By Sharon Uyeda, San Jose JACL President
San Jose JACL awarded eight scholarships to local high school seniors at a recent luncheon at the Issei Memorial Building garden. Congratulations to the following recipients:
• Braxton Kimura, a graduate of Pinewood School, received the $10,000 Oyama Family Foundation Scholarship. He received $2,500 this year and will receive $2,500 over the next three years.
• Satoshi Isayama, a graduate of Palo Alto High School, received the $1,000 Masuo & Machiko Nakamura Memorial Scholarship and the $1,000 San Jose JACL Chapter Award.
• Rebecca Kunze, a graduate of Notre Dame San Jose, received the $2,500 George Masunaga Endowment Scholarship.
• Lauren Law, a graduate of Leland High School, received a $1,000 Ninja Youth Foundation Scholarship.
• Sophie McCarty, a graduate of Amador Valley High School, received the $1,000 Ray & Lucy Matsumoto Business Scholarship.
• Akio Altekar Okazaki, a graduate of Palo Alto High School, received the $2,500 Shogo & Chiyo Hikido Memorial Scholarship.
• Rylan See, a graduate of Henry M. Gunn High School, received a $1,000 Ninja Youth Foundation Scholarship.
• Alisa Sonehara, a graduate of Henry M. Gunn High School, received the $2,500 Kaysee Tsuji Memorial Scholarship and $1,000 Henry & Ada Uyeda Memorial Scholarship.
Members of this year’s Scholarship Committee are Gary Jio, Dr. Mitsu Kumagai and JoAnn Okabe-Kubo.
