Back row (from left) Priya Chacko, Chanellie Capellan. Marykay Scott, Yonkers Public Schools Superintendent Anibal Soler, Jr., Issa Eid, Anyoly Ogando and Jacqueline Santos Pinto.
Front row (from left) Dr. Rosalba Corrado DelVecchio, President of Yonkers Public Schools Board of Trustees; Victoria Diaz, Abigail Garcia, Amy Sanchez, Darlenys Ynoa, Deputy Mayor Sue Gerry, Richard Doestch, Hudson Valley Property Group (Parkledge representative); Yonkers IDA Executive Director Jaime McGill and City Council Majority Leader John Rubbo.
Students Each Receive Scholarship Awards of $2,500
On June 24, The Yonkers Industrial Development Agency (YIDA) today presented 10 Yonkers high school students with 2024 Parkledge Breakthrough Scholarship awards totaling $25,000.
The high school seniors each won awards of $2,500. The awards are made to seniors who have been enrolled in a Yonkers school for all four years of high school. Applicants must be in good academic standing and accepted to a post-
secondary institution that leads to a degree, license or certification. Awardees are required to have a recommendation from a member of the faculty who knows the student well. Applicants must also provide a personal statement concerning his/her future community service goals and how his/her education will contribute to these goals. The scholarship fund was created by the Parkledge Apartments.
The 2024 scholarship awardees are:
· Priya Chacko – Yonkers High School
· Victoria Diaz – Gorton High School
· Issa Eid – Barack Obama School for Social Justice
· Abigail Garcia – Gorton High School
· Anyoly Ogando – Riverside High School
· Amy Sanchez – Gorton High School
· Jacqueline Santos Pinto – Riverside High School
· Marykay Scott – Yonkers Montessori Academy
· Darlenys Ynoa – Saunders Trades and Technical High School
· Chanellie Capellan – Sacred Heart High School
For more information visit yonkersida.com
