By Ralph K. Spencer, D’Evelyn Education Foundation Board of Directors
The annual Senior Banquet, held on May 15, 2019, at the Sheraton Denver West Hotel, was a very special event for all D’Evelyn seniors. After all, D’Evelyn students can only attend one senior high school banquet in their lifetime to bask in the glow of their achievements over the last 4/6 years. As everyone knows, graduating from D’Evelyn is a significant achievement! Allow me to summarize below the 25 senior scholarships/award presentations (worth almost $24,000!) made that night, not only to honor our graduated seniors, but also to recognize two D’Evelyn teachers who each claimed prestigious awards. Emily Carver - Performing Arts Scholarship for Orchestra - $1,000 Megan Yost - Performing Arts Scholarship for Choral/Vocal - $1,000 Vivian Nguyen - Carol J. Mancuso Music Scholarship - $500 Daniel Brady - JAGS Athletic Scholarship -$1,000 Ian Widmann - LeAnne Hollemans Roscow Award - $1,500 Dominic Cushnie - David S. D'Evelyn Scholarship - $1,000 Kendyll Gromko - Rona Burrows Scholarship - $500 Cecilia Leoni - Marta Vigil Scholarship for Excellence in a Foreign Language - $1,000 Sebastian Coco - Performing Arts Scholarship for Theater - $1,000 Emily Smith - Excellence in History Scholarship - $1,000 Shiloh Miller - Carolyn G. DeRaad Scholarship - $1,000 Brady Sullivan - Dr. Peter Silvaggio Physics Scholarship - $600 Victoria Szathmary - JAGS Athletic Scholarship - $1,000 Amanda Giedt - Excellence Amidst Adversity Scholarship - $1,000 Rory Devin - Excellence in Mathematics Scholarship - $1,000 Isabel Lopez - Performing Arts Scholarship for Band - $1,000 Laryssa Hamblen - Academic Opportunity Scholarship - $1,000 Tonia Hajj - Academic Opportunity Scholarship - $1,000 Favio Acosta - William R. and Helen J. Dowdle Scholarship - $250 Hannah Erickson - Excellence in English Scholarship - $1,000 Claire Madonna - Kathi Pitzer Scholarship - $1,000 Marc Gagnon - Jamin B. Wilson Life-Long Learner Memorial Scholarship - $1,000 Alan Li - David S. D'Evelyn Scholarship - $1,000 Emma Kurtz - Carla S. (Pedersen) Zarkowski Memorial Scholarship - $1,500 Conor Sampson - Andrew Jenicek Memorial Award - $1,000 Grand Total: $23,850! Two D'Evelyn teachers were presented with cash awards at this year's Senior Banquet: Joel Jacobson - Jamin B. Wilson Excellence in Education Award - $3000 (funded by private donations; does NOT include funds raised by the D'Evelyn Education Foundation) Rush Daly - 2018-2019 Teacher of the Year - $250 (voted upon by D'Evelyn seniors) Please take a moment to congratulate the parents (some of whom are still at D’Evelyn) of the above scholarship/award winners the next time you see them as well as the two faculty members whose names can also be found engraved on two special plaques in the school’s front lobby. Comments are closed.
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The D'Evelyn Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation. The Board of Directors oversees the finances, legal issues and long-term strategic plans of the organization Archives
May 2023
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