Graduating seniors receive Mercer Island Community Scholarship awards

June 1, 2022 8:30 am
A plethora of Mercer Island High School graduating seniors receive their 2022 Mercer Island Community Scholarship awards on May 23. Top row, left to right: Lucas Vorkoper, Ava Rosenbaum, Kelly Cotter, Aaron Levin, Sebastian Kane, Jason Zhao, Harry Gollin, Andrew Wu, Ollie Loeser, Jayden Anderson, Evan Handler, Ethan Hackman, Alex Levin, Kayla Levin and Grace McCormack. Bottom row, left to right: Audrey Sadlier, Jack Drake, Sophia Dondisch, Divya Krishnaswamy, Maggie Matheson, Stella Prophater, Lena Hardisty, Marissa Magnussen and Sophie Whobrey. Not pictured: Ethan Cheney, Chloe Krebs, Maggie Petersen and Acacia Zou. Courtesy photo
A plethora of Mercer Island High School graduating seniors receive their 2022 Mercer Island Community Scholarship awards on May 23. Top row, left to right: Lucas Vorkoper, Ava Rosenbaum, Kelly Cotter, Aaron Levin, Sebastian Kane, Jason Zhao, Harry Gollin, Andrew Wu, Ollie Loeser, Jayden Anderson, Evan Handler, Ethan Hackman, Alex Levin, Kayla Levin and Grace McCormack. Bottom row, left to right: Audrey Sadlier, Jack Drake, Sophia Dondisch, Divya Krishnaswamy, Maggie Matheson, Stella Prophater, Lena Hardisty, Marissa Magnussen and Sophie Whobrey. Not pictured: Ethan Cheney, Chloe Krebs, Maggie Petersen and Acacia Zou. Courtesy photo

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Mercer Island High School (MIHS) staff members recognized recipients of the Mercer Island Community Scholarship on May 23 at the annual awards celebration held at the school. Administrators, PTSA volunteers, families and friends were also in attendance.

The Mercer Island Community Scholarship is a long-standing Island tradition that celebrates 28 MIHS graduating seniors each spring.

This scholarship program is administered by the Mercer Island PTA Council in partnership with the MIHS PTSA, MIHS administration and staff and the greater Island community.

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Scholarship recipients demonstrate perseverance, a passion for learning, and are positive contributors to both their classroom and community. Students are identified by MIHS staff from 10 areas: English, math, performing arts, science, social studies, visual arts, world language, college and career readiness (CCR), Crest Learning Center and a Principal’s Award. Additionally, the recipients receive a scholarship up to $500.

One student also receives the Braman Family Writing Award.

“It is through your encouragement, your compassion and kindness that you show towards others in all that you do, that helps build a stronger, more inclusive and caring community,” said Stephanie Parmenter and Amy Richter, Mercer Island PTA Council vice presidents of programs.

The scholarship program is funded through the sale of Grad Grams and by direct donations from individuals, community organizations and local businesses. Grad Grams are available to purchase through June 15 at https://miptacouncil.membershiptoolkit.com/grad-gram.

The scholarship recipients are:

Grace McCormack, Principal’s Award

Audrey Sadlier, CCR

Kayla Levin, CCR

Lena Hardisty, CCR

Ethan Hackman, Crest Learning Center

Jayden Anderson, Crest Learning Center

Jack Drake, English

Kelly Cotter, English

Ollie Loeser, English

Ava Rosenbaum, Math

Evan Handler, Math

Marissa Magnussen, Math

Ethan Cheney, Performing Arts

Sophia Dondisch, Performing Arts

Aaron Levin, Performing Arts

Maggie Petersen, Performing Arts

Andrew Wu, Science

Divya Krishnaswamy, Science

Stella Prophater, Science

Harry Gollin, Social Studies

Jason Zhao, Social Studies

Maggie Matheson, Social Studies

Chloe Krebs, Visual Arts

Sophie Whobrey, Visual Arts

Sesbastian Kane, World Language – Chinese

Acacia Zou, World Language – French

Lucas Vorkoper, World Language – Spanish

Alex Levin – Braman Family Writing Award