Tartan Scholars Program

Established in 2003, The Tartan Scholars program creates opportunities for high-achieving, low-income minority students by providing four year scholarships to attend St. Margaret’s Episcopal High School, in San Juan Capistrano, CA. The program also enriches the educational experience of all St. Margaret’s students by increasing diversity at the school. The Picerne Family Foundation established the program with a six-year grant that funded the first fifteen Tartan Scholars.

The second five Tartan Scholars who graduated in spring 2008 are attending Stanford University, Barnard College, University of California, San Diego, California State University, Chico, and Swarthmore College. Of the first five Tartan Scholars who graduated in June 2007, one Scholar earned the prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship to fund her college tuition, housing, and other expenses for up to 10 years of higher education. She is currently engaged in pre-med studies at Stanford University.  Click on the student names below for more information about the 2008 Tartan Scholars graduating class:

Julie Hernandez – Stanford University
Daysy Arellano – Barnard College
Elmer Florez – University of California, San Diego
Rafael Enriquez – California State University Chico
Greg Rawson – Swarthmore College

Click on the student names below for more information about the 2007 Tartan Scholars graduating class:

Yolanda Galvez - University of California, Santa Barbara
Alicia Hernandez – University of California, Davis
Miriam Mayen – University of California, Davis
Lena Murrillo – Stanford University
Marisa Yanez – Stanford University, Gates Foundation Millennium Scholar

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