From Waukegan to Stanford in nine not-so-easy years
Schuler Scholar gets college boost from Exchange Club
June 24, 2010
By FRANK ABDERHOLDEN fabderholden@stmedianetwork.com
NewsSun
It was a long journey to Waukegan for a 9-year-old girl from Bogota, Colombia. Now, she's off to Stanford University.
Alejandra Mesa, 18, will be getting a grant from the university in Palo Alto, Calif., and $2,500 from the Lincolnland District of Exchange Clubs, whose 12 clubs include the Waukegan Exchange Club.
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By David Beery for the Daily Herald
June 21, 2010
Maine East High School officially opened a new and invigorating chapter recently as its inaugural class of Schuler Scholars was inducted during ceremonies in the school auditorium. |
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February 16, 2010
By JUDY MASTERSON
jmasterson@stmedianetwork.com jmasterson@scn1.com
Amanda Gerfen, 17, of Round Lake Park has always dreamed of living in New York City, and on Aug. 31 that dream comes true.
Gerfen, her parents and her three older brothers will rent a van and drive to historic Barnard College in Manhattan, where for the next four years the soon-to-graduate Round Lake High School senior hopes to make her community proud. She was accepted into the elite women's school, and she can afford to go because of the guidance of the Schuler Scholar program.
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