Ten Shorecrest students awarded scholarships at LFP Rotary breakfast

Shorecrest students awarded scholarships
Photo by Janette Lemme, Rotarian

On May 17, the Rotary Club of Lake Forest Park awarded scholarships to ten Shorecrest students at the club's annual breakfast meeting.

The scholarship winners introduced their parents who were acknowledged and lauded by the scholarship committee as being the first and most important teachers and continued supporters of their students through their growing and school years.

The scholarship committee members, Marjorie Ando, Curtis Campbell, Karen Edwardsen, and Ed Pearson, chose the awardees based on excellent academic achievement during their four years at Shorecrest High School, including Honors and Advanced Placement courses; personal development in Community Services including: Interact Club, City Commissions, tutoring and other activities showing their growing leadership. They have also written essays on “What Service Above Self Means to Me”. 

They have all been accepted at four-year colleges: University of Washington, Western Washington University, Gonzaga University, Brigham Young University, Duke University, University of Vermont, and Elizabethtown College. PA.

The honorees, from left to right in the photo above:

• Kate Wiper - Gonzaga/Human Physiology/Physical Therapy
• Hannah Cheung -   UW/Biology
• Than-Thao (Thao) Bui - UW/Nursing/Public Health
• Abigail Knowles - BYU/Biology
• Macauley (Mac) Franks - WWU/Environmental Science/Engineering
• Evan Deiparine - UW/Mechanical Engineering
• Teagan Wood - WWU/Writing and Graphic Design
• Rhys Koehler -  Duke University/Psychology and Film
• Evan Jean-  University of Vermont/ Environmental Sciences
• Aiyana Tietz-Di Toro - ElizabethTown College /Occupational Therapy

--Marj Ando

Updated 5-22-17