FITCHBURG — Ten local students have been awarded $500 scholarships each through the American Legion Post 10 Scholarship Program.
Twenty-three local Class of 2023 students earned Citizenship honors and 18 were able to participate in AL/ALA Boys & Girls State last June. They will receive their scholarship at their Senior Awards Program at school.
The students awarded scholarships are:
Liam Buckley – Boys State 2022 – Saint Bernard’s High School – Suffolk University
Morgan Graves – Girls State 2022 – Fitchburg High School – Merrimack College
Kayla McCormick – Girls State Citizen – Groton Dunstable High School – Assumption University
Lily Kenney – Girls State 2022 – Saint Bernard’s High School – Regis College Nursing Major
Mateo Quintero – Boys State 2022 – DAR Good Citizen – Fitchburg High School – Harvard University
Nana Okyere – Girls State 2022 – Saint Bernard’s High School – Boston University
Darnell Woodson – Boys State 2022 – Saint Bernard’s High School – Gordon College
Frank Gallo IV – Boys State 2022 – Fitchburg High School – Dartmouth College.
Maggie Bourgeois – Girls State Citizen – Fitchburg High School – Fitchburg State University
Marcus Kelly – Boys State 2022 – Fitchburg High School – UMass Lowell, Honors College