Comcast NBCUniversal Awards $74,000 In Scholarships To 65 Greater Philadelphia Area High School Seniors
TREVOSE, Pa., May 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast NBCUniversal today announced that it has awarded approximately $74,000 in scholarships for the 2018-19 school year to 65 area students from Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program. The program, funded by the Comcast Foundation, is a one-time, $1,000 scholarship awarded to the best and brightest high school seniors for their community service, academic performance and leadership skills. Since 2001, more than $28 million has been awarded to nearly 27,000 high school seniors across the country as part of the Leaders and Achievers Program.
"Our Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners are exceptional students who are committed to academic excellence and community service," said Stephanie Kosta, Comcast Regional Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs. "We are honored to recognize their achievements and excited to support them as they continue their educational journeys."
Comcast recognized the students at a special event held at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. One student, Morgan Bacon, a resident of Philadelphia and student at Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School, was selected to receive a $10,000 Comcast Founders Scholarship - instituted in honor of Ralph J. Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation.
In total, Comcast will award $205,000 in Leaders & Achievers scholarships to 187 high school seniors across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the 2018-19 school year.
The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides scholarships to students who strive to achieve their full potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to prepare for the future and to engage them in their communities. The program also demonstrates the importance of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.
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2018 Comcast Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Winners from Greater Philadelphia: SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS (by county where student resides)
Bucks County Katherine M Loftus, Council Rock South High School Garlie C St-Cyr, Morrisville Middle/Senior High
Chester County Jared S Elters, Coatesville Area Senior High Safoora Siddiqui, Collegium Charter School Sravya Basvapatri, West Chester East High School Yash Shah, Spring Ford High School Jonathan Robert Arditi, Owen J. Roberts High School Steven T Jones, B. Reed Henderson High School
Delaware County Arathi R Pillai, Springfield High School Nabelah B Hussain, Upper Darby High School Katelyn M Barr, Upper Merion High School Macie S Plotkin, Radnor High School Jada M Toland, Charter High School for Architecture and Design Victor Q Wright, Boys Latin of Philadelphia Charter School
Montgomery County Roslyn M Spruill, Multicultural Academy Charter School DeJah L N Williams, Wyncote Academy Samantha N DiPasquale, Jenkintown High School Camryn L Duncan, Norristown Area High School Anya Gupta, Hill School Daniel M Burga, Delaware Valley Friends School Scott M Boyle, Archbishop Wood Gabriella T Rudnick, Springfield High School
Philadelphia County Dede O C Ajavon, High School of the Future Adrian Allen, Imhotep Institute Charter Chas Allen, Overbrook High School Andrew Atkerson, Roman Catholic High School Morgan Bacon, Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School Salimata J Bakayoko, Audenried Charter High School Myciah T Brown, Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School Kelsey Carolan, Philadelphia Academy Charter School Sara A Cavalcanti, Hallahan High School Clara Chaplin-Loebell, W. B. Saul High School for Agricultural Sciences Heather M H Cook, Northeast High School Quadira K Daniels, Simon Gratz High School Hennessy Dejesus, Nueva Esperanza Academy Charter School Kathy M Duque-Ramirez, Motivation High School Tyrone Farrare, Parkway West High School Tatiana L Gomez, Penn Treaty School Felicia T Grubb, A. Philip Randolph Career and Technical High School Christopher Ian Hamilton, John Bartram High School Tamir Donte Harper, Science Leadership Academy Casai A High, Mount St. Joseph Academy Jada Holloway, Lankenau Environmental Science Magnet High School Ameenah T Jackson, Constitution High School Lina Jaquez, Community Academy Of Philadelphia Charter School Deutty Lafleur, Frankford High School Summer B Love, Abraham Lincoln High School Argelis Minaya-Bravo, The U School Laila J Mitchell, Maritime Academy Charter School Shamera D Moore, Benjamin Franklin High School Isaac G Newman, Philadelphia Performing Arts & Sciences: A String Theory Charter School Yazmin M Pabon, Parkway Center City High School Leissa Paulection, Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice London Z Reese, Paul Robeson High School Khalif Robinson, Bodine High School for International Affairs Ahana M Rosha, Friends Select School Carlos O Sanchez, Mariana Bracetti Academy Charter School Imani A Sanders-Rasul, Girard Academic Music Program Feven Teferi, West Philadelphia Catholic High School Tho Tran, Mercy Career & Technical High School Naccir Y Waddy, Strawberry Mansion High School Ciani C Wells, Central High School Joseph V Whitcomb, Archbishop Ryan School Charelle N White, Sayre High School Stephanie D White-Winters, Murrell Dobbins CTE High School
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