The Stanislaus Community Foundation and its scholarship partners awarded scholarships totaling over $57,000 to local students for the 2016-17 academic school year.

This year’s awards bring the total number of students who have received scholarships from the Stanislaus Community Foundation and its scholarship partners to nearly $550,000 since 2005. While many of these scholarship funds are chosen by their own committees, Stanislaus Community Foundation also has an independent selection committee that chooses awards for a number of scholarship funds.

“We take great pleasure in reading the applications and the wonderful transcripts and resumes that accompany them,” said Melanie Chiesa, chairman of the Foundation Scholarship Committee.

* James McClatchy Bee Employees Scholarship: Julia Predmore, Elysia Houston, Ethan James Sun Clark

* Jane Wynne Woolley Scholarship: Jaqueline Garcia Roldan

* Melinda Nielsen Sousa Scholarship: Haomin Mai

* Pat Maciel Lubeck Perpetual Memorial Scholarship: Gabriela Vargas

* Virginia Azevedo Memorial Scholarship: Ramanjeet Kaur

* Ryan Dickerson Scholarship: Esmeralda Guzman

* Trinitas Farming Scholarship: Celeste Hernandez

* Trinitas Farming Community Scholarship: Quinton Coelho, Megan Silva, Megan Silveira

* Gemperle Family Farms Scholarship: Daisy Santana, Juan Santana, Deysi Ramirez