Foundation Awards $82,500 in Scholarships

The Foundation for Edmonds School District is pleased to announce it has awarded $82,500 in scholarships to 47 graduating seniors and five alumni in the Edmonds School District.

This year several new scholarships were formed.  Among them are the Cheeseburger Babies Foundation Community Service Scholarship, the ELL First Generation Scholarship, the Edmonds In Bloom Scholarship and the Dr. Nick Brossoit Scholarship.

The Foundation Board of Directors established a scholarship in honor of retiring Edmonds School District Superintendent, Dr. Nick Brossoit. Dr. Brossoit came from a single-parent household and participated in free/reduced lunch programs.  Although he had an absent parent, caring teachers and coaches took the young Dr. Brossoit under their wing.  Through their dedication and genuine care, Dr. Brossoit chose to spend his life in education. After serving 32 years, he retired from public education in the Edmonds School District in June 2016.

The first awardee of the Dr. Nick Brossoit scholarship, Nancy Ou, was a 2016 graduate of Edmonds-Woodway High School.  Nancy graduated with a full international baccalaureate degree with a cumulative 3.88 GPA.  She too was left without parental support and had to learn to care for herself. Through her perseverance, she learned that as long as she kept moving forward and learning, she could survive anything.  Nancy plans to study biology and chemistry at the University of Washington this fall.

The Foundation has received generous funding from The Hazel Miller Foundation and district alumni. Included in this year’s awards are two $5,000 and eleven $2,000 Hazel & Morris Miller Scholarships, five $1,000 second year Hazel Miller Scholarships, one Lenovo Thinkpad and various alumni scholarships. Awards were presented at each of the district’s high school awards night ceremonies. Scholarship recipients are listed below.