Category: Scholarship Program

Hello Classmates!

Hope this note finds you well.  Our 60th reunion will be held in 2025.  The Committee will start plans for it this year.  We will plan a luncheon since many of our classmates do not drive at night any more.  Our website has served us well in the past, but unfortunately it is a lot more time consuming for Les Libby to send our announcements out to you now so please check your class website periodically to see the latest Memorial additions, Scholarship info, 60th Reunion information, update your address, email, etc.  Our class website is: http://lynnenglish1965.info. 

LEHS Class of ’65 Scholarship

Thank you to all the classmates who made donations last year and some already this year.  Once again our Class is planning a $1,000 Scholarship Award to a deserving student in the graduating class of 2024.  We have given out over $34,000 in scholarships since 1981 and will continue this tradition as long as we can.  No donation is ever too small.  They all add up to a substantial amount.   One of our classmates has told me our class should do more and we should be awarding larger scholarships.  That would be wonderful but we need your contributions in order to accomplish this so please consider a donation!  This year’s LEHS Awards Ceremony is on June 5th.

Please go to the following website to see the posted Class of ’65 application form and guidelines:  LEHSguidance.org and click on Scholarship & Financial Aid.  Scroll down to see our LEHS Class of ’65 scholarship details.  Note:  Preference may be made to a grandchild of a Class of ’65 classmate.

If you would make a donation this year, we could possibly award a second scholarship.  College is so very expensive and many or most of the students today at LEHS are from one parent homes living from paycheck to paycheck if they are lucky.  There are some very smart students at LEHS but they could use our help.  You can use the following Scholarship Donation by printing it out and mailing as instructed  Thank you for considering this worthy cause.

LYNN ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL

CLASS OF 1965

Scholarship Donation Form

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Eleanor (Shellgren) Starkenberg at

781 599 0092 or Elstark70@gmail.com.  Thank you very much for considering a donation to our class scholarship fund.

Please return this form with your check made payable to LEHS Class of 1965 to:                         

LEHS Class of ‘65

                                                Eleanor Starkenberg

                                                70 Harris Road

                                                Lynn, MA  01904

Name:            

                        First                            (Maiden Name if applicable)                              Last

Address:         

Email Address:                                                              Telephone #

Scholarship Fund Contribution*                                                                $________

                        (We have contributed more than $34,000 since 1981

                         and would love to continue this worthwhile tradition.)

Please see the scholarship page on our website @ http://lynnenglish1965.info

Thank you classmates for the generous contributions to the Scholarship Fund.  This year we had three amazing students apply for our scholarship so we gave one $1,000 scholarship to Connor Buscemi Nowka and two $500 scholarships to Arsema Gebreyesus & Christania Adeoye.  

A special shout out once again to Fred Bollen to thank him for presenting our scholarships at the LEHS Awards Night on May 31st to these very smart and deserving students.

Connor Buscemi Nowka ranks 4th in their class of 427 students with a grade point average of 4.5.  He has been the Mock Trial Captain, President of the Latin Club, Public Art Team Member at Raw Art Works where he was also a member of Project Launch.  He plans to attend George Washington University and major in Political Science. 

Arsema Gebreyesus ranks 9th in their class with a grade point average of 4.33.  She has played Basketball, Tennis and Soccer where she was Captain Senior Year.  She was Treasurer of the Student Council and Environmental Club and was also a member of the Quiz Team, Mock Trial Team and Inclusivity Club.  She has volunteered at My Brother’s Table, United Basketball, Lynn YMCA and East Lynn Little League.  She plans to attend Northeastern University and major in Computer Science/Criminal Justice.

Christania Adeoye ranks 34th in their class with a grade point average of 3.99.  She was on the Track Team, President of the Environmental Club, member of the Inclusivity Panel and Living in Two Worlds Club; was a member of Girls Inc. of Lynn where she was a Peer Leader and taught marine science curriculum to middle schools students in an after-school program.  She has volunteered at My Brother’s Table and was a member of Boston Children’s Hospital Inter-Ethnic Youth Advisory Board.  Christania plans to attend North Carolina Central University and major in Environmental Science and Business Administration.

These are outstanding students and we wish them all much success and happiness at college and in life.

Connor Buscemi Nowka (Left)     Arsema Gebreyesus (Right)     Christania Adeoye (Far Right) 

Thanks to the generosity of our classmates, we were once again able to give two scholarships to The LEHS Class of 2021!

