Twenty-two Orland Township students received funds for their first year in college, according to the office of Orland Township Supervisor and Scholarship Foundation President Paul O'Grady.
Nearly 100 students applied for the scholarship awards, and after a meticulous review process by the Orland Township Scholarship Foundation Board of Directors, 22 students were awarded scholarships in amounts ranging from $2,000 to $500. Students were chosen based on a combination of their leadership skills, dedication to community service, academic focus, participation in extracurricular activities, recommendations from school representatives, volunteer supervisors and/or employers, and their answers to the assigned essay question.
"The Orland Township Scholarship Foundation is proud to present these very deserving students with scholarship funds to start their college careers," said Supervisor O'Grady. "We are happy to invest in the long-term future of Orland Township's most valuable commodity -- our youth."
Fifteen Orland Park residents received scholarships from the Foundation.
Carl Sandburg High School
* Marcelo Claure
* Aaron Hanania
* Carson Krol
* Marissa Nugent
* Jorie Schirmacher
* Angela Vainikos
* Aristotle Vainikos
* Sofia Vainikos
Marist High School
* Collin Bartolotta
Brother Rice High School
* James Calcagno
* Liam Coughlin
Providence Catholic High School
* Brian Donlevy
* Kyle Laird
* Tyler Struck
Nazareth Academy
* Maggie O'Neill
Tinley Park residents who received scholarship awards are:
Victor J. Andrew High School
* Gianna Ardolino
* Alexis Burnette
* Sophia Godette
* Nika Kaiser
* Paige Radgowski
University of Chicago Laboratory School
* Jamal Nimer
Orland Hills resident Emily Morrison, a student at Carl Sandburg High School, was presented with an Orland Township Scholarship Award and a Townships of Illinois (TOI) Scholarship Award at the dinner. Morrison was one of seven students selected state-wide and is the second Orland Township student to receive a scholarship award from TOI since it began awarding college funds in 1989.
The scholarships were presented at an awards dinner held on Wednesday, May 1st, at Gatto's Restaurant in Orland Park.
