4 Local School Districts receive grants from NNYCF
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) – Winners of the Community Foundation's Class of 2025 Scholarship Challenge have been named. The four winning school districts across Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties earned a share of $5,000 in grant funding.
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One school district from each county, the Community Foundation serves, received a $1,000 grant and a fourth was awarded the top Scholarship Challenge grant of $2,000.
Lewis County's South Lewis Central School District is the top grant winner, with 32% of 47 seniors submitting scholarship applications.
Winning school districts receiving a $1,000 grant are:
LaFargeville Central School, with 56% of its 39 seniors submitting applications;
Copenhagen Central Schoo,l with 50% of its 22 seniors submitting applications; and
Lisbon Central School with 37% of its 46 seniors submitting applications.
Schools were selected for grant awards at random during two Community Foundation Facebook Live events. Grant funding may be used to support a schoolwide initiative or project chosen by the senior class officers.
The Scholarship Challenge was open to all schools in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties. To be eligible, schools had to achieve at least 25% participation from their senior class in submitting scholarship applications by the Foundation's March 15 deadline.
'It was great to see the schools participate in a spirited competition, especially knowing that by increasing the participation rate, everyone wins,' said Rande S. Richardson, Community Foundation executive director. 'We are grateful for everyone who helped make this our most successful year ever, which will better enable us to align the needs of local students with the generosity of donors.'
A record 24% of the 2,472 members of the Class of 2025 in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties applied for Community Foundation scholarship support by this year's deadline.
Jefferson County — 30% of the 1,181 seniors from 13 school districts;
Lewis County — 30% of the 261 seniors from five school districts; and
St. Lawrence County — 16% of the 1,030 seniors from 18 school districts.
For questions about Community Foundation scholarships, you can contact Mary Perrine, scholarship and program manager, at 315-782-7110 or maryp@nnycf.org, or Tara Hess, scholarship and program associate, tara@nnycf.org.
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