LHS Seniors Receive $625,000 in Scholarships

By Jen Myers

In what Greater Lowell Community Foundation President/CEO Jay Linnehan called “philanthropy at its best,” 190 Lowell High School seniors were awarded 373 scholarships totaling more than $625,000 in the Irish Auditorium at Lowell High School on the evening of May 21.

“Thanks to the generosity of our donors, every student who applied for a scholarship got a scholarship,” Linnehan said, adding that half of the scholarship recipients are the first in their families to go to college and two-thirds exhibited financial need.

Linnehan urged the students to pay it forward as they move through life.

“As you journey down the road of life, please don’t forget where you came from or about who helped you along the way,” he said. “Philanthropy is more than just giving money; fundamentally it’s about civic engagement. It is something we all can do. It is about working together to make a difference in our community by doing good. So, get engaged, stay engaged, and give back.”

The 2024 Scholarship Recipients are:

1826 Lowell High Scholarship Fund: Christopher Dubey, Ada Keth, Dallas Poeung, Dennis Seng
Melvin (Mel) Glazer Scholarship Fund: Jonathan Jones
Agnes C. Durkin Memorial Scholarship Fund: Jelicity Mercado, Jisella Sanquiche, Richard Schribman, Jacqueline Tran
Air Force Jr. ROTC Instructor Award: Trisha Chea, John Crabtree, Lucas Flores, Theresa Gono, Sokunpanha Hong, Vimol Kounakor, Jackie Mom, Princess Onyenwe, Tombis Perez, Karthik Rojan, Nancy Ung, Dana Yousef
Air Force Jr. ROTC Instructor Award in Memory of Kirk Czelewicz: Derek Tavares
Alice Dolan Murphy Scholarship Fund: Zion Opikhara
Align Credit Union Scholarship: Disha Patel
Amrita Valli Healthcare Scholarship: Erin Asselin
Amsi Morales Scholarship Fund: Lucas Cantelli & Elizabeth Tamayo
Ann M. O’Donnell Scholarship Fund: Ava Sokha
Anna Lekas Kuenzler Scholarship Fund: Connor McCarthy
Athena Letsou Science League Scholarship Fund: Tiffany Tran
B. Douglas Townshend Choral Arts Scholarship Fund: Angel Meirelles
Barbara N. Dunsford Scholarship Fund: Chansarina Kek
Bartlett Community Partnership School Alumni Scholarship Fund: Rayssa De Oliveira
Berthe M. Desmarais Scholarship Fund: Asialana Castellano, Henrietta Nyandemoh, Veronica Porseng, Scarlett Prak, Ava Rockwell-Ingram, Erin Sam, Erin Shetler, Alyza Sokla
Bon Marche Trust Scholarship: Dana Sek
Brendan D. Leahey Memorial Scholarship Fund: Sarah Htwe
Brian F. Reynolds Student Athlete Scholarship Fund: Eric Nguyen, Leeann Pen
Brian J. Martin Scholarship: Eric Nguyen
Cambodian American Scholarship: Leslie Mariscal, Henry Nguyen, Anielia Olivares, Dans Sek, Manarineth Tann, Ethan Ty
Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association (CMAA) Scholarship: Emily Donovan
Cameroonians of Lowell (CAMOLA) Scholarship Fund: Kaylee Keo
Cassie Zousoumas Memorial Scholarship Fund: Ava Sokha
Catherine J. McArdle Scholarship Fund: Ebenezer Annan, Nicolle Begoti, Stephen Buckley, Lucas Flores, Atiana Garcia, Timothy McLarney, Yasladys Rodriguez Acevedo
Charles A. and Mary Carlson Memorial Scholarship Fund: Tyler Adegboyega, Jayvien Rodriguez, Joilinah Tith
Chet Szablak Jr. Scholarship Fund: Cameron Durkin
Clement G. McDonough Memorial Scholarship Fund: Lowell Lawrence
