The 2009 Recipients are; Brady Drake Choat, Alice Barber and Lacey Isaacs.

Karina Bielecki
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Glenn Barclay                                      February 14, 2009                                             
Scholarship Coordinator
SHS Class of 1948
932 E. Westchester Drive
Springfield, MO 65810

Dear Mr. Barclay,
      I would like to use this letter to tell you about my college experience so far. I chose to attend William Jewell College because I felt that the campus was very intimate, like a big campus-wide family. As time passes here on the Hill, I am finding my place within a number of  smaller “families” on campus. Notably, I have become involved in the theatre program here, and had a wonderful time acting in the fall production of Shakespeare’s classic, Macbeth. I have also joined the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. We are one of the smaller Greek chapters here on campus, but we are truly a family of academically-minded women committed to supporting each other throughout college and for the rest of our lives.
Here at Jewell, I am currently part of the prestigious Oxbridge Honors Program. This program allows me to take intensely focused “tutorial” style classes, where the classes are often limited to five or less students. In my junior year, as part of the Oxbridge Program, I will travel to England
and study for a full year at either Oxford or Cambridge University. Within this program, I had been trying to decide between a History major and an English major, but I finally settled on History, and look forward to being able to study among old English castles and the beautiful English countryside. Because of my great interest in areas like theatre and film, I am also considering a minor in either theatre or communications. I don’t have all the details pegged down yet, but I am surrounded by a competent and caring faculty who simply want me to succeed at whatever I decide
to do. By the time I graduate in the spring of 2012, I know I’ll have everything I need to go out and take on the world.
      Although graduation may seem a long ways away, I know from my high school experience that four years can pass in a flash. I know that ultimately, I want to spend my life involved in film. Movies have
captured my heart since I was very young, enrapturing me with their power to transport and inspire and, more recently, their power to inform and change. For quite a while I have wanted to pursue acting, but more recently I am considering career paths that include writing and directing as well. The temptation to run off to Hollywood as soon as I’ve got my diploma in hand is always there, but I am also considering going to film school after I have graduated. At any rate, I hope that over the next few years of my life, I will be able to flourish creatively and keep fueling my love of and passion for film.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and letting me share my story with you. If you would like to contact me with questions, comments, or even just a little note to say hello, my e-mail address
is bieleckikwilliam.jewell.edu and I would love to hear from you. I hope this letter brought a smile to your face, even a little one. Take care, and I sincerely thank you for supplying me and many other students with the means to an excellent education.

Sincerely,                                                                                            
Karina Bielecki

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Gay Lynn Russell                    June 11^th, 2008
Scholarship Coordinator
Community Foundation of the Ozarks
425 E Trafficway

Dear Ms. Russell,

Thank you for the support of my education at William Jewell College. I am honored to be one of the recipients of the SHS Class of 1948 Scholarship in honor of Fred M. & Ramona Frazier McQueary. Thank you also for the lovely reception my parents and I attended. I am extremely excited to begin college at my young age and this award brings me one step closer.

Financial and academic challenges have been a part of my life, but have inspired me to work harder. I relish intellectual challenge, and am looking forward to the education and opportunities a college degree will provide.

This fall, I will be a freshman at William Jewell College, working hard and pursuing a degree in history or literature as well as a degree in communications. I also have been accepted into the Oxbridge Honors Program, a rigorous curriculum which will take me all the way to England for my junior year of study.

I feel that my hard work in high school and service to my community have prepared me well for college. In turn, I believe that my education will take me to new heights and prepare me for my dream of being a filmmaker. Ultimately, I want to leave my mark on the world through films that are important to my society. Perhaps one day you will see my name roll in the credits as the lights dim in a movie theater!

Once again, I cannot thank you enough for this award and the generous support of the SHS Class of 1948 Scholarship in honor of Fred M. & Ramona Frazier McQueary.

Sincerely,

Karina Bielecki
1426 E. Locust St.
Springfield, MO 65803

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Sarah Wolken
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Dear Mr. Barclay and other SHS Class of 1948 Donors,

With family roots in the Ozarks for over five generations, there was never the thought of leaving the area, even for college. So looking for local scholarships became a goal of my senior year at Central High. I’ve been feeling the stress of attempting to pay for my education and it is a daunting task. Receiving the SHS Class of 1948 Memorial Scholarship has given me the assurance I needed in this all-important first year of college.

Since I haven’t taken any classes yet, I’m still not assured of my major, but I think that a major in Illustration would be best for my skills and goals as an artist. A minor in library science would unite two other great passions of mine: literature and organization.  

Being an artist doesn’t mean anything if it doesn’t connect you and your ideas to others, other artists in your community, and the community itself. Engaging the community as a whole in art, both as a process and a final product is something I believe makes a difference in a community. This is when art impacts people’s lives, bringing them together, and hopefully changing their perceptions about an infinite number of topics. There are so many possibilities open to an artist, but the ultimate goal for me is to do what I love. Thank you for giving me that opportunity.

Sarah Wolken

This year we are again able to award two students with Scholarships totaling $1500.00 each.

Dear Mr. Barclay,              May 8, 2006

I would like to thank you for the interest that you and your class have shown in me and my future.
It is heartening to be contacted by someone in such a personal way in regards to a scholarship; too many corporations or organizations seem interested only in meeting their quota for such things and then moving on. As President of the CHS History Club, it is doubly rewarding to be able to talk with someone from Central High’s storied past. Perhaps someday I will be awarding money on behalf of the class of 2006 to a grateful young person.

Come fall I will be attending American University in Washington D.C. I plan on majoring in political science through their school of Public Affairs. The money I have been awarded will go to help me to meet the costs of living and studying in our nation’s capital. If you wish to contact me, feel free to do so at AnFogle@aol.com. Again, I thank you and your classmates profusely for the opportunity you have afforded me. I suspect that you will find it to be money well invested.
Sincerely,

Andrew Fogle

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