Left to Right: [], [], [], Commissioner Ken Cutler, Commissioner Bob Mayersohn, Commissioner Jordan Isrow, Vice Mayor Simeon Brier, Mayor Rich Walker, Nicole Listopad, Lawrence Russinoff, Taylor Aks, and William H. Kennedy III [City of Parkland]
By Bryan Boggiano
The city commission honored five students who won the Parkland Community Advisory Board (CAB) and Allstate Foundation scholarships on April 19.
The winners of the CAB Scholarship are Taylor Aks, Lawrence Russinoff, and Nicole Listopad. Olivia Binder and Lindsey Nattis won the Allstate Foundation Scholarship.
The Community Advisory Board awards its scholarship based on applications and interviews with Parkland students. The Allstate scholarship is given to students who share the interests and passions of the victims of the MSD Tragedy.
Aks won $2,000, Russinoff won $1,200, and Listopad received $800 from the CAB. Binder and Nattis each received $500 from Allstate.
“I’m sure my colleagues here will agree that the City of Parkland has some of the most amazing talent as far as kids,” said William H. Kennedy III, Community Advisory Board chair.
Aks is a Florida Atlantic University High School senior on the varsity track and field and soccer teams. Aks also volunteers to help underprivileged people in the community. She plans to attend the University of Florida and study business, then her law degree. Aks is also a recipient of the Broward League of Cities Scholarship.
Russinoff is a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, president of DECA, and the founder and president of the Save A Life club. The latter organization aims to teach students life-saving information such as CPR and first aid. He will attend the Wharton School of Business and plans to become an investment banker after graduation.
Listopad is in MSD’s key club, interact club, Math Honors Society, LifeNet4Families, and the National Honors Society. She is also the cofounder and copresident of Hearts Hats Squared, a nonprofit organization that creates merchandise to raise money for local organizations like 211 Broward. She has been accepted to Florida State University and the University of Georgia. After college, she hopes to become an anesthesiologist.
Left to Right: Jeffrey Wolfe, Denise DellaPolla, Angelika Schlanger, Ken Cutler, Bob Mayersohn, Jordan Isrow, Simeon Brier, Rich Walker, Lindsey Nattis, Olivia Binder, and William H. Kennedy III [City of Parkland]
Binder is a DECA and Key Club member at MSD and vice president of the National Honors Society. She is also a dancer who helps kids with special needs. She plans to study neuroscience at Duke University and hopes to become a developmental pediatrician.
Mattis is president of the key club at MSD, where she is also involved with student government and the Florida Humane Society. She is also a dancer who loves to teach students with special needs. She plans to attend the University of Florida, where she will study psychology, then attend law school.
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