Selena Niemi Rainier High School, Augustin Khey Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Milwaukee Breana Fowler North Mecklenburg Senior High School Hamzeh Hamdan Coronado High School Perform administrative duties such as scheduling and planning meetings and appointments, filing volunteer and student . Awa Cisse Georgia Perimeter College Kai Lyn Weaver Lacordaire Academy Secondary Division, Hawthorn Bolger-Witherspoon Bosque School Askar Bashirov MiraCosta College Julie Chen Kingston High School Stephanie Visoso The Westminster Schools, Montana Lagat Kamehameha Schools: Hawaii Campus, Maria Mendoza Community School Conrad Ontimara Slidell High School Lansdowne, VA (January 25, 2021) The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced, today, the selection of 496 high school seniors as semifinalists for the prestigious Cooke College Scholarship Program. Keanna Goddard Dominican Academy Diana Solis J S Morton High School East, Karla Dominguez Omaa North High School Rosa Figueroa Johnson High School www.jkcf.org, Media Contact: Julia Florence, 571-799-8067, media@jkcf.org. Anthony Montes de Oca Brick Township High School Alexsovan Hory Lamar Consolidated High School Rommel Caballero-Juarez Klein Oak High School Taz Amin Fitzgerald High School Haily Rosario MS 348 Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School Jennifer Haggerty Lincoln Land Community College Emily Flores Elgin High School Jayda Smith Ruskin High School, Aliza Davis Reno High School Noah Nguyen Shoreline Community College Citiana Frew Wheaton High School Greg Serrano Arevalo Everett Alvarez High School Nkem Obi Shawnee Mission North High School Kyle Simpson Pearl River Community College Catherine Shaffer TCC Southeast Early College High School Cooke College Scholars are selected based on exceptional academic ability and achievement, financial need, persistence, and leadership. Sulaiman Oyekunle Meade Senior High School Meghan Ratliff Johnson Central High School, Taylor Allen Benjamin Franklin High School Alan De Loera Southwest High School Sherece Turner Community College of Baltimore County Eliza George Clear Horizons Early College High School Nayeric Cairo Pinecrest Preparatory Academy Charter High School Chali Lee Fresno City College Metztli Carbajal Southwest High School Zoe Groh Biloxi High School Amna Khamosh Thornton High School Annalie Sandor Blue Valley Northwest High School Lola Fratto Lincoln Park High School Abdullah Ali Valley Stream South High School Dalin Eap City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College Anisa Siddikova Leon M Goldstein High School for Sciences John Ponce Atlantic Community High School Dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need. Fraz Javed Union High School Gideon Melvin Georgia Perimeter College Ayo Ogunsanya McDonough High School Husna Nashnoush Etiwanda High School Students must be current high school seniors residing in the United States. Kimberly Guevara Strive Prep Rise High School Kelsie Williams Ocoee High School Learn more: jkcf.org Cooke College Scholarship semifinalists were chosen from a pool of over 5,300 applicants. Karen Smith Lake Michigan College Alaya Kiser West Branch High School Cristalynne Burns Classen School of Advanced Studies Kayle Orantes Woods Cross High School Since 2000, the Foundation has awarded over $222 million in scholarships to over 2,800 students from 8th grade through graduate school, along with comprehensive. Saddat Nazir McNair Academic High School Duy Ho Cerritos College Emma Lazo Freedom High School Gabriel Dezzeo Rondon South Florida State College Sal Amezcua Hernandez San Juan Hills High School Alyssa Makena Valley High School, Sharon Mabasa Wichita Collegiate School, Graciela Alfaro Atherton High School Bolu Fasogbon City Colleges of Chicago: Harry S. Truman College Nina Zhuo North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Madison Adkins Jackson High School Sharon Miranda Gateway High School Danae Kimmel Blanco High School Isa Alvarado Coral Reef Senior High School Yuliana Chavez El Rancho High School Destiny Carrera Grand Rapids Community College When Will the Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship Winners Be Announced? Eva Tsitohay Montgomery College Kaden Oquel-White Jesuit High School Haya Chehada Cerritos College Annaliese Dominguez Glen Burnie High School Amani Turner Carver Magnet High School of Engineering, Applied Technology and The Arts Isaac Yoo Creekview High School Harmony Hudson Saint Charles West High School Fizza Afreen Lone Star College System Ella Dawson Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need. Junior Philogene Montgomery College Helen Menendez Miami Dade College Alora Orr May River High School William Jim Miami Dade College Jialin Jiang Independence High School Sonia Molinero Martinez Hartnell College Kelvin Tieku Manhattan Center for Science and Math Max Ramirez Pioneer High School This highly selective scholarship provides high-achieving students with financial need up to $55,000 annually for four years of college, to enable them to attend a top college or university. Charly Gutierrez Jimenez Santa Fe College Stephan Fatal Miami Dade College Jeanna Raphael Brooklyn Latin School Sikirat Mustapha Brooklyn Latin School Samantha Minuche Fiorello H Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts Cayden Beardslee Grand Rapids Community College Alexis Gosselin Escamilla Santa Monica College Jenny Tran Colonial High School Jack Kent Cooke (October 25, 1912 - April 6, 1997) was a Canadian-American businessman in broadcasting and professional sports. Vinh Nguyen Klein Oak High School Sammy Trefry Santa Rosa Junior College Ten NOVA Students Named as Semifinalists for Prestigious 2021 Jack Kent Jamal Matthew Brooklyn College Academy High School Omar Garcia Fullerton College Steven Maradiaga Ipreparatory Academy Kimberly Cardenas De Anza High School Shaafat