The AALA Scholarship and Community Awards Banquet held on Wednesday, April 30, at the historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles was a wonderful celebration of outstanding student achievement and extraordinary volunteerism. Twenty-five LAUSD students were each presented a $2000 scholarship, an AALA Scholarship Award Certificate, a certificate from their respective Board of Education member and a junior portfolio. Each student also received a 16” x 20” portrait from Eric Trerotola, Lifetouch School Studios. This year