Los Alamitos Seniors Honored By Rossmoor Woman's Club

ROSSMOOR, CA — Two Los Alamitos High School Seniors were named Students of the Month for January and February 2021, the Rossmoor Woman's Club announced.

April Chernila and Leah Huffington both hold the honor for the first months of 2021.

"April Chernila is the founder and president of the LAHS Girls Coding Club and a Vice President for California Scholarship Federation," a spokesperson for the Rossmoor Woman's Club announced.

Chernila is a four-year member of the LAHS Dance Program and has spent the last two years on Advanced Dance.

"Outside of school, April is a Team Leader for the International Internship Program: she and her team work with a community in Nigeria to spread awareness about human trafficking by creating educational programs," they said. "April is also a Distributed Proofreader for Project Gutenberg, where she helps edit online public domain texts, giving people access to books worldwide. April has maintained a cumulative GPA of 4.3 and achieved a 4.8 GPA during her most recent semester. In college, she hopes to study data science in conjunction with public policy."

For February, Lean Huffington received the esteemed award.

"Leah Huffington is a hard-working and determined bookworm whose primary aspiration in life is to help others. As a four-year member and the Co-President of the Activities Branch of the Spanish Honors Society, she runs the club's tutoring program, where she strives to advance interpersonal communications skills and broaden other members' cultural horizons," a spokesperson for the Woman's club announced.

Since 2017, Huffington has been the Assistant Coordinator for the Tennis Charity at the Seal Beach Tennis Center, monitoring the distribution of volunteers, equipment, clothing to inner-city high school students unable to afford such necessities/luxuries.

During the summertime, she enjoys volunteering as a camp counselor at the Long Beach Marine Institution, caring for children bubbling with laughter and innocence. She plans to major in political science or international affairs to become a lawyer, diplomat, or politician to advocate for human decency."

Each student received a certificate and $600 scholarship award from the Rossmoor Woman's Club.