Haddonfield Rotary - Rotary Club of Haddonfield Foundation

The Rotary Club of Haddonfield Foundation has honored seven area high school graduates with $2,000 scholarships. Based on merit and need, the scholarships are awarded to local graduating seniors who are furthering their education in the fall. In alphabetical order, the scholarship recipients are:

• Julia Bartholomew, a resident of Haddonfield, and a graduate of Haddonfield Memorial High School, will attend Gettysburg College. Her award, the Michael Russo Memorial Scholarship, was given for academic excellence.

• Daniel Faber, a resident of Cherry Hill, and a graduate of Cherry Hill West High School, will attend the University of Delaware. He is a recipient of a Morell Scholarship for the Arts.

• Magdalena Falasca, a resident of Haddonfield, and a graduate of Haddonfield Memorial High School, will study Music at the Indiana University School of Music. She is a recipient of a Morell Scholarship for the Arts.

• Sara Godlewski, a resident of Haddonfield, and a graduate of Haddonfield Memorial High School, will attend St. Michael’s College. She is a recipient of an award for academic excellence.

• David Shi, a resident of Cherry Hill, and a graduate of Cherry Hill High School East, will attend New York University. He is a recipient of a Morell Scholarship for the Arts.

• Agnes Megumi Tsuda, a resident of Haddonfield, and a graduate of Haddonfield Memorial High School, will attend Brown University. She is a recipient of an award for academic excellence.

• Kelsie Weissman, a resident of Merchantville, and a graduate of Haddonfield Memorial High School, will attend the University of Delaware. She is a recipient of an award for academic excellence.

“The selection committee was extremely impressed with the excellence that each of these students achieved,” said Mark Ruggerio, Chairman of the Rotary Club of Haddonfield Foundation. “We are pleased to provide awards to such deserving, outstanding students, and we are confident that each will continue to excel as they continue their studies beyond high school.”

The Morell Arts Scholarships are awarded in memory of Clayton and Norma Morell. Clay Morell was a past president of the Rotary Club of Haddonfield and a regional advocate for Rotary’s international youth exchange programs. He and his wife, Norma, were members of the Haddonfield United Methodist Church and were very active in its music program. The Russo Scholarship is awarded in memory of Michael Russo, a son of Vincent Russo, the Rotary Club’s longtime administrator.

Over the past seven years, the Foundation has awarded more than $56,000 to 36 college-bound students. Previous recipients have attended Bucknell University, Eastern College, Franklin and Marshall University, NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Cheyney University, Ithica College, Davidson College, University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, Princeton University, Nyack College, St. Joseph’s University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey, The Peabody Conservatory, Ursinus College, Wagner College, Westminster Choir College, and Villanova University.