Adams County Students Awarded More Than $1.1 Million in Scholarships

Sixty Adams County high school students were awarded scholarships totaling more than $1.1 million on Thursday, May 29, through the Adams County Scholarship Fund. Adams County Commissioners introduced the Scholarship Fund in 2016, in partnership with the Colorado Department of Higher Education’s Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative, making this the 10th group of recipients.

“You can’t help but feel inspired after talking with these students and hearing how this scholarship will help them take the next few steps in their educational journeys,” said Lynn Baca, Board of County Commissioners Chair. “These scholarships make a real difference in the lives of 60 of our best and brightest students so they can grow into the future leaders and innovators in our community.”

The scholarships were funded with the voter-approved, 3% sales tax on retail marijuana sales in the county. In addition, the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative matched the sales tax funds to increase the scholarship pool. First-generation and low-income high school seniors were among those eligible to apply for one of the scholarships.

The Board of Commissioners identified Adams County Education Consortium (ACEC) as the fiscal agent for the Adams County Scholarship Fund. ACEC works directly with county school districts or school district foundations. Participating districts this year were Westminster Public Schools, Mapleton Public Schools, 27J Schools, Strasburg School District 31J, Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Adams County School District 14, and Bennett School District 29J.

Westminster Public Schools awarded seven $21,810.50 scholarships to:
Andres Cordova, Ramon De Arcos Tapia, Itzel Garcia, Kiana Korell, Rogelio Lopez Beltran, Saray Martinez, and Axel Ventura

Mapleton Public Schools awarded 13 $9,195.54 scholarships to:
Reesa Adams-Bell, Alexandra Barron, Elizabeth Bello Aldaco, Arin Berry, Joyce Bibombe, Jaidyn Cordova Ortiz, Josue Garcia, Natalie Gutierrez-Cabrales, Alexia Gutierrez Salas, Yaretsi Hermosillo Munoz, Abundio Montejano IV, Vanesa Rodriguez, and Kaylee Yi

27J Schools awarded 10 $28,922.85 scholarships to:
Ahtzyri Estrada Rodríguez, Natalia Garcia Zamora, Hailey Kabnoog Vang, Kristine Le, Grace Marie English, Elias Misri Perez, Ahmad Mubashir, Elias J Sais, Peyton Trujillo, and Paula Ximena Acosta Charur

Strasburg School District 31J awarded one $11,193 scholarship to:
Lamburg Ly

Adams 12 Five Star Schools awarded 21 $20,056.91 scholarships to:
Robina Amami, Zahidullah Arab, Elias Aslami, Asyeea Atta, Oskarly Cardenas Rodriguez, Gerardo Cepeda, Wali Dost, Jhoyner Garcia Espinosa, Hadia Haidari, Rafiullah Hamidi, Baylee (Lee) Hughes, Ariannys Monque Gonzalez, Marwa Nezami, Christian Reyes, Lida Sharifi, Aylin Torres Quintana, Renee Torres Nava, Jazmin Trejo Corral, Isabella Vigil, Hawa Wafa, and Mohammad Yunous Jalzai

Adams County School District 14 awarded seven $15,494.43 scholarships to:
Aliyah Acevedo, Ashley Gissel Hernanadez Rodriguez, Bryan Guzman Mosqueda, Yajaira Ibarra, Ramon Lucio-Rodriguez, Alejandra Pulido, and Christina Wickersheim

Bennett School District 29J awarded one $17,013.50 scholarship to:
Tanya Torres