Investing in the youth of Athens

College Scholarship and Achievement Awards

1. Three annual $1,000 entry-level scholarships have been funded by J. Warren McClure, AHS '37, with an initial $50,000 and further supported by $6,000 from the $12,000 endownment from Herbert F. McVay, AHS '38, by a $2,391 bequest from Eugenia A. Kresge, AHS '41, and by a gift of $525 from the AHS Class of 1945.
2. The Frances Helsel Williams $500 Music Scholarship is vailable to a student enrolled in the aohio University School of Music.  In years when there is no qualified applicant, one half of the interest is invested in the principal and the other half is available for a music project.
3. The Betty Mizicko Award, established in memory of Betty Cokonougher Mizicko, AHS '39, by members of the AHS "37, '38, and '39 classes, honors an outstanding AHS senior student of history with a $100 gift.
4. The Anne Pickering Book Award is a gift from her nephew memorializing the former AHS English teacher and goes to an outstanding senior English student.
5. The Edward A. Sprague $100 Leadership Award annually honors the outstanding AHS Senior Class leader.

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