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FAU program offers Lake Worth Beach students chance of lifetime
Kelly/Strul Emerging Scholars Program provides full scholarships to Florida Atlantic University for first generation, low-income students. The cost of the scholarship is around $100,000. In the context of the Kelly/Strul program, "first generation" is defined as students whose parents did not complete a four-year degree.
Of the 66 students who entered the program since it was created by philanthropists Aubrey and Sally Strul along with FAU President John Kelly and his wife Carolyn in 2017, 22 have graduated, including three from Lake Worth Beach.
The Lake Worth Dollars for Scholars and the Lake Worth High School Alumni Foundation celebrated the one million dollar level of awarding scholarships to deserving students at Lake Worth high. There is also the Barry Grunow Fund that awards scholarships to Palm Beach County students who want to pursue education as their profession.
Held at the beautiful Atlantis Country Club, the room was filled with those who have helped contribute towards this million dollar success.
Dr. Annette Gilbert, class of 1975 and now the Guidance Counselor at Lake Worth High and a LWHS Alumni Board member along with her son Brandon, Class of 2001, performed the song, "The Greatest Love of All." The high school chorus gave an outstanding performance as well.
Its founding president Dennis Dorsey spoke, as well as David Cantley, former principal of the school who talked to us about the Dollars for Scholars history. Harold Gilmore, class of 1947, is the president of the LWHS Alumni Foundation and the master of ceremonies for Tuesday night's festivities.
Many there were politicians, past and present from the PB county school board, present commissioners Vice Mayor Scott Maxwell and Commissioner Herman Robinson from Lake Worth, and former commissioners Honey Duncan and Nadine Burns. Elvis Epps, the new principal of Lake Worth High School was also there enjoying the evening as well as Bradley Harper, our newly elected judge in Palm Beach County's 15th Circuit Court, a former recipient of a scholarship.
This is the night that Dollars for Scholars gives out $104,000 in scholarships to deserving and needy kids to use towards their college expenses. The event will be held at the Tommy Hansen Auditorium at Lake Worth High School beginning at 7:00pm. The public is invited.
Read the article... by Jan Tuckwood, an alumnus of Lake Worth High School, and the people who began the event in 1999 and who have have been so devoted, working lovingly and tirelessly to raise the money giving out over $1,000,000 through the years.
Thursday night, May 5th, is the date so mark your calendar for the 17th year for Dollars for Scholars.
A total of $67,000 in scholarships will be given to the Class of 2016 in a ceremony in the school auditorium. This brings the grand total to $970,000 since their first year, 1999, when they awarded $10,000. This fund was set up by former graduates and Dave Cantley, past principal at Lake Worth, who have a deep love and commitment to Lake Worth High and education.
Forty students will receive $53,500 from the general Dollars for Scholars account, five students will receive a total of $10,000 from the Grunow Memorial Scholarship Fund named for Barry Grunow, the Lake Worth Middle School teacher who was murdered in his classroom on the last day of school in 2000.
This year, for the first time, two vocational scholarships will be awarded for a total of $3,500. Dollars of Scholars hopes to encourage more vocational applicants in future years. Our parent organization, The Lake Worth High School Alumni Foundation, pays all our overhead expenses. This ensures that every dollar donated to or raised by Dollars for Scholars goes toward a scholarship for a financially needy student.
While we were at a city commission meeting last night, those who are always involved in raising money for needy students were awarding scholarships to 43 students on their way to college in the Fall. Following is the President's message from Dave Cantley, former Principal of Lake Worth High School
DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Forty-three students received a total of $66,500 on May 5 in the school auditorium located in Tommy Hansen Hall. Thirty-seven Lake Worth High students received $57,000 from the general account and six students received $9,500 from the Barry Grunow Scholarship Account.
The Grunow Scholarship was established to honor Mr. Grunow, a Lake Worth Middle School teacher who was slain in his classroom on the last day of school in 2000. The Grunow scholarship is available to students in public, private and parochial schools as well as home schooled students. Recipients must be aspiring teachers.
Lake Worth Dollars for Scholars, a program of Scholarship America, was established in 1999 and awarded $10,000 in its inaugural year. This year’s awards bring the grand total since 1999 to $902,200.
Members of the board of directors serve on a voluntary basis. Their dedication to the DFS mission makes it possible for needy students to realize their dream of a college education.
