Academic record, strength of application essays, community service and personal qualities among scholarship criteria.
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Notre Dame Prep senior Gisell Mora, center, is with Vlado Salic, director of counseling, and Richelle Gonzalez from the Ric Gonzalez Scholarship Foundation.
The Ric Gonzalez Foundation, which since 2004 has been providing college scholarships to high school students in southeast Michigan, was formed after the passing of Ric Gonzalez, co-founder of automotive- and aerospace-supplier Gonzalez Design Group, based in Madison Heights.
So far, according to the foundation, 135 scholarships have been awarded totaling $479,500. The foundation designates the scholarship funds for use toward whichever college or university each student chooses to attend and can be used for tuition, room and board, or even books and other necessary school supplies.
Last year, then-NDP seniors Alejandra Gonzalez, Dixie Lucas, Alena Manzor, Brianna Manzor and Marisol Rodriguez were awarded the 2018 Ric Gonzalez Memorial Foundation scholarship, the 11th consecutive year at least one NDP student had earned the scholarship.
A celebration and awards ceremony for those students receiving the scholarships in 2019 was held November 9, 2019, at Palazzo Di Bocce in Lake Orion.
Since the scholarship was established, the RGMF has been providing scholarships to deserving Hispanic youth in southeast Michigan planning to attend a college or university of their choice. Applicants are evaluated on the following criteria: academic record, strength of application essays, community service and personal qualities.
Check out the foundation’s website at www.rgmf.net or call 248-548-3160 for more information.
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About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. Notre Dame Preparatory School enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower schools enroll students in pre-kindergarten through grade eight. All three school are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org