Cupertino resident and De Anza College student Gammon Williams Tsui has been selected for the 2004 Phi Theta Kappa All-California Academic Team 3. Tsui qualified for the honor with a 3.84 grade point average.

As one of the 62 honored community college students, Tsui attended an awards ceremony in Sacramento on April 1. At De Anza, he belongs to the Asian Pacific American Leadership organization and various honors groups and teaches English in the Tutorial Center.

Tsui has also volunteered for a number of community organizations, including the Cupertino Lunar New Year Fair and the Cupertino Senior Center. A native of Hong Kong who immigrated to the United States two years ago, Tsui, 20, studies economics and hopes to transfer to UC-Berkeley in the fall.

Monta Vista teachers
receive cash awards

Two Monta Vista High School teachers have now gotten more than electronics advice from RadioShack--$3,000 in cash awards, to be exact.

Travis Hambleton and Katheryn McElwee, both science teachers at Monta Vista, have received RadioShack National Teacher Awards. The program honors 110 science, math and technology teachers each year.

Nominations are made by school principals or previous award winners. Only 12 teachers in the state of California were selected for the award.

Hambleton, who has taught for four years, handles college prep and advanced placement chemistry at Monta Vista. McElwee teaches biology and physiology and has been teaching for six years.