Class of 1997
Name: Tomi Adewole
E-Mail: aaast42@pitt.edu relativisticjet@hotmail.com
College: University of Pittsburgh
Major: Astrophysics/ Photonics
Current Activities: keeping busy with grad school. It's either that or I go on a rampage. To ALL the old homies...all those years of CES seem like a lucid dream now...thanks to Mr. Rutchsman, Mrs. Silver, Mrs. Atkinson..in no particular order. Perhaps we will all meet again.
Comments: Of the eternal silence......truths that wake/; to perish never
Name: Jamie Arakawa
E-Mail: jamie_arakawa@sandp.com
College: U.C. Berkeley
Major: Japanese Language and Literature
Current Activities:Living it up in the Big Apple!
Name: Chung Be
E-Mail: ch1117g@aol.com
College: UCR
Major: Liberal Studies,Emphasis in Chem&Stats
Current Activities - Pi Alpha Phi National Fraternity
- Chinese Student Association
- Bank of America Customer Service Rep
Comments Screen Name = CH1117g
(Name) Yusef Beckles
(E-mail address) yu53f@yahoo.com
(Home page) http://profiles.yahoo.com/Yu53F
(College) -AET- (academy of entertainment & technology)
(Major) interactive media
(Current Activities) learning/observing/creating/traveling/golfing/running/driving
(Comments) i'm still a hopeless romantic.
Name: Ted D. Belinky
E-Mail: tbelinky@earthlink.net
College: Undergrad UCSB, B-school Pepperdine
Major:
Current Activities: Living in Chicago
(Name) Shannon Boyd, Jr.
(E-mail address) sirboyd@hotmail.com
(College) Santa Monica College
(Major) as of now, Graphic Design
(Current Activities) Working
I miss you all very much!!!
(Name) Jordan Brewer
(E-mail address) jcbrewer@mit.edu
(Home page) http://web.mit.edu/jcbrewer/www/
(College) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Current Activities) Doing lots and lots of work.
(Comments) LACES had it's good moments. People ranged from quiet-submissive to loud-obnoxious. Although in college, the conformity factor is much less, work is much harder, and acheivement isn't knocked down by the jealous. Well that last part is only somewhat more true in college.
Name: ian j. brown
E-Mail: i.j.brown@alumni.williams.edu
Home Page http://wso.williams.edu/~ibrown
College: williams.college
Major: political science, theatre
Current Activities i have no current activities
Name: DeAna Brunson -Upshaw
E-Mail: dbupshaw11@juno.com
College: Indiana University
Major: Communications
Current Activities: Special Education Teacher, working on Masters in Special Education, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and being married!
(Name) Josh Carpenter (Hughes)
(E-mail address) carpenterJC@yahoo.com
(College) Clear Creek Baptist Bible College
(Major) Bible
(Current Activities) Sound-Man for the College
(Comments) I din't actually graduate I just went to college.
Name: okima leola chaisson-cox
iota_sweetheart@hotmail.com
College: csulb
Major: black studies and child development
Current Activities/Comments:
i work part-time outside the house, im a full-time wife and mommy to a beautiful husband and son and a lifetime auilixary iota sweetheart to the brothers of iota phi theta fraternity, inc. i graduated from long beach state in 2003 and im still just down the street from LACES. so i see some of you in near by places i.e. (shannon b.) and im always running into the best of the best mr. rutchman, mrs. collins, mrs. topkins etc. my family is now flirting with plans to move to ATL or Lousiana with in the next year. I live life by the words of one Mrs. Silver "How will you know if you don't take a risk." LACES was great, college was a great experiement(better) and life is a blessing.
Name: Nathan Dallas Byerley
E-Mail: DallasByerley@gmail.com
College: UCSB, CSUN
Major: Sociology, Public Administration
Current Activities: Workin two jobs, travelin, keepin plenty busy.
Comments: Ten years already??!!?? WTF. Lookin forward to seeing people at this reunion thang. Feel free to drop a line anytime.
