Graduation Awards

Graduation awards are granted based on specific selection criteria that donors determine when they establish a fund with the Foundation.

• Mark R. Bell Memorial Award
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who is going to pursue a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education.
  
• John and Anna Breitigan Memorial Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to students who are Schuylkill County residents enrolled at The Joseph F. McCloskey School of Nursing. More >
• Eleanor Wasley Chaikowsky Academic Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a female member of the graduating class of Shenandoah Valley High School who has a strong aptitude and interest in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) and plans to further her education in this field. More >
• Leonard Chaikowsky Academic Award
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Shenandoah Valley High School who plans to pursue educational study and who has performed credibly both academically and in service to the community which makes up the Shenandoah Valley School District. More >
• Tara M. Corson,Timothy R. Kimber & Joseph P. McGeoy Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Pottsville Area School District who achieved a superior scholastic record and who participated extensively in some form of athletics.
  
• Jeffrey Donnelly Memorial Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Mahanoy Area High School who is an athlete at the time of graduation and plans to further his/her education. More >
• Mark and Wanda Edelman Fund
  This fund provides an award to a female member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who plans to attend Bloomsburg University and major in secondary education.
• Ethel M. Jones Ermert, R.N., Memorial Award in Obstetrics
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Joseph F. McCloskey School of Nursing who has the highest mark in Obstetrics.
• Stephen Fago Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who specialized in math or science, and an award to a student of the North Schuylkill Technical Center for his/her outstanding record. More >
• Coach William A. Fazio Sr. Memorial Award Fund
  This Fund provides an annual graduation award to a current year graduate of Mahanoy Area High School, or its successor public school, who during his or her high school career has exhibited a commitment to education and the football team.
• Felker-Smith Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School, who demonstrates superior academic effort over his/her high school career. Student or parent/legal guardian must be an active member of the Lavelle Volunteer Fire Company for a minimum of two years (social members excluded).
• Robert C. Fetterolf Memorial
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who is pursuing training leading to an R.N. diploma or a B.S.N. degree.
• First Baptist Church of Ashland Fund
  Distributions from this fund are made to the Ashland Public Library, Baptist Children's Services, Washington Fire Company #1, American Hose Company, Schuylkill Women in Crisis, and provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School pursuing a degree in the nursing field.
• T. Stuart Goyne Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who has the second best record for excellence in mathematics.
• Emma T. Irwin Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of the North Schuylkill High School who excels in art.
• William J. Jones, Jr. Memorial Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to graduating seniors of Mahanoy Area High School who during his or her high school career has exhibited a commitment to education, sports and/or activities within school or outside in the community and plans to attend on a full time basis an institution of higher education or military service. More >
• Betsy Rubright Kent Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who excels in home economics.
• Paul M. Krukas Memorial Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to graduating high school seniors of Mahanoy Area High School who actively participated in the high school's football program and/or golf program for at least two years, plans to enlist in the United States Navy or attend an institution of higher education, and has demonstrated good sportsmanship and leadership during his or her high school career. More >
• James R. Kruss Memorial Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to graduating high school seniors of Pottsville Area High School who are enrolled in the Carpentry Program at Schuylkill Technology Center. More >
• Rae Ann Lubold Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to the person in the Joseph F. McCloskey School of Nursing who is the Valedictorian of that class.
• Leonard L Ludinsky Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an annual graduation award to a Mahanoy Area School District graduating senior who has excelled in business subjects and plans to major in Accounting or Business Administration at a college or university.
• Mechanicsville Ladies Auxiliary Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to two members of the graduating class of Pottsville Area High School who have resided in the Borough of Mechanicsville during all four years of his/her high school career and has the highest GPA at the end of the senior year among applicants of the same gender.
• Andrew Neidlinger Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Mahanoy Area High School who plans to enter a medically-oriented post-secondary program. Preference shall be given first to a member of the school's football team, second to a member of the high school's cheerleader squad, and lastly to other members of the graduating class. More >
