Foothills Sentry Page 10 NOVEMBER 2025 2025-2026 EL MODENAHIGHSCHOOL EST. 1966 VANGUARDS TAWC honors Foothill High senior The Tustin Area Woman’s Club honors an outstanding senior from each Tustin Unified School District high school each month. For October, Foothill High School is represented by Brianna Mun, founder of the FHS Smile Train Club and a Smile Train Student Ambassador. She advocates for the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act, fighting to secure insurance coverage for children with cleft lip and palate. Mun also participated in the American Legion Auxiliary California Girls State, where she was elected Majority Floor Leader of the Senate. She authored the Hormonal Risk Disclosure and Public Awareness Act, which is now under consideration by the California State Senate. She is also fencer who earned the bronze medal at the 2024 Junior Olympics, and the 2023 California State Junior Women’s epee title. She plans to take pre-med courses in college. Also recognized were Nina Huang of Beckman and Iffah Sheikh from Legacy High School. Tustin High did not submit a candidate for October. Bob Doberneck reads to the kids. Matthew Gates hands out backpacks and school supplies. Reading Promise is Elks signature event The Reading Promise Project, held at the Orange Public Library on Oct. 5 is one of the Orange Elks premiere annual events. The Reading Promise is a promise to provide a book for a student who then promises to read it. The Reading Promise believes that by placing a brandnew book in the hands of a child who would not otherwise have an opportunity to own a book, a lifelong reader will be created. The 2025 Reading Promise event was enjoyed by around 1,100 guests, with help from 125 volunteers from the Elks and 22 members of the Orange High School girls basketball team. Elks Committee Chairman Mike Cash headed the project to serve the Orange Unified School District Title I school families. The Orange Elks Lodge received a Beacon and Spotlight Grant from the Elks National Foundation to help cover most of the cost of the event. It takes teamwork The Elks’ community partners dove in to help. The Kiwanis of Orange served, and ran out of, hotdogs; Home Depot supplied building kits; the Orange Blossoms, an Auxiliary of the Assistance League of Orange, and the Elks handed out combined school supplies; Orange GRIP (Gang Reduction Intervention Partnership) handed out drug awareness materials; and Chapman University donated bookmark craft supplies. Elks mascot Elroy T. Elk was present for pictures with the children. The Orange High School Agriculture Program barnyard animals were a big hit, as was an Orange City Fire Department truck. The Orange County Bird of Prey Center brought feathered friends and the Independent Therapy Dogs were enjoyed by all. Face painting and balloon art were popular attractions. And to conclude the event, the Orange Library staff processed library cards so the children could continue reading. Chapman inaugurates new president In a ceremony combining pomp and circumstance, meaningful speeches and symbols, Matthew “Matt” Parlow was inaugurated as the 14th president of Chapman University at Musco Center for the Arts, Oct. 10. Parlow was appointed after a national search, ahead of the planned retirement of Daniele Struppa. A Southern California native, Parlow had been at Chapman for 12 years, serving as executive vice president, chief advancement officer and the Parker S. Kennedy Chair in Law. Previously, Parlow served as a professor and associate dean for academic affairs at Marquette University Law School; practiced law at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips; and worked in the White House Office of Legal Council and for the Office of Mayor Richard Riordan. Parlow's inaugural speech reaffirmed the importance of higher education and his commitment to free speech, academic excellence and the need for civil discourse. Brianna Mun Matthew Parlow
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