(Name) Starkeya Daniels
(E-mail address) kia1079@aol.com
(College) San Diego State
(Major) Psychology
(Current Activities) working, e-mailing the homies and occassionally attending class
(Comments) They say that high school prepares you for the best years of your life. However, I say that the best years of my life were spent in high school. Thanx to C.E.S. and all the people that helped to make my long stay at C.E.S. memorable. Mr. Rutschman, Mrs. Lyles-Cooper, and most of all Ms. Watkins. I'll never forget any of you.
(Name) Starkeya Daniels
(E-mail address) msdiva97@aol.com
(College) West Los Angeles College
(Major) Psychology
(Name) Robert Davidovits
(College) Harvard University of Underwater Basket-weaving
(Major) Underwater Basket-weaving
(Current Activities) Dropped out of Harvard to go to S.M.C.
(Comments) LACES is the best
Name: Robbie Davis
E-Mail: robbieleannadavis@yahoo.com
College: Loyola Marymount
Major: Business Law
Name: Malikh Dean-Boggus
E-Mail: m.deanboggus@worldnet.att.net
College: Cal State University Domiguez Hills
Major: Liberal Studies
Current Activities Chasing after my 16 month old son, play-groups, tring to survive marriage, and growing up! ( you don't stop at 26 :)
Comments I really enjoyed reading up on how everybody is doing so well. Hello to you all! Drop me an email. christina and david you will make a hopeless romantic out of me. Sometimes its nice to reminisce on highschool and to think of how simple life really was...but, I like where I am now too. I have been a stay at home mom/wife for the past 1 1/2 and will soon start substituting K-5. I live on an Airforce base in Arizona (the hottest place on earth)with my husband and son.
Name: Brian Ellis
E-Mail: BattalionCSX@aol.com
College: Cal State L.A.
Major: Art Design
Current Activities: Working in the Bank of America Cash Vault while still drawing and creating new things to submit to companies like Nickelodeon, Cartoon Nertwork, and the WB.
Comments: No comment. Just want to see y'all real soon. Y'know?
Home Page: http://www.myspace.com/laces_saint
(Name) Danielle Epstein
(E-mail address) depstei1@tcs.tulane.edu
(College) Tulane University
(Major) Anthropology/Psychology
(Comments) life takes practice
Name: Christina Evangelista
E-Mail: ce095@cvip.net
College: CSU, Fresno
Major: English
Current Activities: Still living in So. Cal (the Valley) with my wonderful husband of 4 yrs (David). Working in the HR dept. for a small company. Still no kids but I think 2007 is going to be filled with the cries of a baby.
Comments: I can't believe it has been almost 10 yrs since we left HS. It seems like a life time ago and some days it seems like yesterday. Hope everyone is doing well and I'll see you in '07.
(Name) Michael Farrier
(E-mail address) mfarrie2@gmail.com
College: UC Berkeley
Major: English
Current Activities/Comments:
Its been too long and I feel so out of touch. If you knew me at any point and have minute... holla at me. If anyone knows anything about a reunion let me know.
(Name) Karla Patricia Flores
(E-mail address) KP_Flores@acad.fandm.edu or Frecklebabyflore@hotmail.com
(College) Franklin and Marshall College
(Major) Psychology/Anthropology
(Current Activities) College Radio Station,work in Admissions,IVCF, Mi Gente Latina, sleep,eat, and oh yeah go to class.
(Comments) Laces was a bubble. It was great while it lasted but my bubble had to burst in order for me to face reality. I thank Mr. Rutschman for making my years at LACES just awesome. Circle of Friends is still out there!!! =)
Christopher Foster
E-mail: mrchrisf@hotmail.com
College: UC Berkeley/ Fuller Theological Seminary
Major: Mass Communications/Theology
Current Activities/Comments:
Challenge Day Leader (www.challengeday.org)& Youth Pastor. I have so many distinct and vivid memories of LACES it is ridiculous! Halloween Carnivals, dances, Mr. R, Prom and the list goes on, I miss you all more than words can convey. Honestly thank you all for making my high school one of the most memorable times of my life.
