Scholarship Program

In a partnership with the Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs' Association, the Joseph Matteucci Foundation awards scholarships to students participating in Mediation Programs at school. In each of the ceremonies, students were honored and presented with a commemorative plaque and a scholarship in the amount of $1,000.00.

We would like to congratulate the following students:

2006 Recipient

Tennyson High School: Ahmed Sakeen

2002 Recipients

Arroyo High School: Margo Wagner
(pictured with Alexandra Matteucci)

Mt. Eden High School: Cheuk Wang Ko and Milena Gebregiorges
(from left to right)

Hayward High School: Danielle Reja Garcia and Susan Sears
(from left to right)

Castro Valley High School: Shannon Gomes
(a Mediation program participant) and scholarship recipients
Tiffani Fagundes, Rebecca Lynn Pratt and Troy Simpson.
(from left to right)

We would also like to congratulate (not yet pictured) Jason Pinto and Duron Aldredge of American High School in Fremont.

These students were chosen to receive the scholarships based on many factors — most importantly their involvement in maintaining peace on their campuses through participation in Mediation Programs. Each of the students was a trained mediator and has been involved in making peace real in their schools, homes and communities. We hope that these scholarships will help each of these students achieve their goals in their academic careers, and we encourage them to continue to "Stand for Peace."

Past Recipients

We would like to congratulate the following students from Castro Valley High School, June 2, 1999: (from left to right) Diana Pineda, Sadaf Shaghasi, Mark Whitehouse/President of Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs Association and Tina Ajlouny; and from San Lorenzo High School, June 3, 1999: (from left to right) Salena Gray,Alexendra Matteucci, Brandy Prentiss, and Mike Lani.