The Wallkill East Rotary presented scholarships to six Pine Bush High School seniors. Three of the scholarships – Wallkill East Rotary Club Scholarship, Pine Bush High School Interact Club Scholarship and the Orange-Ulster BOCES Scholarship – are fully funded by the club. The Crystal Run Healthcare Scholarship, Pratt and Whitney Scholarship and Here’s Help Scholarship are funded by those organizations. Recipients are chosen by the Rotary and approved by the organization.
The 2025 scholarship recipients are:
Payton Colby – Wallkill East Rotary Club Scholarship
Recipient must show service to their school and community
Jake Pawlowski – Here’s Help Scholarship
Recipient must be an active volunteer and participate in sports or club activities
Felicity Gonzalez – Orange-Ulster BOCES Scholarship
Recipient must be a BOCES student
Galilee Cecchini – Pine Bush High School Interact Club Scholarship
Recipient must be a Pine Bush Interact Club member
Alex Kadanthod – Crystal Run Healthcare Scholarship
Recipient must be pursuing higher education in the healthcare field
Erick Lockward – Pratt and Whitney Scholarship
Recipient must be pursuing higher education in the STEM fields – science, technology, engineering or math
We thank the Wallkill East Rotary, Crystal Run Healthcare, Pratt and Whitney and Here’s Help Staffing and Recruiting for their generosity to our students and for their steadfast partnership with our school district.