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Scholarship 1999 (Flores)

August 16, 2010 Leave a comment

6th scholarship from the “Spanish American Club, Inc.”

By Herman Santa

Good news always fills us with hope, especially when it involves our youth. Four students from the high schools in St. Lucie County applied for the club scholarship. The 1999 scholarship committee, composed of Herman Santa, Arnaldo Palenzuela, and Dana Peterson, used criteria for evaluation that included personal initiative, creativity, effort, economic resources, grades, and the ability to write, read, and speak Spanish among the youth.

The committee selected Ella Roselynn Flores from Westwood High School in Ft. Pierce as the recipient of this year’s scholarship. The scholarship honors young individuals who stand out for their academic talents in the last year in the high schools of Martin and St. Lucie Counties. In a ceremony held on June 20 at the partners’ “Get Together,” Miss Flores was awarded. The scholarship was presented by the club’s president, Mrs. Yolanda Sanchez, who reaffirmed the commitment of the Spanish American Club, Inc. and its members to support and sponsor activities like this that help our students excel in their academic studies and become good citizens of tomorrow.

“This should serve as a model for other organizations and groups in general to contribute to the educational well-being of our Hispanic students since not everything can be done by the government,” added Yolanda. Miss Flores joins other students who have already received the club’s college scholarship since the program started in 1993.

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