Scholarship available to District 23 graduate

For the fifth consecutive year, the William P. Caputo Scholarship Fund Committee will award $1,000 to a District 23 graduate this June. High School seniors who graduated from MacArthur Middle School in Prospect Heights and are going on to a university, college, or vocational, technical, or training school are invited to apply for the scholarship.

Applications are available at the college counseling offices of Hersey, Wheeling, and Saint Viator high schools, at the business office of District 23, and online at d23.org. Submit applications to Jennifer L. Caputo, 200 E. Randolph St., 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60601, by April 15, 2012.

The scholarship recipient will be selected based on academic performance or improvement during high school. No minimum grade point average is required to apply. To be considered, complete the Scholarship Application Form, submit a high school transcript, and write a short personal response to one of three essay prompts. Letters of recommendation are optional. The scholarship recipient will be notified in May. The award presentation will take place at the District 23 promotion ceremony in June.

The William P. Caputo Scholarship Fund was established in 2007 to honor the memory of long-time District 23 Board Member Bill Caputo.

“In order to honor my father's commitment to scholastics, culture, and the academic environment, we continue his efforts towards educational availability and awareness through this scholarship donation,” said Jennifer Caputo, Bill's daughter and spokesperson for the Scholarship Committee.

In 2011, Kimberly A. Grunde, MacArthur Class of 2007, received $1,000 to pursue a career in the field of health at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. The Scholarship Committee plans to award the scholarship annually.

Prospect Heights School District 23 serves Prospect Heights and areas of Wheeling, Arlington Heights, and Mount Prospect.