At the recent ceremony to announce UCM’s 2015 Lois Valencourt Scholarship Fund awardees are: (from left) Nichelle A. Mitchem, UCM Executive Director, and awardees Tatiana Robles (West Potomac High 2015), Israel Archila (Bryant Alternative High 2015), Lesly Maldonado (West Potomac High 2015), and Renas Emmad (Bryant Alternative High 2015). Photo Contributed
United Community Ministries (UCM) has presented its Valencourt Scholarship Fund awards for 2015. Thanks to a bequest from her estate in 2014, UCM’s Lois Valencourt Scholarship Fund enables students who have graduated from high schools in the Mount Vernon area to pursue training and career advancement after high school graduation.
Graduating seniors, as well as recent graduates from the previous three years, at Bryant Alternative High School, Mount Vernon High School, and West Potomac High School are eligible to apply for these scholarships. The four Valencourt Fund Scholarship awardees for 2015 are:
Renas Emmad is a graduating senior at Bryant Alternative High School. She plans to study art and medicine at Northern Virginia Community College.
Lesly Maldonado is a graduating senior at West Potomac High School. She plans to attend Northern Virginia Community College. Her passion for working with children and babies led her to choose Neonatal Nursing as a career.
Israel Archila is a graduating senior at Bryant Alternative High School and is currently enrolled at Northern Virginia Community College.
Tatiana Robles is a graduating senior at West Potomac High School. She plans to purse a career in Public Relations and Communications at Northern Virginia Community College, with hopes to work in the entertainment industry.
The next application period for the Valencourt Scholarship Fund will be in Spring 2016. For more information, contact Evin McFadden, UCM Manager of Education Initiatives, at evin.mcfadden@ucmagency.org.