Name: Laura Fuentes
E-Mail: LCFuentes@Hotmail.Com
College: Franklin & Marshall College
Major: Animal Behavior and Spanish
(Name) Roozbeh Ghaffari
(E-mail address) rooz@mit.edu
(Home page) web.mit.edu/rooz/www
(College) MIT
(Major) EECS/Management
(Current Activities) work, stock market, study
(Comments) Gonna change the world. Just keep a look out. I'll keep you posted.
Name: Adam Goldenberg
E-Mail: sportylumps@yahoo.com
College: SDSU, UNLV, CSUN
Major: Marketing
Current Activities: New Business Development Mangager for a Golf Club Manufacturer!
Comments: Uh, Go Unicorns, Yeah!
Did they change the name yet?
Name: Summer Gory
E-Mail: summergory@yahoo.com
College: Southern University
Major: Business Marketing
Current Activities: Let's try this again...
Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce & Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Job: Property Administrator (Commercial Real Estate)
If you want some property in Dallas or Texas Holla at me :)
Had to add the shameless plug...
Comments: Time flies when you're all grown up.
Hope all is well with everyone!
Holla :)
(Name) Evora Griffith
(E-mail address) uluveve@uclink4.berkeley.edu
(College) University of Califoria at Berkeley
(Current Activities) Give me some time to start
(Comments) I LOVE LACES, I miss Mr. Rutschman.
Name: Yolanda L. Hayes
E-Mail: msnike003@yahoo.com
College: CSULA
Major: Computer Information Systems
Current Activities: Working, still in school/took sometime off in between. Spend time with love ones. Enjoying Life :)
Comments: YOu know I learned a lot since the 10th grade....I learned not to care about what people think of me or what I do with my life. I just do what I do and keep it moving at my own pace. There are a good handful of people who do a lot with their life and there are others who do nothing and they are much older.....So for those who are doing something such as myself or who have accomplished more than I have Praise God because we are Blessed to do what we do. If we were all the same, the world would be boring. In my life I can say I've done a lot and still growing.....C ya in 2007
Home Page: http://www.myspace.com/goodgirl97badgirl
(Name) Simone Genice Jackson
(E-mail address) sgjackso@ucsd.edu
(College) UCSD (university of california, SAN DIEGO)
(Major) right now I'm do majoring in Undecided and Undeclared
(Current Activities) AASU & MEChA
(Comments) I never wanted to go to LACES because all of my friends were
going to JB. Now I'm glad that I spent 6 years of my life there. I love all
of the people that I got to call my friends, and hopefully I'll be able to
keep in touch with them. But most of all to keep the Class of '97 together.
Who wants to help???
(Name) Kimberly Kawahira
(College) University of California, Santa Barbara
(Name) Jessica Kienzl
(E-mail address) kienzl@hotmail.com
(College) University of Southern California
(Major) Communication
(Current Activities) Working at Foshay Middle school helping students
develop their reading skills
Name: Jennifer Kim
E-Mail: jenikae79@hotmail.com
College: CSULA
Major: Child Development
(Name) LaTesha Knighten-Harper
(E-mail address) ukngil01@mcl.ucsb.edu
(College) University of California, Santa Barbara
(Major) English and Spanish
(Current Activities) BSU, & working
(Comments) I never knew how much I missed high school until I came to
college. They are two totally different worlds. But I'd rather be in college
and on my own than to have a high school teacher barking down my back.
(Name) Judy Elizabeth Laureano
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Name: Peta-Gaye Elizabeth Lawrence
E-Mail: plawrence97@hotmail.com
College: CSULA
Major: B.S. in Business Administration, c/o '01
Current Activities Office manager in Downtown LA
Comments I still surround myself with LACES folk to this day. I better see the rest of you at the 2007 reunion. Look me up on friendster.com
(Name) Ebony M. Lawson
(E-mail address) faith@uclink4.berkeley.edu
(College) UC Berkeley
(Major) Psychology/Pre-med
(Current Activities) BRRC, NCNW
(Comments) LACES has definitely prepared me for my college experience.
