59 local students receive Mayor’s Scholarship Funds
Fifty-nine local students received more than $65,000 in scholarships from this year’s Mayor’s Scholarship Fund.
The fund supports awards for students who plan a college-bound path at an Idaho higher education institution.
Thirty graduating seniors received the Senior Scholarship of $1,500, and six seniors were offered a scholarship through the Mayor’s Scholarship Fund by CEI while two seniors were offered a scholarship by ISU College of Arts & Letters.
Twenty students, grades 8-11, received the Mayor’s Promise Award of $250.
Four seniors who are past Promise Award recipients received the $2,500 Legacy Senior Award. The Mayor Jared Fuhriman Community Service Award of $2,500 was awarded to one student.
Below is a list of scholarships and recipients:
Mayor Jared Fuhriman Community Service Award: Kayla Tran, Hillcrest High School
Senior Award Recipients
CEI Scholarship Recipients
Damaris Fernandez, Bonneville High School
Dakota Mitchell, Bonneville High School
Dylan Cook, Bonneville High School
Raegan Landon, Bonneville High School
Lauren Arfmann, Bonneville High School
Rocio Rojas, Homeschool
Alyssa Villa, Bonneville High School
Brooke Waters, Bonneville High School
Kylee Rainey, Bonneville High School
Victoria Price, Bonneville High School
Edith Morillon, Bonneville High School
Joanna Gonzales, Bonneville High School
Chloey Hall, Bonneville High School
ISU College of Arts & Letters Recipients
Yisel Mendieta Chavez, Bonneville High School
Tylee Eck, Bonneville High School
Tycen Biggs, Bonneville High School
Trevor Poulson, Emerson High School
Zoe Ricks, Emerson High School
Promise Award Recipients
Brecklyn Sheldon, Emerson High School
Jordan Powell, Eagle Rock Middle School
Allyson Boyd, Emerson High School
Megan Bentz, Eagle Rock Middle School
Garrett Corbridge, Hillcrest High School
Jaxon Ricks, Rocky Mountain Middle School
Camryn Giles, Hillcrest High School
Isaac Davidson, Sandcreek Middle School
Taylor Lance, Hillcrest High School
Brianda Pineda, Bonneville High School
Tyler Taysom, Hillcrest High School
Kady Hawkins, Bonneville High School
Maddie Landers, Hillcrest High School
Emily Hansen, Bonneville High School
Hannah Hale, Hillcrest HS/Bonneville Online
Brynley Jackson, Bonneville High School
Mariela Guadarrama, Idaho Falls High School
Cameron Ball, Bonneville High School
Whitney Raymond, Idaho Falls High School
Tristan Smith, Bonneville High School
Kate West, Idaho Falls High School
Kylee Chamberlain, Bonneville High School
Jacob Brower, Lincoln High School
Sadie Trubl, Bonneville High School
Carter Josephson, Skyline High School
Bailey Peterson, Technical Careers High School
Sydney Nelson, Technical Careers High School
Travis McKnight, Technical Careers High School
Sydnie Eldridge, Watersprings High School
Kirsi Miller, Hillcrest High School
Zane Holliday, Homeschool
Amy Olsen, Hillcrest High School
Legacy Senior Awards
Jessica Gutierrez, Idaho Falls High School
Kenidee Casper, Bonneville High School
Abigail Droegemueller, Taylor’s Crossing PCS
Joshua Truesdell, Hillcrest High School
Vincent Acosta, Taylor’s Crossing PCS
Lillian Reed, Technical Careers High School
Veronica Jackman, Compass Academy
Maria Flores, Skyline High School
The scholarships will be awarded at the 13th Annual Mayor’s Scholarship Fund ceremony on Wednesday, March 28, at the Colonial Theater in Idaho Falls.
A reception limited to award recipients, parents, sponsors and school administrators will be held at 6:00 p.m. followed by a public award ceremony at 7:00 p.m. The award ceremony is free and open to the public.
In 2006, then Idaho Falls Mayor Jared Fuhriman, in partnership with the District 91 and District 93 Education Foundations, established the Mayor’s Scholarship Fund that has since provided 389 scholarships totaling more than $395,000 to area students.
