22 Apr 2011
Each of the Ten Recipients Will Receive a $20,000 Scholarship
DALLAS–The Dallas Independent School District has selected its 10 Sulentic Family Foundation Scholarship recipients for 2010–2011.
Each selected high school senior will receive a $20,000 scholarship. For the fifth year, the Sulentic Family Foundation is awarding these scholarships based on consistently demonstrated integrity, consistently demonstrated hard work and financial need.
The 2010–2011 Sulentic Family Foundation Scholarship recipients are:
· Gustavo Castillo Trinidad "Trini" Garza Early College High School
at Mountain View
· Nnedimkpa Ekeogbede Hillcrest High School
· Alexandria Abriana Emerson David W. Carter High School
· Veronica Flores Sunset High School
· Adan Gonzalez W. H. Adamson High School
· Tre Habib Lawton W. W. Samuell High School
· Grace Marie Marshall W. T. White High School
· Allison Lea Payne Booker T. Washington for the Performing and Visual Arts
· Viviana Rios Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School
· Ruben Rodriguez Valerio Hillcrest High School
The Sulentic Family Foundation established a $1 million scholarship program with Dallas ISD in 2007. The Sulentics are a local family whose son and daughter attended Dallas ISD schools and, as supporters of the district and school system, their goal is to help Dallas ISD seniors achieve a college education.
To qualify for the scholarship, each recipient had to meet the following requirements:
Consistent demonstration of integrity
Consistent demonstration of hard work
Financial need
Two letters of recommendation
An unofficial transcript
Submit an essay describing their qualifications
A committee of highly regarded Dallas ISD faculty and administrators selected the recipients for the 2010-2011 school year based on the defined criteria. In order to accommodate a scholarship recipient who must work while attending college, the scholarship funds may be utilized on a semester by semester basis provided the student completes at least nine credit hours at an accredited college, university, or community college each semester maintaining at least a 2.5 GPA. Dallas ISD graduated more students in 2010 than in any year since 1983.