Monrovia High senior Rebecca De La O proudly signed a symbolic letter of commitment to attend the University of California, Los Angeles during the school’s lunchtime series of college signing celebrations, Sign on the Line, from April to May.

Monrovia High senior Sam Williams and his friend, Megan Navarro, joined more than 100 students with special needs from across San Gabriel Valley donning boutonnieres, corsages, and formal wear as they enjoyed an afternoon of music at a Roaring Twenties themed prom on May 11 at Monrovia High School.

Monrovia High Junior Natalia Guevara and Senior Eeana Torres led the school’s symbolic class walkout after the Parkland, Florida shootings in February, helping to provide a space to honor the lives lost and for their peers to voice their thoughts and feelings without leaving campus.

Plymouth Elementary School won a $10,000 grant to upgrade and enhance its library with resources geared toward technology and Mandarin, including a parent resource library, thanks to more than 10,000 votes placed over two weeks for the Scholar Dollar Grant Program.

Two Monrovia High seniors are participating in the Young Legislators Program, hosted by Assemblymember Chris Holden, providing them with the opportunity to learn about the legislative process and the relationship between local and state governments.