FHS grads become US citizens

FALLBROOK – Maribel and Yesica Perez, 2009 graduates of Fallbrook High School, have now made the big grade. In a ceremony at times both somber and celebratory, the Perez sisters, along with scores of other legal immigrants, became US Citizens on June 22 at Golden Hall in downtown San Diego.

When Maribel and Yesica emigrated to the United States, neither could speak a word of English. Even so, both entered Fallbrook High School as freshmen and proceeded to become scholars and contributors to the campus community and their adopted community at large. Both finished in the top 10 percent of...