The School District of Lee County is excited to announce 35 students have been honored as 2024 Carson Scholars. The Carson Scholars Fund will provide each student with a $1,000 College Scholarship.
The Carson Scholars Fund awards $1,000 college scholarships to students in grades 4-11 who excel academically and are dedicated to serving their communities. Each school is able to nominate one student to apply. Carson Scholars must have a minimum GPA of 3.75 and display humanitarian qualities through community service.
The 35 new students honored as Carson Scholars this year are:
- Matthew Anderson Amanecer Elementary 5
- Matthew Weeks Bayshore Elementary 5
- Liam Marth Bonita Springs Elementary 5
- Justin Corado Bonita Springs Middle 8
- Abigail Sudnick Cape Coral High 11
- Eva Delicate Colonial Elementary 4
- Brooklyn Kerrigan Diplomat Elementary 5
- Isabella Ruiz-Castro Dr. Carrie D Robinson Little Elementary 5
- Isabella Fowler Dunbar High School 10
- Maya Edwards Edison Park Creative and Expressive Arts School 5
- Annabelle Marsh Fort Myers High 11
- Louvens Paulin Franklin Park Elementary 5
- Sofia Beach Gateway Elementary 5
- Grayson Gorski Gulf Elementary 5
- Ishana Parmar Heights Elementary 5
- Spencer White Lee Virtual School 5
- Lukas Canino Lehigh Elementary 5
- Caroline Alvarez Arias Mirror Lakes Elementary 5
- Finn Dempsey North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts 5
- Landon McCarthy North Fort Myers High 11
- Di’Saya White Orange River Elementary 5
- Ava Bartz Pine Island Elementary 5
- Savannah Whidden Pinewoods Elementary 5
- Dilan Pammi Rayma C. Page Elementary 5
- Jakob Wilson River Hall Elementary 5
- Rosella Tolbert San Carlos Park Elementary 5
- Gavin Wilson Skyline Elementary 5
- Angel Gallo Velez Sunshine Elementary 5
- Charlotte Bragg Tanglewood Elementary 5
- Penelope Straight The Alva School 5
- Joshua Schwartz The Sanibel School 8
- Elle Speel Treeline Elementary 5
- Olivia O’Block Tropic Isles Elementary 5
- Kymani Myrie Veterans Park Academy for the Arts 4
- Boston Featherston Villas Elementary 10
61 students in the School District of Lee County are earning Carson Scholar Recognition in 2024. Carson Scholar Recognition is an elite honor that affirms the prestigious status of Carson Scholars in their pursuit of academic and career goals. 15 are high school seniors who have earned Carson Scholar Recognition status every year since first being honored as a Carson Scholar.
- Emerson Antunes Black Cypress Lake High School
- Kaelyn Bernaldo Cypress Lake High School
- Ella Bernard Cape Coral High School
- Katie Blackwell North Fort Myers High School
- Lily Boutelle Fort Myers High School
- Kayla Cabrera Gateway High School
- Matthew Fisher Fort Myers High School
- Bailey Flanagan North Fort Myers High School
- Analise Gingerich Fort Myers High School
- Trinity Hewitt Lehigh Senior High School
- Kylee Lange North Fort Myers High School
- Jayni Patel North Fort Myers High School
- Emily Polk Estero High School
- Nedra Ritch Mariner High School
- Peyton Rosenthal Fort Myers High School
All 2024 New and Recognized Carson Scholars are invited to an awards banquets on May 11, 2024. Scholars will be honored in front of their families, educators and peers. Carson Scholar Awards Banquets provide an opportunity to recognize scholars for all they have accomplished, inspire them by bringing in a motivational leader to share a word of wisdom and encourage them in their efforts moving forward.
The Carson Scholars Fund, Inc. was founded in 1994 by now retired world-renowned Johns Hopkins Pediatric Neurosurgeon Benjamin S. Carson, M.D. and his wife, Candy to address the education crisis in the United States. They believed that if children could be taught early to excel, they would stay motivated and have a higher chance of educational success later in life.