Orcas Organizations Award $95K in Scholarships

Orcas High School Principal Kyle Freeman announced that island organizations had contributed over $95,0000 to school graduates at the annual Celebration of Success on Friday, June 12.  Those scholarships and the organizations awarding them are:

American Legion

• American Legion Citizenship Award Melanie Flint $250
• American Legion Inspirational Award William Coe $250
• Voyle B. Martin Academic Scholarship Taj Howe $1500
• Claude A. Rebuling Memorial Academic Scholarship Mikaela Hansen $1500
• Claude A. Rebuling Memorial Academic Scholarship Celestine Jensen $1500
• Carol Clark Memorial Academic Scholarship Melanie Flint $1500

Islanders Bank Scholarship

• Daria Stankevich $1000
• William Coe $1000

Orcas Family Health Scholarship

• Hannah Brunner-Gaydos $500
• Daria Stankevich $500

Madrona Club Scholarship

• Hailey Crowe $1000
• Julianna Rose $500

Orcas Center Margaret Exton Award — Celestine Jensen $250

Orcas Island Education Foundation

Dare to Dream Scholarships

• Celestine Jensen $500
• Hailey Crowe $500

OIEF Scholarships

• Hannah Brunner-Gaydos $1000
• Taj Howe $1000
• Melanie Flint $1000
• Mikaela Hansen $500
• Keenan O’Brien $500
• Daria Stankevich $500
• OIEF/Key Bank Academic Scholarship Mikaela Hansen $1000
• OIEF/Key Bank Vocational Scholarship Celestine Jensen $1000
• OIEF/Realtors of Orcas Island Scholarship William Coe $2000

Orcas Education Association Mikaela Hansen $500

American Legion Auxiliary Scholarships

• Sally Hart Memorial Scholarship Celestine Jensen $1000
• Lar Vern Key Memorial Scholarship William Coe $1000
• Mid Flaherty Memorial Scholarship Melanie Flint $1000
• American Legion Auxiliary Scholarship Keenan O’Brien $1000
• American Legion Auxiliary Scholarship Honoring Diane Baxter and Kathy Page Taj Howe $1000

Orcas Island Booster Club Scholarships

• Keenan O’Brien $500
• Arianna Dean $500
• Hannah Brunner-Gaydos $500

Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival Supported by the Thyra and Bud Anderson Advised Fund
Marilyn Anderson Young Musician’s Awards

• Mikaela Hansen $500
• Celestine Jensen $500

San Juan County Sheriff’s Guild Scholarship  —  Melanie Flint $500

Kiwanis Club of Orcas Island Scholarships

• Lee Roach/Bill Marx Memorial Scholarship Hannah Brunner-Gaydos $1200
• Kiwanis Community Service Scholarship Melanie Flint $1200
• Kiwanis Leadership Scholarship William Coe $1200
• Jack Conant Memorial Youth Scholarship Hailey Crowe $1200
• Kiwanis Club Hat Draw Award Taj Howe $400

Masonic Lodge

• Vocational Scholarship Lauren Ferrell $1000
• Vocational Scholarship Lesley Ferrell $1000
• Academic Scholarship Julianna Rose $1500
• Academic Scholarship Mikaela Hansen $1500

Lions Club

• Jim Golithon Memorial Scholarship Julianna Rose $2500
• Vic Hughes Scholarship Mikaela Hansen $2500
• Joseph Bond Scholarship Melanie Flint $2500
• Abrahamsen Family Scholarship Celestine Jensen $2500
• Lions Club Foundation Scholarship Lauren Ferrell $2500
• William D. Yarlott Memorial Scholarship Hailey Crowe $1250
• Orcas Road Classics Car Association Kilee Rogers $500
• Orcas Radio Controlled Aircraft Society Scholarship Keenan O’Brien $500

Odd Fellows Scholarships

• Mikaela Hansen $1500
• Cassidy Buehler $1500

Eagle Forum Scholarship — Melanie Flint $1000

Kaleidoscope Scholarship  — Celestine Jensen $500

What I Didn’t Say/Keary Taylor Scholarship — Melanie Flint $700

Island Artisans’ Scholarship

• Melanie Flint $2000
• Lauren Ferrell $1000
• Celestine Jensen $500

Orcas Island Volunteer Firefighter/EMT Association Jeff Patty Scholarship ($500 for 4 years)  — Hailey Crowe $2000

Henigson Public School Student College Scholarship  — Mikaela Hansen $8000 (This scholarship is renewed every year for 4 years.)