Scholarship recipients gave 1,342 hours to community service.
The latest crop of superior high school students who have earned a Boynton Woman’s Club scholarship have more than 1,300 hours of community service amongst them. Kaitlyn Smith, Brittany Smith, Joanne Jean Noel, Diana Perez Santana and Ijanee Harmon were all present at the April 14 luncheon where their merits were extolled by Education Committe Chairman Dot Neenan as well as their guid-ance counselors. There were about 50 members and guests at the luncheon including Education committee members Janet Hakala and Marcie Pallone. Neenan also announced a future scholarship for a young man going to a vocational school in memory of Daniel C. Schlosser, Joan White’s son who died recently.
Joanne Jean Noel
Joanne Jean Noel’s career goal is physi-cal therapy. She will be heading for Florida State University to achieve that goal. Her interest in PT started shortly after her mother died of MS. She is a member of the senior class at Boynton High School, has a 3.5 GPA (Grade Point Average) and was decribed by her guidance counselor, MoNadelia Charten, as a real “go-getter.” When not studying or volunteering at such places like nursing homes and early learn-ing centers, you might find her practicing with her other BBHS Varsity Cheerleader All-Stars. Her community hour total is 150 hours so far. Joanne’s grandmother Jacqueline,was also at the luncheon.
Diana Perez Santana
At Park Vista, Mary Turner has worked with Diana Perez Santana for many years, first as her guidance coun-selor and more recently as the scholarship coordinator. She explained that Diana, like other students, had some un-usual obstacles to overcome including learning English having been born in Cuba and spending her adolescence in Spain. Diana has a 3.7 GPA and will attend Atlantic University. Diana has set medical pathology as her career goal. She is a member of the class council, HOSA (Health Occupations for Students Association) and the English writing workshop. Diana has 125 hours of community service.
Brittany Smith
Brittany Smith and her father, Willie were at the luncheon. She is a student at Atlantic High School and she is heading for Florida International University to study pre-law, in particular family practice. Brittany’s GPA is 3.7 and she has more than 150 hours of commu-nity service with the police department. She also volun-teers at a center for Alzheimer patients as well as beach clean-up and school clean-up. She also volunteers at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Kaitlyn Smith
Kaitlyn Smith is also a senior at Atlantic High School. She will attend the University of Florida to pursue a career as a veteraniarn. Her mother, Carol, accompanied her to the luncheon where Kaitlyn told the membership of some of her 411 hours of community service including at a veterinarian hospital, beach clean-up and tutoring for the National Honor Society. She carries a 3.6 GPA, works at Publix and plays on the volleyball team.
Ijanee Harmon
Ijanee Harmon, a senior at Lake Worth High School will also be walking down the medical career path. She will do it at the Florida Agricultural and Medical University in Tallahassee where she will follow a pre-med curriculum with the ultimate goal of becoming an anesthesiologist. Her mom, Janee, was at the luncheon where Ijanee described in detail many of the things she saw and did shadowing anesthesiologists, doctors and nurses at JFK Medical center. “Basically,” she said as she described a head scan, “I see everything you don’t want to see.” She has racked up 506 community service hours while still being a member of the cheerleading squad, dancing and maintaining her 3.09 GPA.
Five awarded this year – next year memorial scholarship to be awarded.
Dot Neenan, Chairman
As you read this, another year will be over for the Education Committee. We will have had a profitable fashion show with thanks to all the helpers and attendees. Our scholarship committee (Janet Hakala, Marcie Pallone and myself) went over each application and chose students from four schools to interview. Then we made our choices for the year 2011 which you see in this issue.
All winners attended our luncheon on April 14 and told us about their thoughts for their futures. We enjoyed seeing so many members and friends at this event. Again, thank you all for the donations that were received and to the people in the club and friends who made these scholarships possible. Next year, there will be a $1,000 scholarship, donated by Joan White in honor of her late son, Daniel C. Schlosser. It will be given to a young man who enrolls in a vocational or trade institute after graduating from high school.
Scholarship recipients and committee members pose for the not-so-candid camera. Pictured from the left are: Chairman Dot Neenan, Brittany Smith, Ijanee Harmon, Diana Perez Santana, Kaitlyn Smith, Marcie Pallone, Joanne Jean Noel and Janet Hakala.