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CENTRAL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
AUGUST 2025 PO BOX 555, SHASTA LAKE, CA 96019-0555 VOLUME 56
Updates on Scholarship Winners of 2025!
We only have funds to give to the Scholarship Winners every year because of the generous donations from Alumni Members. We want to thank each one of you who funded the scholarships: Dr. Brad Ashburn Class of 1999, Brian Bucher Class of 1983, Dr. George Parrott Class of 1961, Stephen Pohlmeyer Class of 2000, Nancy Flaherty (Rudd) Class of 1984, Jerry Tenney Class of 1966, Judy Weissberg (Ortiz) Class of 1967, and all who donated to the Rosie Tallerico Memorial Scholarship Fund. We cannot stress enough how important it is to send a “THANK YOU” to the donors of the scholarships.
Mariah Brown received the Brian Bucher Design Scholarship. Mariah had a 4.41 GPA. She will be majoring in sociology and psychology and behavioral studies to become a college academic advisor. She will be attending Shasta College this fall. Mariah was a member of Key Club, ASB, Link Crew and was an academic tutor.
Cindy Cheng received the Rosie Tallerico Memorial scholarship. Cindy had a 3.96 GPA. She plans to be an accountant. She will be attending Shasta College this fall. Cindy was a member of Key Club, ASB, and Link Crew.
Rhiannon (Ren) Crittendon received an Alumni Association Scholarship. Ren had a 3.94 GPA. She plans to become an elementary school teacher. She will be attending Shasta College this fall. Ren was an academic tutor, a member of the environmental club, and the equality club.
Rose Evans received the Larry Stanfield Memorial Scholarship. Rose had a 3.29 GPA. She plans to be a music teacher. She will be attending Shasta College this fall. Rose was in the music class. She has three relatives who have attended Central Valley High School.
Coco Gonzales received the Don and Rosemary Spurgeon Scholarship. Coco had a 3.07 GPA. She plans to become a police officer. She will be attending Simpson University this fall. Coco was a member of ASB, basketball, cheerleading, softball, and track. Saying who Coco is not related to who has attended Central Valley High School might be easier. She has a lengthy list of family members who attended Central Valley High School, but the most important to her is her father Eric, Class of 2002.
Johnmichael Hall received an Alumni Association Scholarship. Johnmichael had a 3.28 GPA. He plans to become a CHP officer. He will be attending Shasta College this fall. Johnmichael played football all four years.
Brady Hill received the Ashburn Family Scholarship. Brady had a 3.49 GPA. He plans to become a veterinarian. He plans to attend Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo this fall. Brady was a member of the baseball team and FFA. His father Jason, mother Stacy in 1990 and two brothers Hayden 2018 and Dawson in 2023 attended CVHS.
Nevaeh Kinney received an Alumni Association Scholarship. Nevaeh had a 3.03 GPA. She plans to become a nurse. She plans to attend Shasta College this fall. Nevaeh was a Key Club member.
Taylor Kirkland received an Alumni Association Scholarship. Taylor had a 4.08 GPA. She plans to become a registered nurse. She plans to attend Utah Tech this fall. Taylor was a member of the Key Club, ASB, environmental club, and golf team. Her father Thomas was in the Class of 1998.
Malia Laird received an Alumni Association Scholarship. Malia had a 3.91 GPA. She plans to become a labor and delivery nurse. She will be attending Shasta College in the fall. Malia was a member of cheerleading, FFA, Interact Club and yearbook. She has several relatives who graduated from Central Valley High School - Josh Mauer, Class of 1994, Chasity White, Class of 1995, Tosh Mauer, Class of 1996, Heather Dean, Class of 2001, and Jake Dean, Class of 2002.
Kenzie Lawhon received an Alumni Association Scholarship. Kenzie had a 3.97 GPA. She plans to become a criminologist or police officer. She plans to attend Shasta College this fall. Kenzie was an academic tutor, member of Interact Club, and yearbook staff.
