The Haywood County Schools Foundation awarded 104 Pisgah, Tuscola, Haywood Early College, and Central Haywood high school seniors with 130 scholarships totaling $227,750 last week. Scholarship amounts ranged from $250 to $40,000.
Typically, students are surprised at school with the news, but this year student were notified via mail.
“This school year has been challenging and anything but ordinary for our students, so awarding these scholarships was a positive way to end their senior year,” Jenny Wood, Haywood County Schools Foundation executive director, said. “A large portion of our scholarships come from endowed money, but several come from individuals and businesses in the community. We were so thankful that almost every single one of those made the commitment to still provide a scholarship despite the shaky economy we’ve experience recently.”
Currently, the Foundation manages more than 60 scholarships. Scholarships may be endowed or funded annually. Criteria for awarding the scholarship are designed by the donors and the Foundation Board of Directors. Endowed scholarships are generated through the investment of permanently-held principals, so that only the income from the principal is used for scholarship awards.
For more information about donating to a scholarship fund or setting up a scholarship through the Haywood County Schools Foundation, contact Executive Director Jenny Wood at 456-2400 or visit www.hcsf.haywood.k12.nc.us.
2020 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
• Coleman Ammons, THS: Haywood County Community Band
• Tiffany Barrett, PHS: Reeves Memorial
• Jessica Bates, THS: Tuscola Class of 1972
• Walker Beasley, PHS: Haywood Realtor Association
• Abigail Bleakley, THS: Haywood County Democratic Women
• Molly Boothroyd, PHS: Smathers Cruso
• Owen Bowers, PHS: Haywood County Schools Foundation
• Jena Brown, THS: Champion Credit Union-Roland Leatherwood and Mark Douglas Parris Memorial
• Bethany Buchanan, THS: Patricia C. Liner, RN Memorial
• Ethan Byers, HEC: Peggy Melville
• Jessica Cairnes, PHS: Haywood County Schools Foundation
• Makenzie Caldwell, THS: Elayne Tucker Wadsworth Memorial
• Amanda Ceron, THS: Champion Credit Union-Roland Leatherwood
• Keely Cherry, THS: Dustin Travis Moody Memorial
• Sarah Clarke, THS: Haywood County Schools Foundation
• Noah Clontz, PHS: Jeff Simmons Memorial
• Keona Coleman, PHS: Haywood County Schools Foundation
• Elke Craig, THS: Junaluska Ross-Lance
• Grace Cronk, THS: Altrusa International of Waynesville and Waynesville Lions Club-Charles Balentine Sr. Memorial
• Brayan Cruz, THS: Haywood County Schools Foundation
• Melissa Dellinger: THS, QuickDraw-Art and Tuscola Class of 1984
• Jadyn Denty, PHS: Dr. Kristen Hammett Vet Tech and Scott Sisters
• Marna Dodson, THS: Adeline B. Patrick Memorial and Steve Sutton Memorial
• Lilly Ensley, PHS: Cynthia Shepherd Culbertson Memorial
• Morgan Fetsko, HEC: QuickDraw-Art
• Audrey Fields, CHHS: Reeves Family Memorial
• Kylie Fisher, PHS: PHS Golden Anniversary
• John Francis, THS: John C. Howell Memorial
• Felicia Frank, THS: Waynesville Woman’s Club
• Cooper Franklin, PHS: Clyde Lions Club-Somberg, McCracken & Hannah and Sportsman’s Club
• Josie Garner, THS: SECU People Helping People
• Carter Gibson, PHS: Haywood County Schools Foundation
• Mercedes Gil, HEC: QuickDraw-Art
• Paige Griffith, PHS: Haywood County Schools Foundation
• Trace Guyer, PHS: Waynesville Garden Club-Horticulture
• Aden Haider, PHS: SECU People Helping People
• Haylee Hall, PHS: Smathers Cruso
• John Harter, PHS: Junaluska Ross-Lance
• Sarah Haurey, HEC: Scott Sisters and Shay Barnes Starnes Memorial
• Faith Henson, PHS: Canton High School Class of 1957
• Benjamin Hites, THS: Dr. Alan & Rita M. Brown Memorial
