Sarah Boster, daughter of Alyce and Dave Boster of Los Altos, received her bachelor’s degree from Pitzer College, Claremont, graduating with honors in linguistics and a minor in French. She is completing her certification to teach English to speakers of other languages at Language Advance Training in Barcelona, Spain.

Sonia Feldstein, daughter of Steven and Darlene Feldstein of Los Altos, has been accepted for the fall 2004 internship program with the Washington, D.C., Office of Attorney General, Juvenile Justice. Feldstein is a 2004 graduate of University of California at Davis with a double major in political science and psychology.

Cosmos, at the University of California at Davis, is an academic program that brings high school students to study at the university level for four weeks during summer. The following three Los Altos High students spent this summer in this program: Matt Weiden, a senior, participated in the physics and technology cluster, exploring topics in math and science; Laura Weiden, a sophomore, participated in the earth, air, fire and water cluster, exploring topics in math and science; and sophomore Claudia Chem, participated in the biomedical science cluster, exploring topics in math and science. The math and science programs explored are not generally offered in high school.

Michael L. DeLoach, son of James DeLoach of Los Altos, has received a $22,000 Rocky Mountain College Academic Scholarship. He graduated from Stanbridge Academy this spring.

DeLoach was accepted to Rocky Mountain College based on his educational performance, which includes high school grade point average, course selection, ACT or SAT scores and letters of recommendation. Rocky Mountain College, a private, residential, liberal arts college founded in 1878, is the oldest institution of higher learning in Montana.

Daniel Wenger of Los Altos Hills, a senior at Woodside Priory School, has been named a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist for 2004-2005. Nearly one-third of the school’s qualifying seniors earned recognition in this year’s competition. Finalists will be announced in the spring.

Laura Mosher of Los Altos Hills, a graduate of Pinewood School, has received an Academic Achievement Award from the College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio. The award is presented on the basis of the student’s academic performance in high school and potential for future success.

Jerry Rawls of Los Altos received honorable mention in the 2003 Coulter Cup from the International Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta. The award was presented at the fraternity’s 156th Ekklesia (biennial legislative convention) in Atlanta, Aug. 11-15.

The Coulter Cup is awarded to the graduate member who has contributed the most to an undergraduate chapter in an unofficial capacity. The recipient is selected on the basis of length of service, positions held, personal involvement with undergraduate members and ability to lead by example in terms of brotherhood, dependability, integrity, loyalty and high moral character.

Rawls is a 1966 graduate of Texas Tech University.