11. Olivia Vamosiu
No information available by the time of the printing of this
magazine. Look for John's biography and picture in the next issue
of the "Viata Crestina".
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Introductory Note:
We do have knowledge of some 12 High School and College Graduates in our parish. For reasons, independent of the Editor of the "Viata Crestina" magazine, we could not get the information (biographies and pictures) of some of the graduates in time to appear in this issue of this magazine.
However we will incorporate, in the alphabetical order, the names of the graduates who did not submit their materials in time, with the mark: ²not information available by the time of the printing of this magazine (June 24, 1998), with the promise to have such information incorporated in the next issue of the bulletin.
The biographies below were requested of the graduates, and are reproduced as presented.
1. Gabriella Alecse
Gabriella Alecse was born in London, England, on January 27, 1980. She is the third child (two older brothers and a younger sister) of Rev. Fr. And psa Elena Alecse.
The Alecses immigrated, from England to the United States of America, with the destination St. Paul, Minnesota, at the beginning of 1980, when Fr. Constantin was appointed as the parish priest of St. Mary's Rom. Orth. Church in St. Paul, by the late of tri-blessed memory Archbishop + Valerian.
On October 1, 1982 the Alecses moved to Los Angeles, California, as the Reverend Alecse was appointed as parish priest of the Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church there.During 1986-1987 Gabriella attended the St. Bernard Elementary School in Los Angeles. Between 1987-1994 Gabriella attended St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox School in Northrige, California.
From 1994 through 1998 Gabriella Alecse attended the Alemany High School of Mission Hills, California, graduating in June 1998. In the last two years at Alemany High School Gabriella joined the 12 members Decathlon team, winning in all the competitions, qualifying for the National semi-finals.
Due to its academic achievements, the Alemany team was commended by many California governmental bodies: L.A. City Council, Board of Supervisors, local councilmen, state assemblies, etc.
For all her scholastic achievements, at the graduation day, Gabriella received many awards like: Cal Grant Recipient, Membership of the National Honor Society, Life Membership of the California Scholastic Federation, President Educational Award, Outstanding Academic Achievement, University of California at San Diego, Accepted with Honors.
Gabriella Alecse is presently enrolled in the University of California at San Diego, majoring in English Literature.
2. Michelle Badea
No information available by the time of the printing of this magazine. Look for Michelle's biography and picture in the next issue of the "Viata Crestina".
3. Rocky Barbeli
No information available by the time of the printing of this magazine. Look for Rocky's biography and picture in the next issue of the "Viata Crestina".
4. John (Ionut) Bobonea
No information available by the time of the printing of this magazine. Look for John's biography and picture in the next issue of the "Viata Crestina".
5. Ioana Dascalu
Hello, my name is Ioana Dascalu and I'm 14 years old. I was born in Bucharest, Romania an July 9, 1984. I lived there for only three years and then my family moved to the USA I didn't know English and I was very afraid of having to go to school. I attended Burbank Blvd. Elementary from kindergarten to fifth grade. I would recommend this school to parents because it has great academics and nice teachers. From sixth to eighth grade I attended Holmes International Middle School.
While in the eighth grade at Holmes Middle school I was picked to be in an elective called C.R.P. which means College Readiness Program. C.R.P. was all about getting you ready for college and knowing the requirements needed for each college. My teacher was Mrs. Canning; she was a great teacher. This program that I was in helped me to bring my grades up and leanr what needed to be learned. We took field trips to colleges and we did community service projects. We were entered in many contests for our community service. We won two awards, which were the Clippers Team up Award and The environmental Education Award. One of the community projects we did was going to a retirement center and helping out with the residents. For this my picture was placed in the Daily News.
The goals I planned on accomplishing were keeping my grades up and learning as much as possible. Which I did accomplish. Next year for my freshman year I will be attending Birmingham High School and I hope to finish my senior year with honors and hope to be valedictorian. I'm going to try my hardest in achieving these goals because Birmingham has a lot to offer. I'm also hoping to be on the swim team and probably joining the Drama Club.
6. Carla Diran
Carla Diran s-a nascut în Los Angeles, la 15 ianuarie 1980. Copilaria si-a petrecut-o în Glendale, si în La Canada. Scoala Elementara a facut-o la Ribet Academy, în La Canada.
În clasa a VIII-a, Carla a fost admisa la Flintridge Preparatory School in La Canada, de unde a graduat anul acesta.
