Rotary Club of Kirkland Awards Scholarships

The Rotary Club of Kirkland held its Annual Scholarship Night celebration April 16 at The Woodmark Hotel, awarding seven scholarships of $1,000 to students of five schools. 

The schools are Cascadia Community College, The International School, Juanita High School, Lake Washington High School and Lake Washington Technical Institute. Parents of the recipients as well as school counselors also attended.

The evening began with a brief presentation by a returning Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, Steven Sifuentes. Steven, a Naval Academy grad, gave a report of the benefits of that experience in London the last ten months studying military history.

This year’s scholarship recipients were: Zachary Shucklin from ; Joel Pasek and Lainey Carlson from Evan Ellefsen from ; Jasmin Du and Itzel Santiago from ; and, Amanda Walker from Cascadia Community College.
Scholarships are awarded after the student’s applications are reviewed and each student is interviewed. Grades, school activities, and community service are among the criteria used to determine scholarship awards.

The celebration completes about six months of work for the committee, including Eric Olsen, Brian Tucker, Anne Hamilton, Vickie Cooley, JoAnne Burns and Brandon Honcoop. The committee members would like to extend their thanks to the counselors at each of the schools for their assistance and dedication to the all of the students who applied.

Scholarships are funded by the community’s support for The Rotary Club of Kirkland’s Great Puget Sound Duck Race to be held on August 11, 2012.