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CONGRATULATIONS Tamera & Mckenzie
Tamera was also a Farrell High School Cheerleader and Volleyball player. She’s interested in a career where she can help others and build healthy communities.
Described as a quiet, polite and determined young person, she and others see her as a role model for younger students. She sets a positive example in her school studies and her personal behavior. Similarly, she appreciates learning from those who have come before her, benefitting from the advice, relationships and networks in her community and professional groups.
She has spoken for her class, her team and her school in situations where maturity is required and represented the Blue and Gold proudly.
Let’s wish Tamera much success.
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McKenzie was a Farrell High School softball standout. She believes the way to make a community stronger is by improving educational opportunities for young children.
She envisions her future as a teacher, building on her love of young children and her awareness of the importance of school readiness. McKenzie has impressed her teachers with her dedication, her insight, and her strong work ethic.
Realizing the rising costs of higher education, she will supplement her scholarships by working her way through Penn State and by starting her University studies at Penn State Shenango. W E A R E . . .
Best wishes for a great future McKenzie.
PAST RECIPIENTS
2022 - Jere Edwards2021 - Xavier Footman (First Recipient)
The Scholarship
The scholarship will be awarded annually to one eligible applicant in the amount of $10,000 total scholarship to be paid $2500 each year for four years, as long as the recipient continues to meet the eligibility requirements and is in good standing at the educational institution the student is attending.
Criteria
To be eligible, applicants must meet these criteria:
Be a Farrell High School graduating senior accepted to an accredited, not-for-profit college, university, trade or professional program (such as those offered by vocational-technical schools) as well as traditional curricula offered by colleges and universities, and who plans to enroll full time for the upcoming academic year.
To remain eligible in subsequent years, the recipient must provide a transcript showing satisfactory academic progress towards degree attainment at the beginning of each year.
Current selection committee is made up of five members of the Farrell High School graduating class of 1968.
About Valerie
Valerie is a 1968 graduate of Farrell High School. As a teacher, university administrator and educational consultant, Valerie devoted her career to student success. Encouraged by her family and community to follow her dreams, she earned a PhD as a first generation college student. She is grateful for the character, confidence and courage that growing up in Farrell provided. She has established this scholarship to help other Farrell graduates pursue their hopes and dreams.
This photo is of the current Farrell High School. The first class to graduate from this building was the class of 1971, Valerie's brother Randy was in that class. Her brother, Jerry graduated in 1979. Valerie graduated in 1968 from the old high school, pictured in the insert. It opened in 1939 and Valerie's parents, Joseph Ruffo(1941) and Rosella Brown Ruffo(1943) graduated from this same school. This building is probably best known for its gymnasium, known affectionately as the “House that McCluskey Built” since Coach Eddie McCluskey’s teams won 11 WPIAL titles and seven state championships from 1951-76.
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