Nine members of the P.O.P.S. club attended the Beverly Hills Literary Society Luncheon on May 12 at the Intercontinental Hotel and some received scholarships.

The Beverly Hills Literary Society held a high school essay writing contest in which two of the nine students won scholarships.

Venice High school student Anthony Cortez won first place and recieved a $2,000 scholarship. Veronica Vargas, another member of P.O.P.S.,  also received a $1,000 scholarship. Both Vargas and Marianne Valencia received a Kindle Fire and gift cards for their essays.

Vargas, along with Toni DeAmicis, were awarded scholarships to attend a UCLA Summer Writer’s Workshop in July.

The other club members who attended were Tyanni Gomez, Elia Espinosa, Anthony Rios, Angel Guerrero, and Jaquelin Sanchez.

This was the sixth year in a row that Venice High School has been invited to the Beverly Hills Luncheon Society. All six times, Venice High students have won scholarships.