May 18, 2017
Today we celebrate the hard work and efforts of our youth. We will join together with student scholarship recipients and their families to celebrate them and all they have accomplished. There’s never a dry eye in the house!
These scholarship and awards are made possible through the generosity of our community members and businesses that support our Elegant Evening fundraising event each year, as well as the thoughtful donations making scholarships like the Joy Rothschild Memorial Scholarship possible. We were able to We were able to recognize 21 students with scholarships and awards totaling $12,150 this year! Please join us in congratulating these students who have worked so hard. We honor those who have worked hard to improve on their academics as well as those who have achieved academic excellence.
- Mount Tallac HS Young Parents Program ($500 each): Acayda Babson and Isaac Quintana Hernandes
- Mt. Tallac HS School to Career Award ($200 each): Kayla Kippes, Carlos Lopez, America Mata, Jorge Reyes, Amber Ross, and Michaela Valle
- Most Improved 8th Grade Students ($50 each): Whittell ~ Sofia Garcia, South Tahoe Middle School ~ Crystal Gomez Ceja and Bryan Hernandez Garcia
- Most Improved 12th Grade Students ($150 each): Whittell ~ Kristian Landing, South Tahoe Middle School ~ Nick McComas, Jade Smith, and Kyla Shelnutt
- Mount Tallac HS Young Parents Program ($500 each): Acayda Babson and Isaac Quintana Hernandes
- Mt. Tallac HS School to Career Award ($200 each): Kayla Kippes, Carlos Lopez, America Mata, Jorge Reyes, Amber Ross, and Michaela Valle
- Most Improved 8th Grade Students ($50 each): Whittell ~ Sofia Garcia, South Tahoe Middle School ~ Crystal Gomez Ceja and Bryan Hernandez Garcia
- Most Improved 12th Grade Students ($150 each): Whittell ~ Kristian Landing, South Tahoe Middle School ~ Nick McComas, Jade Smith, and Kyla Shelnuttgnize.
Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra Senior Scholarships ($1,200 each)
- George Whittell High School ~ Samantha Forvilly.
- South Tahoe High School ~ Sophie Caputa, Kamren Gonwald, Isabel Leon, Jocelyn Lopez, and Lek Wei Seow.
- Mount Tallac HS Joy Rothschild Senior Memorial Scholarship ($1,000 each). This Scholarship holds special meaning to our club, as Joy was a dear friend to many of our members. During her life Joy was always an advocate, mentor, and believer in the youth attending Mt. Tallac. When she passed, her family wanted to ensure that her support for these deserving young people would be able to continue and established a memorial scholarship in her honor. This year’s recipients were America Mata and Carlos Lopez. Congratulations to all of our youth. We are so very proud of you!