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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August 20, 2009
By ANGELA D. SYKORA asykora@pioneerlocal.com
Jessica Demski is a sophomore at Warren Township High School this year but she's already set her sights on college.
Guiding her academic aspirations is the Schuler Foundation, which offers academic enrichment programs to first-generation college-bound students to increase their odds of being accepted to a highly selective school, including Ivy League.
"This is a huge opportunity," said Demski, 15, of Gurnee. "You have to really want it and put all your heart into it."
This is the second year District 121 has offered the program.
Students are invited to become Schuler Scholars their freshman year based on criteria like academic standing and grade point average. The students must also commit to taking four years of core
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By DWIGHT ESAU Journal & Topics Reporter
Maine East High School in Park Ridge has been selected by the Schuler Foundation to participate in its prestigious and unique enrichment and scholarship program.
East is the fourth Chicago-area high school to become part of this program. It targets high potential but vulnerable students from under-served populations to receive social and academic enrichment, academic guidance, and scholarships to prepare them to succeed at selected private colleges.
The program's purpose is to expand and improve a college-going culture in high schools.
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More than any Illinois high school
January 23, 2009
By RYAN PAGELOW rpagelow@scn1.com
The Waukegan News Sun
While at a basketball game in December, three Waukegan High School seniors found out that they were accepted to Stanford University.
Cynthia Perez, a 17-year-old senior, received a call from her mom, who read the acceptance e-mail aloud to her daughter.
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SUCCESS STORY A high truancy rate. Below average test scores. A revolving door of principals. And after a foundation partnered with the school to give teens an academic boost—a remarkable feat
By Tara Malone | Tribune reporter
January 21, 2009
It was a notable first for Waukegan High School.
Despite a truancy rate that last year was seven fold the state's, test scores that lagged the average across Illinois in every core subject and its seventh principal in six years, the school saw three seniors accepted to Stanford University.
Officials said it was the first time in recent history so many Waukegan seniors won early admission to the top-ranked school in a year. No other high school in the state did better, said Stanford admissions director Shawn Abbott, who called the group "
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Warren students will get opportunity for money to attend elite colleges
By Bob Susnjara | Daily Herald Staff
Warren Township High School has become the newest partner with an organization that gives financial assistance to selected students who want to attend elite colleges they otherwise couldn't afford.
Gurnee-based Warren District 121 was named Tuesday as the Schuler Family Foundation's fourth high school partner in Lake County.
Jeff Brierton, principal at Warren's O'Plaine Road campus for freshmen and sophomores, said Schuler will have a work station in his building when the new academic year begins.
He said a foundation counselor will work exclusively with Warren's Schuler scholars.
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Por amor al piano
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By HELEN MANSFIELD - ROUND LAKE – The Christmas holiday break is a nice, three-week period when most school-age kids veg out. They don't think about school.
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By Jason King - Daily Herald - Twenty-three Round Lake High School students have 20,000 reasons to study hard over the next three years.
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By Ryan Pagelow - SuburbanChicagoNews.com - This Sunday hundreds of Waukegan High School seniors will graduate. Many will head to colleges across the Midwest to continue their education.
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$20,000 de premio a cada estudiante para el colegio
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WAUKEGAN — After awarding 50 Waukegan high school freshman $20,000 college scholarships earlier this month, Schuler Family Foundation representatives asked for continued support from Waukegan District 60 to keep the program in the high school.
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WAUKEGAN — The futures of 50 more Waukegan high school freshmen have been given a boost by the Schuler Family Foundation.
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WAUKEGAN —La Fundación Familia Schuler entregó becas a 30 estudiantes de la Secundaria de Waukegan el miércoles pasado.
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Scholarship for freshmen aims to guide future college kids.
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WAUKEGAN — The Schuler Scholarship program at Waukegan High School , heading into its third year, continues to push college-bound students to high levels of achievement.
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