Kathryn Papadopoulos, a resident of Los Altos Hills and a student at Castilleja School in Palo Alto, has been selected as one of 400 students to participate in the National Young Leaders Conference under way in Washington, D.C. The conference is a leadership development program for high school students who have demonstrated leadership potential and scholastic merit.

Michelle Birnel, daughter of Rudy and Rosie Birnel of Los Altos, has been named to the dean’s list of the Loyola Marymount University Business School, Los Angeles. The senior spent the fall semester in Bonn, Germany, through the university’s study abroad program.

Nora Catherine, of Los Altos, has been named to the fall semester dean’s list at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore. A sophomore, she was honored for achieving a GPA of 3.7 or higher.