewish activities during high school. Firstly, she participated in B'nai Brith Girls (BBG) as the president of her chapter and then as a regional vice-president. Secondly, she worked after school and on weekends as a madricha (teacher's aide) at her Synagogue and then became the Torah Trope teacher when she was in eleventh grade. Her Torah classes became very popular among the sixth and seventh grade students. Kids literally "begged" to be in Sophie's class. Her connection and love for reading Torah began at Morasha where she participated in Morasha's warm and egalitarian Thursday morning Torah service. These weekly services made an indelible impression on her and created a lifelong connection for Sophie to the Torah.
Meanwhile, at University High school, Sophie enrolled in honors and AP classes and was especially attracted to mathematics classes. At the end of eleventh grade she completed all that "Uni" could offer in this field and she continued with advanced Calculus courses at UCI during her senior year.
Sophie attends Carnegie Mellon University, majoring in Industrial Design and Finance. She studies quite a lot, has made many new friends, and has a job teaching Hebrew for seventh grade students. When Sophie comes home for vacations, she always stops in to visit her ex-students. Kids look forward to seeing her and to learning about college life; It all began at Morasha where she developed her love for Judaism. Thank you Morasha. This is a priceless gift.
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