Twenty U-46 graduates have been awarded $1,000 Superintendent’s Scholarships from the district.
Recipients chosen for the annual scholarships are the first in their families to attend a college, university or other higher education institution.
“These first generation students have proven through their academic and extracurricular accomplishments that they are college-ready, poised to take on the challenges of continuing their education past high school,” Superintendent Tony Sanders said in the news release. “We look forward to watching these students continue to succeed in college and beyond.”
the Superintendent’s Scholarship fund was established in 2012 and is funded through the U-46 Educational Foundation, the district’s philanthropic arm. Nearly 250 U-46 graduates have received this scholarship since its inception.
This year’s group includes students from five U-46 high schools:
Bartlett High School: Grant Simmons, Karina Flores, Michael Ian Rabanal and Sophie Praxmarer;
Elgin High School: Arielle Taylor, Briauna Brown, Emily Acevedo and Monserrat Ponce;
Larkin High School: Berenice Gomez, Edson Rangel, Marteena Mendel-Duckins and Ricardo Golden-Garcia;
South Elgin High School: Dulce Aguilar, Hannah Kolbusz, Karolina Terlikowski and Mercedes Alejandre;
Streamwood High School: Brandon Munoz, Gabriella Cardinale, Kaleb Louden and Lynise Gutierrez
Scholarship applicants had to provide their high school transcripts, Federal Student Aid application, letter of recommendation from an adult and a personal essay, the release said. A panel of judges chose the 20 scholarship winners.
In addition to the financial award, recipients participated in a networking workshop with former school board member Traci O’Neal Ellis and KCT Credit Union Vice President of Business Development Yvonne Irving.
The workshop, held remotely via Zoom because of the coronavirus pandemic, covered such topics as financial aid, student loans, establishing lines of credit, making good first impressions and self-confidence.
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