Close to 20 Ann Arbor Public Schools graduating seniors are among those to receive a major scholarship award for 2025. From top left: Anna Stenger, Wilmer Arturo Lazo-Garcia, Cesar Ojedo, Selina Gibbs, Kendan Yu, Julieta Turon, Liana Zhou, Ofelia Ziegler, Houston McCoy, Ryland Quann, Ryan Grant, Walker Brose, Terron Stewart, Leila Durrie, Sara Grove and Jada Witherspoon. Not pictured: Christopher Hermida Nunez, RoFael Jackson Jr. and Angela Bolon. Photos from AAPS.Photos used with permission of AAPS.
ANN ARBOR, MI — When some graduating Ann Arbor seniors are getting a financial boost as they head off to college next fall.
Ann Arbor Public School officials announced scholarship honorees for 2025 during the Ann Arbor School Board meeting Wednesday, May 21, and multiple recipients appeared before board members.
The awards are as high as $5,000 in nine programs with $76,300 in total scholarships to AAPS soon-to-be graduates.
Jenna Bacolor, AAPS’ executive director of the student and school health and community division, said seniors have access to a host of scholarships around the area, and she credited Nancy Shore from the district’s strategic partnership office with facilitating applications and offering guidance to donors interested in starting scholarships.
Staff members also wrote recommendations for students. Many are involved, Bacolor said.
Thirteen students were named as recipients of $5,000 scholarships for both sponsored and community awards.
Those included:
Those $5,000 recipients were as follows, according to AAPS:
Leila Durrie
AAPS: Community High School
Attending: Saint Louis University Madrid
Scholarship: ABM Services
Selina Gibbs
AAPS: Huron high School
Attending: Oakland University
Scholarship: ABM Services
Ryan Grant
AAPS: Community High School
Attending: Eastern Michigan University
Scholarship: Chartwells
Wilmer Arturo Lazo-Garcia
AAPS: Huron High School
Attending: Washtenaw Community College
Scholarship: Darlene Tankersley
Houston McCoy
AAPS: Pioneer High School
Attending: Howard University
Scholarship: ABM Services
Christopher Hermida Nunez
AAPS: Huron High School
Attending: Michigan State University
Scholarship: Durham Transportation Services
Cesar Ojedo
AAPS: Huron High School
Attending: Wayne State University
Scholarship: Darlene Tankersley
Ryland Quann
AAPS: Huron High School
Attending: Michigan State University
Scholarship: Dorothy Russell
Terron Stewart
AAPS: Huron High School
Attending: Central Michigan University
Scholarship: Chartwells
Jada Witherspoon
AAPS: Pioneer High School
Attending: Michigan State University
Scholarship: Durham Transportation Services
Kendan Yue
AAPS: Huron High School
Attending: Michigan State University
Scholarship: Durham Transportation Services
Liana Zhou
AAPS: Skyline High School
Attending: Stanford University
Scholarship: ABM Services
Ofelia Ziegler
AAPS: Community High School
Attending: Villanova University
Scholarship: Durham Transportation Services
Other recipients received scholarship awards of $2,000 or less. They are:
Huron High School senior Walker Brose is attending the University of Michigan with the $2,000 Kent Overbey Scholarship, awarded to a Huron male senior who participated in cross country.
Huron High School senior Julieta Turon, another future UM student, is receiving the same amount from the Wendy Moorehead Scholarship, an award for female senior cross country participants.
RoFael Jackson Jr., also a Huron senior who’s UM-bound, received $2,000 for the Jane Landefeld Scholarship for participating in sports.
Huron seniors Angela Bolon and Anna Stenger are receiving $1,650 awards for the Lisa Ann Gallagher Scholarship, designated for Huron female graduates with a GPA of 3.2 or higher involved in school sports and the community. Bolon and Stenger are attending UM and the University of Loyola Chicago, respectively.
Community High School senior Sara Grover, who’s headed to Washtenaw Community College, is receiving the Jill Award, a $1,000 scholarship designated for a CHS student who contributed to making the school a happier place.
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