Orinda, California (PRWEB) June 03, 2013
Orinda Academy announced these days that YingYu Ren, 17, a member of the schools junior class, is a recipient of 3 awards recognizing her academic achievement, service and leadership.

Ren is a single of only ten students in the nation to win A Greater Likelihood Award for Excellence for academic distinction, contributions to the college community and demonstrated capacity to attain. The award is from the organization, A Better Opportunity, which performs to improve the number of effectively-educated young people of color who are capable of assuming positions of duty and leadership in American society.

The 2013 Alexander Hamilton Citizenship Achievement Award was also awarded to Ren. It recognizes youth who demonstrate leadership skills, academic excellence and a passion for public service.

Rens writing talent earned her the 2013 Pals of the Orinda Library Poul Anderson Writing Contest in the Essay/Memoir category. Her entry titled, The Inspiring Ocean, details how her expertise with the ocean impacted and parallels her life, from the time she was an infant in China to nowadays as she looks toward her future.

These awards encourage me to go additional, keep difficult myself, be a far better person, do my greatest and give back to the community, says Ren.

YingYu is a single of the most impressive, extraordinary students I have encountered in my 38 years of teaching and administration, says Ron Graydon, founder and head of Orinda Academy. She has prospered in spite of getting an English language learner and has maintained a straight-A typical in Orinda Academys rigorous college preparatory curriculum.

In addition to her academic achievements, Ren has been a driving force on the student council in organizing the most successful toy drive in Orinda Academys history. She is on the yearbook employees (her cover style was chosen in 2012 and 2013), is a math TA, a tour guide for prospective students, and has served as an interpreter for going to Chinese recruiters and households.

Ren has logged hundreds of hours of community service, like function with the East Bay Asian Regional Improvement Corporation assisting people prepare tax returns. She has also taught students study skills, time management and social media by means of A Much better Possibilities West Coast Orientation Program.

ABOUT ORINDA ACADEMY
Orinda Academy (OA) is an independent, non-profit, co-educational day college serving grades six by way of 12. It prides itself on the general achievement of its students. Students are from throughout the Bay Location and bring their person strengths and talents to enrich the diverse neighborhood. The environment at OA is conducive to student achievement by emphasizing organization, time-management, and self-advocacy. Although building self-esteem and self-reliance, students create upon their successes. Students who graduate from Orinda Academy are confident as properly as academically and personally ready for college. Graduates attend leading public and private universities and California State and University of California schools.

For more information, call Orinda Academy at (925) 254-7553, or go to http://www.orindaacademy.org.