Osawatomie High School seniors received scholarships totaling nearly $233,000 during the 23rd Annual Frank Elliott Scholarship Awards Banquet. The Banquet took place last week. According to Beth Stout-Rhine, the Osawatomie Scholarship Program Director, a total of 226 local scholarships amounting to $232,874 were awarded to 38 seniors.
The total is a substantial increase from last year’s $215,000 and the prior year’s $182,000. Local scholarships totaling about $102,500 also will continue for the next three years for past graduates, this doesn’t include any scholarships students received from their respective universities or colleges.
Stout-Rhine told the seniors how lucky they are to receive so much community support and she encouraged them to give back later on in life, if they are able. She says there were 1,697 scholarship applications submitted by 39 students this year.
