By Florida Catholic staff - Florida Catholic
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Archbishop Thomas Wenski presents $ 6,000 scholarships and certificates to Noble El-Bey, of St. Bartholomew School, Miramar, and Wildine Aumoithe, of Immaculate Conception School, Hialeah. Both will attend Msgr. Edward Pace High School in Miami Gardens. At the podium is Mary Weber, chair of the MACCW Lucy Petrillo Scholarship Committee. Members of the Miami Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women held their 60th annual convention and scholarship presentation in Key West, April 28-30.
KEY WEST | The Miami Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women has awarded three more scholarships to eighth-grade girls seeking to continue their education in a Catholic high school. Each one will receive $6,000 toward tuition, bringing the total amount of scholarship money given over the past 22 years to more than $248,000.
The awards were presented by Archbishop Thomas Wenski at the MACCW’s 60th annual convention, held in Key West at the end of April.
The recipients were:
- Sabina Gueseynova, of Blessed Trinity School in Miami Springs, who will attendImmaculata-La Salle High School in Miami. She hopes to study marine biology and dreams of saving the ocean and making it a haven where animals can flourish. (She could not attend the presentation.)
- Noble El-Bey, of St. Bartholomew School in Miramar, who will attend Msgr. Edward Pace High School in Miami Gardens. She also would like to study marine biology, or geology, and eventually would like to start a non-profit organization to help with ocean research and protect endangered and exotic animals.
- Wildine Aumoithe, of Immaculate Conception School in Hialeah, who also will attend Pace. She has struggled with health issues throughout her life yet, according to her principal, is the happiest, most optimistic person she has ever known. Wildine’s goal is to become a geneticist doctor for kids with disabilities, and she also wants to pursue a career in singing and acting.
The MACCW Lucy Petrillo Scholarship Fund was established in 1996. Each year, applications are sent out to principals of archdiocesan elementary schools. Each girl is asked to write about her goals and aspirations, why her education at a Catholic high school is important to her, and why she chose that school. Applications also must contain a recommendation from the principal, signed by the pastor.
