The Wakefield High School Education Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of the 2018 Wakefield Scholars. This year 32 scholarships totaling $233,700 have been awarded. That brings the total scholarships granted over the history of the Foundation to 433.  As of this cycle, the Foundation has given $2,489,999 in scholarships and teacher grants.

The Foundation has awarded $4,000 to students attending NOVA, $4,000 to two Post-NOVA students, $10,000 to students attending four-year schools, $1,000 one-time grants to students who had received significant funding but met the standards of a Wakefield Scholar and $1,700 to a student for a Career and Technical Training scholarship.

This year, the 98 applications were reviewed by Kelly Baxter ’84, John Clisham, Paul Ferguson ’83, Samson Girma ’07, Josh Hewitt ’98, Huda Ibrahim ’09, Doris Jackson, Ralph Johnson, Jim Jones ’86, David Mitchell ’65, Millie Mohler Lawson ‘63, Susan Saulmon Trice ’63, Micah Stein-Verbit ’95, Don Tomb, Bill Vogleson ’66 and Catherine Wilson ’63, Anna Young Rossberg ‘79.

The 2018 Wakefield Scholars are:

Malate Alemu, GMU
Dennis Alvarenga, VA Tech
Holden Anderson, University of Southern California
Meghan Anderson, UVA
Mohamed Bahr, Post NOVA, VA Tech
Hans Caballero-Garcia, NOVA
Truman Deree, JMU
Nathan Dudani, NOVA
Joshua Dungo, Marymount
Jacob F Filon, W&M
Bay Gates, Post NOVA, UVA
Yared Gizaw, VCU
Jonathan H Hernandez, UVA
Marisabel Jimenez, VCU
Md Kaesh, GMU
Yeab Lakew, NOVA
Acsa Lemus-Gonzalez, NOVA
Juan Martinez Luna, Juniata College
Ruth Mengesha, JMU
“Zamy” Zamilan Munkhjargal, GMU
Mansour Najah, VA Tech
Ethan Novak, UVA
Jose Orellana-Alfaro, NOVA
Matthew Parker, VA Tech
John Petrich, Dartmouth
Anna Rogers, UNC, Chapel Hill
Jorge Sanchez, NOVA
Bezawit Shimeles, GW
Aidan Unudelger, VA Tech
Olivin Velasquez Canelas, NOVA
Cristian Ventura, C&TT, NOVA
Brittany Weaver, NOVA

For more information about the scholarship program and process, call Conchita Mitchell, Wakefield Alumni Coordinator at 703-892-4780.