The Yonkers Industrial Development Agency (YIDA) has announced the eight Yonkers high school student recipients of the 2022 Parkledge Breakthrough Scholarship awards totaling $20,000.
The high school seniors who have been enrolled in a Yonkers public school for all four years of high school each won $2,500. Applicants must be in good academic standing and accepted to a post-secondary institution that leads to a degree, license or certification. Awardees are required to have a recommendation from a member of the faculty who knows the student well. Applicants must also provide a personal statement concerning their future community service goals and how their education will contribute to these goals. The scholarship fund was created by the Parkledge Apartments.
The 2022 scholarship awardees are: Chelsea Cromwell, Yonkers Middle High School; Adrian Heredia, Roosevelt Early College; Ariful Hoque, Palisade Preparatory School; Melanie Laureano, Saunders High School; Ariana Ortiz, Sacred Heart High School; Henry Reyes, Roosevelt Early College; Aracelis Rivera, Gorton High School; and Jean Toro Duque, Roosevelt Early College
“Special thanks to Parkledge for its continued support and investment in our students”™ futures so they can move forward and make Yonkers proud,” said Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano.
Established in 1982, the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency is a public benefit corporation that provides business development incentives to enhance economic development and job growth in the city of Yonkers.
