UPPER ALLEN WOMAN'S CLUB GFWC
Mechanicsburg Area School District
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Each year the Upper Allen Woman's Club Foundation offers multiple $2,500 scholarships to Mechanicsburg High School seniors. Working with the Mechanicsburg Senior High guidance counselors, a committee of club members selects the recipients. The Upper Allen Woman’s Club GFWC also gives eleven $150 awards (one for each subject area). Department teachers select the recipient. The scholarship/awards are then presented at the May awards evening.
Upper Allen Woman's Club GFWC and the Upper Allen Woman’s Club Foundation jointly present the Mechanicsburg Middle School Award to a female eighth grade student at the end of the first, second, and third marking periods. The recipient of this award is selected by members of the middle school staff on the basis of her academic achievement, improvement, and participation in extracurricular activities. She receives a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble from the club and a plaque from the foundation. The winner and her parents are invited to attend the general meeting immediately following the end of the marking period.
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ADULT WOMAN'S SCHOLARSHIP
The Upper Allen Woman’s Club Foundation will present a $1,000 scholarship to a woman who is returning to school to improve her life and the community in which she lives. To be eligible for the scholarship, the applicant must be a resident of the Mechanicsburg Area School District, there must have been at least a two-year lapse in time between the applicant’s high school graduation or obtainment of G.E.D. and must have been officially accepted by an institution of higher study, business school, trade school, or other accredited school. The scholarship will be presented to the recipient in January of the year following the application deadline and will be payable to the accredited school that will be attended.
Application Deadline: The applicant must complete the attached application and return the application to the Upper Allen Woman’s Club Scholarship Committee by October 1, 2024.
UPPER ALLEN WOMAN’S CLUB FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
2024
Applications due by April 15, 2024
2024 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS
Are you a MASH senior, parent, grandparent, friend, or neighbor of a MASH senior? The Upper Allen Woman’s Club Foundation Scholarship application has just been released. This year the club is awarding two $2,500 scholarships to 1) a senior who has been accepted by an institution of higher study, and 2) to a senior who plans to earn an associate's degree, diploma or certificate at a trade or technical school or community college. Seniors must also meet the criteria outlined in the scholarship application form. Students may view the scholarship application form through the counseling resources of Mechanicsburg High School or by viewing the actual application form below. The application form can be downloaded, completed, and printed for submission. Applications are due no later than April 15. Over the past years, the UAWC Foundation has awarded over $28,000 to students.
2024 AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
The Upper Allen Woman's Club GFWC and the Upper Allen Woman's Club Foundation presented eleven subject awards and two scholarships at the annual Senior Awards Night in May.
$150 was presented to each of the subject award winners from the Upper Allen Woman’s Club GFWC. The two $2,500 scholarships were presented from the Upper Allen Woman’s Club Foundation.
The following students were honored with Subject Awards from Upper Allen Woman’s Club:
Health, Safety & Physical Education – Benjamin Wenger
Business & Information Technology – Sybella DeMaio
Tech Education – Taylor Murlatt
Family and Consumer Sciences – Andrew Stauffer
Science – Courtney Foose
English – Sophia Goss
Mathematics - Talitha Bunch
Social Studies – Ben Rhodes
Art – Kyla Mitchell
Music – McKenna Rahn
World Languages – Nathan Seibert
Upper Allen Woman’s Club Foundation 2024 Scholarship Recipients:
Emily Hammaker and Madeline Hoover
Checks in the amount of $2,500 each will be mailed to their respective colleges on behalf of Drew and Madeline.
CONGRATULATIONS!
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MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT OF THE QUARTER
The Upper Allen Woman's Club GFWC presents the Mechanicsburg Middle School Award quarterly to a female student who consistently strives for academic improvement, achievement, and participation in extracurricular activities.
STUDENT OF THE 1ST QUARTER
November 2023
Lia Dollman, an eighth grade student at the Mechanicsburg Middle School, was recognized as the recipient of the Mechanicsburg Middle School Award from the Upper Allen Woman’s Club .
Lia's favorite subjects are American History and Math, and she participates in Basketball and Soccer in school. She also keeps active with outdoor walks and bike rides with family and friends. She was presented a certificate and a Barnes and Noble gift card by Upper Allen Woman's Club member Bonnie Ritchey with the quarterly Mechanicsburg Middle School Award for academic improvement, achievement, and participation in extracurricular activities.
Congratulations, Lia.
Photo, from left: Student of the Quarter Lia Dollman and club member Bonnie Ritchey.
STUDENT OF THE 2ND QUARTER
January 2024
Emily Miller, an eighth-grade student at the Mechanicsburg Middle School, was recognized as the recipient of the Mechanicsburg Middle School Award from the Upper Allen Woman’s Club GFWC at their February meeting. This award is presented quarterly to a female student who consistently strives for academic improvement, achievement, and participation in extracurricular activities. She was presented a certificate and a Barnes and Noble gift card. Congratulations, Emily!
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STUDENT OF THE 3RD QUARTER
April 2024
Congratulations to Alexis Pancoast, an 8th grader at Mechanicsburg Middle School, who received the Middle School Award from the Upper Allen Woman's Club GFWC in April. This award is presented quarterly to a female student who consistently strives for academic improvement, achievement, and participation in extracurricular activities.
Alexis received a certificate of recognition and a gift card to Barnes & Noble book store. Congratulations, Alexis!
Pictured from Left: Club member Keni Melphis, Alexis and her parents.