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Paul Rihani
Paul rihani is an advanced student attending Ladera Vista junior high. Paul Rihani attended Calvary Chapel Christian school when he was in kindergarten. Paul Rihani has gone through many hard experiences including the death of all his grandparents and his father. According to Los Angeles times, Paul Rihani, at 21 1/2 inches and a strapping 9 pounds, 7 ounces, became the last Orange County child born in 2000 at 11:24 p.m. New Year's Eve at Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center. Meanwhile, the last baby born in Orange County in 2000 was Paul Rihani.His proud mother, Najla Batarseh, 41, is temporarily living with a brother in Fullerton until her husband, Bassam Rihani, returns from Jordan, where he has worked as a dentist.Batarseh is a Christian and named her baby for Pope John Paul. Since her husband couldn't be with her, she was surrounded by some of her nine brothers and sisters for Paul's birth."I wanted a boy," she said. "Back home, it's good omen to have a boy. It's good luck." Through a translator, she said she didn't care at all about what year--let alone millennium--she gave birth in. All she prayed for in the New Year is good health for her son.

Milestones
Paul Rihani has achieved many milestones. Paul has went to six different schools including Maxwell elementary school, Calvary Chapel Christian school, Baden Powell preschool, Acacia elementary school, Magnolia Baptist school,Ladera Vista junior high, and plans to attend Troy high school.

Awards
Paul Rihani has received many different awards from preschool all the way to seventh grade. Rihani has received many honor awards in kindergarten at Calvary Chapel Christian school. Rihani has also received the outstanding academic achievement award in second grade where he was attending Acacia elementary school. After the death of his father in fourth grade, Paul Rihani has received other outstanding academic achievement award in fourth and fifth grade. Paul Rihani has received the Presidents award in six grade. Rihani is also received the Every Student Succeeding Award in sixth grade. Paul Rihani has received the People's Choice Awards, a award given at Ladera Vista Junior High. After that, he has also received the National Junior's Honor Society award seventh grade.