Mount Madonna Seniors Earn College Board Honors

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Mount Madonna Seniors Earn College Board Honors

Three seniors at Mount Madonna School, Mariah Cohen, Cecily Kelly and Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak, are among 62,000 students nationwide awarded academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs for achievements in school and outstanding performance on the PSAT 10, and/or Advanced Placement exams.

All three students received the College Board’s National Rural and Small Town Award, and Ocampo-Sobkoviak received the National Hispanic Recognition Award.

Cohen and OcampoSobkoviak earned AP Scholar with Distinction, and Kelly was named an AP Scholar with Honors for their junior year PSAT and sophomore and junior year AP tests.

““I am proud of these students’ hard work and dedication,” said Director of Upper School Shannon Kelly. They took on the challenge of AP coursework and testing and committed to putting in the time necessary to be successful. They are versatile learners, capable of both creative and innovative thinking as well as adapting to more structured learning environments.” Three more students received College Board awards based on sophomore and junior year AP testing: Grade 11: Sandy Astone, AP Scholar; Samuel Kaplan, AP Scholar with Distinction; and grade 12, Benjamin Pearson, AP Scholar with Distinction. Eligible students have a

Mariah Cohen gradepoint of 3.5 or higher and have excelled on the PSAT/ NMSQT or PSAT 10, or earned a score of 3 or higher on two or more AP exams; and are African American or Black, Hispanic American or Latinx, Indigenous, and/or attend school in a rural area or small town.

Cecily Kelly “We want to honor the hard work of these students,” said Tarlin Ray, College Board senior vice president of BigFuture. “This program creates a way for colleges and scholarship programs to connect directly with underrepresented students who Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak they are hoping to reach. We hope the award winners and their families celebrate this prestigious honor and it helps them plan for their big future.” n

“Stolen Art” from page 15

In 2000, a descendant of the Cassirer family who had moved to San Diego in 1980 discovered that the painting was on display at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and promptly filed a petition with the Kingdom of Spain seeking its return.

When the petition was rejected, the family filed a lawsuit in California in 2005 asserting property claims under California law. Over the years, the case worked its way through the courts and was ultimately remanded back to the Ninth Circuit by the U.S. Supreme Court on April 21 for further consideration.

Under California law, victims of art theft are entitled to make their claims against museums in possession of stolen art for up to six years after discovery.

In the amicus brief, Bonta asserts: • The district court misidentified the relevant laws in reaching its decision; • California’s interests will be more substantially impaired by an adverse ruling; • Because many wrongs occurred in multiple jurisdictions, the painting’s current location is not as important; • California’s modern law on recovering stolen art from museums outweighs

Spain’s older adverse possession law; and • Applying California’s law will achieve the maximum attainment of the underlying purpose of all the relevant laws based on the parties’ expectations. n •••

Read the amicus brief at https://tinyurl. com/CAAG-return-holocaust-painting.