Wednesday, July 5, 2023
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The Alexandria Rotary Club awarded three $2,500 vocational college scholarships to Alexandria High School students during the organization’s June 6 meeting at Belle Haven Country Club.
The scholarship winners were Alison Rafailan-Avelar, Sada Seman and Sharvani Roy.
Rafailan-Avelar is a recent graduate of Alexandria City High School who will pursue a career in media studies and filmmaking at Temple University in the fall.
Seman, also a recent ACHS graduate, will pursue a career in economics and finance at the University of Virginia.
Roy, a graduate of Edison High School, will pursue a career in information technology at the University of Pittsburgh.
The students were selected from a pool of 21 applications based upon their career commitment, grades, recommendations from teachers and community activities.