The Sippican Woman’s Club has awarded 16 scholarships to Marion seniors. Any students who lives in Marion and is a senior in high school who will attend an accredited college or university to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in the coming year is eligible.

The scholarships are awarded based on academic achievement, extracurricular artivities, community service and need. Additionally, two special scholarships are awarded each year. The Lu Chevrier Scholarship is awarded to a student with a particularly outstanding community service record, and the Alice Ryder Book Award is presented to the student with the highest English average in the middle school graduating class.

The Sippican Woman’s Club has been awarding scholarships since 1947. The scholarships are funded by proceeds from the Annual Holiday House Tour held in December.

Recipients of scholarships from Old Rochester Regional High School are: Isabella King, Charlotte Levine, Hayli Marshall, Nicole Mattson, Hannah Rose and Emily Savino. Also from ORR, Kristina Sauerbrey was awarded the Lu Chevrier scholarship.

Recipients of scholarships Students from the Continuing Education program are: Samantha Barrett, Madeline Cafarella, Maura Lonergan, Laura McCoy, Hannah Rose Olson, Colleen Packard, Kaitlyn Sethares and Patrick Tracy.

The recipient of the Alice Ryder Book Award is Alexa Lyn McLeod.