Comcast Awards $103,000 In Scholarships To 94 Massachusetts Students
Graduating High School Seniors Recognized for Academic Achievement and Community Service
BOSTON, June 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, today announced the 2014 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 Secretary of Education Dr. Matthew Malone joined Comcast executives in awarding the scholarships at the State House earlier today. Ninety-three of the 2014 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 $103,000 awarded in Massachusetts this year.
"These students have not only posted strong academic results, but they have also demonstrated leadership in school activities and shared 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 prepare for the future and to engage them in their communities. The program also demonstrates 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 The American Red Cross, Big Brothers and Big Sisters and the Boys & Girls Clubs.
Since the program's inception, more than $21.6 million in scholarship money has been presented to more than 21,000 scholarship winners nationwide. 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 non-profit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities. The Foundation has three community investment priorities—promoting service, expanding digital literacy, and building tomorrow's leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $143 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.
2014 Massachusetts Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Recipients
| First Name |
Last Name |
Home Town |
High School Name |
| Kori |
Alston |
Natick |
Walnut Hill |
| Emily |
Arlauskas |
South Boston |
Boston Collegiate Charter School (formerly So.Boston Harbor Academy Charter School) |
| Katelyn |
Baker |
New Bedford |
Global Learning Charter Public School |
| Joanna |
Balla |
Quincy |
Boston Trinity Academy |
| Darby |
Barrett |
North Attleboro |
Bishop Feehan High School |
| Lily |
Bessette |
Plymouth |
Sacred Heart High School |
| Aishwarya |
Bhadouria |
Bellingham |
Bellingham High School |
| Garrett |
Bishop |
South Yarmouth |
Trinity Christian Academy |
| Aria |
Bracci |
East Longmeadow |
East Longmeadow High |
| Owen |
Bradley |
Upton |
Nipmuc Regional Middle/Hs |
| Samantha |
Brault |
South Hadley |
South Hadley High |
| Rodney |
Bruno |
Roxbury |
Edgewood/Gtr Boston Academy |
| Katelyn |
Bynoe |
Roxbury |
New Mission High School |
| Mirian |
Cardoso |
Boston |
The English High |
| Nicholas |
Chaves |
Dartmouth |
Dartmouth High |
| Henry |
Chavez |
East Boston |
Boston Latin Academy |
| Hana |
Childs |
Cohasset |
South Shore Christian |
| Liam |
Christian |
Monson |
Monson High School |
| Caroline |
Chryssicas |
Wellesley |
Wellesley Sr High |
| Lisdeivy |
Clavijo |
Watertown |
Watertown High School |
| Kaileen |
Cote |
Lowell |
Lowell Catholic |
| Sean |
Cote |
Westwood |
Westwood High |
| Anthony |
Crespo |
Methuen |
Central Catholic High |
| Eric |
Cresta |
Lowell |
Lowell High |
| Caitlin |
D'Amore |
Norton |
Coyle Cassidy High School |
| Rachel |
Dass |
Marlborough |
Marlborough High |
| Keven |
Depina |
Boston |
Fenway High School |
| Sally |
Dershwitz |
Sherborn |
Dover-Sherborn Reg High |
| Laurie |
Dervil |
Randolph |
Randolph High |
| Anna |
DeSimone |
Southwick |
Holyoke Catholic High School |
| Charles |
Dias |
Milford |
Milford High |
| Logan |
DiCarlo |
Revere |
Revere High |
| Andrew |
DiMaiti |
Medford |
St Mary Reg Jr-Sr High |
| Thomas |
Donelly |
Foxboro |
Foxborough High |
| Zoe |
Dorau |
Ipswich |
Ipswich High |
| Connor |
Dufour |
Fitchburg |
