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Manteca board honors shining STAR students
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More than three-dozen students from Manteca Unified elementary and high school campuses were honored Tuesday night for posting perfect scores in the STAR Testing given during the 2011-12 school year.And that’s just half of the story.The rest of the 91 students who are also going to receive their Certificate of Recognition from the district will have their chance to stand in the spotlight at the Nov. 13 Board of Trustees meeting.Many of the students who were honored Tuesday night received multiple certificates for their perfect scores in more than just one subject. Among them was Si Jie Tang, a freshman at Manteca High School who received two certificates – one in Math, and the other in Science subjects. This was her third year to post perfect scores, too.“I just studied hard,” was Tang’s explanation as to how she succeeded in achieving perfect scores.The annual awards presentation events are packed every year with students’ camera-toting proud parents and other family members attending the standing-room only program.