Grads from Carleton North High School, Hartland Community School and Woodstock High benefit from annual scholarship
Three Upper River Valley 2024 graduates are pursuing post-secondary education with some financial support from the Carleton Co-Operative Funeral Home in Jacksonville.
Carleton Co-Operative Funeral Home board president Heidi Stephenson explained that the funeral home has presented annual scholarships to worthy applicants for several years.
She explained that students from Carleton North High School, Hartland Community School, Woodstock High School, Canterbury High School, and home-schooled youth from those catchment regions could apply for the $2,000 scholarship.
Stephenson said the 2024 recipients were Eva Thompson from Carleton North, Katelyn Mabey from Hartland and Hilary Stiles of Woodstock.
Stephenson said a committee at each of the schools select a worthy recipient.
Eva Thompson graduated from Carleton North in June 2024 and attends NBCC Fredericton, where she studies business administration with a marketing focus. Upon graduation from NBCC, she will join the pathway program at UNB for an additional two years to obtain a Bachelor’s in Business.
“Although I am unaware of what the future holds, after school I would like to pursue a career in business, or possibly take the education route,” said Thompson.
The 2024 CNHS grad reflects on an active high school journey which saw her active in sports, including volleyball, soccer, and basketball.
Thompson was a member of her grad class’s yearbook committee and served as its editor in her senior year.
The first-year college student remains active in her community as a member of a women’s life group and volunteers in Sunday school through her church while working part-time as a restaurant hostess.
Upon graduation from Hartland Community School, Katelyn Mabey began her post-secondary pursuits at UNB Fredericton. She is studying in the Faculty of Science and plans to major in chemistry or biology.
“After I have completed my undergraduate degree I want to pursue dentistry, so I hope I can get accepted to Dalhousie or the University of Toronto,” she said. “My hope is to one day have my own practice and maybe specialize in orthodontics.”
Mabey said she set aside extracurricular activities as she settled into her first university semester but plans to join a film or game club in the future.
Woodstock High grad Hilary Stiles is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts with a major in history and a minor in community-engaged learning at Mount Allison University in Sackville.
Stiles said her long-term goal is to pursue her Bachelor of Education and become a teacher.
An avid athlete, Stiles was a member of the U18 AAA Western Valley Hockey team and played varsity soccer and volleyball. She was also a member of the student leadership team and served the community through the Rotary Interact program while working as a youth coordinator with Planet Youth Woodstock.
