Four awarded Ford scholarships

Four soon-to-be Ramona High School graduates were among the 150 high school seniors from throughout the county receiving $1,000 scholarships at the Ford Salute to Education Scholarship Ceremony in San Diego Air & Space Museum in San Diego’s Balboa Park.

Ramona students accepting scholarship awards at the April 21 event were Elliott Ettore, Colton Stoody, Megan Vandervort and Logan White.

Ettore will attend University of California San Diego to study arts in the fall, Stoody will major in social science at Biola University, Vandervort plans a mathematics major at University of California Berkeley, and White will major in athletics at Oklahoma State University.

The purpose of the Salute to Education scholarship program is to encourage students to seek a higher education after graduating high school. The program aims to recruit students who deserve recognition for their personal accomplishments, and for their contributions to their school and community, states the Salute to Education website.

San Diego County Ford dealerships contributing to the scholarships are: El Cajon Ford, Encinitas Ford, Ford of Escondido, Fuller Ford in Chula Vista, Kearny Pearson Ford in San Diego, Ken Grody Ford in Carlsbad, Mossy Ford in San Diego, North County Ford in Vista, Penske Ford in La Mesa, Perry Ford in National City, Perry Ford in Poway and Miramar Truck Center in San Diego.