Quincy applied to several and spent days writing essays and making videos for scholarship applications. Her efforts paid off and she received three scholarships tonight!
Bella Vista Preschool selected Quincy for a $500 scholarship from essays about community service and education goals. “We award students who spend their high school years giving back to their community with the same values we taught them when they were 3, 4, and 5 [years old]”. Marjorie Lewis is retired now, but announced the award and it was great to see Q with her preschool teacher again!
Cooper Elementary PTO selected Quincy from videos where students were asked to share a lasting experience from their time at Cooper. Quincy talked about her first principal, Matt Young, who knew the names of every student and the names of all their family members. Principal Young knew all about Quincy long before she was ever even a student at Cooper, and the gift he had for connection is a quality she desires to develop and use in health care. She intentionally learns and uses the names of all her clients at work. People are more than just their ailments. She wants to be a Matt Young Level caregiver and really know her patients. I believe Q already does this type of personal connection and ministering very well, and appreciate her continued pursuit. Quincy was awarded $500 from Cooper Elementary!
Lastly, Quincy received $500 from Supporters of Bentonville Orchestras.
Quincy wrote an essay about sharing her musical gifts to uplift and bless others. She plans to continue to play her cello in college. She has reached out to the cello professor at BYU about audition groups and teacher out to non-audition orchestra instructors. I’m looking forward to her experience in orchestra at the collegiate level, and I know she will continue to use her talent to
contribute to her ward sacrament meetings.
Marcie announced this scholarship and had the nicest things to say about the recipients and the hours they dedicate to their instruments and to their ensemble. They are all really good students as well as loving, kind, and inclusive people with good character. Marcie spoke of their friendship with each other and wished them ability to create harmony in their future endeavors. Love it. I also love that these kids paused on the stage to pose for a photo together.
Quincy suddenly looked like an adult to me up there on the stage tonight. When she came downstairs all dressed up (we bought this dress with her hoco dress for $17. She decided on the white one, but it cost so much to return this one we decided to just keep it) I said, “wow, you look fancy!” And she beamed, “I’ve never won anything before. I wanted to dress up so they’ll be happy they chose me.” I love her grateful heart.
The blog is pretty Quincy-heavy these days, but that’s senior year. I’m so proud of Quincy and the independent efforts she has made to support her own education. She has a goal to graduate from college debt-free and to follow in Reese’s footsteps to fund her own mission. These are big financial goals for an 18 year old! Quincy has a 4.0 GPA but did not receive any academic scholarships from BYU Provo (she was offered partial tuition from BYU Idaho but wants to attend Provo). We are grateful for such affordable tuition made possible by the Church, and for generous community organizations who granted her $1500 in scholarships tonight. Thank you, local organizations for supporting these awesome students in their academic goals with generous financial help. It is sooo appreciated!
After the event, we picked up Corbin and some friends from a Bentonville Ward activity and drove everyone home. But by the time we arrived at our house after all the drop offs, we were mid-deep conversation… so we turned around drove to Wendy’s for fries and frosties that Q has been craving for 2 days.
Good job tonight, QB!
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