LWPTSA Council is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2025 academic scholarships. With the support of our local PTAs and the Lake Washington Education Association, we were able to award 13 student scholarships of $1,250 each and two $500 staff scholarships.
Council will host a scholarship awards reception and presentation ceremony on Monday, June 2, at 6:15 pm, at the LWSD Resource Center, immediately preceding the LWSD school board meeting. All are welcome to attend!
Our scholarship award recipients this year are:
Merit Scholarships:
- Sophia Lisboa (EHS Learning Community)
- Alon Ragoler (EHS Learning Community)
- Logan Clevenger (JHS Learning Community)
- Kara Nishiguchi (JHS Learning Community)
- Shira Avitan (LWHS Learning Community)
- Ellie Lenihan (LWHS Learning Community)
- Sarah Wen (Tesla STEM) (RHS Learning Community)
- Jasmine Zhen (ICS) (RHS Learning Community)
LWEA Teeley Scholarship: Varnika Bhargava (RHS)
Voc/Tech/2-year Scholarship: Molly Benson (JHS)
Turnaround Scholarship: Simon Field (EHS)
Perseverance Scholarship: Jillian Swigard (RHS)
At-Large Council Scholarship: Odmaral Tumenjargal (LWHS)
Staff Scholarship: Roohi Mahboob (Ella Baker Elementary)
LWEA Mawhinney Staff Scholarship for Special Education: Brenna McCleary Childress (Blackwell Elementary)
Congratulations to all of our 2025 award recipients!
Special thanks to our scholarship judges and our scholarship program committee members for their time and effort to ensure the continued success of our program. Please contact Scholarships@LWPTSA.net with any questions.