Learner Spotlight: Jake Peluso

Jake is a dual-enrolled high school senior with a 4.0 cumulative GPA. He truly enjoys the flexible scheduling and the educational opportunities that iLEAD Exploration offers him. Last semester, Jake studied American Sign Language at Golden West College to fulfill his foreign language requirement and excelled in the class. This coming semester, he will be taking a course at Fullerton College where he plans on attending when he graduates from high school this June.

In addition to diligently focusing on his academic courses, he also pursues his favorite extracurricular activities with a strong intensity. Jake has been an avid skateboarder since he was about four years old. He has been able to skateboard as part of his physical education courses throughout high school. Jake has had two skateboard sponsors and has enjoyed traveling the country on road trips to various skate parks in Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota. Through skating, Jake has learned the true meaning of perseverance. The dedication and discipline that are required in order to master skate tricks and maneuvers have also positively influenced Jake’s academic focus as well as his love and drive for another favorite activity: drumming.

Jake has been playing the drum set for seven years and has focused this last year on the snare drum. Jake has been involved with various concert bands, indoor drumlines, an event percussion ensemble, and marching band. He has been honored with many drumming awards through his involvement with these groups and plans on pursuing music in college. His current love in drumming is marching as a snare player in a marching band and indoor drumline.