The block schedule, the AP classes and that bomb @#$ counselor Mr. R.
Thanx 4 the memories! School is a challenge, but one that I will conquer.
Much luv 2 Tim,Sum,Eve,Shani and everyone else in the greatest class that
ever lived.(97') LBNL Shouts out to those who got me to where I am
now:Watkins,Silver,Laderman&Collins. Luv U all
Name: Kevin Lee
E-Mail: iamkevinlee@yahoo.com
College: USC
Major: IR
Current Activities: busy working
Comments: Adam Goldenberg, email me if you see this message...
Name: Heidi Lepucki
E-Mail: heidianne672@hotmail.com
College: UC Irvine
Major: History
Current Activities: High school teacher in Mission Viejo, CA.
Name: Julio Cesar Licea
College: Santa Ana College
Current Activities: Working for Time Warner
(Name) Michael Long
(College) UC Berkeley
(Comments) LACES was strange.
Name: Ryan Martin
E-Mail: espeeboy@yahoo.com
College: UC Berkeley
Major: Architorture
Current Activities: Working my @$$ off managing a small design/fabrication company 50-60 hours a week, photography (digitial SLR's are the ish), paying 60-70 bucks per tank per week to satisfy my V-8 Tundra named "Pinky", still representin' L.A. up Norte bleeding Dodger Blue in the Hateration Bay Area (Giants suck!), also representin' Raidernation no matter how much we suck, still hate USC with a passion (GO BEARS!), trying to learn Spanish without taking classes.
Comments: Wazzupper all you lost class o' nine seven Unicorns. Yup, crapola our ten year reunion approaches. So whatz the happs on planning this baby out? Email me with any info/planning stuff. Still keeping close to some of the true LACES friends out there. What happened to the rest of y'all? Don't be afraid to holla (use the new email addy)
Name: Hellena Miron
E-Mail: hellena@gmail.com
College: LMU loyola marymount university
Major: business admin
Current Activities: working, socializing, traveling for work and for fun. I work in the insurance industry.
Comments: hope everyone is well.
Name: Derrika Nimmers
E-Mail: nimmers@usc.edu
College: University of Southern California (USC)
Major: Occupational Therapy
Current Activities: Graduate School!
Comments: What's up w/ no one knowing anything about the reunion? Not even Mr. Rutschman.... Anyways. Who ever is down to plan one.... Hit me up...
Home Page: http://www.myspace.com/30168291
(Name) Leroy Ortega
(E-mail address) ldo56100@csun.edu
(College) CSUN
(Major) Business
(Comments) LACES: I stayed there forever, I should have left and played
ball at a "real" school. Yet I stayed and made everlasting memories.
Name: Ahhrone Pepper
E-Mail: arpppr@aol.com
College: Woodbury University
Major: Postin
Current Activities Casting Director
(Name) Summer Nicole Rice
(E-mail address) srice@spelman.edu, Summmer921@aol.com
(College) Spelman College
(Major) Political Science, minor in Dance and Business
(Current Activities) SGA, Morehouse College Danceteam, Morehouse Bus. Association, NAACP
(Comments) Hello to my true friends. Congratulations Ebony. Keep up the good work Timiesha. Thanks for helping me Mr.
Rutschman and Mrs. Stringos-Arias
(Name) David Sanders
(E-mail address) sandersd@engin.umich.edu
(College) University of Michigan Ann Arbor
(Major) electrical engineering
(Current Activities) Biomedical Engineering Research Associate in the Radiology department.
(Comments) College has given me a new lease on life, and a new way of thinking. I am working harder than ever in school and on my research. I miss all of you that walked across the stage with me, especially my fiancee (Christina). Never let anything keep you from your dreams and always give 110% at whatever you do.