Colleen Creegan Memorial Scholarship Fund – Cheerleading: Ada Keth, Lorena Minikowski, Angela Pereira
Colleen Creegan Media Studio Scholarship: Justin Hem
Creegan Family Scholarship: Ada Keth, Lorena Minikowski, Angela Pereira
Cynthia G. Russell Memorial Scholarship Fund: Maureen Onyeneho
Dana and Elizabeth Palmer Fund – Abraham Lincoln Book Award:
Daniel Crowther Memorial Scholarship Fund: Angelina Sao
Daniel F. Sullivan Memorial Scholarship Fund: Sara Skaff
DCU Scholarship: Bryan Brown, Peter Forsythe, Max Khin, Morgan Lessieur, Jonathan Porter, Thomas Tabarez, Addrianna Vann, Francisca Correia, Gabriella Godoy, Hudson Gomes, Nalina In, Carolyn Kuok, Aleryse Matias, Anneliese Nogueira, Kewry Roza
Demetrios P. Karamanolis Fund: Sophia Gikas
Dennis J. and Lillian Murphy Scholarship Fund: Ruguiatu Diallo, Angelina Kong, Emily LaBranche, Christian Meza, Kianna Soeun, Theodore Steinberg, Taylina Allende, Brianna Bonilla-Bartlett, Abdelrahman Elshamy, Debora Ferreira, Diamany Nyanseruka, Nadia Osseni, Zumuriatu Tholley, Elizabeth Zhan
Dennis Krysiak Memorial Scholarship Fund: Regina Wasaidy
Don Costa Memorial Scholarship Fund: Elizabeth Hoff
Doyle Family Scholarship Fund: Erin Hattan
Dr. An Wang Middle School Scholarship: Jake Descheneaux
Dr. Joseph D. Sweeney Science Award: Amelia Horn
Dr. Joseph R. Rocha NAACP Scholarship Fund: Maureen Onyeneho
E. Caulfield and R. Mercier Lowell Wonders Scholarship Fund: Tommy Nguyen
Eastern Bank Scholarship: Anahy Cruz
Echando Pa’lante Latino Scholarship: Sebastian Rivera
Edward J. Babigan Scholarship Fund: Abigail Rillovick
Eileen Marjorie McGuire Donahue Scholarship Fund: Rattanaksambath Kong
Eleanor Pihl Fox Scholarship Fund: Sowathnophea Vicheth
Ellenor T. Trull Scholarship Fund: Amerie Garcia
Elliott Chambers Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund: Jonathan Jones
Emily Edwards Memorial Scholarship Fund: Tatiana Pimental
Enterprise Bank Scholarship: Madeline Breau
Ernie Descheneaux Memorial Scholarship: Lola Haley
Ester Loynes Curseaden and Ruth Loynes Barker Memorial Scholarship Fund: Steve Bui
Felicica May Johnston Architecture Scholarship Fund: Thu Vu
Francis X. Moriarty Scholarship Fund: Connor McCarthy
Frank D. Weymouth Memorial Scholarship: Ayla Trieu
Frederick T. Murphy Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund: Molly Gray
Friends of Lowell High School Founders Scholarship Fund: David Kong
Friends of Tyler Park Scholarship: Manarineth Tann
George C. Eliades Jr. & Mary Lou Eliades Scholarship Fund: Hussein Al-Obaidi
George and Carol Duncan Family Scholarship Fund: Thu Vu
George M. Tsandikos Vocal Arts Scholarship Fund: Ayla Trieu
George N. Tsapatsaris Scholarship Fund: Ayla Trieu
Georgia Sarris Memorial Scholarship Fund: Anahy Cruz
Girls Incorporated Loretta Duncan Scholarship Fund: Erica Pen
GLCF Scholarship Fund for LHS: Gloria Saima
Goriansky Brothers Scholarship Fund: Alicia Thome
Grady Mulligan Foundation Scholarship Fund: Emily Donovan
Greenhalge Elementary School Scholarship Fund: Elizabeth Srey Sarith
Head of School Awards – Business Management/Finance: Zavion Chann
Head of School Awards – Culinary: Joseph Bass
Head of School Awards – English (ELA): Sokkeang Chea
Head of School Awards – English Learners: Maria Eduarda De Melo
