District 86 Students Receive $1,000 Scholarships

Congratulations to our 19 Joliet Public Schools District 86 students who were named recipients of a Joliet Region $1,000 Hawk Education Scholarship.  Students in grades 4-8 who maintained a grade point average of 3.75 or above on a 4.0 scale and demonstrated service to their school or community were nominated by their school for the award to encourage them to start planning for their future after high school. The scholarships will be held in a trust until the students graduate high school and enroll in a college, university, or trade school.

Forty students received the scholarship this year, including the following Joliet District 86 students: T.E. Culbertson Elementary: David Gaucin, 5^th Grade; M.J. Cunningham Elementary: Jannete Arroyo, 5^th Grade; Dirksen Junior High: Makayla Mays, 8^th Grade; Eisenhower Academy: Mya Neely, 4^th Grade; Farragut Elementary: Mauricio Contreras, 5^th Grade; Forest Park Individual Education (I.E.) School: Evelyn Doyle, 4^th Grade; Gompers Junior High: Juan Carrillo Vargas, 8^th Grade; Hufford Junior High: Divine Aggo, 8^th Grade; Thomas Jefferson Elementary: Ingrid Loera, 5^th Grade; Edna Keith Elementary: Jacob Elizalde, 5^th Grade; A.O. Marshall Elementary: Abigail Rosas Ramirez, 5^th Grade; Pershing Elementary: Robert "Tre" Youngman, 4^th Grade; Sator Sanchez Elementary: Amiyah Saffold, 5^th Grade; Carl Sandburg Elementary: Jonathan Alvarez-Alvarado, 5^th Grade; Isaac Singleton Elementary: Melannie Ortega, 4^th Grade; Taft Elementary: Addyson Vowell, 4^th Grade; Lynne Thigpen Elementary: Camila Gonzalez, 5^th Grade; Washington Junior High: Violet Conboy, 8^th Grade; and Woodland Elementary: Madison Esters, 5^th Grade.

The Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry Education Committee established the Joliet Region Education Scholarship Program in 2014. Sponsors of this year’s program included Hawk Joliet and the Joliet Grade Schools Foundation for Educational Excellence.