SMECO awards scholarship to Huntingtown’s Roberts
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008
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Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative recently announced the recipients of its scholarships for 2008. Each year, SMECO awards four $1,500 college scholarships to high school seniors.
Calvert’s recipient, Allison M. Roberts, daughter of Ellen Roberts of Huntingtown, graduated from Huntingtown High School. She has earned numerous scholastic awards during her student career, including the Honors English Student of the Year award in 10th grade and the Honors Pre-Calculus and Advanced Placement Environmental Science Student of the Year awards in 11th grade. She was vice president of public relations for DECA, an association made up of marketing students. She has supported her community by volunteering at a homeless shelter and a Rainbowland Kids’ Camp and by participating in a National Honor Society Christmas Reading and Toy Drive. She plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in marketing or advertising at the University of Maryland.