Head of School Awards – Fine Arts: Nicolle Begoti
Head of School Awards – World Language: Ibraheem Amin
Head of School Awards – Math: Lowell Lawrence
Head of School Awards – Physical Education, Health & Wellness: Victor Dias
Head of School Awards – Science: Edna Bonsu
Head of School Awards Social Studies: Christopher Castro Guevara
Henry J. Jubinville Scholarship Fund: Mercy Mwaniki
Hughes/Paraskos Family Scholarship Fund: S Taw Taw Lay
J. Stephen Ronan Scholarship Fund: Alyssa Hamiter
Jachaly Engineering Scholarship: Ibraheem Amin, Serina Men, Jackie Mom
Jack Kerouac Prize for Literature Prize Fund: Asialana Castellano
Jack Kerouac Scholarship Fund: Lowell Lawrence
James F. Conway Jr. Scholarship Fund: Abigail Rillovick (Salutatorian) & Tiffany Tran (Valedictorian)
James S. Martin Scholarship Fund: Jake Descheneaux
Jane Cullen-McOsker Scholarship Fund: Erin Shetler
Janet E. Conners and Janet L. Lang Nursing Scholarship: Alyza Sokla
Jodi Paris Anastos Scholarship Fund: Siya Patel
John & Barbara Green Scholarship Fund: Timothy McLarney
John H. Costello Book Award for Music: Rattanaksambath Kong
John Harrington Costello Memorial Scholarship: Raizel Mashood
John J. and Clara M. Hurley Memorial Scholarship Fund: Lucas Cantelli, Sokkheang Chea, Faith Kanyama, Tombis Perez, Lotus Sun
John J. Beaulieu Poetry Prize Fund: Erin Shetler
John J. Giblin Music Scholarship Fund: Joshua Silva
John M. Kenney Memorial Scholarship Fund: Stephen Buckley
Joseph G. Pyne Arts Magnet School Scholarship: John Crabtree
Joseph M. Regan Memorial Scholarship Fund: David Kong
Julia Hassan’s Musical Instrument Scholarship: Lorena Minikowski & Sara Tan
Kate Thompson Scholarship for a Brighter Future: Vireak Meng
Katherine M. Martin Scholarship Fund: Leeann Pen
Kathleen Martin Whittaker Scholarship Fund: Gloria Saima
Kathy Reticker Scholarship: Annika Couillard & Jiselle Sanquiche
Kathryn Philbin Stoklosa Scholarship Fund: Lola Haley
Katina Pappas Tsongas Scholarship Fund: Siya Patel
Keller Williams Realty Merrimack Valley Scholarship: Lotus Sun
Kenneth Hall Scholarship Fund: River Kelley
Kenneth Russell Fox Scholarship Fund: Abdullah Ismael
Leo and Matthew Flynn Memorial Scholarship Fund: Jack Courtney
LHS Alumni Association Alice Pearson Award – Accounting: Diana Heung
LHS Alumni Association Alice Pearson Award – Business: Christopher Dubey
LHS Alumni Association Alice Pearson Award – Math: Timothy McLarney
LHS Alumni Chorus Scholarship: Marcus Smith
LHS Class of 1955 Scholarship Fund: Isabella Goncalves
LHS Class of 1957 Scholarship Fund: Theary Khem
LHS Class of 1960 Scholarship Fund: Karthik Rojan
LHS Class of 1962 Scholarship Fund: Liam Chonacky
LHS Class of 1968 Scholarship Fund: Sokkheang Chea
LHS Class of 1969 Scholarship Fund: Raizel Mashood
LHS Class of 1975 Scholarship Fund: Emma Sponholtz
LHS Class of 1979 Scholarship Fund: Elizabeth Wanjiku
LHS Class of 1980 Scholarship Fund: Elizabeth Zhan
LHS Class of 2010 Scholarship Fund: Anielia Olivares & Richman Porseng
LHS Dance Scholarship: Alyssa Hamiter
LHS Distinguished Alumni Scholarship Fund: Kaylee Keo
LHS Latino Scholarship Fund: Walter Palacio
LHS National Honor Society Scholarship: Haley Chao & Aidan Rouillard
LHS Scholarship Fund: Yanivalee Colon, Aidan Doherty, Konstantinos Tsiomplikas
