Foundations Honors Outstanding Bucks Co. Students With Scholarships

DOYLESTOWN, PA — Foundations Community Partnership, in partnership with each of the county’s 19 public high schools, has announced its 2024 Partnership in Education Scholarship recipients.

School administrators and guidance counselors from every Bucks County public and technical high school nominated students who best demonstrated a commitment to community service, academic performance, and quality of character. Further, the following organizations and individual co-sponsored select scholarships signaling their commitment to the community and FCP’s mission: Capital Health, Doylestown Health, First Bank, Connie Furman, Grand View Health, Penn Community Bank, and Traffic Planning and Design, Inc.

“The commitment to community service and academic excellence of our local high school students is evident within our scholarship program,” said Tracy Pasternak Willis, FCP’s Board Chair. “Recognizing these outstanding student leaders serves as encouragement to all to work toward positive change in our communities.”

FCP awarded $1,000 to each of these Bucks County high school student leaders:

• Bensalem resident Gavin Phelan at Bensalem High School attending Holy Family University (sponsored by Traffic Planning and Design, Inc.).
• Bristol resident Haley Velasquez at Bristol Borough High School attending Kutztown University (sponsored by FirstBank).
• Yardley resident Keira Holden at Bucks County Technical High School attending Rowan University (sponsored by Penn Community Bank).
• Warminster resident Calli Pasternack at Central Bucks High School East attending Elon University (sponsored by Doylestown Health).
• Jamison resident Brynn Albert at Central Bucks High School South attending Arcadia University (sponsored by Doylestown Health).
• Doylestown resident Liam Boyle at Central Bucks High School West attending Penn State University (sponsored by Doylestown Health).
• Newtown resident James Chapek, ,Council Rock High School North, attending Penn State University.
• Holland resident Winston Wang, Council Rock High School South, attending University of Pennsylvani.
• Bristol resident Kathleen Olsen, Harry S Truman High School, attending Vanderbilt University.
• Warminster resident Ready Labbe, Middle Bucks Institute of Technology, attending St. Joseph’s University (sponsored by Penn Community Bank).
• Morrisville resident Kathryn Getty, Morrisville Sr. High Schoolk attending La Salle University.
• Levittown resident Sarah Kramer, Neshaminy High School, attending Brown University (sponsored by Neshaminy HS alumna Connie Furma).
• New Hope resident Zoe Kelter, New Hope-Solebury High School, attending Delaware Valley University.
• Coopersburg resident Brynn Chilton, Palisades High School, attending Penn State University.
• Perkasie resident Matthew Atchley, Pennridge High School, attending Shenandoah University (sponsored by Grand View Health).
• Newtown resident Isabel Stackawitz, Pennsbury High School, attending the University of Virginia.
• Perkasie resident Emily Parker, Quakertown Community High School, attending University of Southern California (sponsored by Grand View Health).
• Sellersville resident Alicia Santoro, Upper Bucks County Technical School, attending Cedar Crest College (sponsored by Penn Community Bank).
• Warminster resident Alyssa Kunz, William Tennent High School, attending University of Delaware.

In addition to the Partnership in Education Scholarship recipients, Capital Health joined FCP to award a $1,000 scholarship to the following students pursuing an undergraduate degree in nursing:

• Newtown resident Chaewon Lim at Council Rock High School North attending Boston College.
• Holland resident Rachel Khelmer at Council Rock High School South attending University of Pittsburgh.
• Morrisville resident Brittany Roman Delagado at Morrisville Sr. High School attending Bucks County Community College.
• Levittown resident Lotus McGuigan at Pennsbury High School attending University of Pittsburgh.