Schools
Westfield Students Nab Share Of $25,000 Scholarship
Students from Edison Intermediate School and Westfield High School earned the funds from Spencer Savings Bank.
WESTFIELD, NJ – Two students from Westfield earned a piece of a $25,000 Spencer Savings Bank scholarship awarded to high school and middle school students from 33 local schools in Bergen, Passaic, Union, Mercer, Morris and Essex counties.
In Westfield, Steven Zucker from Westfield High School and Anahi Guerrero-Herrera from Westfield's Edison Intermediate School were chosen. High School students each received a $1,000 check, and middle school students each received a tax-advantaged Coverdell Education Savings Account (CESA) with $500 deposited to encourage future saving. Students from various New Jersey school districts, within Spencer’s market area, received scholarships. The winners are selected by the school’s guidance department.
“We are so proud to be able to award these scholarships to students in our community. Lack of financial support is one of the greatest roadblocks to higher education,” Spencer’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Jose B. Guerrero said. “Education is one endeavor we will always support. It is the single best thing you can do to build up a community and that is our mission every single day. Congratulations to all these students who are working hard and shaping a bright future - for themselves and for those around them.”
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The awards were distributed at the bank’s annual scholarship ceremony on June 26. To date over $400,000 has been awarded, since the program first started in 2002.
The Spencer team surprised the students at their school ceremonies and presented them with certificates. All of the students, and their family members, were then invited to the bank’s annual scholarship ceremony where guests had dinner, connected with Spencer’s management team and took photos with the bank’s president.
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