The Lexington Park Rotary Club awarded $37,750 in scholarships to seven St. Mary’s County high school seniors. St. Mary’s County Schools superintendent, Dr. Michael Martirano, attended the award luncheon at the J.T. Daugherty Center to acknowledge the outstanding academic achievements of the students and gave recognition to Lexington Park Rotary Club.

Each year, Lexington Park Rotary Club gives about one-third of its total annual fundraising amount through the scholarship program. It is one of the largest scholarship award programs in St. Mary’s County. This year, the club reviewed over 170 applications. Most of the applications came through St. Mary’s County Business, Education and Community Alliance (BECA) scholarship application process.

“The scholarships we give are in line with Rotary International’s greater effort to promote education in our community, reward academic accomplishments, and encourage higher education. Our club volunteers work hard to raise the money every year and this is a great program to show just how proud we are of our St. Mary’s County students.” Larry Koppelberger, President of Lexington Park Rotary Club.

For 2008, the club has awarded:

  • – $10,000 four-year scholarships to Brittney Gifford of The King’s Christian Academy and Michael Schultz of Leonardtown HS
  • – $8,000 four year scholarship to Andrew Rohland of Great Mills HS
  • – $1,000 Mike Marlay award as the most outstanding student in St. Mary’s County to Brittney Gifford of The King’s Christian Academy
  • – $2,500 Robert and Rita I. Merritts Scholarship to Jaclyn Stevens on Leonardtown HS
  • – $2,000 Vocational-Technical scholarship to Caitlin Cashman of Chopticon HS
  • – $1,250 Greg H. Clarke Aviation Military Scholarship to Courtney Sparr of Great Mills HS
  • – $1,000 Anne Houston Green Music Education scholarship to Catherine Depperschmidt of St. Mary’s Ryken HS


During the luncheon, the Club also presented the John Beaton – Marco Polo Travel Award and a check of $2000 to Wendy Tarr, Foreign Language teacher at Leonardtown HS. The sponsorship will enable Ms. Tarr to visit France to research their Foreign Language program.

 

About Lexington Park Rotary Club

The Lexington Park Rotary Club, perhaps most famous for its annual fundraiser “St. Mary’s County Oyster Festival”, is an organization of business and professional leaders united to provide charitable and humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. The Club currently has over 95 members and focuses on six avenues of service: Club Service, Membership Service, Vocational Service, Community Service, International Service, and Special Projects.

The Club meets weekly on Mondays at Noon at the J.T. Daugherty Conference Center, Lexington Park, Maryland. For more information on the Lexington Park Rotary Club visit www.rotarylp.org. For more about Rotary International visit the Rotary International website at

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