Comcast Awards $107,000 In Scholarships To 98 Massachusetts Students
Graduating High School Seniors Recognized for Academic Achievement and Community Service
BOSTON, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, today announced the 2013 recipients of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program. The program, one of the Comcast Foundation's signature community investment programs, recognizes students' leadership skills, academic achievement and commitment to community service.
Massachusetts Treasurer Steven Grossman assisted Comcast's Steve Hackley in awarding the scholarships at the State House earlier today. Ninety-seven of the 2013 Massachusetts Leaders and Achievers recipients received $1,000 scholarships and one lucky student was awarded a $10,000 Comcast Founders Scholarship – instituted in honor of Ralph J. Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation – for a total of $107,000 awarded in Massachusetts this year.
"Each year, we are excited to award Leaders and Achievers scholarships to talented and deserving students in Massachusetts who demonstrate leadership in school activities and reflect a strong commitment to community service," said Steve Hackley, senior vice president of Comcast's Greater Boston region. "We are proud to recognize the success and potential of such outstanding student leaders, all of whom are preparing for the next step in their educational careers."
The Comcast Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program provides one-time $1,000 scholarships to students who strive to achieve their potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to be prepared for the future, to engage youth in their communities, and to demonstrate the importance of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.
Local winners throughout Massachusetts have participated in a wide variety of community service activities, such as volunteering at Project Bread, Boys & Girls Clubs along with local food banks and hospitals.
Since the program's inception there have been over 19,000 scholarship winners totaling more than $19 million. A list of the scholarship recipients in Massachusetts is detailed below.
About the Comcast Foundation
The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified nonprofit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities. The Foundation has three community investment priorities -- expanding digital literacy, promoting community service and building tomorrow's leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $125 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at www.comcast.com/community.
2013 Massachusetts Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Recipients
| First Name |
Last Name |
Home Town |
High School Name |
| Lindsay |
Albert |
Tyngsborough |
Tyngsborough High School |
| Aliza |
Anderson |
Revere |
Revere High School |
| Amanda |
Angelo |
Billerica |
Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School |
| Agla Liz |
Aponte |
Roslindale |
The English High School |
| Liam |
Atkinson |
Methuen |
New England Academy |
| Samuel |
Badot-Fisher |
Somerville |
Somerville High School |
| Genesis |
Bautista |
Boston |
Fenway High School |
| Andrew |
Botelho |
Westport |
Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School |
| Tyler |
Boudrias |
Medford |
St. Clement Jr/Sr High School |
| Kevin |
Burchill |
Vineyard Haven |
Martha's Vineyard Regional High School |
| Alexa |
Caetano |
Fall River |
B.M.C. Durfee High School |
| Emily |
Campbell |
Westfield |
Holyoke Catholic High School |
| Zachary |
Canto |
Methuen |
Central Catholic High School |
| Ryan |
Casey |
Franklin |
Franklin High School |
| Nicole |
Casolari |
South Hadley |
South Hadley High School |
| Kyle |
Cederberg |
Rehoboth |
Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School |
| Marlene |
Checo |
Lawrence |
Performing & Fine Arts High School |
| Stephanie |
Chicoine |
Bridgewater |
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School |
| Anthony |
Choquette |
Lawrence |
Humanities and Leadership Development High School |
| Jaclyn |
Chorzewski |
Georgetown |
Georgetown Middle/High School |
| Isaac |
Coelho |
Malden |
Malden Catholic High School |
| Cody |
Collins |
Lowell |
Greater Lowell Technical High School |
| Elizabeth |
Crowley |
Marblehead |
Marblehead High School |
| Shaina |
Cruel-Reynoso |
Lynn |
Classical High School |
| Alexis |
Cruz |
Gloucester |
Rockport High School |
| Emily |
Dang |
Hull |
Hull High School |
| Julianne |
DeGenova |
Georgetown |
Essex Agricultural and Technical Institute |
| Elizabeth |
