This year, the Charter Oak Community Scholarship Foundation was able to award 40 seniors and 17 community members a total of $38,000 in scholarships. In addition to the $2,000 Memorial Scholarship, awards ranged from $500 to $1,000. Members of both the Senior Scholarship and Community Scholarship committees were impressed with the quality of the applicants and the high rate of participation in the application process. Indeed, 86 individuals applied for scholarships in time for the deadline. At the high schools, most students are choosing schools in California with UCLA, UC Irvine, and Fullerton among the most frequently chosen. Some out of state schools that seniors will be attending in the fall include NYU, Southern Oregon, University of Montana, Cornell, Grand Canyon University, and College of Idaho. For Charter Oak High seniors, popular majors are Business (in particular, accounting) and Computer Science. For Sunflower Campus seniors, interests lie in medicine, mechanics, and cosmetology.
