HANNAH SPITZ, a junior at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, has been named to the dean’s list for the fifth consecutive semester. She is majoring in fine arts, with an art history minor and a concentration in printmaking. Spitz is in Florence, Italy, this spring, studying painting restoration, art history and studio art at the Studio Arts Centers International. She has received several merit scholarships, including a General Fine Arts Department Award and a MICA Achievement Award.
Spitz, the daughter of Jeffrey and Christina Spitz, attended Palisades Elementary and The Archer School for Girls, where she received the Gary David Goldberg Award as a graduating senior for “outstanding courage and conviction in application of original thought and artistic vision.” Last summer, she interned for Nickelodeon Animation Studios.
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RANDAL ROSMAN, a graduate student at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, received the Hilton Foundation student recognition award for the 2012-2013 academic year, presented through the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at UNLV. Randal is the son of Richard Rosman and Fran Morris-Rosman, who have lived in Pacific Palisades since 1985. He will graduate in May with dual master’s degrees in business and hotel administration.
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PATRIC C. W. VERRONE won a $2,500 National Achievement Scholarship from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. He was one of 800 outstanding black American high school seniors nationwide to receive the award. Verrone, a senior at Harvard-Westlake, wrote his first novel, “Sharktooth,” as a freshman, and would like to make a career of writing. He is the son of Patric M. Verrone, a television writer/producer, and Maiya Williams Verrone, a novelist and TV writer. When the Palisadian-Post interviewed him three years ago after he had written his book, Verrone was asked what was the toughest thing about having two parents who were writers. “They care about correct grammar a lot. Sometimes that’s helpful, sometimes it means having someone interrupt you to tell you not to say ‘like’ so much,” Verrone said.
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CARLY SCHWARTZ, daughter of Peter Schwartz and Roberta Turkell, was named to the dean’s list this fall at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. This was the fourth consecutive semester she has achieved this honor. Carly graduated from the Archer School for Girls and is currently studying abroad at the University of Sydney. A junior, she is majoring in communications with minors in business and theater.
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ANNA MAYER was named to the fall dean’s list at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, where she is studying biomedical engineering.
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LUCAS RIVERA was named to the honor roll at Pomfret School in northeastern Connecticut. Rivera, who plays hockey for his school team, is a member of the class of 2013. He is the son of Dana and Rick Rivera.
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ANNALIESE SNOWHOOK, a sophomore at Palisades High School, has started The Bella Foundation, a nonprofit organization that takes children’s and adults’ portraits at the Ride to Fly Therapeutic Horseback Riding center in Rancho Palos Verdes. The Ride To Fly organization provides services in the treatment of various disabilities.
Snowhook,15, said she started the program because “I’m a horse lover and a photography enthusiast. I’m hoping media exposure may help me raise money so I can provide better quality portraits.”
She continued, “The clients at Ride To Fly become very attached to their therapy horses, but only get to see them once a week. A photograph of them with ‘their’ horse can be a pleasant and constant reminder of that special bond between horse and rider.”
The other three founding members of The Bella Foundation are Alicia Schomer (Da Vinci Design Charter High School), Avery Ward (Mira Costa High School), and Rebecca Schomer (Da Vinci). The girls met in middle school at Ocean Charter School in Culver City.
Visit: bellafdn.org or ridetofly.com or e-mail asnowhook@gmail.com.
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