Thursday evening, at the Fullerton Elks Lodge, forty-five PYLUSD students and their families were treated to a lovely evening, with dinner and mariachi players. Students in attendance were all winners of the Coast to Coast of Fullerton, scholarship competition. Students in the PYLUSD McKinney Vento program, a program that assists students who qualify due to their housing situation, were asked to write a letter as to how and why they could use a $500 scholarship from Coast to Coast and the financial benefactor, Ryan D. The purpose of the scholarships is to assist students financially to be successful in school. Scholarships also included several laptops and money for a refrigerator for one particular lucky family.
Entertainment was provided by PYLUSD’s very own student mariachi band called Los Mariachis Morales, Diego, Ashley and Miguel Morales of Valadez Middle School and VHS. Jon Matson, PYLUSD’s McKinney Vento Homeless Liaison, said about the evening’s event, “We are honored to continue our partnership with Marie Avena from Coast to Coast of Fullerton. They have been so generous to our most vulnerable students. Having a generous donation from Ryan, the evening’s benefactor, made the event possible, and we are so grateful to both Ryan and Marie. All of those in attendance were thrilled about their scholarships.”
The next round of generous scholarships will be distributed at a similar event in May of this year.
