Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 2, No. 29 - July 16, 2020
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El Camino Athletic Competition
is on Hold Until Spring 2021
In accordance with plans recently announced by the California Community College Athletics Association (CCCAA), all El Camino College athletic competition for the 2020-21 academic year will be shifted
to the spring season. This decision has been made out of concern for the health and safety of our student athletes, our coaches and staff, and the campus community. Photo courtesy El Camino College. •
Eliana Gonzalez Always
Putting a Smile on Your Face
By Gregg McMullin
You will rarely find a person as genuinely
nice and loved by all than Eliana Gonzalez,
who also goes by Ellie. She isn’t your typical
18-year-old girl who has just graduated from
El Segundo High School. She is one of those
people who make you feel important when
you meet her. If you’re having a lousy day,
Ellie’s smile will certainly flip that frown.
You get the feeling that her zest for living
life with a smile should be everyone’s mantra.
Eliana is an involved person, and she says
she can thank her parents for being as well
rounded and grounded as she has become.
She is an excellent student, loves her time
with the school choir, very involved with
her faith, an athlete, and is learning to play
the ukulele.
During her final months of school, Ellie
was like other students muddling through
unchartered times. “I was fortunate enough
that I was still able to work during this time,
and it also helped me gain some form of human
contact outside my home.” She added,
“I struggled with time management and not
physically going to classes made it all that
more difficult.”
Ellie kept herself busy, when not studying
for her classes by learning to play the ukulele
during the quarantine. Her friend Charlene
started playing, and that inspired her to do it
too. She finished reading Michelle Obama’s
memoir Becoming. She said, “Not only details
her experiences as a woman of color but
also taught me not to limit my aspirations.
Over the past four years, Eliana’s brilliance
in the classroom surfaced and she finished
with a sparkling 4.5 GPA. She says that
school was fun for her because of the teachers
she had. “When you have good teachers,
it makes learning fun.”
While Eliana enjoyed all of her classes,
there was one class that stood out as a favorite.
“While I do love lectures in English
and Math, my favorite course was AP World
History with Ms. Richmond.” She says she
loved how engaging Ms. Richmond was in
her lessons and how she loved the subject
and loved teaching it. “I enjoyed learning
about history on a global scale because it
opened my eyes to how there are ways of
living completely different than mine.”
Ellie has an expanded friend group that
has been there for her since day one of high
school, and some even longer. There are so
many to name, so she might miss someone
if she volunteered their names, but they
know who they are. “I’ll miss every one
of them next year as we venture into new
stages of our lives. I will miss the teachers,
my counselor, choir friends, coaches, and
basketball teammates. All brought joy into
her life and have supported her endlessly, “I
am so grateful for each one of them.”
Mrs. Summers, her choir teacher, made a
significant impact on Ellie’s life through her
“kind and loving spirit.” Ms. Richmond not
only taught a subject she found intriguing
but also was the Advisor of a volunteer club,
she began with one of her best friends. “She
was a significant member of our club. She
helped my co-president and me organize our
meetings and figure out our goals of the club.
A vital part of Eliana’s four years of high
school was being a part of the school choir.
“My teacher, Mrs. Summers, and everything
she stands for is something I will always
remember. ”She not only taught her about
the wonders of the choir and the impact it
makes but also taught her life lessons on
the importance of kindness, optimism, and
strength. Eliana says that In her class, there
are so many opportunities for growth. I was
grateful to be an Alto section leader for
the past two years and choir secretary her
senior year. It allowed her to work on her
leadership skills, gain confidence in herself
and her voice. She said, “Like my parents,
Mrs. Summers believes nothing can hold
you back from following your heart and
your dreams. I am forever grateful to have
found both a friend and a mentor in such an
amazing teacher.”
A memory that stood out from Ellie’s four
years in the choir was a trip to Hawaii in
2017. “We went to Oahu, and we learned
a lot about the Hawaiian culture from the
locals. I had the best time singing, and my
See Eliana Gonzalez, page 6