{"id":156,"date":"2017-08-11T20:01:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afbhs.org\/?p=156"},"modified":"2017-08-11T20:01:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T00:01:35","slug":"afbhs-awards-12000-in-scholarships-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afbhs.org\/?p=156","title":{"rendered":"AFBHS Awards $12,000 in Scholarships in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

2017 marks the 10th<\/sup> year that the Alumni and Friends of Belmont High School (AFBHS) has awarded four scholarships to outstanding BHS seniors who need financial aid to pursue their education.\u00a0 This year the four $3000 scholarships were presented to Daniel Holt (Wesleyan University), Su Jing Chen (Case Western Reserve University), Fiona Martin (University of San Diego) and Ciara Murphy (Emory University).\u00a0 They are shown, left to right, in the photo below.<\/p>\n

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There aren\u2019t enough positive enough adjectives to describe Danny Holt.\u00a0 BHS teachers have described him as inquisitive, creative, articulate, humble and kind as well as incredibly talented both in an out of the class room.\u00a0 With a 4.01 GPA he earned honors every semester; he was a member of the award winning wind ensemble, a drummer in the jazz combo and a drum line captain in the marching band.<\/p>\n

Su Jing Chen developed a strong sense of independence and maturity at an early age.\u00a0 She and her father came to the US when Su was seven.\u00a0 Due to immigration policies, it took another five years for her mother to be able to join them.\u00a0 Now, according to her teachers, nothing seems to get in Su\u2019s way, accessing experiences and reaching goals.\u00a0 She has been an outstanding student, a member of the orchestra and the volleyball team. \u00a0Volunteering at a nearby hospital has helped her identify future goals in nursing and medicine.<\/p>\n

Fiona Martin has been an excellent student and a real leader at BHS.\u00a0 Weathering a tough time personally due to parental divorce, she maintained high grades and captained the girls\u2019 volleyball team.\u00a0 She is well prepared both academically and socially for college and is looking forward to college life on the west coast.<\/p>\n

Ciara Murphy has been a model student at BHS, increasing the difficulty of her coursework every year, playing three sports for three years and working 20 hours a week throughout. \u00a0What makes her success even more remarkable is been her personal situation. She began high school while living in foster care, was reunited with her mother and siblings in 10th grade and proceeded to live in a succession of three homeless shelters. \u00a0She has used her bilingual skills to help other shelter residents and is looking forward to a future of continuing to contribute to society while engaging in college life and academics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2017 marks the 10th year that the Alumni and Friends of Belmont High School (AFBHS) has awarded four scholarships to outstanding BHS seniors who need financial aid to pursue their education.\u00a0 This year the four $3000 scholarships were presented to Daniel Holt (Wesleyan University), Su Jing Chen (Case Western Reserve University), Fiona Martin (University of … Continue reading AFBHS Awards $12,000 in Scholarships in 2017<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afbhs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afbhs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afbhs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afbhs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afbhs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/afbhs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/afbhs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afbhs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afbhs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afbhs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}