Samantha Parker received our $1000 Scholarship.  Samantha is #2 in her class and plans to attend Northeastern University where she will major in Biology.  At LEHS she is an Executive in Student Government, on the Staff of the Yearbook, a member of the Swim Team and in the National Honor Society.  In her spare time she volunteers at the Atrium at Veronica Drive for Alzheimer’s patients, Hood Elementary School student functions and The Walk to End Alzheimer’s registration table.

Noelle Cote received a $700 Scholarship.  Noelle plans to attend Curry College where she will major in Biology (pre-med).  She participates in Cheerleading, Volleyball, Art Club and Friends of Rachel Club.  She has worked part time at local retail stores and restaurants since she was 15 years old.

Both of these young ladies have worked very hard and done so well.  We wish them much success and happiness.

Samantha Parker (Left)                        Noelle Cote     (Right)

Even in these trying times, Graduation is fast approaching for seniors across the country.  LEHS has its Awards Night planned for June 3rd.  We are aware of several grandchildren of classmates graduating with the class of 2020 and we would like to give a $1,000 scholarship to a student of a classmate who meets all our criteria.  Our LEHS Class of 1965 Scholarship is listed on the LEHS Guidance website (www.lehsguidance.org) with the application and guidelines.  The application, etc. must be completed and into Matt Wilkins, Guidance Counselor, by May 15th.
In these difficult times, I’m sure students and parents would appreciate any additional help they can get to send their children off to college.  Below please find our Scholarship Donation Form.  We would like to ask you to consider making a donation at this time (no donation is too small) so we could possibly give a second scholarship to a worthy student.   We are proud that we have given out over $27,000 in scholarships since 1981 and our “funds” are being depleted. If you have already made a donation, thank you very much!!
Hope all of you and your families stay safe and well during these crazy times.  Remember, we have our 55th Reunion scheduled for September 25, 2020 and we hope to see you there!  Go Bulldogs!!

LYNN ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL

CLASS OF 1965

Scholarship Donation Form

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Eleanor (Shellgren) Starkenberg at

781 599 0092.  Thank you very much for considering a donation to our class scholarship fund.

Please return this form with your check made payable to LEHS Class of 1965 to:                         

LEHS Class of ‘65

                                                Eleanor Starkenberg

                                                70 Harris Road

                                                Lynn, MA  01904

Name:            

                        First                            (Maiden Name if applicable)                              Last

Address:         

Email Address:                                                             Telephone #

Scholarship Fund Contribution*                                                                $________

                        (We have contributed more than $25,000 since 1981

                         and would love to continue this worthwhile tradition.)

Please see the scholarship page on our website @ https://lynnenglish1965.info

At this year’s Awards Ceremony held on May 29, 2019, Fred Bollen presented two scholarships to outstanding students.   Some of our class members have asked us to recognize a graduate who planned to go on to a higher education to work in the “trades”.  There is a shortage of good plumbers, electricians, automobile specialists, etc. so we wanted to award a second $1000 scholarship to a deserving student with your additional help and donations.   Most students graduating from these programs find themselves fortunate enough to be employed immediately after graduating which makes everyone happy.

Our scholarship recipients are:

1). Taylor Raymond who ranks 15th in a class of 310 & plans to attend the University of New England in Maine where she will pursue Marine Science.  Taylor is a National Honor Society member and a well rounded student who has participated on the volleyball team, swim team and the past two years has been on the yearbook club & is the photography editor this year.  Her  hobbies include dancing & photography.

2). Zachary Arsenault is in the top 20% of his class & plans to attend Mass Bay Community College where he’ll major in Automotive Technology.  He was a member of the boy’s soccer team at LEHS for four years, most recently as captain.  Zachary’s interests are cars (especially muscle cars), fashion & cooking.  He has been a Guidance Aide & a diligent student throughout his years in high school.

We wish both Taylor & Zachary much success & happiness in college and in life.   We also want to thank everyone who applied for our scholarship and wish them much success.  They were all such deserving candidates.

We thank Fred Bollen for representing our class at this important event, and to those of you who generously donated this year to make it possible for our class to give a second class scholarship.