Kylie Mason received the Randy Rudd Memorial Scholarship. Kylie had a 4.51 GPA. She plans to become a registered nurse. She will be attending Shasta College this fall. Kylie was a member of the basketball team, Key Club, Interact Club, Link Crew, softball team, track and field team, and volleyball team. Family members graduating from CVHS were: father Thomas, Class of 1997, brother Landon, Class of 2023, and two aunts Bonnie Mason, Class of 1979 and Sadie Shaver, Class of 1996.
Taylor Morris received the Weissberg Family Memorial Scholarship. Taylor had a 4.01 GPA. She plans to become an environmental scientist. She will be attending Shasta College this fall. Taylor was an academic tutor, a member of the environmental club, and equality club. She has an Aunt Natasha Morris, Class of 2005, who graduated from Central Valley High School.
Kyler O’Neal received an Alumni Association Scholarship. Kyler had a 3.32 GPA. She plans to become a teacher. She will be attending Simpson University this fall. Kyler was an academic tutor and a member of the cheerleading team. Her father Jason, Class of 1991, brother Bryce, Class of 2018, and Uncle Jonathan Pember, Class of 1998, all graduated from Central Valley High School.
Angel Phan received the Harold and Julia Pohlmeyer Memorial Scholarship. Angel had a 4.64 GPA. She plans to become an optometrist. She will be attending the University of California at Davis this fall. Angel was an academic tutor, ASB, Interact Club, Key Club, Link Crew member, and was in the music class. Her sister Myra is in the Class of 2027.
Jasmine Saechin received the George Parrott Valedictorian Scholarship. Jasmine had a 4.67 GPA. She plans to become a child psychologist. She will be attending Shasta College this fall. Jasmine was an academic tutor and member of ASB, Interact Club, and Key Club. Her brother Joshua, Class of 2021, and relatives Rose Liou, Class of 2019, and Cindy Liou, Class of 2021, are graduates of Central Valley High School. Jasmine was selected as “Student of the Year” by the Damboree Committee.
Valeria Torres received an Alumni Association Scholarship. Valeria had a 4.06 GPA. She plans to become an architect. She will be attending Shasta College this fall. Valeria was an academic tutor, member of the basketball team, FFA, golf team, Interact Club, Key Club, Link Crew, and soccer team. She has a brother Gustavo, Class of 2021, and sister Selena, in the Class of 2026.
Tristan VanOrden received an Alumni Association Scholarship. Tristan had a 4.23 GPA. His plans are undecided as of present. He plans to attend George Fox University this fall. Tristan was an academic tutor, member of the football team, Indian Education, Interact Club, Link Crew, track, and field team, wrestling team and in the music class. His sister Madison is in the Class of 2027.
We wish all of you continued success in your college career and in all your future endeavors.
We would like to thank the individuals who have established scholarships in honor of their family members: Rogers family: Adrian, Class of 1987, Cindy, Class of 1978, Larry, Class of 1979, Tammy, Class of 1976, Jesse, Class of 1992, Tonya, Class of 1993, Savannah, Class of 2013, Mahala, Class of 2019, Raymi, Class of 2022, to honor their father, grandfather and great grandfather Ray Rogers. Thank you to the Strohmayer family: Connie, Steve, Class of 1990, Tim, Class of 1993, Kevin, Class of 1995, to honor their husband and father John Strohmayer, Class of 1964. Thank you to the Sandbloom/Chamberlin family for their donations to the Sandbloom/Chamberlin Memorial Scholarships. Thank you to the Richard and Katherine Haake family for their donations to the Richard and Katherine Haake Memorial Scholarships.
Central Valley High School
Alumni Association
PO Box 555
Shasta Lake, CA 96019-0555
Central Valley High School Alumni Association is a 501c3 non-profit organization operated exclusively for the benefit of students, student programs, faculty, staff, and alumni of Central Valley High School and to promote the school as often as possible to the community, state, and world.
All dues and donations are tax deductible.
