Los Alamitos Students Of The Month Awarded Scholarships

ROSSMOOR, CA — At its first meeting of the fall season on Sept. 12, the Rossmoor Woman’s Club honored Los Alamitos High School students Julia Carpenter and Noah Shafton as Seniors of the Month.

Senior of the Month, August: Julia is part of the All Southern California Honors Orchestra and has performed the violin in Australia, England and South Wales.

She served as concertmaster for two years at Los Alamitos High School and has performed as a soloist at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts and Walt Disney Concert Hall.

In addition, she represented LAHS at the California Girls State leadership program over the summer, is serving as senior class co-president, is president of the Thirst Project (a club that raises money to aid in the global water crisis) and is on the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club’s junior board.

Senior of the Month, September: Noah is a member of the the LAHS football team and has also received Certificates of Excellence in Mathematics and Science.

He is a board member of the Thirst Project and participates in Spanish Honors Society, Model United Nations and the California Scholarship Federation. In college, he plans to pursue a double major in Communications and Spanish.

The Rossmoor Woman's Club awarded each student a $600 scholarship.

The Rossmoor Woman's Club, a non-profit social and charitable organization, was founded on March 27, 1958, and ever since then, members -- who come from all over Orange and and parts of Los Angeles counties -- have been working to improve the quality of life for people in the community.

The club provides financial support, volunteer hours and in-kind donations throughout Rossmoor, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, Long Beach and surrounding areas. For more information, visit www.rossmoorwomansclub.org.