By Eagle Times Staff
The Crown Point Board of Realtors and Rita Pierce is awarding Emma Wentz and Marlyana King the organization’s 2023 Sammy Pierce Memorial Scholarships.
The $1,000 scholarships were created to honor the late Sammy Pierce who was a highly regarded Realtor known for his volunteerism and to help those in need, according to Scholarship Chair Helen Wachtel.
A graduate of Mill River High School, where she was valedictorian, Wentz is a dedicated student, an exceptional leader and an award-winning ballet dancer, according to the scholarship committee. A member of the Mill River Student Leadership Team, she represented Mill River at HOBY earning the Presidential Volunteer Award. Her multiple year volunteer activities over the summer months assisting educators to provide extended school year services for elementary students is something she is passionate about and proud of. In September, Emma will be attending the Honors College at UVM to major in Anthropology of Global Health, with the hope of working in humanitarian efforts abroad. Travelling the world, teaching and working with people from every background has been one of her top goals.
King, who graduated from Green Mountain High School, will also be headed to UVM in September to study the Psychological Sciences and explore the possibility of a career as a school psychologist, according to the scholarship committee. She has channeled her leadership roles, being a voice for underrepresented students, serving as President of Interact, participating in the school’s principal search and working with the school board to inspire others to work proactively to make positive change. She has volunteered with the Conservation Committee to help build nature trails and assists with Green Up Days. King has a desire to provide emotional and educational support to children with behavioral challenges, by teaching coping skills, kindness, compassion and care, and to provide the validation that under- served kids often lack but deserve.
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