MdCV Scholarships
June 19, 2008
Each year individuals, alumni, area businesses, organizations and service groups generously provide educational opportunities for top graduates through charitable contributions of scholarship and monetary awards.
Area scholarshipsThese scholarships are provided by:
* Beto Junction
* Don Lichtenhauer FFA Alumni
* Lyndon State Bank
* Marais des Cygnes Valley Booster Club
* Melvern Alumni Association
* Quenemo Alumni Association
* Woodward-Belt-Heilmann-Arb American Legion
Lawrence Lester McNabb Scholarship
This scholarship is awarded each year to the valedictorian of the graduating class.
Lawrence Lester McNabb was born in Melvern, Kansas, on February 20, 1920. He graduated from Melvern High School in 1938 and joined the U.S. Navy on April 7, 1939. On February 16, 1951, McNabb married Ella Loraine Bishop in Norfolk, Virginia.
Mr. McNabb served in the U.S. Navy for 21 years with tours of duty on eight different ships, visiting approximately 50 countries as well as many islands and ports. He was a Chief Petty Officer for 16 years and was serving at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Beginning with the class of 1985, Mr. McNabb announced his intent to provide a $1,000 scholarship annually to the valedictorian of each class. The scholarship is to be used for expenses relating to formal post-secondary education of the student's choice. In 1992, Mr. McNabb and his wife granted Unified School District 456 a U.S. Government Treasury Bond, thereby providing perpetual monies to fund scholarship throughout infinity.
In 2002, Mr. McNabb revised his scholarship plan to include also giving $1,000 to the valedictorian for the second year of enrollment in post-secondary education.
Mr. McNabb's continued support of the valedictorians of Marais des Cygnes Valley speaks volumes about his belief in higher education.
R.E. French Family Educational Foundation Scholarship Award
In 2008, Marais des Cygnes Valley High School graduates had the opportunity to be included in the R.E. French Family Educational Foundation Academic Awards. The R.E. French Family Educational Foundation was founded in 1981 by the French Family of Gridley, Kansas.
In 2008, scholarships were given to graduating high school seniors from fourteen area high schools and three high schools in Doniphan County. Each scholarship is in the amount of $1400.
The R.E. French Family Educational Foundation Scholarship Award is a continuing scholarship. The original amount is available to the student each year that he/she continues his/her education as a full-time student and maintains the academic standards set by the Foundation. This includes not only two- and four-year degrees, but the pursuit of degrees to other fields, such as medicine, law, etc.
Any student selected to receive the R.E. French Family Educational Foundation Scholarship Awards is academically and motivationally capable of completing a college education.