• Ronald ‘Cub’ Hundley, HEC: Haywood County Retired School Personnel and Smathers Cruso
• Kennan Huskison, THS: James & Betty Scott Memorial
• William Huskison, THS: Tuscola Class of 1971 and Waynesville Lions Club-Charles Balentine Sr. Memorial
• William Hutchby, HEC, QuickDraw-Art and SECU People Helping People
• Isaiah Israel, PHS: United Community Bank
• Alexis Kang, HEC: Reuben B. Robertson Foundation
• Elijah Kirchoff, PHS: Haywood Rotary Club
• Hope Lafleur, THS: Haywood County Schools Foundation
• Alexia Livingston, THS: Posey Family and Tuscola Class of 1973
• Jennifer Luna Avala, THS: Waynesville Woman’s Club
• Xitlali Martin, PHS: Haywood County Democratic Women
• Fiona Masciarelli, THS: David Sherrill Memorial and QuickDraw-Art
• Kyrstin McClure, THS: Trooper Anthony Cogdill Memorial
• Savannah McEntire, PHS: Black Orthodontics and Haywood County Fraternal Order of Police
• Parker McMahon, THS: Charles K. Patterson Memorial
• Chloe Medford, PHS: Haywood County Schools Nutrition
• Leah Mehaffey, PHS: Betty Jean Henson Memorial and Scott Sisters
• Sydney Messer, PHS: Patricia C. Liner, RN Memorial
• Austin Metcalf, PHS: Champion Credit Union-Roland Leatherwood and Haywood Rotary Club
• Madison Mintz, PHS: Haywood Rotary Club and Shay Barnes Starnes Memorial
• Brooke Moore, PHS: Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of WNC-Vocational
• Zachariah Mull, PHS: Haywood Rotary Club
• Julio Murillo Valdovinos, THS: Moses L. Robinson Memorial and Tuscola Class of 1973
• Ellery Neal, PHS: Cynthia Shepherd Culbertson Memorial
• John Neyman, PHS: Haywood Rotary Club
• Maeanna Norris, PHS: Frank & Kathryn G. Kirkpatrick Memorial
• Trinity Norton, PHS: Haywood County Schools Foundation
• Cade Parkins, HEC: Bill Sease Memorial
• Chloe Parris, PHS: James M. & Mary P. Edwards Memorial
• Ethan Passmore, PHS: Altrusa International of Waynesville, Haywood Regional Medical Center, and Trooper Calvin E. Taylor Memorial
• Olivia Payne, PHS: Cruso Friendship Club Jervis/Alexander
• Lily Payne, HEC: WOW – Lynda Chovan Memorial
• Patricia Morgan Plemmons, THS: QuickDraw-Art and Teri H. Hughes Memorial Performing Arts
• Riley Presnell, THS: Richie’s Alliance
• Bailey Price, HEC: Altrusa International of Waynesville and QuickDraw-Art
• Hailey Price, THS: United Community Bank
• Chloe Queen, PHS: Sonoma Masonic Lodge
• Anna Quinn, THS: B. L. Upton, Sr. & D. E. Tingle Memorial
• Ridge Ray, PHS: Kinsland Family and Sharon Blankenship AEOP
• Alivia Rich, THS: Robert E. & Viola Forga
• Abbey Roberts, HEC: Scott Sisters
• Juan Rodriguez, PHS: Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of WNC-Vocational
• David Rolland, PHS: Mary Gillis Educational Memorial and Tom Cifani Memorial for Music
• Jammylee Saintons, THS: Waynesville Woman’s Club
• Carter Shook, PHS: Waynesville Garden Club-Horticulture
• Travis Shuford, PHS: Patricia C. Liner, RN Memorial
• Allen Keith Simpkins, PHS: Haywood County Schools Foundation
• Sean Siske, CHHS: Haywood Rotary Club and Nick Mastriana Memorial
• Jonathan Smart, THS: Buddy Chandler Scholarship
• Joseph Smart, THS: Haywood Realtor Association and Tommy E. Davis Memorial
• Madisen Smith, PHS: Dr. Mack S. & Beulah Setser Memorial
• Hayden Stockton, PHS , Justin Inman Memorial
• Robert Super, THS: QuickDraw-Art
• Bly Trull, PHS: Cruso Friendship Club Jervis/Alexander and Smathers Cruso
• Brooks Valentine, PHS , Robert E. & Viola Forga
• Valeria Villarroel Venegas, THS: QuickDraw-Art
• Adam Wampler, THS: Haywood Regional Medical Center
• Jacqueline Webb, PHS , First Citizens Bank
• Grace Webb, HEC: First Citizens Bank and QuickDraw-Art
• Elliott Wells, THS: Teresa Kaye Ashe Memorial for Nursing
• Madison Wilson, PHS: Black Orthodontics
• Alyssa Wilson, PHS: Champion Credit Union-Roland Leatherwood