(EL PASO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT -- June 4, 2018) — The EPISD Education Foundation visited 13 senior awards assemblies this spring to surprise 67 graduating seniors with a $1,000 scholarship.
Board members awarded scholarships at all 10 traditional high schools, Silva Health Magnet, Transmountain Early College High School and the College, Career and Technology Academy delivering scholarships in May.
“Every year, we look forward to the senior award assemblies and presenting scholarships to our students,” said Russell Wiggs, foundation president. “We’re happy to be able to play a little part in helping our students get a college education.”
The $70,000 included scholarships from the Foundation’s partner funds – the Irvin Alumni Association, Paso del Norte Foundation, Del Norte Lion’s Club, EPISD Council of PTAs and the Coach Archie Duran Memorial Scholarship. All scholarships were for $1,000 with the exception of the two PTA Scholarships, which were $500 each.
“When I was awarded the Foundation Scholarship I was overjoyed,” said Michelle Paxon, a Silva Health Magnet graduate. “This scholarship gave me hope to believe that there is a way for me to reach my dream – college. I have always planned to get into medical school, and I now understand that being able to achieve that dream requires a lot of money. With scholarships like the Foundation scholarship, I now know that there is hope towards reaching such a goal and I am thankful to have received this scholarship.”
Scholarships are being made possible through the Foundation’s major sponsors: Engage to Learn, El Paso Electric, the Hospitals of Providence, Wet and Wild Waterworld, Hunt Family Foundation, Peter Piper Pizza, Teachers Federal Credit Union, Hellas, Jacobs, Imagine Learning, K-12 Insight, Gibson Ruddock Patterson and Mounce Green Myers.
Since 1994, the EPISD Education Foundation has awarded more than $2 million in scholarships in scholarship and grants to benefit EPISD students and teachers.
Below are the scholarship winners:
| Micahia James | Andress High School |
| Derek Olivas | Austin High School |
| Acasia Humphries | Bowie High School |
| Josue Adame | Bowie High School |
| Ariadna Mora Carrillo | Burges High School |
| Arabella Cadena | Burges High School |
| Catherine Carrillo | Burges High School |
| Alejandro Veliz | Burges High School |
| Isabella Cadena | Burges High School |
| Daniel Adame | Burges High School |
| Itzel Reyes | Burges High School |
| Thelma Munoz Islas | Burges High School |
| Alfredo Sanchez | Burges High School |
| Luis Ruiz | Burges High School |
| Breanna Quinonez | Burges High School |
| Brianna Lucero | Chapin High School |
| Alicia Cabrera | Chapin High School |
| Patrick Stanley | Coronado High School |
| Russell Steans | Coronado High School |
| Victoria Obregon | Coronado High School |
| Julian Ordaz | Coronado High School |
| Estevan Mesa | Coronado High School |
| Luisa Gabaldon | El Paso High School |
| Samantha Ortega | El Paso High School |
| Pedro Delgado | El Paso High School |
| Kyle Goldfarb | El Paso High School |
| Luis Hinojos | Franklin High School |
| Luz Calderon | Franklin High School |
| Katherine Jolley | Franklin High School |
| Marialuisa Teixeira | Franklin High School |
| Elisa Gomez | Franklin High School |
| Mauricio Gonzalez Sanchez | Franklin High School |
| Sofia Williams | Franklin High School |
| Bianca Anchondo | Franklin High School |
| Mariel Ito | Franklin High School |
| Paulina Canales | Franklin High School |
| Jahlil Crowley | Franklin High School |
| Rich Yi | Franklin High School |
| Mofo-Giani Tah | Franklin High School |
| Paola Garcia Hernandez | Franklin High School |
| Damian Arellano | Franklin High School |
| Janet Moncayo | Irvin High School |
| Stefanny Rausch Rodriguez | Irvin High School |
| Christopher Quintero | Irvin High School |
| Naila Gomez | Irvin High School |
| Tristen Ball | Irvin High School |
| Jasmine Mena | Irvin High School |
| Jaime Hernandez | Jefferson High School |
| Cinthia Bretado | Jefferson High School |
| David Aguilar | Jefferson High School |
| Cindiley Martinez Munoz | Jefferson High School |
| Andres De La Rosa | Jefferson High School |
| Carmen Corral | Jefferson High School |
| William Derrick | Silva Magnet High School |
| Michelle Paxon | Silva Magnet High School |
| Alheli Romero | Silva Magnet High School |
| Shayan Pourjavaheri | Silva Magnet High School |
| Itzel Elizalde | Silva Magnet High School |
| Essynce Lewis | Silva Magnet High School |
| Kyle Helms | Transmountain Early College High School |
| Elena Baugh | Transmountain Early College High School |
| Alejandro Lopez | College Career Technology Academy |
Other scholarships from our partners are:
| Alyssa Lomeli | Irvin Alumni Association Scholarship |
| Hector Perea | Irvin Alumni Association Scholarship |
| Alfredo Sanchez | Ann Yerby Memorial Scholarship |
| Briana Ponce | Lou Robustelli Memorial Scholarship |
| Nancy Garcia | Genevieve Gonzalez Scholarship |
| Daniel De La Cruz | Coach Archie Duran Memorial Scholarship |
| Eli Ortiz | Coach Archie Duran Memorial Scholarship |
