Scholarship Awarded To Four Waukee Community School District Graduating Students

Waukee IA

19 May, 2022

3:50 PM

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Press release from Waukee Community School District: May 17, 2022 Carol Dluhos and Edward Vavra have generously endowed Waukee Community School District with funds to provide four scholarships each year to our graduating students. Beginning in 2022, scholarship funds of $10,000, managed by the Community Foundation of Des Moines, will be awarded to graduating seniors from Waukee High School and Northwest High School. Carol Dluhos grew up in Waukee, a descendant of the Shuler miners and a 1946 graduate of Waukee High School. Her husband, Edward Vavra, was born in Cedar Rapids and graduated from McKinley High School in 1947. He served in the Army and Air Force National Guard, graduated from Indiana University with a Master's Degree in Business Administration, and retired from Principal Financial Group in 1990. The inaugural winners of the scholarships are as follows: $2,456 each Congratulations to these students, and best of luck in your future endeavors! This press release was produced by Waukee Community School District. The views expressed here are the author's own.