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TeamWork Awarded 50 College Scholarships

On March 26 the TeamWork Education Foundation
awarded 50 college scholarships to Palm Beach County
students at its 10 Year Anniversary College Scholarship
Awards Luncheon which was held at Mirasol Country Club
in Palm Beach Gardens.

From left to right – TeamWork Executive Director Kathy
Perry with TeamWork founders Ken Stein and Sandy Strine Group photo of all 50 scholarship winners

Thirty-nine of these TeamWork has awarded more than $1 million in college
sc ho l a r sh i p s we re scholarships to several hundred students.
presented to financially Scholarship awards may be used while attending a
deserving, academically Florida college, university or technical school to pay for
outstanding local public tuition, books, fees and college or university sponsored
h i g h sc h o ol se n i o rs. room and board plans.
Eleven renewal college Michael Burke, superintendent of schools for the School
scholarships were presented District of Palm Beach County, was the featured speaker.
to college students who The TeamWork Education Foundation is a Palm Beach
were previously awarded County public charity, dedicated to providing innovative
TeamWork scholarships. team support with the involvement of families, teachers
Criteria for the and TeamWork trained volunteers. TeamWork serves
awarding of these $4,000 financially deserving students attending public schools
scholarships was based most in Palm Beach County, Fla. In addition to providing
importantly on financial college scholarships, TeamWork supports the growth of
need, and also based on student instrumental music programs, a student mentoring
scholarship achievement, program and the support of the nationally acclaimed
community service, letters college-bound teaching and learning program, AVID, in
of recommendation and several elementary schools.
Group photo of students who received scholarship renewals personal essays. To date,

Harold and Eleanor Oertell present a scholarship

Ginny and John Kapelewski with John’s mentee of two years,
Jetavious Saragosa and a relative of his

The Conservatory School string ensemble played before the
luncheon. They are a school TeamWork supports through our
instrumental music program.