Lawnside Scholarship Club
The Club awards $7,750 each year and administers nearly $9,000 in grants from individuals and community groups to eligible students graduating from any high school who have lived in Lawnside for at least four years.
Through the generosity of the late Elizabeth Jones of Lawnside, the Club has been able to expand its giving and increase its awards. Additionally, the $500 Elizabeth Jones Award for Academic Excellence is presented to each graduate with an average of 93 or better.
The Club gives scholarships to the top four graduates from Lawnside in addition to the awards below.
Lawnside Scholarship Club and Community Awards
Students are chosen for these awards based on their expressed career interests, extracurricular activities and grade point averages. With one exception (Bryson C. Armstead Award), there is no application form that must be completed for community awards.
CURRENT AWARDS
The Club presents book awards as well and administers awards from individuals and organizations to students with particular career goals, excellence in specific subjects, musical, artistic or athletic talent and much more.
Club Awards
Elizabeth Jones Academic Excellence Award
Student with a GPA of 93 or better.
Linese Miller Award *
Student showing outstanding leadership & initiative
Helen Mae Henderson Teaching Award *
Student entering education field for teaching
LSC Creative & Performing Arts Award
Student who has excelled in any of the creative or performing arts: Music, Acting Directing, Dance, Artist, etc.
* Presented at Haddon Heights High School graduation
“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to
those who prepare for it today.”
~ Malcolm X 
current awards
Community & Individual Awards
Students are chosen for these awards based on their expressed career interests, extracurricular activities and grade point averages.
- Ephraim J. & Mary C. Still Award* – a student showing most improvement in four years
- Helen Mae Henderson Nursing Award* – a student entering health field
- Dorothea Carter Memorial Award – a student needing financial assistance for college
- Dwight & Yvonne Anderson Award – students (one female & one male) with most improved grades in their senior year
- Lawnside Parent Teacher Association – unsung student heroes given to (one female & one male)
- Dr. William Young Award – male student pursuing higher education and entering a health science field
- Dr. Flora Young Award – female student pursuing higher education with highest average in Social Science
- Edna Jay Sports Award – a student outstanding in sports
- Madge Mitchell Math Award – a student outstanding in math
- Melody Moss Walcott Award – a student entering law
- Amos & Roxie Rogers Memorial Award – a student pursuing a career in cosmetology or barbering. If there is no student entering neither of these fields, then a student entering another vocation
- Edna Harper Service Award – a student displaying good citizenship/service
- Masjid Freehaven Model Citizen Award – service-oriented student with spotless disciplinary record (not necessarily at top of class); exhibits highest moral character
- Sonia Farmer Character Award – a student displaying outstanding character
- Joy M. Harper Award – a student pursuing a degree in the field of Education
- Henry Long Memorial Award – a student excelling in Computer Science
- Curtis and Lula Moss Activity Award – a student who participated in the most school activities (no service points or academic standing to be considered)
- Raymond G. Davis, Jr. Memorial Award – a student who perseveres to the end (not necessarily at top of class)
- Dr. & Mrs. Cecil Still Award – outstanding student entering science or medical field
- Steven Israel Sports Awards – a student outstanding in sports, and one student unsung hero
- I. R. & Anna J. Bryant Award – a student outstanding in Accounting or Business
- Leon N. Williams Law Award – a student pursuing a career in law
- Walter A. Gaines Natural Science Award – a student pursuing higher education with highest average in Natural Science
- Rick Williams Health Services Award – a student pursuing a career in the field of healthcare
Bryson C. Armstead Award – a student with determination, drive and pursuing higher education, has no more than five unexcused absences per year (four years of high school career), needed federal/state assistance from child nutrition programs during school years - Thomas A Whitaker Scholarship for Mechanical Advancement – a student with 2.8 GPA or higher going into a career, post- secondary, 2- or 4-year institution with focus in a mechanical field. Student must have taken one or more classes with a focus in a mechanical understanding such as Drafting, Cad, Automotive, etc.
- Bertha M. Cobia Award – a student who has shown great improvement
* Presented at Haddon Heights High School graduation
Past Award Winners
LSC Awards Ceremony, Top Winners, 2015
(L-R) 3rd highest average, Mawusimensah Mears, Sterling High School; Highest average, Dominique Ricks, Haddon Heights High School; 2nd highest average, Zainis Bob-Grey, Haddon Heights High School; and 4th highest average, Chayse McLaughlin.
LSC Awards Ceremony, 2019
Morgan Bull, Class of 2019 at Haddon Heights High School
LSC Awards Ceremony, 2009
(L-R) Highest-ranking student Maryam Aziz of Haddon Heights High School who attended Columbia University; second highest recipient Patrick Atis, Baptist Regional High School, attended the University of Pennsylvania; Quiana Waters and Timothy Ward, both of Haddon Heights High School ranked fourth and fifth, respectively.
LSC Awards Ceremony, 2017
Members of the Class of 2017 gather before the Jazz Brunch and Salute to Seniors at Tavistock Country Club in Haddonfield.
LSC Awards Ceremony, 2018
(L-R) Members of the Class of 2018 pose at Tavistock Country Club before the Salute to Seniors and Jazz Brunch.
LSC Awards Ceremony, Top Winners, 2014
(L-R) Scholarship recipients Bilal Qadar, 4th highest average, Alanna Jones, Haddon Heights High School with the 5th highest average; Raneem Sirag, Haddon Heights High School with the 3rd highest average; and Tyler Raysor, with the highest average graduated from Haddon Heights High School.
LSC Awards Ceremony, 2019
(L-R) Adonista Bob-Grey, Morgan Bull, Cameron Kee, Raheel Abdul-Jalil and Huntyr Lacey
LSC Awards Ceremony, 2017
Tariq Miller, Class of 2017, accepts the fourth highest award from Dr. Ronn Johnson, Lawnside School District superintendent and Borough Councilman Robert Lee at the Salute to Seniors and Jazz Brunch, Tavistock Country Club, Haddonfield.
LSC Awards Ceremony, 2016
Joint speakers Dr. Khayriyyah Chandler and her husband Brandon Chandler, a 2003 top recipient, advise the Class of 2016 at the Jazz Brunch and Salute to Seniors at Tavistock Country Club in Haddonfield.
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