Linda A. Sousa Scholarship Fund: Tamari Muhawe
Louis Fineman Memorial Scholarship Fund: Melody Kungu
Louis M. Saab Memorial Scholarship Fund: Abigail Rillovick & Tiffany Tran
Lowell Five Cents Savings Bank for the Gerald R. Wallace Memorial Scholarship: Walter Palacio & Joilinah Tith
Lowell Garden Club Genieve E. Lawrence Memorial Scholarship Fund: Sokun Hong
Lowell General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Scholarship Fund: Veronica Porseng
Lowell Police Officer Christos G. Rouses Memorial Scholarship Fund: Robert Lambright
Lowell Police Officer George F.A. Pearsall Memorial Scholarship Fund: Erica Pen
Lowell Police Officer John J. Winn II Memorial Scholarship Fund: Andrew Kieng
Lowell Police Officer Patrick F. Leavitt Memorial Scholarship Fund: Vimol Kounakor
Lowell Summer Music Series Scholarship Fund: Amerie Garcia, Sophia Schwartz, Marcus Smith, Amy Sriprai
Lowell Women’s Week Scholarship Fund: Malak Shandal
Luz Family Scholarship Fund: Walter Palacio & Natalie Sandler
Manilal Dadabhai Patel Memorial Scholarship Fund: Haley Chao
Maria Olimpia Meza Scholarship Fund: Elizabeth Tamayo
Marianne Kennedy Memorial Scholarship: Tamari Muhawe
Marilyn Swartz-Lloyd Scholarship: Angelina Sao
Marty Meehan Educational Foundation Scholarship Fund: Sara Tan
Mary Weems Nealon Humphrey Scholarship Fund: Molly Schribman
Mary F. Hogan Memorial Scholarship Fund: Isaac Maniscalco
Mary V. Kiafas Scholarship Fund: Sophia Gikas
McAuliffe Elementary School PTO Scholarship Fund: Chansarina Kek
Merrimack Valley Food Bank for the Guy Francesshelli Scholarship Fund: Richman Porseng
Merrimack Valley Rotary Club for the Lawrence L. Day Memorial Scholarship Fund: Faith Kanyama
Michael DeVincenzi Scholarship Fund: Isabella Burigo
Michael Dubois Memorial Scholarship: Annika Coulliard
Michael J. Donoghue Memorial Scholarship: Alyza Sokla
Michael J. Kuenzler Scholarship Fund (Law Enforcement): Robert Lambright
Michael J. Kuenzler Scholarship Fund (Wrestling): Jason Iraheta
Michael J. Netishen Scholarship Fund: Dennis Seng
Middlesex Women’s Club of Lowell Scholarship Fund: Sara Skaff
Miller Family Scholarship Fund: Etinosa Britney Ogiegor
Mojtabai Family Scholarship: Theresa Gono
Mrs. Kay M. Doyle Scholarship: Jace Lunn Correia
Muriel R. Moriarty Scholarship Fund: Katelyn Morley & Sebastian Rivera
Natalie J. Eacrett Memorial Scholarship Fund: Zion Opikhara
Nicholas C. Sarris Scholarship Fund: Emily Sarith
Paul Tsongas/UMass Lowell 4 Year Scholarship: Angelica Pareja & Vaal Thawnghmung
Pawtucketville Memorial Elementary School PTO Scholarship: Jiya Bhagat & Cameron Durkin
Peter F. Martin Scholarship: Elizabeth Wanjiku
Peter Nason Scholarship Fund: Dallas Poeung
Peter R. Markham Family Scholarship Fund: Ayla Pacheco
Peter S. Stamas Scholarship Fund: Hussein Al-Obaidi, Diana Heung, Abdullah Ismael, Tommy Nguyen, Molly Schribman, Sowathnophea Vicheth
Peter Saab Joseph Memorial Scholarship Fund: Nathaniel De Carvalho, Kazuma Marquez, Jerell Morales
Plomaritis Family Foundation Scholarship: Victor Duong
Portuguese-American Scholarship Fund: Maria Eduarda De Melo, Ayla Pacheco, Joshua Silva
Professor John J. Marian MacLaughlan Scholarship Fund: Angel Meirelles
