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Updated: June 15, 2024 @ 5:57 pm
These six students were the first recipients of an array of scholarships known as the Anthony Family Scholarships, funded by the Anthony Family Charitable Trust. Standing with them are members of the scholarship review committee and Corry Area High School’s Class of 1973: Mary Bailey, Vicki (Frank) Stec and Mike Anthony (far right).
These six students were the first recipients of an array of scholarships known as the Anthony Family Scholarships, funded by the Anthony Family Charitable Trust. Standing with them are members of the scholarship review committee and Corry Area High School’s Class of 1973: Mary Bailey, Vicki (Frank) Stec and Mike Anthony (far right).
Mike Anthony, of the Corry Area High School Class of 1973, wanted his family’s charitable foundation, the Anthony Family Charitable Trust, to have a long-lasting impact on Corry graduates. His objective? To make a big difference in a short period of time.
To that end, he established the Anthony Family Scholarships — a program that is expected to distribute nearly $1 million dollars to graduates of Corry Area High School over the course of 10 years.
There are five scholarships: The Class of 1973 Scholarship, the Westminster College Scholarship, the Frank Anthony Entrepreneurial Award, the Idabelle Gordon Anthony Educational Scholarship and the Vicki Frank Stec Non-traditional Student Award.
This year, six graduating seniors received $5,000 each — a total of $30,000 — with scholarships that are renewable for up to four years if they meet the established performance criteria, which requires the students to maintain at least a 3.0 GPA to continue getting the money.
Taylor Moats was given the Westminster College scholarship; Rylan Smith, Baylee Smith and Markus Lambert landed the Frank Anthony Entrepreneurial Award; and the Class of 1973 Scholarships went to Jonathan Griffis and Payton Earls.
No awards were given this year for either the Idabelle Gordon Anthony Educational Scholarship or the Vicki Frank Stec award, as there were no applications received that met the criteria for those particular programs.
“It was a strong applicant pool, just not in all the boxes we built,” Anthony noted.
The Frank Anthony Entrepreneurship Award was named after Anthony’s father, and the Class of 1973 scholarship is for descendants — typically, grandchildren — of Anthony’s classmates.
Overall, there were 22 applicants this year.
“We had an overwhelming response,” Anthony said. “It was a really challenging thing to narrow it down, but we did.”
Reviewing the scholarship applications, in conjunction with the Corry Area High School guidance team, are Anthony and two of his classmates, Vicki Stec and Mary Bailey.
“This couldn’t have happened without them,” Anthony said. “Their participation and leadership are pretty critical. They have significant sway over who wins and who doesn’t.”
All three classmates had the opportunity on May 31 to present the awards during an academic excellence assembly at the high school.
The Idabelle Gordon Anthony award, named for Anthony’s mother, was designed for a student pursuing studies and an eventual career in education. But, none of the applicants were headed down that route, and did not fit the criteria for that award.
The non-traditional student award is meant for a previous graduate who would like to continue his or her education, but life circumstances or lack of resources stopped them from doing so directly after high school, Anthony explained.
Corry Area High School alumnus, Vicki (Frank) Stec, graduated from high school in 1973.
Anthony, who now lives in New Hampshire, noted this program was something he wanted to do for his fellow Corry graduates.
“It’s my way of giving back to my hometown of Corry,” he said.
The program also includes teacher development awards, which help to fund various student programs put on by faculty.
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