Evening with the STARS
Friday, October 12, 2012 | Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa | 6:30 pm
Tickets: $65 per person before October 1st - $650 for table of 8
$75 after October 1st
An evening celebrating educational excellence in San Juan schools
Beth Ruyak
Join SJEF, MC Beth Ruyak (Capital Public Radio Host of Insight), and celebrities who got their start in San Juan Unified schools as we celebrate excellence in education at the 6th annual Evening with the STARS gala hosted by the San Juan Education Foundation.
Download a printable invitation
2012 Honorees
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This years' STARS Hall of Fame honorees include celebrity alumni authors:
- Laura Ling, journalist and author of Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home
- Dr. Peter Mansoor, Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret), former executive officer to Gen. Petraeus in Iraq and award winning author of The GI Offensive in Europe: The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941-1945 and Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander’s War in Iraq
- René Syler, former co-host of CBS News' The Early show and author of Good Enough Mother
- Farid Senzai, Middle East expert and co-author of Educating the Muslims of America


















