The San Joaquin County Office of Education (SJCOE) would like to congratulate the 2024 Friedberger Educational Fund Scholarship awardees.
Twenty outstanding graduating seniors from San Joaquin County high schools have been awarded a total of $65,000 to continue pursuing their education.
Each of the students was awarded approximately $3,250 to be paid out in installments over four years. The Friedberger Educational Fund Scholarship has been awarded to San Joaquin County graduates since 1964.
The fund was established in 1963 by William Friedberger, a prominent Stockton physician and longtime medical director at San Joaquin General Hospital. He established the fund in memory of his father and mother – Arnold and Lotta Friedberger. They were 19th-century pioneers to the Mother Lode and Stockton from their native Germany. The Bank of Stockton has been the fund manager since the scholarship was established.
To qualify for the scholarship, nominees must meet a list of criteria. The list includes: a need for financial assistance, excellent schoolwork, outstanding character, leadership, public service, and intent to enroll in an institution of higher learning in California. Each high school in the county may nominate one applicant per year. The schools can be either public or private.
The applications were reviewed by a three-member awards committee, which included representatives of Stockton Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Michelle Rodriguez and San Joaquin County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Troy Brown, and Jeremy Silcox, committee member-at-large.
They are:
- Shehab Algaheim, Escalon High School (Escalon Unified School District)
- Joseph Augello, St. Mary’s High School
- Jordan Bates, Sierra High School (Manteca Unified School District)
- Isaac Campos, Edison High School (Stockton Unified School District)
- Allyson Gomez, Delta Charter High School
- Francisco Herrera-Cruz, Linden High School (Linden Unified School District)
- Alyssa Herrera-Giese, Lincoln High School (Lincoln Unified School District)
- Pedro Ibarra Mejia, Merrill F. West High School (Tracy Unified School District)
- Nevaeh Juelch, Franklin High School (Stockton Unified School District)
- Puneet Kaur, Middle College High School (Lodi Unified School District)
- Rebecca Lavond, Lodi High School (Lodi Unified School District)
- Monserrat Martinez, Millennium Charter High School
- David Melchor Figueroa, Health Careers Academy (Stockton Unified School District)
- Angelina Miller, Stockton Early College Academy (Stockton Unified School District)
- Dianna Montero, Atockton Collegiate International School
- Billy Nguyen, Ronald E. McNair High School (Lodi Unified School District)
- Rubi Rivera Valdovinos, Weber Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (Stockton Unified School District)
- Harmeet Singh, Pacific Law Academy (Stockton Unified School District)
- Katedence Tran, Bear Creek High School (Lodi Unified School District)
- Diego Zamora Martinez, Weston Ranch High School (Manteca Unified School District)