Sadaquee Newtown High School Diana Zamarripa The Energy Institute High School, Sophie Christensen Orem High School Tatiana Butte San Diego City College Elijah Owens Southside High School, Jennifer Adinna Chaffey High School Javier Alcantar Thornton Fractional South High School The Foundation has also provided $115 million in grants to organizations that serve such students. Scholarships are awarded without respect to religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, geographic region, race or ethnicity. Jahin Rahman Academy of American Studies Bekim Bruka Bergen Community College Gavin Scott Checotah High School, Rena Howard South Albany High School Kathy Li Arroyo High School Melanie Gonzalez TERRA Environmental Research Institute Xiwei Huang Brooklyn Latin School Sonia Green Hillside High School April Breedlove Georgia Perimeter College Med Coulibaly Manhattan Hunter College High School of Science The Jack Kent Cooke College Scholarship Program is an undergraduate scholarship opportunity open to high-achieving high school seniors with financial needs who wish to enroll in and graduate from the nation's top four-year institutions and universities. Norma Mejia Yes Preparatory Public Schools: East End Alejandro Sanchez Ogden International School of Chicago This highly competitive scholarship through the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation awards each recipient up to $55,000 . Olivia Kocot Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center Daisa Watkins City Arts and Technology High School Hanna Regassa Stonewall Jackson High School Nicksie Lordeus Lorenzo Walker Technical High School Moeen Razzaque International School Of The Americas Veshal Konnar Northeast High School, Sonora Halili Thomas Jefferson School Andres Reyna Fullerton College Layth Alkhani Amos Alonzo Stagg High School Sanjana Butala Middlesex County College Susie Cray Linn-Benton Community College Rocio Diarte Ortiz City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College Jishnu Basu Plano Senior High School Justin Dominic Loyola High School Duc Ngan Chau Wyoming High School Azeez Richardson Science Park High School Joel Castro Herbert Hoover High School Moh Suufi Peachtree Ridge High School Olivia Green Kings Mountain High School Oscar Martinez Valley High School Nicole Giraldo-Meneses Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush High School Brian Nguyen Northside College Preparatory High School Jayden Galvan Gregory-Portland High School The 2022 Cooke College Scholars will be announced in April. Nakia Alexander School for Advanced Studies Wolfson Anthony Lopez Islip High School Khaldoun Abou Tay City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College Students must be currently enrolled in community college and residing in the United States. Margaret Schwartz Holyoke Community College Lex Monogioudis Bellaire High School Ashis Dhakal East High School, Olvin Abrego Ayala Herndon High School Tabitha Macharia Michael E. Debakey High School of the Health Professions Savannah Stover Volunteer State Community College Jesse Bishop Washtenaw Community College Angel Obiorah Community College of Baltimore County TaVon Walker Deep Creek High School, Kidist Habte Rainier Beach High School Kimberly Munoz Bard High School Early College II 2023 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Ana Ramos De Jesus Manhattan Hunter College High School of Science Owais Ibrahim Chicago Mathematics and Science Academy Yeabsira Hawaz Springbrook High School Joyce Lin Francis Lewis High School Mia Hurts Phillis Wheatley High School 44 states and the District of Columbia, according to the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Kingsborough chemistry major, Victoria Flores-Almazan, was named a semifinalist for the highly-competitive Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Magali Romero Lopez Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy Josue Ramirez Advanced Technologies Academy Jillian Robinson Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Joshua Elizondo Santa Monica College Research. Michelle Chen Smithfield-Selma High School Ruth Woldemedhine Regis Jesuit High School: Girls Division Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announces latest cohort of college scholars Darrel Creary Atlantic Community High School Kamden Hill Timberland High School Khea Archer Georgia Perimeter College Resources for current scholars and alumni to thrive together. Noah Nihiser Terry Sanford Senior High School - Miguel Cacho-Tafolla San Diego City College- Tatiana Butte San Diego City College- Lucia Huerta San Diego City College- Karla Tirado San Diego Mesa College- Dania Taki San Diego Miramar College. Yerahm Hong North Oconee High School For further information on this announcement, please contact Libby Sears, coordinator of special awards, at esears@nvcc.edu. Every year, around 60 students are chosen for the scholarship. Tracy Zhang Central High School, Michael Ochoa Bishop Hendricken High School, Shon Green Scotts Branch High School Patricia Bessie Hilltop High School Yuttichai Sommala Rio Rancho High School, Esmeralda Abreu Jerez Saint Vincent Ferrer High School Lauren Smith Union City High School Jordan Lee North College Hill Junior-Senior High School Janelle Nwakuche Heritage High School Fardowsa Hassan: Jack Kent Cooke Semifinalist Evamaria Tanori Contreras University High School The Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship recipients will be announced in April. Grace Humble Georgetown Junior-Senior High School Aren Yoon San Antonio College in our applicant pool every year, and are excited to recognize this group of semifinalists Jonas Terleckas Doral Academy Charter High School Kenneth Black Jr. Carver Early College Maia Roothaan Evanston Township High School Endale Tsegaye Metropolitan Community College Kansas City, Ignacio Leon Bergen Community College