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KPSF awards $32,500 in scholarships to Tivy High School seniors

The Kerrville Public School Foundation awarded $32,500 in scholarships to six Tivy High School graduating seniors this year.

Four students of Kerrville Independent School District employees received $5,000 each through the foundation’s Staff-Student Scholarship program. Ariel Green will major in accounting at Lubbock Christian University. Taylor Lidiak will pursue a biomedical science degree at Texas A&M University, where Zachery Manchee will study accounting and Evan Peschel will focus on civil engineering.

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Elizabeth Reither won the $10,000 Henry H. “Rique” Memorial Scholarship, funded by an endowment from Marianne Remschel and her family.

The scholarship honors Remschel’s husband and reflects the family’s commitment to educational advancement for local youth. Reither will study biochemistry at the University of North Texas before pursuing a medical degree in emergency medicine.

Abel Richard received the $2,500 KPSF Broadway Bank Scholarship, which recognizes Tivy students with inspiring stories. Richard plans to study business analytics at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Broadway Bank founders Colonel Charles E. Cheever Sr. and Betty Cheever established the scholarship to promote educational access.

The Kerrville Public School Foundation mobilizes community resources to promote excellence in Kerrville ISD through teacher grants, Teacher of the Year awards, Shining Stars Award of Excellence and scholarships.

Established in 1987, KPSF operates as a 501(c)(3) corporation. For more information or to donate, visit www.KPSF.net or contact Executive Director Jen Wittler at 830-257-9282 or kpsf@kerrvilleisd.net.

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