2010-11 Scholarship Recipients
The Excellence in Education Foundation announced its 2010-2011 Scholarship recipients today from the four RISD high schools. "This is an outstanding group of students," stated Scholarship Chairman and Board Member, Ginger Tonne. "They have great futures ahead of them."
Scholarship recipients include:
A.M. Anderson National Honor Society Scholarship was awarded to Samuel Haile from Lake Highlands High School. The Scholarship was named in honor of the first principal of Lake Highlands High School and the student must be a member of the National Honor Society in good standing. The recipient receives a scholarship in the amount of $1,000. 2010-2011 recipient was Tuan Iang The Anderson Bonner Endowment Scholarship honors a former slave and txtensive North Dallas landowner, Anderson Bonner. It is open to four students from any of the four high schools who qualify and who have specified Prairie View A & M University as their university of choice. The 2011 recipeints are : Decheil Cooper of Lake Highlands High School, Anthony Armstrong of L.V. Berkner High School and Bianca Billops of Richardson High School.
The G-Squared RHS Math Challenge Scholarships - Series 2011- are awareded to 10 qualifying students from Richardson High School. The Scholarship focus is math performance and college attendance for thsoe students who have the academic ability to succeed in college but for a variety of reasons may not necessarily consider college as an option in their lives. Each student receives a $2000 scholarship -$500 per semester for two years. The inaugural recipients are: Muntaha Sheikh, Rachel Grubbs, Brittany Cooper, Laura Timciuc, Amy Symons, Alaa Taha, Victoria Martinez, Nazli Koseli, Eder Cuellar and Angel Velazquez.
The Thompson Family Scholarship for the Study of Engineering was awarded to Juan Rodriquez of Lake Highlands High School who plans to study engineering at a four year university. The scholarship is renewable at $1,000 for all four years.
Dr. Carolyn G. Bukhair AVID Scholarship was awarded to Kevin Ndukwe of Lake Highlands High School. The student must be a member of the AVID program (Advancement via Individual Determination) which assists students who have intellectual ability to develop skills that prepare them for college. The Scholarship is $1,000.
The Katie Richards Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Chandler Stout, Taylor Wilson and Marissa Shrell at JJ. Pearce High School. Katherine Wiley Richards, a Parkhill Junior High student, died of congenital heart disease at age 13 in 1995. In honor of Katie, the $1,000 scholarship was established to honor deserving Pearce High School seniors.
The Giana Foundation Scholarship Fund for the Visual & Performing Arts honors two graduating seniors from Richardson High School: Katherine Seitz and Aaron Shapio and from JJ Pearce High School: Chandler Reeves and Jenna Bamberger. This scholarship provides $5,000 per student to attend the college of his/her choice.
The Blake Pinson English Scholarship established in memory of Blake, an RHS student, is awarded to the RHS student whose goal is study nutrition, food science or the culinary arts. William H. Burse, II is the recipient of this year's $1000 scholarship.
The Eagle to Eagle Scholarship Fund honors two outstanding Richardson High School Students who previously attended Spring Creek Elementary School. These two inaugural scholarships are awarded to Elizabeth "Lizzy" Bevan and Emma Brockway.
"We work all year to provide these scholarships to deserving students in RISD," said Elizabeth Hart, President & CEO. We consistently and with pleasure look for funding to make it possible for students to attend college. They are our future. We need to invest in them!" |
