Kiwanis Club of Santa Barbara Presents its Annual Scholarship Awards

Five students were selected from the 125 scholarship applications received this year.

Seniors receiving $1,000 scholarships were Olivia LaPierre from Carpinteria High School, Jessica Reyes from San Marcos High School, Rachel Bishop from Santa Barbara High School, and Amy Chen and Mallary McCauley from Dos Pueblos High School.

Each application was carefully evaluated based on five criteria to select the best and most worthy students. As Kiwanis is a service organization, the most important criterion was community service. All 125 applicants had provided many hours of service to their communities. In addition to community service, applicants were also evaluated on the basis of their academic standing, financial need, personal vision, and student activity.