WVUSD: 2019/2020 Year-End Results
● Walnut Valley’s Science Olympiad Teams dominated the competition during the 2020
Los Angeles County Regional Finals, held February 22, at Rio Hondo Community
College. Out of 39 middle school teams, Chaparral took 3 rd Place, followed by Suzanne
in 4 th Place, and South Pointe in 5 th Place. In the high school division among 53
competitors, Diamond Bar finished with 3 rd Place and Walnut in 4 th Place. No other school
district had multiple trophy-winning schools. All five schools qualified for the Southern
California State Finals.
● Suzanne Middle School Principal Dr. Amy Smith has been named Middle Grades
Principal of the Year in the ACSA Region XV Administrator of the Year Program. Dr.
Smith has been a dedicated educator and administrator in Walnut Valley for the past 15
years.
● During Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, South Pointe Middle School hosted a
Color Run, on September 26, to raise funds, spread understanding, and honor 7 th grade
student Bryon Yang who lost his battle with leukemia. The schoolwide campaign raised
over $4,200 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
● Vejar’s Giselle Cordova (2 nd grade teacher) pulled off the surprise of a lifetime for
daughters Abigail and Hannah on August 26. During the schoolwide Homecoming
Assembly, Giselle revealed that their father, Staff Sergeant Julio Cordova, had returned
from a nine-month deployment in Afghanistan.
● Walnut High School mega-talented swimmer Justina Kozan capped one of the area’s
most successful seasons by winning two gold medals at the FINA Junior World
Championships in Budapest, Hungary in August. The sophomore won the 200-Meter
Individual Medley in 2 minutes 11.55 seconds. She was also part of the U.S. 4×200
Freestyle Relay Team that took the gold medal in a time of 7:55.49. Last spring, she won
two individual titles and two relay sectional titles at the CIF-SS Swimming and Diving
Championships.
● On December 7, Diamond Bar High School’s Science Olympiad Team took 1 st Place, out
of 30 teams, at the 2019 Cerritos High School Invitational competition. Students
competed in 23 events, encompassing a diverse range of scientific studies, finishing in
the top 5 in 15 of the events.
● Diamond Bar High junior Emma Han has earned the title of Girls Golf CIF-SS Individual
Champion. She is only the second golfer in the school’s history to achieve this
monumental achievement.
● Walnut High senior Daniel Muñoz has been named to the All-State Honor Choir and is
the first WHS student to be selected for all three honor choirs (Regional, All-State, and
Western Division) in the same year.
● In his seventh season, Walnut High School’s Joe Khouzam (head basketball coach)
achieved the most wins in the 51-year history of boys basketball on January 11.
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