Eastern holds annual Awards Night celebration

UPPER MORELAND » Eastern held its annual Awards Night May 30 at Upper Moreland High School.

This year, 121 students were recognized for their achievements with $46,000 awarded in the form of scholarships, tools of the trade, plaques, certificates and checks.

Awards Night recognizes students who have achieved straight As, Students of the Month through the year, winners of special endof-year awards and those who have achieved the Attendance Award.

Eastern instituted two new awards this year: the Sean C. Burke Memorial Award and the Culinary Arts Institute at Montgomery County Community College Award.

“Awards Night is an amazing evening of student recognition that the staff and faculty look forward to each year,” said Tom Allen, Eastern’s executive director. “It is a source of pride for all of us to see the students on stage being recognized for their hard work and outstanding achievement. We are grateful to all of our award donors and to the Eastern Foundation for holding fundraisers throughout the year.”

Student awards are provided by the Eastern Foundation and supported by businesses, various community organizations and individual donors. The purpose of Eastern’s Foundation is to recognize Eastern student achievement and success by assisting both students whose goal is post-secondary education and students who intend to start a rewarding career.

Eastern is a public school serving students in the Abington, Bryn Athyn, Cheltenham, Hatboro-Horsham, Jenkintown, Lower Moreland, Springfield, Upper Dublin and Upper Moreland school districts.

Chef Ben Vozzo from the Culinary Arts Institute at Montgomery County Community College presents awards to Hunter Meier, a senior in Eastern’s culinary arts program, and Jenna Painter, a junior in Eastern’s culinary arts program.

SUBMITTED PHOTOS — EASTERN Eastern commercial art senior Madeline Maiers receives an award from Bill Rothert of the Hatboro Lions Club.

Chakai Sander-Ramos, a senior in the automotive technology program was the recipient of the Sean C. Burke Memorial Award. He is photographed here with the Burke family.