2024 June Nelson Scholarship Winners!

AASB is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 June Nelson Memorial Scholarship!

Named in honor of long-time Kotzebue school board member and education advocate, the June Nelson Memorial Scholarship is an annual AASB tradition.

Each year, association members, students, and district superintendents gather to raise money to award to Alaskan students to support their post-high school education pursuits. This year’s successful fundraising efforts have allowed AASB to award fifteen $1,500 scholarships, which may be applied toward the student’s choice of a business, trade, or college institution.

Of this year’s applicants, fourteen graduating Alaska high school seniors, and one college sophomore, were selected to receive June Nelson scholarships.

Our 2024 Winners and their winning essays!

Maggie Grenier

Kenai Peninsula Borough

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Willow Patrick

Kenai Peninsula Borough

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Madeleine Reckmeyer

Anchorage

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Brielle Lorentzen

Lake & Peninsula

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Rylee Lekanoff

Unalaska City

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Cooper Morgan Gossard

Kenai Peninsula Borough

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Fernando Escobar

Kodiak Island Borough

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Nick Luois Amparo Amora

Unalaska City

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Teslin Brannan

Fairbanks North Star Borough

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Hunter Conn

Petersburg Borough

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Magdelina Stringer

North Slope Borough

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Kylie Orlando

Sitka School District

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Jerusalem Diaz

Sitka School District

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Darianna Knox

Northwest Arctic Borough

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Sycely Wheeles

UAA

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