Raymond and Jean Trudel Memorial Scholarship Fund: Timothy Prout
Raymond E. Riddick Memorial Scholarship: Brianna Bonilla-Bartlett, Annika Couillard, Cameron Durkin, Diana Heung, Elizabeth Hoff, Sokun Hong, Walter Palacio, Molly Schribman, Richard Schribman, Tiffany Tran, Regina Wasaidy
Rev. Dr. Peter G. Rizos Scholarship Fund: Sophia Gikas
Richard J. Dacey Scholarship Fund: Steve Bui, Henry Nguyen, Ken So
Riddick Family Scholarship Fund: Rayssa De Oliveira, Serena Nguyen, Alicia Thome
Rider Family Scholarship Fund: Lesley Mariscal
Robert E. Mullin and Cecelia Mullin Scholarship Fund: Tyler Adegboyega
Robert Isaac Mizner Memorial Scholarship Fund: Isaac Maniscalco
Robinson Middle School PTO Scholarship: Nina Sar-Chanthanasinh
Rodger F. Martin Jr. Scholarship Fund: Aidan Rouillard
Rodger F. Martin Sr. Scholarship Fund: Melody Kungu
Rogers Hall Scholarship: Quinn Petzold
Rogers School Effective Effort Award Scholarship Fund: Vireak Meng
Rotary Club of Lowell Doris Williams Scholarship Fund: Leeann Penn
Ruth I. Brennan Memorial Scholarship Fund – Wang Middle School: Jiya Bhagat
Ruth I. Brennan Memorial Scholarship Fund – Sullivan Middle School: Dana Yousef
Ryan P. McMahon Memorial Scholarship Fund: Abigail Rillovick
Sally & Nathan Birke Memorial Scholarship Fund: Lenary Feliz Marrero
Samuel Sisomontha Chhoeng Memorial Scholarship: Tyler Mao
Sarah Droney-McGurrin Scholarship Fund: Emma Sponholtz
Shruti N. Shah Memorial Scholarship: Natalie Sandler & Liam Chonacky
Sithsuon Chan Scholarship: Nicolle Begoti, Yasladys Rodriguez-Acevedo, Elizabeth Srey Sarith
Stephanie Gancarz Krzywda & Frank Krzywda Scholarship Fund: Katelynn Chanthavong
Stephen Tousignant Music Memorial Scholarship Fund: Amy Sriprai
Steve Joncas Scholarship: Joseph Bass
Store 38 Scholarship in Memory of Diwaliisben M. Patel: Selleakavtey Kang
Sullivan Middle School PTO Scholarship Fund: Katelyn Morley
Swartz-Lloyd Love of English Language Scholarship Award: Selleakavtey Kang
Tadeusz and Jean Rurak Scholarship Fund: Atiana Garcia
Theres Farrell Scholarship Fund: Isabella Burigo
Thomas “Tiny” Sheehan Scholarship Fund: Christopher Dubey
Thomas F. and Helena B. Murphy Scholarship Fund: Isabella Goncalves
Thomas J. and Mary E. Saab Scholarship Fund: Disha Patel & Malak Shandal
United American Energy Scholarship Fund: Ebenezer Annan, Katelynn Chanthavong, Jace Lunn Correia, Aidan Doherty, Erin Hattan, Matthew Pham, Ava Rockwell-Ingram, Ethan Ty, Nancy Ung, Regina Wasaidy
Virginia Dorris Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund: Princess Onyenwe
Votze Butler Stone Memorial Scholarship Fund: Michael Webber
Walter A. Bacigalupo Memorial Scholarship Fund: Matthew Pham
Washington Savings Bank Scholarship: Ken So
Western Ave. Artists Association Scholarship: Sophia Schwartz
William J. Samaras/Kendall M. Wallace LHS Class of 1959 Scholarship Fund: Amelia Horn, Serena Nguyen, Nina Sar-Chanthanasinh
William P. Kraines Memorial Scholarship Fund: Alyssa Hamiter
William S. & Patricia G. Taupier Foundation Scholarship – General: Justin Hem, Jellicity Mercado, Tombis Perez
William S. & Patricia G. Taupier Foundation Scholarship – Nursing/Health: Edna Bonsu, Theary Khem, Alyza Sokla
William Woodcock Scholarship Fund: Manarineth Tann
Zaher-Lacouture-Galotta Family Fund: River Kelley