Williamsville PTSA Council

WILLIAMSVILLE PTSA COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION

LINK TO ONLINE FORM - https://forms.gle/6Mu4pXM1bbmzEQyD6

More information can be found here.

Spring 2026 INFORMATION, INSTRUCTIONS, and APPLICATION

Thanks to the success of our Holiday Craft Show, the Williamsville PTSA Council will be awarding up to 12 x $1000 scholarships to graduating seniors, intended to provide support for continued education and/or training at any college, university, vocational school, or training program. Selection is NOT based on GPA or class standing.

The deadline for application submission (including the character reference) is Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM.

Selection will be based on three criteria:

Volunteer service within our community
Answers to 2 essay questions

Scholarships will be announced at the annual high school awards ceremonies.

To qualify for the scholarship, an applicant must:

Be enrolled in a Williamsville Central School District High School for a minimum of one full year preceding graduation from a Williamsville Central School District High School.

To apply, complete the online application form (https://forms.gle/6Mu4pXM1bbmzEQyD6) which will require:

VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY:

List of all community service programs for which you served as a volunteer during your high school years. (This can include, but is not limited to, school clubs, religious organizations, community groups, scouting, service groups). Indicate the dates you performed these services and any position or office you may have held within the organization.

Answers to the following two essay questions:

Discuss how your volunteer work has impacted the community. You may discuss one specific project or your work as a whole. Explain how your contribution was important to our community. (500 word maximum)
The PTA advocates for issues pertaining to education and community. Select an issue or circumstance you want changed within your high school and provide the background and information required by the PTA to advocate for that change. (500 word maximum).

The selection committee will weigh the merits of each candidate and mutually select those students felt to be most deserving of this award, presented for volunteer service to our community.

Email questions to the Williamsville PTSA Council Scholarship Committee at WPTSACScholarship@gmail.com

Previous Scholarship Winners:

2018

Colin Begley

Caitlin Carrato

William Andrew Elliott

Meghan Hall

Anthony Lafornara

Sarah Meyer

Maureen O’Malley

Supriya Pandit

Emma Steadman

Stephanie Terhaar

Ann Wang

Sophia Wang

2019

Aaron Isenberg

Kiana Kabeary

Zoe Lawler

Madelyn Lemay

Sarah Quinlan

Rachel Romanowski

Jack Saia

Anthony Sauer

Annie Schaefer

Stephanie Sheppard

Elizabeth Sidorski

Peter Stopinski

2020

Joshua Ribakove

Ryan Fitzpatrick

Wiley Moslow

Kevin Conklin

Priya Pindiprolu

Emma Unkrich

Emma Wexler

Cole Pennella

Catherine Segada

Nicholas Masi

Pranav Setlur

Dario Tringali

Liana VanSice

Kassidy Strang

2021
Julia Tufilaro
Madeline Peck
Sofia Martin

2022
Marissa Terech
Madeline Maslow
Hadley Katzman
Joseph McLean
Adam Zheng
Anirudh Sriram
Luke Lostumbo
Madeline Lee

2023
Emily Dreyer
Brenna Fitzpatrick
Giavanna Gangi
Grace Kaiser
Anika Kaur
Kalyani Nair
Lilianna Palumbo
Katherine Powell
Ava Rosenthal
Kristina Schrlau
Vidya Shah
Noah Wexler

2024

Sunya Afrasiabi

Marlowe Bloomberg

Aryaman Chutke

Noah Claxton

Murteza Gokcek

Lillie Klaiman

Tiger Li

Shyam Sriram

Logan Van Sice

David Vexler- Krasnyansky

Grace Wilding

Daylia Wilson

2025

Madden Anderson

Victoria Eberhardt

Jasmitha Keesara

Connor Brown

Caitlin Hennessey

Brooke Hoffman

Paige Kerr

Anagha Menon

Brooke Vitaris

Hazyl Wilson

Zachary Kulpa

Kate Damstedt

2012
Alexander Hahn
Julie Kaczor
Christopher Potter
Connor Keenan
Joseph Kleinmann
Patrick Munroe
Avery Becker
Sara Gambacorta
Alisha Sojar

2013
Justice Namaste
Daniel Rubin
Cindy Xue
Taeyoon Kim
Natalia Alexandridi
Robert Stricko
Joseph Palmeri
Madison Maley
Nicole Dukarm.

2014
Eleni Casseri
Conor Mulvey
Sally Yi
Alexandra Begley
Allison Birkinbine
Gowthami Gengatharan
Sarah Block
Annalisa Manna
Rachael Thomeer

2015
Patrick Irving
Andrew Spitznogle
Matthew Steffan
Jackson Collis
Sarah Reynolds
Austin Spiller
Magdalena Kokinos
Evelyn Mangold
Lauren Smith

2016
Shubhangi Mehra
Ananya Nrusimha
Sarah Wie
Elen-Sarrah Dolgopolskaia
Melissa Helm
Katherine Sheets
Rebecca Meyer
Peter Stadelman
Chad Zappia

2017
Morgan Awner
Sarina Divan
Maria Fallavolita
Alexandrea Hammonds
Jackson Hawk
Shannon Quinlan
Katherine Peter
Trisha Pikelhaupt
Carly Recoon
Nicole Sember
Valerie Serafini
Nicholas Stanford

2005

Horgun SinghRobert Hoy
Colleen Schwarz
Melanie Tumm
Jessica Kent
Brittany Each
Anubhav Raj
Robin Zhou
Zenna Keefe

2006
Martha Hanna
Grace Heusner
Rob Niles
Arjun Sood
Genevieve Boreanaz
Guli Zhu
Susan Hoy
Kristin Shaw
John Cohan

2007
Angelica Catalano
Adam Korn
Jacqueline Wong
Sarah Bachwitz
Esha Dasqupta
Lauren Hall
Anna Diakun
Lisa Fronczak
Elaina Giolando

2008
Shannon Algoe
E. Royal Hanna
Bridget Hughes
Laura Knab
Victoria Mayer
Kelsey Mulvihill
Matthew Pawlicki
Todd Scheff
Holly Spohn

2009
Christianna Chiavetta
Michael Silvestri
Benjamin Wie
Melissa Dobmeier
Emily Slick
Ramkumar Venkateswaran
Katherine Falletta
Jordan Kurtzman
Kira Pritchard

2010
Ryan Dohn
Lucas Epp
Steven Meyer
Megan Hull
Rachel Mulhern
Paul Horton
Jessica Bialkowski
Kaitlyn McGillicuddy
Aaron Ridall

2011
Robert Freeman
Elisa Frazier
Allison Ferenczy
Monica Munoz
Peter Elliott
Allison Dobos
Karissa Wright
Morgan Brown
Alexander Bronsky

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