2025-2026
Board of Directors
President
Open for now
Vice-President
Open for now
Secretary
Open for now
Treasurer
Edra Wilhelmy (Dobyns), Class of 1967
Board Members
Tonya Eiffert (Rogers), Class of 1993
Skip Green, Class of 1968
Nina Markham (Tsuda), Class of 1971
Dee North (Kyle), Class of 1968
Val Peterson (Cantwell), Class of 1972
Janice Powell, Class of 1975
Please Notify Us of Any Changes in Your Mailing Address, Phone Number and E-Mail address!
Also check out the New Alumni Pages at the New Central Valley High School
Website: cvhs.gatewayusd.org
Please do not join the Central Valley High School Alumni Newsletter that you may receive via e-mail, as that is not a part of the Central Valley High School Alumni Association. We have asked them not to use our name. They continue to do so but if we do not send them money, then maybe they will stop using “our” name. Also, Classmates does not help the school, and you can get the information from us at no cost to you and your money would go to help the Central Valley High School students. We ask the permission of all our alumni before we give out their information to anyone. We would love for you to join the Alumni Association as the money we raise goes to help the school, alumni, teachers, staff, and students.
The Alumni Association also has copies of several yearbooks from various years that we sell for $40.00 each plus shipping and handling. We have all the yearbooks on USB drives and CDs from 1955 through 2024. We sell CDs and USB drives for $10.00 each plus shipping and handling costs. We now have all the Class photos on USB for sale. Thank you, Jean Naylor, for getting them done for us. Please check out the school’s website for more information.
Unfortunately, there are many of our classmates, teachers and staff who have died in the last year. If you know of someone who has died that is not on the Memorial Page, please let us know. If you see someone who is on the Memorial page that is still alive let us know that, too!
Lifetime Members as of 8/1/2025
Judy Arrasmith (Whalley), Brad Ashburn, Harry Thomas Ault, Greg Balkovek, Jeannie Benoist, Mike Bishop, Cathy Blew (Feyerherm), Gary Bohn, Pearl Brady, Brian Bucher, Bill Brobst, Denise Christiansen (Lewis), Alan Crabtree, Father Dan Carter, Joe Cilenti, Steven Cilenti, Jill Darcangelo (Godsey), Christiane VanMol (Hampton), Peggy Herndon, Glen Kuehne, Robert Layne, Lori Leech (Rishton), Phil Lewis, Darlene Louis (Brown), Karen Allison (Louis) and Scott Louis, Nina Markham (Tsuda), Howard “Marty” Martin, Dominque Monie`, Dee North (Kyle), Ron Parker (DeCamp), Dr. George Parrot, Val Peterson (Cantwell), Stephen Pohlmeyer, Dr. Bill Polf, Janice Powell, Thomas Radtke, Sharon Rendahl, Sherlyn Rice (Lattimer), Jean Roberts (Mallory), Phil Sawtelle, Barbara Simonick (Islas), Natalie Strohmayer (Crowder), Jerry Tenney, John Tetens, Larry Todd, Greg Watkins, Steve Wallace, Judy Weissberg (Ortiz) and Mary Yeats (Lavoie). Thanks to all of you for your support of the Central Valley High School Alumni Association and the students, teachers, and staff.
Dr. George Parrott, Class of 1961 set up scholarships for Central Valley High School Graduates!
Dr. George Parrott has set up scholarships for Central Valley High School graduates at Chico State University, University of California at Davis, and Sacramento State University. If you are a CVHS graduate, check into the scholarships at these colleges as they are for certain careers only. They are full ride scholarships. Thank you, Dr. Parrott.
The Alumni Association needs your help!!
The Central Valley High School Alumni Association needs your help. Jean Hampton (Naylor), Class of 1961 has resigned as President due to health issues. So, we need a new President, and we also need someone to take on the duties of Secretary. Our board could use some younger members to help also. Let us know if you or anyone else that you know is willing to take on the duties. If the Alumni Association continues to exist, we need to fill these two positions immediately. All help is welcome. Contact one of the Board Members if you would like to help or know someone who will.
