Six Logan year nine students have won $20,000 academic scholarships designed to help female students in their studies.
Four students from Woodridge State High School and two students from Loganlea State High School have been awarded scholarships by the Harding Miller Education Foundation.
Almost 60 students – out of over 700 that applied across Queensland – were successful.
The scholarships are for passionate young women who may lack the opportunities and resources to achieve their dreams.
The money will provide them access to a range of equipment and resources, including computers, internet connections, textbooks, tutoring and coaching.
The Woodridge State High School recipients are: Cecilia Palian, Eh Bee Paw, Lee Meh and Shokoufeh Yaghoubi.
The Loganlea State High School recipients are: Ebbie’Lee Revelly and Sanya Zahra.
Ms Revelly said she wanted to be a criminologist or a rollercoaster-designing engineer.
Either way, she said the scholarship would help her get to where she wants.
“I applied for the scholarship because I believe it will help my learning journey vastly by supplying the resources I need for school,” Ms Revelly said.
“I believe it will also help keep me on track in school to achieve my future goals of going to university.”
Ms Zahra said the scholarship would give her “great resources” to help both her education and future career.
“This scholarship has given me an opportunity to pursue the career of my dreams and has been a blessing for me,” Ms Zahra said.
“It provides a lot of opportunities such as paying for school fees which will really help my family and me with my education and studies in the future.”
Harding Miller Foundation executive director Cara Varian said the scholarship recipients had “high academic potential”.
“They are talented and dedicated, but they simply do not currently have access to the resources they need to make the most of their education opportunities,” Ms Varian said.
“Girls are more likely to complete high school and go on to pursue further education when they are supported with equipment, money for resources, tutoring and coaching, and that’s the type of support we are providing to these students.
“We want to support these high-potential young women to stay in school and to have the option of going to university.”
She said the Harding Miller Education Foundation focused on supporting the basic needs of female students until they graduated.
“We get satellites installed in homes to make sure that the kids can get access to the internet, we supply noise-cancelling headphones if they don’t have a dedicated study space, we send out supermarket gift cards if families are having trouble with the groceries,” Ms Varian said.
“These are tangible, practical things which we can do to give young women a hand to complete their schooling and fulfil their potential.”
