South Florida Fair Awards $45,000 in Scholarships
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – (Feb. 14, 2019) The South Florida Fair has awarded $45,000 in scholarships to 26 area high school students this year. Selected from more than 120 applicants this year, the winners’ scholarships ranged from $1,000 to $4,000 and can be used at any accredited institution of higher learning.
Established in 1982, the South Florida Fair has awarded more than $649,000 in scholarships. The winners were announced in the categories of general, arts and entertainment, agriculture, and band during an awards ceremony in Yesteryear Village during the fair. Families, the scholarship committee, South Florida Fair dignitaries and elected officials from many of the winners’ hometowns attended.
Each scholarship applicant met individually with the committee for a personal interview as part of the process. Students from high schools in Palm Beach, Broward, Hendry, Martin and Okeechobee counties were eligible to apply. The fair’s scholarship committee selected the winners based on the students’ grades, need and a short essay written on the topic, “As a graduating senior, what advice would you give yourself as an incoming freshman?”
The committee members were Chairwoman Becky Isiminger, Vice Chair Rob Pendleton, Annis Manning, Tim Childers, Lee Glaze, Glenn Jergensen, Robi Jurney, Dan Lewis, Stephanie Mitrione, Rob Pendleton, Bill Sneed, Patrick Franklin, Mabel Datena, Donna Winterson and Tiffany Faublas.
This year’s winners are: Lily Forte of American Heritage School Boca/Delray; Chase Correia and David Young of Atlantic Community High School; Ryan Parker of Cardinal Newman High School; Nyla Chute and Jaylynn Moreno of Clewiston High School; Kalei Sutton of Clewiston Christian School; Christian Arango, Angel Lopez and Alex Shaw of Dreyfoos School of the Arts; Alexia Panier of William T. Dwyer High School, Chase Dixon and Kennedy DesRochers of Glades Day School; Sky Henderson and Nick Quagliaroli of Jupiter High School; Marley Estornell of Lake Worth Christian School; Edana Scalf of Okeechobee High School; Kendall Willis and Maura Wilson of Royal Palm Beach High School; Faith Cotter of South Fork High School; Riley Meve and Jonah Smith of Wellington High School; and Holly Moritz, who is homeschooled.
Photo of Scholarship Winners – Front row from left: Angel Lopez, Kennedy DesRochers, Kalei Sutton, Jaylynn Moreno, Christian Arango, Lily Forte, Holly Moritz, Maura Wilson, Ryan Parker, Riley Meve, Edana Scalf, Kendall Willis, Faith Cotter, Nyla Chute, Marley Estornell. Back row from left: Jonah Smith, David Young, Chase Correia, Alexia Panier, Sky Henderson, Chase Dixon, Nick Quagliaroli, Alex Shaw.