2012 DFS SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION - click here to download file.

2012 BARRY GRUNOW SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION - click here to download file.

Kirastin Brown: Thanks to those who have generously made a Lake Worth Dollars for Scholars scholarships available to myself and others. Through your support, I am well on my way to achieving my goal of becoming a social worker.

Avicel Casarrubias: Thank you for choosing me for one of the scholarships. I know this scholarship will be a great help in the nursing career I will pursue. I appreciate so much that you believed in me. I hope that you continue with these scholarships for Lake Worth High students.

Sabina Exy: Thank you so much for lending a helping hand, not only to me but also to my parents as college tuition is not cheap. Your believing in me means a lot, and I thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

Zara Farooq: I am honored to be one of the recipients of the JFK Medical Center Foundation Scholarships. I am determined to excel in academics in order to become a great medical student in the hopes of becoming a Dentist. I cannot thank you enough, and I promise to make this organization proud.

DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Scholarship records were broken again this year. Last year, fifty-eight financially needy students received a record $71,000. We awarded $10,000 in 1999, our first year. This year we will award a total of $74,750. Of this amount, $64,750 will be awarded to 55 Lake Worth High students and $10,000 from the Barry Grunow Scholarship Fund to 7 students from public, private and parochial schools. Grunow recipients must be aspiring teachers. The Grunow scholarship fund was established to honor Barry Grunow, a Lake Worth Middle School teacher who was murdered in his classroom on the last day of school in 2000. This year's growth was made possible, in part, by the contribution of $20,000 from Principal Dr. Derek Howell from the school's Flea Market account. We also receive annual donations through our partnerships with The Kiwanis Club of Lake Work, The JFK Medical Center Foundation, The Lake Worth Women's Club and Wayne Akers Ford. The Florida Atlantic University Foundation continues to be an invaluable partner by matching our awards 100%.

Our endowments continue to grow, earning 7% per year. This year, for the first time, we took 50% of the earnings from the previous year from each endowed scholarship and put it in the scholarship fund. The remaining 50% will help the principal grow. A scholarship becomes fully endowed in perpetuity when it reaches $20,000. No amount will ever be taken from the principal. Anyone interested in endowing a scholarship in his/her name or in the name of a loved one can contact me at 561-964-4025.

Dollars for Scholars has a board of directors of 22 people who take their responsibility seriously and work hard to "make it happen" year after year. Special recognition is warranted for our awards committee headed by co-chairs Doris Welsh and Paul Blockson. Other awards committee members are Ed and Jane Whitaker, Scott Curry and Mary Faucci.

Lake Worth Dollars for Scholars continues to flourish and to gain the respect of the community. This year's awards puts us over the $600,000 mark. We appreciate all donations of time and dollars; however, we are only scratching the surface of our students' needs. Please mail your donations to Lake Worth Dollars for Scholars PO Box 1166 Lake Worth, FL 33462.

GO TROJANS!!
Dave Cantley

Welcome to Lake Worth Dollars for Scholars

Lake Worth Dollars for Scholars (DFS) became only the third DFS chapter in Florida in 1999.  Since then, we have awarded scholarships each year totaling:

• $10,000 in 1999
• $17,000 in 2000
• $31,500 in 2001
• $54,500 in 2002
• $51,000 in 2003
• $57,000 in 2004
• $57,400 in 2005
• $47,500 in 2006
• $50,500 in 2007
• $63,500 in 2008
• $59,000 in 2009
• $66,000 in 2010
  
• $74,750 in 2011

Applicants must prove their ability to succeed in college through their grade point average, college entrance exam scores, extracurricular and community involvement and recommendations from their teachers and guidance counselors. All recipients must demonstrate financial need. Parents will be asked to complete and sign a financial disclosure statement.

Scholarship America is the nation's largest scholarship and educational support organization, and its DFS program is the nation's largest grass roots, community-based scholarship program - raising funds and providing financial and academic support to students in the community in which the funds are raised.

Lake Worth DFS is also proud to be the sponsoring agency for the Barry Grunow Scholarship Fund - www.BarryGrunowScholarship.org.

Palm Beach County Schools:  The First 100 Years

New District History Book Documents Changes - From 18 To 186 Schools; From 1,000 To 171,000 Students; From 1 to 140 Languages.

Such are the changes a century has made in Palm Beach County education. You can learn about these changes and more in Palm Beach County Schools: The First 100 Years, authored by former Palm Beach Post editorial writer Bill McGoun and just published by the school district.

Read about a system once divided by race and how it became one, about Guy Metcalf, the star-crossed promoter-politician, about the women who broke the gender line in public office as soon as they could vote, about the superintendents and school boards who presided over all the changes and the people who campaigned for those changes.

To order send a check or money order for $20.00 per book (postage and packaging included in price) payable to LWHS Alumni, PO Box 1166, Lake Worth, FL 33460. Please be sure to include your shipping address.

Proceeds go to providing scholarships for Palm Beach County students.

For those wishing to use PayPal, you may order by clicking in the "Buy Now" button.

Thank you for your support.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

If you received a Dollars for Scholars scholarship, we would like to hear from you.  DFS is always interested in knowing how our award recipients are doing.  Send us an email and tell us all about yourself. We will be proud to share your accomplishments on this site as well as with the Alumni Foundation.

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