Glendale Unified School District officials recently honored eight
local students as the top scorers at the 2004 National Current Events
League Contest.
School board members honored seventh-graders Mehnaaz Chowdhury of
Toll Middle School; Kristofer Coffman of Wilson Middle School; Jasper
Mesnik of Rosemont Middle School and Ofelia Yerzinkyan of Roosevelt
Middle School at the May 25 board meeting.
Board members also honored eighth-graders Shaunt Attarian of
Wilson; Jano Boghossian of Toll; Rio Fischer of Rosemont and Gerald
Mendoza of Roosevelt.
The eight students were among 1,040 Glendale boys and girls who
participated in the national contest, which was conducted this school
year in more than 121 schools in 36 states.
Participating students had to answer 30 questions on current
events during four meets this year.
Gary Moskowitz
