On Wednesday, May 17, 2017, AALA celebrated the association’s 35th anniversary by honoring the 2017 Administrators of the Year, the recipients of the President’s awards, Community Volunteer awards, and the Friends of AALA scholarships at the annual Scholarship and Community Awards Banquet held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. Just one year ago, at the 2016 awards banquet, President Juan Flecha made a commitment to award $2000 scholarships to 35 LAUSD 2017 graduates in recognition of our anniversary. We are pleased to report that thanks to our outstanding sponsors and corporate supporters (see page 6), our fantastic Friends of AALA Board, our active and alumni members, and other friends, we met that goal and were proud to present those scholarships to 35 deserving students!