Scholarship Recipients Announced

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National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced more than 3,200 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the finalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship program who plan to attend their institution.

These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship. An additional group of scholars will be announced in July, bringing the total number of college-sponsored merit scholarship recipients in the 2017 competition to approximately 4,000.

This year, 182 higher education institutions are underwriting merit scholarship awards through the National Merit Scholarship program. Sponsor colleges and universities include 103 private and 79 public institutions located in 44 states and the District of Columbia.

Local recipients include Crescenta Valley High School graduate John K. Woo of La Crescenta. Probable career field is industrial engineering. Woo received a National Merit University of Southern California scholarship.

Fellow CV High School graduate Jason Park of Montrose received a National Merit Occidental College scholarship with an expected career field of biochemistry.

 

Lions Club

The local Lions Club held its scholarship distribution on Saturday morning. Club President Bill Stadler (left) presented scholarships to Johnathan Lee, Jenna Kaufman, Nicole Grande, Kara Bradley and Brandon Budwig.

 

PFARCF

The Pasadena-Foothills Association of REALTORS® Charitable Foundation (PFARCF) presented scholarships totaling $10,000 to 10 local public high school students. Each year, PFARCF selects winners based on several criteria including GPA, extracurricular activities, community involvement, need, personal attributes, goals and leadership skills.
The students who each received a $1,000 scholarship were Areen Andreasian of Clark Magnet H.S., Trey Ballard of Crescenta Valley H.S., Trevor Langham of Marshall Fundamental Secondary School, Rhema Taylor of Pasadena H.S., Myline Lam of San Marino H.S., Liseth Gonzalez of Blair International Baccalaureate World School, Nour Mallat and Adianna Paul of South Pasadena H.S., and Darcy Brakeman and Taleen Sarkissian of La Cañada H.S.
The scholars plan to pursue careers in science, medicine, economics, architecture, and housing development and construction.

 

Prom Plus

Prom Plus from Crescenta Valley High School presented five scholarships to members of the Prom Plus Club, the youth on-campus arm of the organization. Recipient of the Bob Fletcher Scholarship was Jessy Shelton (above right). Other scholarship recipients were Lucas Martos-Repath (left) and Jason Beggs. Not able to attend the presentation were recipients Jesse Sommers and Tomas Gonzalez.

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