Howard Johnson Scholarship Recipients
Howard Johnson Scholarship
The Howard Johnson Scholarship honors Interlake High School students who demonstrate excellence in the study of mathematics, science, or Career and Technical Education (CTE) and who have the intention of pursuing the study of these subjects following the high school years. The scholarship is designed to support the high school graduate in their initial full year of post-high school education and will be paid directly to the university or college attended by the student.
2024-2025 : Vaahini Badre Narayanan - $6,000 scholarship
Vaahini is an IB diploma recipient from Interlake High School and a National Merit Scholar. She will be attending Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, with an intended major in Chemistry and minor in Artificial Intelligence.
Vaahini aspires to become a physician-scientist and pursue research initiatives involving drug discovery to improve patient outcomes.
2023-2024 : Sidhya Ganesh - $5,800 scholarship
As a student at The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, she will be pursuing a B.S. in Economics with business concentrations.
In the future, she hopes to start the first-ever Dance Analytics Company, to empower dancers and choreographers worldwide with a suite of unique AI products.
2022-2023 : Owen Eastman - $5,600 Scholarship
Howard Johnson Principal’s Scholarship of $5,600 is proudly presented to Owen Eastman in honor of his academic excellence in the study of Mathematics, Science and/or Career & Technical Education.
Owen Eastman graduated from Interlake High School in 2023
2020-2021: Courtney McCormack- $5,300 Scholarship
Courtney is headed to the Rochester Institute of Technology to study Chemical Engineering. She has been an ASB and class officer, varsity volleyball captain, and a 4.0 student.
2021-2022: Tanush Yadav - $5,500 Scholarship
Tanush Yadav graduated from Interlake High School in 2022 and completed an internship at Phase Genomics, where he developed and deployed bioinformatics tools. He co-founded Cascade Commons, an affordable online debate platform used by over 200 schools. He is a 2022 National Merit Scholarship Finalist. His career interests revolve around the application of computer science to solving global inequities. In his free time, Tanush enjoys running and biking through the Pacific Northwest. He will matriculate at the University of Washington in the fall of 2022.
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