• Joseph M. O’Neill, Jr. Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a graduating senior whose course of study was Electromechanical/Industrial Automation and Robotics at the Schuylkill Technology Center. More >
• Opportunity Award Fund
  This fund provides an annual award to a current year graduate of Tri Valley High School, or its successor public school, who has been accepted and plans to attend a post-secondary educational program which will qualify the individual for employment in a technical field but which will not necessarily lead to a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree from a college or university. Preference will be given to the applicant who has the most demonstrated financial need. The phrase “technical field” shall include, but not be limited to architectural, automotive, carpentry, construction, automotive repair, software engineering, electrical, diesel, mechanical, electro-mechanical, electronic engineering, drafting, HVAC, metals, plumbing and welding technologies, business administration, computer and networking systems administration, and health care services not requiring a Bachelor’s degree.
• Jonathan "Feet" Palubinsky Memorial Award
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Mahanoy Area High School who has demonstrated the most "Bear Pride" throughout their high school career.
• Pottsville Catholic Alumni Fund
  This fund provides tuition assistance to students entering their freshman year at Nativity B.V.M. High School. There are designated geographical boundaries for the residence of these students, covering the same areas as originally served by Pottsville Catholic High School. More >
• Maud M. Prichard Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who excels in mathematics.
• William J. “Rex” Roberts Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of the North Schuylkill High School who excels in English.
• Schuylkill County Medical Society Alliance Award Fund
  This fund provides awards to various students throughout Schuylkill County who are pursuing a nursing career or who are majoring in the allied health career field. More >
• David R. Schmaldienst Music Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a graduating senior of Tri-Valley High School pursuing post-secondary education and majoring in Music or related field. The students will be considered based on musicianship, achievements, leadership ability, academic achievement, and extra-curricular involvement and also demonstrates financial need. More >
• Schuylkill Headwaters Association Watershed Conservation Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a graduating senior of any of the school districts located within the Schuylkill River Watershed, namely Blue Mountain School District, Gillingham Charter School, Marian Catholic High School, Minersville Area School District, Nativity B.V.M. High School, Pottsville Area School District, Schuylkill Haven Area School District, and Tamaqua Area School District who demonstrates a commitment to the community by participating in environmental or conservation projects and/or programs outside the classroom, and has earned a high school G.P.A. of 3.0 or greater. More >
• David Lee Sener Memorial Award
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class at North Schuylkill High School who is the outstanding member of the brass section of the high school band. More >
• Spartan Wrestling Boosters and Coaches 2004-2012 Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to a graduating high school senior of North Schuylkill High School who wrestled Varsity in the high school's wrestling program for three years of his/her high school career and who meets the criteria established by the committee.
• Tim Stine Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Minersville Area High School who excels as a lineman on the football team. More >
• Jean A. Tielman, R.N., Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Nativity B.V.M. High School who is pursuing training leading to an R.N. diploma or a B.S.N. degree.
• Jack Travis Memorial Award
  This fund provides an award to a graduating high school senior of North Schuylkill High School who has excelled in History throughout his or her high school career.
• Craig R. Troutman Memorial Award Fund
  This fund provides an award to graduating seniors of Pottsville Area High School and of Nativity B.V.M. High School who are planning to pursue a degree in Secondary Education and who meet the criteria established by the donor. If there are no qualified students entering into the post-secondary education field in any given year, then the award shall be made to the student who has attained the highest GPA in English.
• Ruth A. Wagner Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School, who is a resident of Butler Township, and who excels in physical education.
• Edward H. Watkins Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of North Schuylkill High School who has excelled in swimming. More >
• Mary E. and Warren E. Wert and Gertrude C. Shuler Memorial Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of the Millersburg Area High School who is going to pursue a degree in Elementary or Secondary Education.
• Loretta Pollack Woznisky-Lonoskie Fund
  This fund provides an award to a member of the graduating class of Pottsville Area High School who has demonstrated concern and dedication to preserving the environment and sustaining our green spaces. More >

 

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