Desjardins |
Ware |
Ware High School |
| Tiffany |
Devonish |
Fall River |
Bishop Connolly High School |
| Benjamin |
Doughty |
Brookline |
Brookline High School |
| Stephanie |
Downs |
Lynn |
Lynn English High School |
| Markiesha |
Duverneau |
Hyde Park |
Academy of The Pacific Rim Charter School |
| Jessica |
Edlund |
Brockton |
Lincoln Alternative School |
| Nakia |
Ellies |
Mattapan |
Urban Science Academy |
| Daniel |
Erdosy |
North Chelmsford |
Chelmsford High School |
| Ashley |
Ertilien |
Medford |
Prospect Hill Academy Charter School |
| Erwin |
Fuentes |
Jamaica Plain |
Boston Latin Academy |
| Nicole |
Galewski |
Pembroke |
Whitman Hanson Regional |
| Emma |
Gasson |
Bridgewater |
Cardinal Spellman High School |
| Ashley |
Gitonga |
Randolph |
Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical High School |
| Nakita |
Guerrouxo |
Somerset |
Bishop Stang High School |
| Analiz |
Henriquez |
lawrence |
Business Management and Finance High School |
| Stephanie |
Ho |
Woburn |
Woburn High School |
| Sicco |
Huizing |
Andover |
Andover High School |
| Charde |
Hunt-Jeanty |
Dorchester |
Community Charter School of Cambridge |
| Daniell |
Jaillet |
Maynard |
Maynard High School |
| William |
Kelley |
Mendon |
Nipmuc Regional Middle/High School |
| Anthony |
Kennedy |
Norton |
Norton High School |
| Jeffrey |
Kobza |
New Bedford |
Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical |
| Jesse |
Lederman |
Springfield |
Springfield Expeditionary Learning School |
| Sharon |
Lee |
Malden |
Malden High School |
| YaXue |
Li |
Newtonville |
Newton North High School |
| Manuel |
Lopes |
Brockton |
Brockton High School |
| Caitlin |
Ludke |
Nahant |
Swampscott High School |
| Natalie |
Mako |
South Deerfield |
Frontier Regional |
| Kimberly |
Malmborg |
Springfield |
Sabis International Charter School |
| Annitasada |
Mam |
Revere |
Northeast Metro Regional Vocational High School |
| Tashauna |
McKenzie |
Boston |
New Mission High School |
| Katherine |
Mentzer |
New Bedford |
Global Learning Charter Public School |
| Molly |
Merola |
East Bridgewater |
Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School |
| Monica |
Modrich |
Tyngsboro |
Lowell Catholic |
| Andrew |
Morin |
Clinton |
Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School |
| Tatenda |
Mudeke |
Boston |
Excel High School |
| Vincent |
Nascembeni |
Agawam |
The White Oak School |
| Bahiya |
Nasuuna |
Chelsea |
Chelsea High School |
| Anh |
Ngo |
Roslindale |
Woodward School for Girls |
| Tuyen |
Nguyen |
Dorchester |
Boston Arts Academy |
| Michael |
Nicholson |
Gardner |
Gardner High School |
| Amber |
Oates |
Boston |
Boston Trinity Academy |
| Carin |
Papendorp |
Somerville |
Commonwealth School |
| Samantha |
Par |
Lawrence |
Math Science & Technology High School |
| Brittany |
Perez |
Staten Island |
The Governor's Academy |
| Aria |
Perkins |
Milton |
Milton High School |
| Manuel |
Pires |
Dorchester |
Jeremiah E. Burke High School |
| Hannah |
Pitman |
Millis |
Millis High School |
| Jennifer |
Polgar |
Taunton |
Taunton High School |
| Trevor |
Quenneville |
Gardner |
North Central Charter Essential School |
| Analise |
Sesay |
Plainville |
King Philip Regional High School |
| Kendra |
Silveira |
Taunton |
Bristol-Plymouth Vocational Technical School |
| Heidy |
Sosa |
Bradford |
Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School |
| Katrina |
Spiezio |
Taunton |
Foxborough Regional Charter School |
| Hazel |
Stirgwolt |
Salem |
St. Mary Junior-Senior High School |
| Mary Kate |
Sullivan |
Springfield |
Cathedral High School |
| Lauren |
Sundstrom |
Newburyport |
Newburyport High School |
| Marc |
Tetreault |
Uxbridge |
Blackstone Valley Technical High School |
| David |
Thai |
Dorchester |
Quincy Upper School |
| Teinya |
Thompson |
Springfield |
Putnam Vocational Technical High School |
| Delaney |
Thomson |
Westfield |
Westfield High School |
| Olivia |
Torchio |
Arlington |
Matignon High School |
| Luke |
Toritto |
Greenfield |
Greenfield High School |
| Andrew |
Truong |
Peabody |
Peabody Veterans Memorial High School |
| Jasmine |
Usher |
Dorchester |
Codman Academy Charter School |
| Katie |
Wang |
Brighton |
Boston Latin School |
| Abigail |
White |
Lynnfield |
Lynnfield High School |
| Olivia |
White |
Southwick |
Southwick-Tolland Regional High School |
| Lauren |
Wyse |
Dorchester |
Boston Collegiate Charter School |
| Junko |
Yamazaki |
Stoneham |
Stoneham High School |
| Jonathon |
Yee |
Holyoke |
Holyoke High School |
SOURCE Comcast Cable
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