Congratulations!
2017 TALL PINES QUILT GUILD SCHOLARSHIPS
This year because of generous support of our community through our DONATION QUILT project and the AIRING OF THE QUILTS in May of 2017, we were able to award two $1,000 scholarships. The following scholarships were awarded in June of 2017!
Blake Thomason
$1,000 Scholarships in the category of SEWING PROFICIENCY
$1,000 Scholarships in the category of SEWING PROFICIENCY
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Graduate of Huntsville High School
Blake's accomplishments in scholastics (with AP courses) included membership in the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta (Math), Spanish Honor Society, German Club and being proficient in computer technology & coding. Blake was selected as the recipient of the National Future Scientists and Technologies of Excellence award in January of 2017. She speaks English and Spanish fluently and is learning German and Mandarin. She founded the Stock Club at Huntsville HS in her Junior year and was a member of the Society of Future Business Leaders. She is interested in music and plays the ukulele, classical guitar, flute, mini auto harp, dulcimer and piano. Blake participated and won numerous awards in the athletic arena as well. Blake was captain of the HHS Track and Field Team and as been to State twice, was a member of the Varsity Cross Country Team, UIL Event Team, Varsity Soccer Team, Golf Team. Over the years - from 2008 to present she has participated and placed in numerous AAU National Championships. At UT Austin, where she will be attending college, Blake is already a participant on the UT Track and Field team. As a young girl Blake was taught a love for sewing by her Aunt on summer vacations. Her talents and accomplishments are numerous. She enjoys |
helping people and was a frequent volunteer with her family in the Huntsville community, as well as, in participating in mission trips. Black will be majoring in Biology at the University of Texas in Austin. Her five-year goal is to have published a collection of poems, become proficient in several languages so that she can make cultural connections, and long-range to become a Doctor, specializing in Anesthesiology or Dermatology.
Cayleigh Moore
$1,000 Scholarships in the category of MATH EDUCATION
$1,000 Scholarships in the category of MATH EDUCATION
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Graduate of Lovely High School
Cayleigh has excelled in academics (4 year National Honor Society member) and has been a UIL contestant on the Mathematics, Number Sense, Accounting, Computer Science and Calculator Skills teams. Cayleigh demonstrated leadership talents through her 4H activities, where she received numerous awards and served in several leadership roles. She was a participant in numerous Live Stock Shows with Grand Championship places and has won many awards at FFA activities. She and her family were significantly involved in the preparation and organization of the Houston County Fair. Volunteer experience also includes leadership in her church youth group with projects such as gifts for the Seafarer's Center in the Port of Houston. Cayleigh was a four-year Varsity Cheerleader for Lovely High School and received 4 Pin-It-Forward awards for promoting leadership, spirit, commitment, kindness and motivation. She received two All American Awards, which enabled her to go to London to represent the cheerleading organization. In addition to all of these activities, Cayleigh managed to be employed in a work internship program at a local insurance agency. |
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Cayleigh will be majoring in Math Education at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, her father's alma-mater. Her long-range goal is to obtain a Master's degree for mathematics education and her career choice is to become a college mathematics professor. As a side-note Cayleigh, after attending her orientation at TTU, was selected to be to be part of the Texas Tech HOWDY TECHsan program, which welcomes and orients new students to the University.
Scholarship history and Application
The Tall Pines Quilt Guild of Huntsville, Texas began offering scholarships to graduating seniors within our membership area beginning in 2007. Initially there were two $500 scholarships offered: one for a graduating senior showing proficiency in sewing and one for a graduating senior intending to major in math education.
Proficiency in sewing was selected since we are a sewing organization whose mission is “to foster appreciation of quilting and fine quilts among both quilters and the public, to increase knowledge of traditional and contemporary techniques of quilting, to provide an encouraging environment in which quilters can practice and exchange ideas, to educate the public as to the significance and history of quilting as an art form as well as an ongoing craft, and to preserve this rich heritage of quilting for future generations.
A major in math education was selected due to the extreme need for mathematics educators and because quilters utilize math in all of their work.
Scholarships awards have varied from $500 to $1,000 since 2007. In 2016, because of generous donations made to honor deceased members of our Guild - Barbara Priest, Betty Rhine and Sylvia Rhine, we are pleased to be able to award a $1,000 scholarship to two students. In 2017 we will again award two $1,000 scholarships.
All graduating high school students (public, private or home school) who reside within the Tall Pines Quilt Guild membership area may apply if they meet the requirements in one of the following categories: either show Proficiency in sewing (with demonstrated samples) or will be majoring in Math Education. Scholarship applications are available on high school websites as well as on the Tall Pines Quilt Guild website.
Deadline for scholarship application is May 15, 2017. Winners will be announced in June 2017.
If you would like to apply for one of our Scholarships please, download the application and return it by the deadline.
Proficiency in sewing was selected since we are a sewing organization whose mission is “to foster appreciation of quilting and fine quilts among both quilters and the public, to increase knowledge of traditional and contemporary techniques of quilting, to provide an encouraging environment in which quilters can practice and exchange ideas, to educate the public as to the significance and history of quilting as an art form as well as an ongoing craft, and to preserve this rich heritage of quilting for future generations.
A major in math education was selected due to the extreme need for mathematics educators and because quilters utilize math in all of their work.
Scholarships awards have varied from $500 to $1,000 since 2007. In 2016, because of generous donations made to honor deceased members of our Guild - Barbara Priest, Betty Rhine and Sylvia Rhine, we are pleased to be able to award a $1,000 scholarship to two students. In 2017 we will again award two $1,000 scholarships.
All graduating high school students (public, private or home school) who reside within the Tall Pines Quilt Guild membership area may apply if they meet the requirements in one of the following categories: either show Proficiency in sewing (with demonstrated samples) or will be majoring in Math Education. Scholarship applications are available on high school websites as well as on the Tall Pines Quilt Guild website.
Deadline for scholarship application is May 15, 2017. Winners will be announced in June 2017.
If you would like to apply for one of our Scholarships please, download the application and return it by the deadline.
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Application to download is here
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We would appreciate your assistance in distributing this information to potential candidates. Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter and for your dedication to our youth.
Mrs. Judith Oliver
Tall Pines Quilt Guild
Scholarship Chairman
judith-oliver@sbcglobal.net
Thank you for your assistance in this matter and for your dedication to our youth.
Mrs. Judith Oliver
Tall Pines Quilt Guild
Scholarship Chairman
judith-oliver@sbcglobal.net
