Clovis High Scholarship Awards

May 18, 2012

Frank, this year's recipient of the Diane Mayes Memorial Scholarship.

Scholarship Awards

June 15, 1011

At the recent scholarship awards at Buchanan, Brianna was awarded a scholarship given by the Garfield Elementary Parent-Teacher Club. This scholarship is given to Garfield alumni who have written an essay in which they talk about how their experiences at Garfield helped to shaped them. Brianna and Paige Hill (a student of mine) were this year's recipients. The committee members tell me both of the girls' essays were very moving!

Representing Garfield in the presentation: Mrs. Melissa Nunes, former teacher to both of the girls.Bree with Principal Ricci Ulrich.

Diane Mayes Memorial Scholarship

June 2, 2010

Last week was the annual scholarship awards banquet at Clovis High, where we give a scholarship in honor of my mom, who taught there for many years. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend this year's banquet, because my own school was hosting its CSF banquet, which I had already committed to. However, I asked Laverne, our scholarship recipient, to send me a picture so that I could acknowledge her and share her accomplishments here.

This year's Diane Mayes Memorial Yearbook Scholarship recipient, Laverne Huynh Phan, was a member of Clovis High's yearbook staff for all for years of her high school experience, serving as an editor her senior year. Despite her rigorous academic schedule over the years, she maintained a 4.0 GPA. In addition, she has been involved in several service endeavors in her community, including tutoring, food drives, and Tree Fresno.

Laverne hopes to become a pharmacist, and will attend Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Our family congratulates Laverne and wishes her the best of luck in the future!

Diane Mayes Memorial Scholarship

May 26, 2009

Each May, my brothers and sisters and I offer a scholarship to an outstanding senior at Clovis High School in tribute to my mother, who taught there for 17 years. My mother was a dedicated teacher who was devoted to putting out the best possible yearbook to highlight all of the amazing achievements of the student body each year. When she passed away in January 1999 after a tough battle with kidney cancer, we instituted this scholarship to preserve her memory at the school where she and most of her children had made a second home
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After reviewing all of the applications, the most outstanding student and scholarhship recipient this year is Nathan Miller. Nathan has been on the yearbook staff for all four years, and is currently a senior editor. His class rank is 15, and his weighted GPA is 4.13. His community service includes a a service project called Migrant Ministry Project through Crosspoint Church. His future goal is to become a structural engineer. Letters of recommendation come from a former principal and C. Thomas Craig, yearbook advisor.

I had the privilege of having dinner with Nathan and his parents at the annual Scholarship Awards Banquet. This is a lovely dinner hosted by the school for all of those students who are receiving some kind of memorial scholarship. It is an opportunity for the families of the donors and the students they are honoring to meet on a personal level. I found Nathan to be quite personable and eager to move on to his college career and future goals. I am sure that he will be quite successful as he moves out to tackle the challenges that lie ahead for him. He is respectful and hard-working, and a person I was proud to have chosen as our honoree.

Nathan's name will be added to the plaque that lists all of our Diane Mayes Scholarship recipients. This is housed in the yearbook room at Clovis High, an on-going tribute to the contributions to young students that my mother made. The scholarship ensures that her support of these kids continues even after her death.