Syosset PTA-STA Announces Scholarship Winners

The Syosset Council of PTAs and the Syosset Teachers’ Association recently announce this year’s winners of the PTA-STA scholarships through the Syosset Scholarship Fund.

A total of five Syosset High School seniors received scholarships in June including:

• Samiha Gaffar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gaffar, who plans to major in Engineering and Computer Science at New York Institute of Technology.
• Isabel Henn, daughter of Theodore Henn and Nicole Henn, who is attending the University of Massachusetts and is undecided on a major.
• Sophia Henn, daughter of Theodore Henn and Nicole Henn, who plans to major is Aerospace Engineering at the University of Notre Dame.
• Emily Kimoto, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Noby Kimoto, who is attending SUNY New Paltz and plans to major in Theater Arts.
• David Wang, son of Leon and Molly Wang, who plans to major in Computer Science at Boston University.

The Syosset Scholarship Fund was established in 1958 to promote higher education by awarding scholarships to Syosset High School graduates.

Scholarship are available to any Syosset High School senior planning to pursue any field of endeavor leading to a degree, certificate or license in an accredited post high school program.

Annual fundraising activities are held to support the program, including a mailing campaign and an annual theater party weekend in March 2018.

The Syosset Scholarship Fund Drive mailing is underway. To make a donation, checks can be made payable to “Syosset Scholarship Fund, Inc.” and mailed to P.O. Box 732, Syosset, NY 11791, attn. Syosset Scholarship Fund, Inc.