McDermott receives scholarship

Haylee McDermott has been awarded the P.E.O. Star Scholarship. Her application was submitted to Thermopolis’s local Chapter K then forwarded to International Chapter. Her name was selected from 2,000 senior high school women. Only about 700 were selected.

The P.E.O. Star Scholarship was established in 2009 to provide scholarships for exceptional high school senior women to attend an accredited postsecondary educational institution in the United States or Canada in the next academic year. McDermott will be attending Sheridan College.

This is a non-renewable $2,500 scholarship. A woman is eligible to be recommended for the P.E.O. STAR Scholarship provided she:

•Exhibits excellence in leadership, academics, extracurricular activities, community service and potential for future success

•Has a minimum cumulative unweighted GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

•Is in the final academic year (senior year) of her secondary education and is 20 years of age or under at the end of the calendar year

•Is a citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States or Canada

•Plans to attend an accredited postsecondary educational institution in the United States or Canada, full-time or part-time, in the fall of the academic year following high school graduation

•Is recommended by and receives the vote of a local P.E.O. chapter