The Catskill Chronicle

Left to right: Marty Miller 2011 Monticello Rotary Club Scholarship Committee Chair with scholarship recipients Ruby Hong, Taylor Reardon, Rachel Erhman, Jonathan Schlosser and Brody Wiles.

MONTICELLO, NY (July 30, 2011) – The Rotary Club of Monticello has announced that $5,000 in scholarships were awarded to five students in the Monticello and Fallsburg School Districts via the Club’s scholarship fund.

Scholarship winners were selected from a select group of students who wrote essays and interviewed for these awards. Members of the Rotary Scholarship Committee were: Marty Miller (Chair), Gary Tugender, Orshii Boldis, Richard Sush, Randy Katz, and Steven Kaufman.

Students were selected based on their academic achievement (minimum grade point of 3.25), their involvement in school sports and activities, and most importantly, their community service as Rotary’s motto is “Service Above Self.”

The scholarship recipients are:  Ruby Hong, Rachel Ehrman and Taylor Reardon all from the Monticello School District and Brody Wiles and Jonathan Schlosser from the Fallsburg School District. Ms. Reardon was also president of the Monticello High School Interact Club and will be receiving an additional award of $250.