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04-05-2025
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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. Republicans face key hang-ups on Trump agenda bill as House heads into crucial week 4 Local School Districts receive grants from NNYCF Marra Young: JCC's featured Honors Program student for May 2025 Cape Vincent Chamber 2025 Summer Music Lineup 32 injured in Missouri shuttle bus crash: Authorities 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@ or Tara Hess, scholarship and program associate, tara@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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04-05-2025
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Marra Young: JCC's featured Honors Program student for May 2025
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) – Jefferson Community College's featured Honors Program student for the month of May 2025 is Marra Young from Philadelphia. Young is majoring in early childhood education. She wrote a creative composition based on a class reading as one of her Honors Program options. Raven Streebel: JCC's featured Honors Program student for April 2025 The Jefferson Community College Honors Program offers students with exceptional academic skills the opportunity to receive enriched instruction. Honors students select three courses within their curriculum and enhance them as Honors Options, which are based on a project agreed on by the student and a faculty member working closely with the student. Students also take the Honors Seminar, an interdisciplinary course open only to program participants that examines a single theme every semester, featuring guest speakers from various disciplines and can include field experience. Successful program students earn an Honors Graduate designation on their academic transcript for each Honors Option course. Students who demonstrate excellent academic achievement in high school or who have completed 12 credit hours of college coursework can apply for admission to the Honors Program. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