Val Peterson (Cantwell), Class of 1972, (530) 524-2654 or vcsewhat5@gmail.com
Edra Wilhelmy (Dobyns), Class of 1967, Treasurer (530) 945-4321 or edra711@att.net
Tonya Eiffert (Rogers), Class of 1993 (530) 646-8449 trogers@gwusd.org
Walter Skip Green, Class of 1968 (530) 515-1311
Nina Markham (Tsuda), Class of 1971 (530) 241-5865 ragsresale810@gmail.com
Dee North (Kyle), Class of 1968 (530) 515-4631 dee@kyletech.com
Janice Powell, Class of 1975 (530) 560-4498
REASONS WE NEED TO KEEP THE CENTRAL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION GOING:
- Foremost and our most important goal is to provide scholarships to our graduating students.
- We help provide funding to all clubs, sports teams, and organizations at Central Valley High School if we have the funds to do so.
- We help provide a way for the clubs, sports teams, and organizations to hold raffles. We are a 501c3 non-profit organization that can hold raffles and games of chance. Schools cannot do this.
- Your donations and memberships are tax deductible.
- We do two newsletters per year to help you know what is going on with the school and its Alumni.
- We help with Class Reunions. We loan up to $500 to classes to help with their Reunion start-up. We also have a list of all the classes and the graduates. We try and keep up to date phone numbers, email addresses and mailing lists, too.
- We have all the yearbooks on USB as well as all the Class photos for sale. The Shasta Lake Historical Society has all the yearbooks to view if you live in the area. We have many of the newer yearbooks available for sale.
- We maintain an Alumni Memorial page on the school website.
Congratulations to Jesse Rogers, Class of 1992!
Jesse Rogers was awarded the Governor’s State Gold Medal of Valor for his involvement and bravery in removing some motorists from a burning vehicle. He received several burns to his hands and face. For heroism beyond the call of duty performed on August 29, 2024, Jesse was awarded this medal by Sean Duryee, a classmate of Jesse’s, as well as the CHP Commissioner. We are so proud that you both are Falcon Alumni.
Congratulations to Alexandra Lain who was Selected as Principal of the Year for 2025.
Alexandra Delles (Lain), Class of 1998, was selected as the Principal of the Year for 2025 by Association of California School Administrators Region 1. Alex is one of the best Principal’s that Central Valley High School has ever had. Her husband Frank, Class 1994, daughter Kennedy, Class of 2023, sister Samantha, Class of 1994, brother Michael, Class of 1989, and brother-in-law. John, Class of 1992, and niece, Mckenzie, Class of 2020, and nephew Koda, Class of 2016, are also CVHS Alumni. Her son Aidan, Class of 2026 will soon be an Alumni. All our best to you, Alex.
Congratulations to Lisa Kalsbeek who was Selected as Teacher of the Year 2025!
Lisa Kalsbeek was selected as “Teacher of the Year for 2025” by the Gateway Unified School District.
Her two daughters Caitlin, Class of 2016, and Lauren, Class of 2021, are CVHS Alumni, too. Lisa, thank you for all your years of hard work on behalf of the students, staff, and alumni of CVHS.
Aaron Dunagan and Christina Montreuil (Dunagan), Class of 2023 were home for a Visit.
Aaron is stationed in Germany with the United States Army. He is an E-4 and hopes to make E-5 soon. Christina and Aaron live on the post, and they enjoy getting to see Europe. Christina is still going to school via the Internet. They were home for a visit from July 4th until July 18th. They were able to visit family and friends. Aaron’s plans are to become an officer, and Christina still plans to become a marine biologist. All the best to both of you.
CENTRAL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL HAS SEVERAL LISTED ON THE REDDING RECORD SEARCHLIGHTS ALL TIME TOP ATHLETES FROM THE NORTH STATE!
1. Bre Mackie, Class of 2011 Volleyball
2. Paolo Mancasola, Class of 2009 Basketball
3. Ryan Hutchings, Class of 1985 Arm Wrestling
4. Keith Brown, Class of 1982 Baseball
5. Paul Howard, Class of 1969 Football
6. John Strohmayer, Class of 1964 Baseball
7. Rod Curl, Class of 1961 Golf
COME OUT AND ATTEND A FALCON HOME GAME AND SUPPORT THE FALCONS!