SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
ANNOUNCES "CERTIFIED SIMON SCHOLAR HIGH SCHOOL"
(12/18/08)
The Ronald Simon Family Foundation recently announced
a unique partnership with DeKalb County School System
to institute Certified Simon Scholar High Schools. With
a five-year union already established that has yielded
more than $1 million in scholarship funds for students
at nearly all of DeKalb’s high schools, the family
foundation is now moving to offer its generous scholarship
package exclusively to students who attend Chamblee Charter,
Druid Hills, Redan and Southwest DeKalb High Schools.
OCEANSIDE: FOUNDATION PICKS OCEANSIDE DISTRICT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS (9/19/08)
OCEANSIDE -- An Orange County-based family foundation that offers students generous college scholarships is expanding into San Diego County and has picked Oceanside Unified School District as its first local partner.
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS RECOUNT HARDSHIPS THEY'VE HAD TO OVERCOME (9/17/08)
Shevika Mitchell had high hopes in life when she came to America in 2005, but very little means to achieve her dreams.
The Cedar Grove High School junior came to metro Atlanta with her older siblings in search of a better life, but had to leave her mother, Donna Allicock, behind in the Caribbean.
Ronald M. Simon Foundation honors 20 DeKalb students who have overcome obstacles to go to school.
They are red and yellow, black and white— all students of DeKalb County high schools. One by one, they gave poignant accounts of overcoming adversity in their pursuit of an education.
RONALD M. SIMON FAMILY FOUNDATION WELCOMES NEW DEKALB SCHOLARS (9/10/08)
Twenty DeKalb County high school students joined the million-dollar legacy of philanthropist Ronald M. Simon Tuesday evening. Yesterday, the Ronald M. Simon Family Foundation honored the students with $20,000 scholarships toward financing their college educations. The 20 new scholarship recipients help to make up the group of 73 DeKalb students who have received Ronald M. Simon Family Foundation scholarships—bringing the grand total of scholarship funds received from the foundation to nearly $1.5 million over the last five years.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT-SCHOLARS LEARN,
GROW OVER YEAR (6/19/08)
It was a make-or-break year.
For the 16 Santa Ana high school students who had been named Simon Scholars, it was junior year – the year they would face schedules dominated by advanced placement courses and evenings crammed with SAT preparations and extracurricular activities.
As Rikkita Cooper Listened to Brittany Dennis tell of all the life obstacles she overcame just to become a high school graduate, tears began to stream down her face.
OC – SIMON SCHOLARSHIPS HELP TURN ADVERSITY INTO OPPORTUNITY (1/27/08)
There are multimillionaires in this banquet room, and there are assembly line workers. There are philanthropists, civic leaders, businessmen – and teenage children of immigrants.
OC- FOUNDATIONS MISSION: FINANCIAL AID FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (1/11/08)
Although most kids who receive scholarships are interested
in doing the safe thing by saving their money, one foundation
makes sure they spend the money they are given on themselves
and the items they need to make it successfully through
high school and college.
ATLANTA TEAM BUILDING ROPES COURSE EVENT (10/15/07)
The Atlanta Classes of 2008 and 2009 Ronald Simon Family Foundation Scholars enjoyed a day of personal growth and team building at Atlanta Challenge, a ropes course facility in Dunwoody, GA. The scholars faced the seemingly daunting tasks of scaling a 6 element sequence of high ropes, as well as tackling a 50 foot climbing tower that culminated in a 300 foot zip line cruise through trees and over a lake. At first, some scholars lamented that they were afraid of heights and/or doubted their own physical strength and mental fortitude to make such climbs. But, the “Simon Scholar Resolve” shined through for all, and each and every scholar made the climb to meet a personal goal.
Overall, this was a day of character development involving taking risks in a supportive environment, as well as participating in creative problem solving and team building challenges that required trusting fellow scholars. The scholars had a full day to bond, get to know each other, and share food and laughter. But most importantly, it was a day that offered each Simon Scholar a chance to climb to personal heights never reached before.
The young gentleman whose story is profiled in the June 28 piece, Shamsoun Dikori, is supported by the Ronald Simon Family Foundation as one of its Simon Scholars.
SANTA ANA STUDENTS NAMED TO ELITE PROGRAM (9/18/07)
SANTA ANA - A small group of high-school students, all
of them raised in hardship, will join an elite scholarship
program this week that aims to give them something more
than just a college degree.
ATLANTA-
SEVENTEEN DEKALB COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AWARDED SIMON
SCHOLARSHIP (10/24/07)
Seventeen DeKalb County high school students joined the
million dollar legacy of philanthropist Ronald M. Simon
Tuesday evening. Yesterday, the Ronald M. Simon Family Foundation
honored the students with $20,000 scholarships toward financing
their college educations.
BATTLE WITH CANCER HELPS STUDENT CHOOSE CAREER (10/31/07)
A recent La Habra resident was named foundation coordinator for the Ronald Simon Family Foundation – a career move she chose after conquering cancer.
