The 41st annual Mercer Island Community Scholarship Program awards ceremony was held May 23 at Mercer Island High School.

The program demonstrates the community’s appreciation of, and support for, its youth. Each scholarship awarded recognizes outstanding attitude, effort and achievement by each student in a particular curriculum area.

It is administered entirely through volunteer effort and is sponsored by the Mercer Island PTA Council.

The 2017 Community Scholarship Program recipients are: Micaela Pirzio-Biroli, Braman Family Writing Award; Ben Herr, Crest; Andre Eason, CCR; Shain Scott, CCR; Rachel Ayzenberg, Drama; Kaes Vanderspek, English; Elaine Shen, English; Jane Gormley, English-Journalism; Adam Tucker, Math; Joshua Ossis, Math; Rachel Motz, Math; Bryan Zhao, Music; Jacob Evans, Music; Rose Weiker, Music; Leah Raises, Principal’s Award; Eden Singh, Science; Nathan Wacker, Science; Sydney Seto, Science; Charles “Carlino” Cuono II, Social Studies; Georgia Mattox, Social Studies; Nikita Marcou, Social Studies; Kenneth Koning, Visual Arts; Andrew Arvish, Visual Arts; Rajas Moonka, World Language; Beatriz Fiorentini, World Language; James Bellitto, World Language; Emily Greaves, Yearbook.

For more information about the Mercer Island PTA Council, visit www.miptacouncil.org.