Carla a fost o studenta exemplara, numele ei fiind anual înscris pe lista Decanului Scolii (the Dean's List), acesta fiind cel mai important premiu acordat de catre Scoala.
În ziua graduarii I s-a decernat Certificatul de Memra a Societatii de Onoare Nationala a Scolilor Secundare (Certificate of Membership in the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools Based on Scholarship, Leadership, Service and Character).
Carla a participat la Concursul National de Franceza (Concourse National de Francaise), unde a obtinut locul #10, pe Statele Unite ale Americii, si Locul #5 pe California (Laureat National Niveau 5).
Carla a fost acceptata la 11 Colegii de reputatie nationala, publice si particulare, multe din aceste Colegii oferindu-I si scolarizare gratuita.
Tânara studenta s-a decis sa urmeze Universitatea Californiei/Los Angeles, fiind înscrisa din toamna la Colegiul UCLA. Congratulation !
7. Daniel Rohan
No information available by the time of the printing of this magazine. Look for John's biography and picture in the next issue of the "Viata Crestina".
8. Florin Dumitru Sarbu
Hi, my name is Florin Dumitru Sarbu, and I was born on the "fabulous" date of August 8, 1980 in Bucharest, Romania, My parents are Marian and Aurelia Sarbu, and my grandparents are Maria and Dumitru Preda.
My pre-K through Elementary education began at Phillips Academy, which is owned by Mariana Cadia our own church member.
Afterwards I joined the Greek Orthodox School, known as St. Nicholas, in Northridge, California where one of my fellow class mates consisted of Gabriella Alecse. My last education series ended with high school.
My attendance at Notre Dame High School was for the full four years, where I received a good education and received academic awards as well as athletic awards.
Among the academic accomplishments, worthwhile mentioning are the following: All Academic Award, 2nd place for Poetry, JSRA - Journal of Student Research Abstracts Publication.
Awards deriving from football & track: Versity Letters from California State Championship Qualifier Award & from California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) for making it to State finals, and Certificate of Appreciation, signed by Mayor Richard J. Riordan.
I do believe Notre Dame has prepared me, both scholastically and athletically, to do well in my college education at Irvine, where I intend to persue in Biology.
My whole family is an active member and supporter of the Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church in Los Angeles, California. For the last two years I have been the president of the Los Angeles Romanian American Orthodox Youth Organization, representing our Church to the AROY National Convention on two occasions.
On a social-cultural level, together with my brother, and many of this year's fellow graduates, I am a member of the Mugurel Romanian dance group, which performed, for many years, not only at the church's social doings, but competed with other ethnical dance groups in international festivals (Los Angeles, San Gabriel, San Diego and San Francisco, in California, and Phoenix, Arizona).
My family playing an active involvement in the Viitorul Roman Society, our group performed at various Society's social doings, and personally I have helped organize such doings.
I am proud to be of Romanian ancestry.
9. Victor Robert Sarbu
Hello, my name is Victor Robert Sarbu. I was born on July 8, 1983 in Los Angeles, California. I am the son of Marian and Aurelia Sarbu and the grandson of Dimitru and Maria Preda. I graduated this year from St. Nicholas, and plan to follow in my brother's footsteps by attending Notre Dame High School. I Florin is my older brother, I let you read more about him this time. You will be surprised in four years from now about my achievements. Till then, take care and blessings.
10. Sean M. A. Tallungan
It all started not too long ago in the little city of Burbank. It was the winter of '79. I was born on the 22nd of November. I went to Notre Dame High School. That is when I started running cross country and track, in which I was captain of Senior year. I also met Florin Sarbu (President of the Youth Group). We became best friends. He took me to a dance practice at his church (Holy Trinity). I loved it and I joined too. I started to attend mass; though I am not Romanian by birth I still feel its traditions and pride in my heart. I graduated Notre Dame this '98 along with Florin and many other friends.
My plans for the future are that I am going to do a semester at CSUN and then go to Indiana and attend Holy Cross Liberal Arts College. Moving will be hard because I will miss all of my close friends like Gabs and Claudia, my family and my girlfriend Nessie, but I want to be proud and make them proud of me.
11. Olivia Vamosiu
No information available by the time of the printing of this magazine. Look for John's biography and picture in the next issue of the "Viata Crestina".