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End of School Year Edition This School’s Out edition is FULL of great news and information. Make sure you keep scrolling all the way to the bottom.

Last week, the WHS Alumni Foundation was honored to be part of the Senior Awards Night celebrating the Class of 2025! With generous donations from sponsoring families, alumni and friends, the Foundation awarded 16 graduating seniors scholarships totaling $18,000! To contribute to scholarships or campus support, visit www.whsaf.org.

Husky Awards have been traditionally awarded to students that have made a difference in their four years at Washington High. This year, due to successful WHS Hall of Fame fundraising in 2023, the Alumni Foundation was able to honor each of the four Husky Award winners with a monetary award in recognition of the four years of hard work, service and leadership that led to their selection. If you would like to make a donation to allow the WHS Alumni Foundation to continue to recognize and award Husky Award winners in the future, click https://hankhusky.wufoo.com/forms/z4f4jwd10va48o/.

At the May 23rd Senior Awards Night, a $500 Steve Barnett Scholarship was awarded to Evan Dang, Herona Shiferaw and Adit Doppa (not shown).

Steve was a White Sweater winner who continued his education at University of Oregon where he was a football and scholastic All-American. He later became a community leader involved in many civic activities throughout his adult life. The recipient of the Steve Barnett Scholarship should be an outstanding student/athlete and citizen. This scholarship honors an exceptional person who embodies the idea of being a member of a society that has rights, privileges and duties and who is willing to bring his or her talents to better others.

If you would like to make a donation to sponsor this or any of the other scholarships awarded through the WHS Alumni Foundation, click here (https://hankhusky.wufoo.com/forms/z4f4jwd10va48o/).

At the May 23rd Senior Awards Night, a $1,000 Mike Jacinto Team Player Scholarship was awarded to both Shristi Bandyopadhyay and Siri Pedapenki.

Mike Jacinto was an student athlete from the class of 1971 who performed as a team player in all aspects of his life, not just on the sports field. He believed that the distance between a person and their goals was simply measured by the work one was willing to do to achieve them. Mike lived this philosophy throughout his life as a Hall of Fame quarterback at Cal State Hayward, as an award-winning business owner and community leader, and as the founding father of the Washington High School Alumni Foundation. Candidates for this scholarship will have demonstrated their ability to work well with others, to lead, to achieve and to inspire through their example of hard work and dedication in the face of adversity and uncertainty. Passionate, energetic, prepared, coachable, and confident are all terms that would describe the ideal Mike Jacinto Team Player Scholar.

If you would like to make a donation to sponsor this or any of the other scholarships awarded through the WHS Alumni Foundation, click here (https://hankhusky.wufoo.com/forms/z4f4jwd10va48o/).

At the May 23rd Senior Awards Night, a $500 John Woodcock Memorial Athletic Scholarship was awarded to Sarah Gilbert and Kristen Jang.

The John Woodcock ('72) Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a student athlete that exhibits the same character traits as the scholarship's namesake. John's engaging personality, work ethic, and ability to work with others drew students to him; inside and out of the classroom. Leadership, dedication, enthusiasm, commitment, and participation in, and to, one’s chosen path are the hallmarks of this award.

If you would like to make a donation to sponsor this or any of the other scholarships awarded through the WHS Alumni Foundation, click here (https://hankhusky.wufoo.com/forms/z4f4jwd10va48o/).

At the May 23rd Senior Awards Night, a $500 Steve Avilla Automotive Careers Scholarship was awarded to Samuel Rivero Molina.

Steve Avilla (Class of 1976) was a life-long auto enthusiast who owned 27 cars and liked to fix them up, including using his creativity and talent in designing and fabricating custom upholstery. He was also very involved with the Good Guys car shows. The Avilla family established this scholarship to honor Steve’s memory and support the education of other Washington High seniors with a similar passion.

If you would like to make a donation to sponsor this or any of the other scholarships awarded through the WHS Alumni Foundation, click here (https://hankhusky.wufoo.com/forms/z4f4jwd10va48o/).

At the May 23rd Senior Awards Night, a $1,000 Belinda Anne Williams Biological Sciences Scholarships was awarded to Tamanna Gandhi and Nitika Sathiya.

Belinda Anne Williams graduated from Washington High School in 1991. While at WHS, she participated in cross country and worked in the effort to replace the school buildings damaged by the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. She attended Colorado State University and majored in microbiology. During her senior year of college, she became ill with two devastating illnesses that were thought to be incurable. Belinda managed to recover and started medical school because she wanted to be a healer. Unfortunately, she was in a terrible bicycle accident in 2011 and never fully recovered. She died in May 2018. This scholarship is to be awarded to an outstanding student, who intends to major in a biological science. The student should demonstrate leadership, scholastic excellence, and compassion towards those with disabilities.

If you would like to make a donation to sponsor this or any of the other scholarships awarded through the WHS Alumni Foundation, click here (https://hankhusky.wufoo.com/forms/z4f4jwd10va48o/).

At the May 23rd Senior Awards Night, a $500 Fred Brower-Doug Ely Memorial Journalism/Publications Scholarship was awarded to Gillian Kaplan.
The Fred Brower-Doug Ely Publication Scholarship is awarded to a student that exhibits true aptitude for journalism in Yearbook or Newspaper publications and wishes to develop their journalistic skills in college. The award is dedicated to Fred Brower, Yearbook advisor and English Teacher for 29 years at WHS, and Doug Ely, ('71) who was Brower’s first yearbook editor and looked up to him as a mentor throughout his life. Together they established high journalistic standards for others to follow. The winner of this scholarship should show those types of leadership principles as well as a desire to pursue personal growth and professional excellence in the publication fields.

If you would like to make a donation to sponsor this or any of the other scholarships awarded through the WHS Alumni Foundation, click here (https://hankhusky.wufoo.com/forms/z4f4jwd10va48o/).

At the May 23rd Senior Awards Night, a $1,000 Carrie Nunes Community Service Scholarship was awarded to both Annie Bui and Neha Nabar.

This scholarship is named for Carrie Nunes, a Centerville native, who devoted her life to the local community and was a Washington High employee from 1931 to 1957. The expanded Nunes family is active in the community and has many members who are or have been educators. The Carrie Nunes Scholarship is made possible through an endowment by the Nunes Family. Students who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to community service projects during their high school career are excellent candidates for this award.

If you would like to make a donation to sponsor this or any of the other scholarships awarded through the WHS Alumni Foundation, click here (https://hankhusky.wufoo.com/forms/z4f4jwd10va48o/).

At the May 23rd Senior Awards Night, a $500 Alumni Foundation Scholarship for School Service and Leadership was awarded to Mahrosh Burham, Thaneesha Singh, and Trina Ta.

The Alumni Foundation Scholarship for School Service and Leadership is awarded to graduates who demonstrate exceptional service and leadership to the school and their classmates. Students who have taken active roles in student government and school-related service activities are highly desirable candidates for this scholarship.

If you would like to make a donation to sponsor this or any of the other scholarships awarded through the WHS Alumni Foundation, click here (https://hankhusky.wufoo.com/forms/z4f4jwd10va48o/).