Upward Bound at Avila University is pleased to announce our scholarship winners so far! Upward Bound provides a scholarship writing course during the summer before the student’s Senior year and continues to offer a writing lab two Saturdays a month for seniors to work on scholarships. While scholarship committees are still reviewing applications, we have had two students already be awarded some big scholarships!
Natacha Guthrie
Truman High School
Independence, Missouri
Natacha was awarded the Horatio Alger Scholarship ($5,000). The Horatio Alger Missouri Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to students in the State of Missouri who have exhibited integrity and perseverance in overcoming personal adversity and who aspire to pursue higher education.
The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans is dedicated to the simple but powerful belief that hard work, honesty and determination can conquer all obstacles. Today, through its Members, the Association continues to educate our nation's young people about the economic and personal opportunities afforded them by the promise of the American free enterprise system. Through its scholarship programs, the Association encourages students to pursue their own version of the American Dream. While providing scholarship opportunities, Association Members mentor the Scholars and underscore the importance of service to others. The Members work directly to provide promising young people with the support, education and confidence needed to realize their aspirations.
Ian Sisson
Ruskin High School
Kansas City, Missouri
Ian has been awarded several scholarships which are listed below.
- Sporting Kansas City Scholarship 2011 ($2,000)
- Sporting Kansas City Scholarship 2012 ($2,000)
- MU Diversity Award ($2,500)
- SCLC Martin Luther King Award (amount unknown)