Taylor Raymond (left)                           Zachary Arsenault (right)

1981

Nancy Messina $250

Lorraine Lurvey $250

1990

Kelly Dejoy $750 (daughter of Mary Jo Kelly)

Lauren Melanson $750 (daughter of Nancy Granger)

Paul Cavanaugh Scholarship Fund Donation $250

1991

Danielle Bastarache $150 (Daughter of Mackie Collamore)

Leslie Jennings $150 (Daughter of Helen Heffernan)

1993

Kerry Basterache $250 (daughter of Mackie Collamore)

Amy Starkenberg $250 (daughter of Eleanor Shellgren)

1994

William Cahill $250 (son of Tom Cahill)

Jason Donovan $250 (son of John Donovan)

1995

Christine Dennisen $250 (Stepdaughter of Henry LeBlanc)

Karla Starkenberg @250 (Daughter of Eleanor Shellgren)

1996

Lillian Amabile $250

1997

Daniel Cahill $250 (son of Tom Cahill)

Susanne Olson $250 (Daughter of Dick Olson)

1998

Michael Conlon $250 (son of Bert Conlon)

Lee Hartshorn $250 (son of Bob Hartshorn)

1999

Joseph Conlon $250 (son of Bert Conlon)

Rebecca Ferrini $250 (daughter of Tony Ferini)

2000

Mark DiSessa $250 (son of Karen Falke)

2001

Andrea Long $250 (daughter of Donna Murphy)

2003

Jeanne Genao $500

2004

Jessica Wilson $250

2005

Michael Orfanos $500

2006

Kimberly Hartshorn $500 (daughter of Bob Hartshorn)

2008

Minh Nguyen $500

2009

Shirley Francis $500

2010

Maura Coyle $500

2011

Nick Comeau  $750

2012

Bryan Henriquez Arguello  $1000

2013

Barbara DaSilva  $1000

2014

Emily Ladderbush  $1000

2015

Edward Senn  $1000

Marni McManus $1000

Thanh Dinh $5000 (special Fiftieth Anniversary Scholarship)

2016

Katelen Pangilinan  $1000

Castele Juslin   $1000

2017

Betsy Rodas Escobar  $1000

Marlene Rivera $1000

2018

Dax Billingsley $1000

2019

Taylor Raymond $1000

Zachary Arsenault $1000

2020

Tyler Drinan $1000

Ryan Bursey $1000

2021

Noelle Cote    $700

Samantha Parker    $1,000

Classmates!  It’s that time of year again.  Over the past 25 years you as a class have been very generous.  We would welcome donations both large and small to possibly award a second $1,000 scholarship.  You can request a Scholarship Donation form on our website by clicking Here.  Thank you for considering this worthy donation.

Hello everyone.  This website is for Lynn English High School Class of 1965.  It is free for you to use and we don’t like asking for money.

BUT…. we DO award scholarships to deserving Lynn English High School Seniors and would like to continue to do so.  We have a page on this site which explains our Scholarship Program and we hope you check it out.  Click on Scholarship Program under the Main Menu or just click the highlighted words Scholarship Program in this posting.  They all go to the same place (hint hint).

The Scholarship Program is funded by your donations.  During a reunion year, there is a place on the reunion registration form to add a donation as you pay for your reunion tickets.   Most of the money in our scholarship bank account comes from money that is donated during reunion years.  Not very much comes in during off years.   Deserving students can use every small amount of financial help they get to help pay for skyrocketing college tuition and expenses.  We would like to continue to fund our Scholarship Program in the off years and perhaps increase the amount we give as our bank account allows.

So we are asking for donations.   Many of us are retired and on fixed incomes.  Under those circumstances, donations may not be possible.  But  if you can find a way, please make a donation.

All the donations will go to Pat (Johnson) Morley who will make sure the money is deposited in our LEHS Class of 1965 bank account.  For everyone’s protection, we have a policy of not posting contact information on this website.  So to make a donation, please request a scholarship donation form by clicking on CONTACT  under the Main Menu and requesting a Scholarship donation form.  We will email you a scholarship donation form which you can print, fill out and send to Pat via US Postal Service.  Her address is on the donation form.  By the way, if you don’t have email, just ask us to mail you the form and we will.

You can also update your contact information (which is great to do annually even if it hasn’t changed) and request a scholarship donation form at the same time by clicking on Address Update Form under the Main Menu.  When you send the address update, just request a scholarship donation form in the box for “anything else you want to add?” at the bottom of the address update.  Don’t forget to include your phone number in the address update form.

That concludes this request for money… something we REALLY don’t like doing, but sometimes we just have to do it.  Please don’t forget to visit the Scholarship Program page and see who contributed in the past year (mostly at the 45th reunion) and a list of all the award recipients over the years.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP.