2016 June Nelson Scholarship Winners

Ten Alaska High School Seniors and 2 College Freshmen Awarded June Nelson Memorial Scholarships

March 29, 2016

Ten Alaska high school seniors have been chosen out of 123 applications to receive a $1,200 scholarship. In addition, two college freshmen were awarded $1,200 scholarships for the coming year. The scholarship, named after a long-time Kotzebue school board member, is an annual tradition of the Association of Alaska School Boards. Each year the association’s members, students and district superintendents gather to raise money that will be awarded to graduating seniors in Alaska. Previous scholarship winners can compete for and additional award the following year.

This year AASB members and friends raised enough money to award twelve, $1200 scholarships. After a committee of 8 volunteers reviewed the applications based on grades, community service, activities, letters of recommendation, and an essay, the group of over 100 outstanding applications was narrowed down to the following students:

Name	School	District
Madison Attla	Jimmy Huntington (Huslia)	Yukon Koyukuk
Ellen Carty-Seccomb	Kodiak	Kodiak Island Borough
Jennifer DeGraffenried	West Anchorage	Anchorage
Purevdulam Enkhdat	Unalaska	Unalaska City
Jordan Finney	Ninilchik	Kenai Peninsula
Bernadette Franulovich	Ketchikan	Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Shirley Igkurak	Kwigillingok	Lower Kuskokwim
Julius Reed	West Anchorage	Anchorage
Sarah Tate	Petersburg	Petersburg
Emma Wetter	Dillingham	Dillingham City

College freshmen winners (previous JNMS winners)

Student	High School/college	District
Ciera Kelly	Thunder Mt.	Juneau
Kaya Duguay	Sitka	Sitka

These outstanding youth will be presented with the scholarship by the school board president of their district.

For more information regarding the June Nelson Memorial Scholarship, contact Lon Garrison, School Improvement Coordinator (907) 463-1666.