Westchester Students Selected for 2016 Jandon Scholarships

Sixteen Westchester County high school students will receive scholarships from the Jandon Foundation.

The announcement was made May 19 by the foundation and the Westchester County Board of Legislators.

Each student will receive $12,000 in scholarship funds over four years in college.

To qualify for the awards, the students’ families had to have met eligibility guidelines established by the Jandon Foundation. The recipients are academic achievers whose families are on public assistance or living below the poverty level.

Founded by Jane and Donald Cecil of Harrison, the private foundation has given out scholarships to more than 200 students.

Board of Legislators Chairman Michael Kaplowitz thanked the Cecil family for its continued dedication and support of education for Westchester’s young people.

Noting that Jane Cecil died in July, Kaplowitz said the scholarships are a wonderful part of her legacy.

“It is a privilege to carry on the Jandon program here at the Board of Legislators to help further the philanthropic goals of the Cecil family to enable these students,” he said.

The 2016 recipients, their high schools and the colleges they will attend:

• Melissa Amigon, Nellie Thornton High School, Mount Vernon—SUNY Oneonta
• Nicole Amoako, Roosevelt High School, Mount Vernon—Columbia University
• Montserrat Cardenas, Port Chester High School—Purchase College
• Lilian Chang, Fox Lane High School, Bedford—SUNY Albany
• Jovanny Elliott, Peekskill High School—SUNY Albany
• Precious Ferrell, Nellie Thornton—Johnson & Wales University
• Anisia Figueroa, Fox Lane High School, SUNY Albany
• Keyana Griffith, Peekskill High School—Hofstra University
• Keith Heinz, Fox Lane High School—University of Chicago
• Jamika Holmes, Roosevelt High School—American University
• Shadae Leslie, Mount Vernon High School—Boston University
• Elisa Pereyra, Lincoln High School, Yonkers—Stony Brook University
• Yanitza Rodriguez, Lincoln High School—Manhattan College
• Taylor Terry, Woodlands High School, Greenburgh—North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
• Darius Tomlinson, New Rochelle High School—University of Buffalo
• Kim Washington, Yonkers High School—Binghamton University

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