Name: Danielle Schenker
E-Mail: Dnschenker@aol.com
College: Bryn Mawr
Major: English
Current Activities: Working at a law firm waiting on law school application results.
(Name) Timiesha Theard
(E-mail address) utheat00@mcl.ucsb.edu
(College) University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB)
(Major) Sociology
(Current Activities) HIV/AIDS Safer Sex Peer, Front Desk Attendent, and, The EOP program
(Comments) College life is totally different from LACES LIFE. I do more reading in one quarter than I've done my whole life. But I'm learning alot and I love the independence!
(Name) Natasha Thompson
(E-mail address) uthomn00@mcl.ucsb.edu
(College) UC Santa Barbara
(Major) Sociology
(Current Activities) Black Student Union, Akonke, Scholars Hall, HIV/AIDS Sexual Health Peer, Sexual Health Peer
(Comments) LACES was truly an experience I will never forget. Though we didn't have a football team and we wern't like "real" high schools, LACES has helped me to be more open-minded in everything that I do. I will never forget LACES or the class of 1997. I love you all.
(Name) Tory D. Toyama
(E-mail address) ttoyama@usc.edu
(College) University of Southern California
(Major) Political Science
(Current Activities) just living
(Comments) LACES was good for a few laughs, but college is the real ish,
and now I'm suffering. Hope to see everyone from '97 real soon, because
I'm on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
Name: Joseph Vernon
E-Mail: joseph@humanicstudio.com
College: Cal Poly
Major: Computer Eng.
Current Activities Own two companies and enjoy racing cars and flying planes.
Comments LACES, the strangest years of my life. That, however, is not a bad thing. Even though I spent only three years there, I miss LACES and it's people more than any other school. Feel free to email me.
(Name) Caren Watts
(E-mail address) uwattc01@umail.ucsb.edu
(College) UCSB
(Major) undeclared
(Current Activities) playing at the beach, partying, oh and going to school
(Name) Veronica Wehrmann
(E-mail address) Pixidst79@aol.com
(College) SMC
(Major) Child Development
(Current Activities) too many to name
Name: Darleda Williams
E-Mail: djspark@onedjspark.com
College:
Major:
Current Activities: Entertainer/ Small Business Owner
Comments:
Home Page: http://www.ONEDJSPARK.com
Name: Walidah Williams
E-Mail: walidah_white@hotmail.com
College: CSUN
Major: Political Science
Current Activities: Enjoying marriage and hopefully starting a family soon.Preparing for Law School and working on any and every local campaign hoping to kick start my career in politics.
Comments: I miss some things about LACES but I'm happy it's over! It's cool to know that everyone is doing well and I wish everyone the best.
(Name) Clifton J Windom
(E-mail address) boywindom@yahoo.com
(College) School of Hard Knocks
(Comments) Right now I'm an Avionics electronics tech for the Marines. I'm now in San Diego, or some third world country defending the universe, blah, blah, blah...
I wise only because I made all my mistakes early in life. P.S. don't marry for love only...
(Name) Diana Yu
(E-mail address) Dhwy79@aol.com
(College) UC Berkeley
(Major) probably integrative biology (pre-med)
(Current Activities) work at the first prez church nursery and volunteer at university health center
(Comments) we thought we'd been through it all when we graduated from high school, but now, we're all realizing that it has just begun..... i'm glad i got to spend one of the most integral parts of my life with my fellow LACES graduates... you guys are truly the best.. and though we 're scattered all over the country, i trust that you guys are doing your best... and that we'll all meet again one day... do your best you guys... and i miss you all...
(Name) Shani Z
(E-mail address) shockley@rohan.sdsu.edu
(College) San Diego State Uni.
(Major) Psychology/ minor, child development
(Current Activities) none
(Comments) Do all you can. Life is short. Don't look Back!
directory last updated 6/10/07