The Guilford Foundation (TGF) recently awarded $20,725 through 18 scholarship awards to graduating Guilford High School seniors (except where noted) who plan to pursue post-secondary education. The awards and honorees are as follows:

• Elisabeth Adams Scholarship ($500 each): Mariam Kish & Keldon LaRose
• Carl A. Balestracci Humanitarian Scholarship ($550 each): Giana Cardonita & Leo Westguard
• Al & Gene Bishop Fund ($3,150): Noah Thomas
• Richard Brooks Scholarship Fund ($1,000): Brielle Kendrioski
• Stuart D. Burt Scholarship ($2,250): Ellis Riccio
• Maureen Cyr Caruso Scholarship Fund ($1,000): Mia Tilton
• Guilford ABC Scholarship ($2,000): Sumaiyah Lee
• Jaffe Scholarship Fund ($1,300 each year for four years): Kush Patel
• Stephen A. Looney Scholarship ($750 each): Alessandra Stankewich & Braden Stephens
• Jake Penman Memorial Fund ($1,000): Juan Colberg-Martinez
• Ralph Schipani Scholarship Fund ($750 each): Nicole Teply & Michael Kegel
• Elizabeth M. “Lizzie” Schwanfelder Scholarship ($2,400): George Sanderlin
• Kyle E. Smith Scholarship ($525): Karley Krickmier
• Alison Varian Scholarship Fund for the Sound School ($1,000): Chloe Melillo

These students represent the best of Guilford’s future—they work after school jobs, they are active in politics, they volunteer at numerous organizations, they are in National Honor Society, play in orchestra and band, row crew, play baseball, softball, soccer, basketball & lacrosse, go on mission trips around the country, are honor students, are captains of their teams, lead Guilford’s Youth Advisory Group, are AP & International Baccalaureate scholars; participate in theater; tutor, and somehow sleep and go to school. The Guilford Foundation extends its deep congratulations to these remarkable scholars as they start the next chapter of their journey.