Family of Russ Roberts gather to celebrate a new Russ Roberts Memorial Scholarship, administered through the Snohomish Education Foundation. (Contributed photo)

Family of Russ Roberts gather to celebrate a new Russ Roberts Memorial Scholarship, administered through the Snohomish Education Foundation. (Contributed photo)

Way to Go

Foundation awards $180K to graduating Snohomish seniors

The Snohomish Education Foundation awarded 175 scholarships totaling more than $180,000 to 125 graduating seniors from AIM, Snohomish and Glacier Peak high schools.

In 2017, the Foundation added four new scholarships: Russ Roberts Memorial Scholarship, Scott Steed WSU Memorial Scholarship, SHS Class of 1952 Scholarship, and the Math, Science & Engineering Scholarship from Donna Breske & Associates, Civil Engineers. Groups and families are welcome to start their own scholarship.

Learn more at www.snoed.org.

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