The Class of 2023 has collectively earned more than $7 million in scholarships and still counting. The impressive total includes everything from full rides to small awards.
Several of the scholarships earned by this year’s graduates are significant in value, such as the following.
°µºÚ±¬ÁϹÙÍø Mountain Secondary’s Joshua Liu earned the Uggla Family Scholarship at Simon Fraser University for $100,000. Katie Huynh (Huynh Ky Ngoc Nhi)Ìýfrom Moscrop Secondary secured a regional award and entrance scholarship at Oregon State University for a total of $48,000. And Ula Williams, a °µºÚ±¬ÁϹÙÍø South Secondary School student from the Squamish Nation, was selected for a $40,000 . °µºÚ±¬ÁϹÙÍø North Secondary’s Simon Ing was awarded a significant entrance scholarship at Queen’s University.
Many graduates earned athletic scholarships, including full rides, at post-secondary institutions. For example, significant athletic scholarships were earned by °µºÚ±¬ÁϹÙÍø Central Secondary’s Clare Logan, who will play soccer for the University of Notre Dame, and °µºÚ±¬ÁϹÙÍø North Secondary’s Jeremy Launt who will play field lacrosse for Cornell University. Clare was part of the at Central – put on in partnership with Vancouver Whitecaps FC – which is one of many sports academies andÌýPrograms of ChoiceÌýoffered at the District.
Several members of the Class of 2023 were awarded theÌýÌýscholarship of up to $44,000 each for their post-secondary studies:
Alexander Work, °µºÚ±¬ÁϹÙÍø Mountain Secondary
Annie (Yun Qing) Xue, Moscrop Secondary
Man Hei Yuen, °µºÚ±¬ÁϹÙÍø North Secondary
Sehar Fatima, Moscrop Secondary
Shaza Alzaza, Byrne Creek Community School
Sierra Toutant-Whitford, Cariboo Hill Secondary
Syed Asghar Shah, Cariboo Hill Secondary
Tiffany Chou, Moscrop Secondary
Yassmin Arfa, °µºÚ±¬ÁϹÙÍø South Secondary
Watch the video of the new cohort of Beedie Luminaries learning they have received the scholarships, offers individual winners anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000. As of this May, more than 100 students across the °µºÚ±¬ÁϹÙÍø School District were granted a total of over $300,000. Initial funding for these scholarships was provided by actor Michael J Fox – who is himself a graduate of °µºÚ±¬ÁϹÙÍø Central Secondary – to assist students pursuing careers in the visual and performing arts.
Often the awards are more than just an application, such as the eight $1000 bursary awards provided by the Port of Vancouver that went to students at °µºÚ±¬ÁϹÙÍø Mountain Secondary. The youth were chosen for the Port’s Summer Leadership Work Experience Program in 2022 and spent 100 hours volunteering and learning last summer.
Congratulations to all scholarship and bursary winners, all graduates, and their families.
Posted July 2023