13 recent city graduates awarded Brooker Scholarships?
0 Comments | New Haven Register, Jun 28, 2010 | by Randall Beach
By Randall Beach Register Staff rbeach@newhavenregister.com
NEW HAVEN — Thirteen of the city’s recent high school graduates are getting a boost in paying for their college expenses, the Board of Aldermen’s Black and Hispanic Caucus announced Sunday.
The winners of the annual Alvis Dimyus Brooker Scholarships were honored during a fundraiser at the Dixwell Yale Community Learning Center.
Brooker, who was an alderman from the 23rd Ward, died of liver disease in 1999.
The winners are: Virginia Otero from High School in the Community; Chelsea Murray from Wilbur Cross High School; Amber Jones and Samantha Sanchez from New Haven Academy; Elizabeth Garcia and Kirvanna Jones from Hill Regional Career High School; and Jaquetta Keen, Ashley Maebry, Julian Pearsall, Capri Ritter, Yanique Shand, Durell Snow and Haley Vincent from Hillhouse High School.
The sponsors are Yale University, the Black and Hispanic Caucus, the Board of Aldermen and Sallie R. Brooker, the late alderman’s mother.
Ritter, 18, who is bound for Bryant College, said, “I’m grateful for whatever I receive. I’m hoping this will be the icing on the cake to help me.”
Ritter wants to major in public relations and become a publicist for artists or actors.
Kirvanna Jones, 18, is headed for the University of Hartford, where she plans to major in mathematics. She said she is considering becoming a math teacher.
“I’m very honored to be picked,” she said of the scholarship. “I know a lot of people applied, and only a few got it.”
Pearsall, 17, will head down to Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. to study marine biology hispanic scholarships
13 recent city graduates awarded Brooker Scholarships?
13 recent city graduates awarded Brooker Scholarships?
0 Comments | New Haven Register, Jun 28, 2010 | by Randall Beach
By Randall Beach Register Staff rbeach@newhavenregister.com
NEW HAVEN — Thirteen of the city’s recent high school graduates are getting a boost in paying for their college expenses, the Board of Aldermen’s Black and Hispanic Caucus announced Sunday.
The winners of the annual Alvis Dimyus Brooker Scholarships were honored during a fundraiser at the Dixwell Yale Community Learning Center.
Brooker, who was an alderman from the 23rd Ward, died of liver disease in 1999.
The winners are: Virginia Otero from High School in the Community; Chelsea Murray from Wilbur Cross High School; Amber Jones and Samantha Sanchez from New Haven Academy; Elizabeth Garcia and Kirvanna Jones from Hill Regional Career High School; and Jaquetta Keen, Ashley Maebry, Julian Pearsall, Capri Ritter, Yanique Shand, Durell Snow and Haley Vincent from Hillhouse High School.
The sponsors are Yale University, the Black and Hispanic Caucus, the Board of Aldermen and Sallie R. Brooker, the late alderman’s mother.
Ritter, 18, who is bound for Bryant College, said, “I’m grateful for whatever I receive. I’m hoping this will be the icing on the cake to help me.”
Ritter wants to major in public relations and become a publicist for artists or actors.
Kirvanna Jones, 18, is headed for the University of Hartford, where she plans to major in mathematics. She said she is considering becoming a math teacher.
“I’m very honored to be picked,” she said of the scholarship. “I know a lot of people applied, and only a few got it.”
Pearsall, 17, will head down to Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. to study marine biology
hispanic scholarships