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Ashby Ponds Awards Leesburg Area Student Scholarship

Karen Cedillos, a student at Heritage High School, is one of the 10 students recently honored by Ashby Ponds with a $1,000 scholarship.

Leesburg-area student Karen Cedillos, a student at Heritage High School, is one of the 10 students recently honored by Ashby Ponds with a $1,000 scholarship.

More than 90 students are working at Ashby Ponds retirement community’s dining services department, and 10 were selected to receive scholarships.

Students who worked for a total of 1,000 hours and maintained a C average and no disciplinary issues were eligible.

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Karen and the other students received the scholarship at a ceremony on Sunday.

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