Scholarship

To aid the education of all students in the Weatherly Area School District and to offer a $15,000 scholarship to a Weatherly Area High School Student attending a four year college.

        Current applicants can download the scholarship application by clicking on the following links:
      WAHSAA Scholarship Cover Page     WAHSAA Scholarship Application

Congratulations to Ava Sahaida, 2025 Scholarship Winner

Sahaida Named WAHSAA Scholarship Winner 2025

The Weatherly Area High School Alumni Association recently announced the 2025 WAHSAA Scholarship recipient.  Ava Sahaida, daughter of Joseph and Brenda Esposito, Weatherly has been awarded the $15,000 scholarship from her graduating class.

A Weatherly Area School District senior, Ava is graduating in the top five of her class.

Sahaida is president of her senior class, secretary of Interact Club, vice-president of the National Honor Society and vice-president of FBLA.

Community activities include: Member of the CANDO Student Action Committee, member of Junior Leadership Hazleton, member of the “Senior Support Team” for Junior Leadership and student representative at the Weatherly Area School Board meetings.

Ava’s involvement in clubs include:  Science Olympiad, Interact Club, Teens Against Tobacco Use, Future Business Leaders of America, National Honor Society, Student Government Association, Health Careers Club.  She is also a member of the softball and cheerleading teams.

Ava’s plans are to attend King’s College pursuing a career as a physician’s assistant.

The Scholarship Fund has been established in the name of the Weatherly Area High School Alumni Association. The Scholarship Committee of that Association devised the guidelines and plan of operation contained herein. The wealth of the fund has been built over the years by contributions and donations made by people and organizations interested in education. This money has been invested in various instruments which make up the Principal of the Fund.

The Association desires that the investment interest from the Fund be used only to provide scholarships to Weatherly Area School District students and who graduate from Weatherly Area High School or the Carbon County Vocational Technical School. The scholarship is to be used for extended education at an institution of higher education or a more specialized institution of learning, which shall be approved by the Scholarship Program Committee. Members are:  Mrs. Sue Ann Gerhard-chairman, Mr. Brian O’Donnell, Mrs. Carol Hill, Mrs. Barbara Sandt, Mrs. Angela Gregory, Mrs. Teresa Barna, Mr. Chris Henritzy, Mrs. Barbara Sipler and Mrs. Sarah Minnick, Guidance Counselor.

The scholarship was established in 1998, and the following have received this award:

1998 – Sarah Hamm; 1999 – Raymond Marcero; 2000 – Erin Lesko; 2001 – Angela Petrone; 2002 – Courtney Hadzick; 2003 – Lindsey Hinkle; 2004 – Kerri Romig; 2005 – Jeremy Leach; 2006 – James Somers; 2007 – Joshua Titus; 2008 – Jennifer Miller; 2009 Amanda Bartosevich; 2010 – Melanie Clabia; 2011 – Mia Cavello; 2012 – Matthew Caccese; 2013 – Heather Cichowic; 2014 – Rachel Moon; 2015 – Catherine Strizak; 2016 – Muskan Khatiwala; 2017 – Breena Coxe; 2018 – Samantha Knepper; 2019 – Nikki Polivka;  2020 - Alianna Hernandez; 2021 - Lilli Kunkle; 2022 - Richard Ray; 2023 – Kelly Michaels; 2024 – Jada Saldukas; 2025 – Ava Sahaida.

Congratulations to all of 2025 awardees!

 Previous Scholarship Award Winners