Encouraging Students to Dream
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On June 14th the School celebrated the key milestones of 300 graduates from classes including Nurse Aide Training, Culinary
Arts, Computer Support Specialist, Customer Service, ESL Level 8, GED, and Citizenship. Over the 2011-12 school year our school
community raised more than $26,000 in scholarship funds. At the graduation we awarded 21 scholarships to students pursuing
higher education.
Robert E. Lesher Scholarship:
Carlos Rosario faculty member,
Sheryl Sherwin, and family
awarded a $3,000 scholarship
in honor of her father, Robert
E. Lesher.
Hotel Association of
the District of Columbia
Scholarship: The Hotel
Association of DC awarded a
Carlos Rosario student with a
$500 scholarship.
Joanna Gray & Perry Wayne
Hitchcock Scholarship: Carlos
Rosario faculty member,
Sherrie McKenna, awarded a
$2,000 scholarship in honor of
her parents, Joanna Gray and
Perry Wayne Hitchcock.
Carlos Rosario Staff/Faculty
Scholarship: The Carlos Rosario
Staff/Faculty Scholarship Fund
awarded a total of $11,390
to six Carlos Rosario students.
Sixteen staff and faculty
members donated to the fund.
Edna Frazier Cromwell
Scholarship Fund: The Board
of the Edna Frazier Cromwell
Scholarship Fund awarded a
Carlos Rosario student with a
$2,000 scholarship.
Tempo Bookstore Scholarship:
The owner of Tempo Bookstore,
Eugene Lesmez awarded a
$3,000 scholarship to a Carlos
Rosario student.
Luis & Olga Torres Scholarship:
President & Founder of the
Carlos Rosario School, Sonia
Gutierrez, awarded a $1,000
scholarship in honor of her
parents, Luis & Olga Torres.
Maria Antonia Ortiz-Haddock
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