The Florin J.A.C.L. Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce this year's scholarships winners:  Megan M. Toyama and Jennifer M. Nishizaki. They were selected based on their JACL, community, and school involvement; leadership ability; and, academic achievement. 

Jennifer Nishizaki, daughter of Terry and Nishizaki, is a senior at  C.K.Mc Clatchy High School in the HISP program (Humanities and International Studies, an honors program with a rigorous academic curriculum). This active teen carries a 4.0 gpa while participating in KEY Club, Peace Coalition, California Scholarship Federation, and Student Government.  She has served on the Sacramento Youth Commission, President and Treasurer of the Parkview Presbyterian Church Youth Group, and has earned the Gold and Silver Awards in Girl Scouts.  She has also taken fencing lesson for four years.

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Megan Toyama, daughter of Titus and Donna  KomureToyama, also participates in the HISP program at C.K. McClatchy High School .  This honor roll student is active in student government and athletics.  She is currently on the school varsity tennis team, and has played on the junior varsity basketball and soccer teams.  She also participated on numerous community teams in tennis, soccer, and basketball.  Megan is currently senior class president, and been class officers numerous terms.  In addition she is a member of th4 Peace Coalition, Asian Student Union, Youth Congress, and CSF.  She was selected as a delegate to the Asian Pacific Youth Leadership Project Conference at the State Capitol and helped in the Doris Matsui election campaign.  Megan has been playing the koto since 1996.

Both Jennifer and Megan and members of the Florin JACL Youth group  and they each had roles as extras in the film, Day of Independence.

Both girls will receive a Florin JACL Scholarship funded by the annual Spaghetti Dinner organized by Bob Uyeyama and Amos Freeman and the Ronald McDonald House Charities.  

 Members of the Scholarship Committee who served this year are Aileen Nishio, Stan Umeda, and Andy Noguchi, with Ruth Seo as Chairperson.