Published Date: May 12, 2009
A highlight of the Senior Night Awards Program at Gilbert A. Dater High School May 12 was the announcement of the six Charles H. Dater Foundation scholarship recipients for the Class of 2009.
Students and their parents waited anxiously as Foundation President Bruce Krone announced the recipients of $2,500 scholarship awards, which are renewable annually as long as progress is made toward graduation.
The scholarships are awarded through the Cincinnati Scholarship Fund, which selects recipients in consultation with the school. The Foundation has made a $50,000 grant annually since 2003 in providing scholarships to graduating Dater High seniors.
The scholarship recipients, with the school they will attend and their planned course of study: /span>
Lamar Clay (Northern Kentucky University, engineering)span>
Hannah Friskney (University of Evansville, international studies)
Jasany Jenkins (Ohio University, communications)
John Laugel (College of Mount St. Joseph, accounting/business)
Ebony Scheckles (Miami University, accounting)
Brittany Strader (College of Mount St. Joseph, education)
The scholarship awards continue a long relationship between the Dater Foundation and the school that bears the name of Charles Dater’s grandfather Gilbert. When Dater Junior High gave way to Dater Montessori, then-Principal Dr. Beverly Eby convinced the school district to establish a college preparatory school on the west side of Cincinnati. Original plans called for another name, but Dr. Eby enlisted the Foundation’s support and the school was allowed to retain the Dater name. The class of 2009 is the school’s seventh graduating class and the 120 seniors make up the largest class ever.