Fitchburg High |
| Michaela |
Dunn |
Amesbury |
Triton High School |
| Iris |
Dunn |
Chelsea |
Pope John XXIII High School |
| Janice |
Fidalgo |
Boston |
The Winsor School |
| Mark |
Figueroa |
Chelsea |
Chelsea High |
| Margaret |
Flaherty |
Brockton |
Goddard Alternative School |
| Rebekah |
Frechette |
Lowell |
Greater Lowell Technical High School |
| Hannah |
French |
New Boston |
Academy Of Notre Dame H S |
| Tess |
Frieswick |
Haverhill |
Haverhill High |
| Christian |
Fuda |
Hull |
Hull High |
| Michelle |
Galibois |
Lawrence |
Gr Lawrence Reg Voc Tech |
| John |
Goncalo |
Fall River |
Bishop Connolly High |
| Brianna |
Goulet |
Lynn |
Lynn English High |
| Rebecca |
Graves |
North Attleboro |
Foxborough Regional Charter School |
| Justin |
Guo |
Wenham |
Hamilton-Wenham Reg High |
| Karyn |
Hogu |
Boston |
Academy Of The Pacific Rim Charter School |
| N'Dea |
Jackson |
Randolph |
Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech |
| Janelle |
James |
Springfield |
Putnam Voc Tech High Sch |
| Cassandra |
Jean |
Hyde Park |
Urban Science Academy |
| Ana |
Johnson Escauriza |
Brockton |
Southeastern Reg Voc Tech |
| Olaide |
Junaid |
Boston |
Boston Preparatory Charter Public School |
| Jessica |
Lee |
Malden |
Mystic Valley Regional Charter School |
| Luis |
Liriano |
Springfield |
Springfield Expeditionary Learning School |
| Yosvani |
Lopez |
Lawrence |
Humanities and Leadership Development HS |
| Catherine |
Mahan |
Leominster |
Leominster High School |
| Rachael |
Mahoney |
Springfield |
Cathedral High |
| Clara |
Mao |
Sharon |
Sharon High |
| Jasmin |
Mark |
Boston |
Community Charter School of Cambridge |
| Zachary |
Marshall-Carter |
Lawrence |
Math Science & Technology High School |
| Joseph |
Maspo |
Holyoke |
Holyoke High |
| Kimberly |
McEachern |
Gloucester |
Rockport High School |
| John |
Mcgowan |
Milford |
Hopedale Jr Sr High |
| Llaquelin |
Miguel |
Somerville |
Somerville High |
| Jackson |
Nguyen |
Boston |
Excel High School |
| Marymar |
Perez-Cruz |
Fitchburg |
Fitchburgh Alt. Ed Program |
| Anna |
Pickard |
Southwick |
Southwick-Tolland Regional High |
| Faith |
Pinho |
Everett |
Everett High School |
| Rebecca |
Potter |
Lynn |
Classical High |
| Melinda |
Robinson |
Melrose |
Northeast Metro Reg Voc-8530605 |
| Marlene |
Rodrigues |
Brockton |
Brockton High |
| Luisa |
Rodriguez |
Lawrence |
Performing & Fine Arts High School |
| Carlos |
Romero |
Dorchester |
Quincy Upper School |
| Shannon |
Ryder |
Attleboro |
Attleboro High School |
| Yaritza |
Sanchez |
Dorchester |
City On A Hill Charter School |
| Margaret |
Scanlon |
Wakefield |
Wakefield Memorial High |
| Elena |
Shand |
Worcester |
South Lancaster Academy |
| Sabrina |
Silva |
Danvers |
Danvers High School |
| Shantel |
Silva |
Peabody |
Peabody Veterans Memorial High |
| Malcolm |
Smith |
Erving |
Turners Fall High |
| Jackson |
Stevens |
Salem |
Salem Academy Charter School |
| Benjami |
Suprice |
Dedham |
Dedham High |
| Erica |
Szulc |
Boston |
Boston Latin School |
| Jeanny |
Tejeda |
Dorchester |
The Governor's Academy (formerly Governor Dummer |
| Casie |
Thurber |
Springfield |
Sabis International Charter School |
| Lauren |
Tranfaglia |
Haverhill |
Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School |
| Rebecca |
Varghese |
Tewksbury |
Tewksbury Memorial High |
| Courtney |
Varnum |
Ware |
Ware High |
| Alexandra |
Waithe |
Plymouth |
Sturgis Charter School |
| Cassondra |
Walker |
Middleboro |
Bristol-Plymouth Voc Tech |
| Shira |
Zilberstein |
Amherst |
Amherst Regional High |
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