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The Lawnside Scholarship Club, Inc.

Presents Its

First Virtual

Salute to Graduating Seniors

Honoring

The Class of 2020

Saturday, July 25, 2020

Hosted by NAACP Camden County East Youth Council

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“Excellence Through Education”

Congratulations 1 Class of 2020!

Raj Kaneria

Congratulations to The Lawnside Scholarship Club, Inc.

and members of

The Class of 2020

263 White Horse Pike, Lawnside NJ 08045 856-546-2424


About The Lawnside Scholarship Club, Inc.

The Lawnside Scholarship Club was founded in 1945 and incorporated in 1973. Mrs. Helen Mae Henderson initiated the scholarship club idea when the Democratic Club ceased to function after awarding one scholarship. The first award was $50 for the highest ranking high school graduate from Lawnside. The founding members were: Linese Miller, Helen Mae Henderson, Elva Whittington, Edith Davis Andrews, Alice Still and Helen Moore Davis. These women held bake sales, sold newspapers and conducted other fundraising activities to acquire the money to encourage students. Over the years, the number of members grew from the original six to twenty-five. Currently, there are 11 members. The Club awards $7,750 each year and administers nearly $9,000 in grants from individuals and community groups. With the help of the Club, many of our residents have become teachers, doctors, lawyers, accountants, engineers and other professionals. Several have returned to Lawnside after completing their educations. Some past scholarship recipients have been or are now Club members. Scholarships are awarded to eligible students graduating from any high school who have resided 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 graduates with averages of 93 or better. We are indeed grateful to the many other persons and organizations that contribute yearly to help our students further their educational goals beyond high school. Your patronage and support is important to us. Inquiries and/or donations may be directed to any LSC member or in writing to: THE LAWNSIDE SCHOLARSHIP CLUB, INC. P.O. Box 66 Lawnside, New Jersey 08045-0066 Or visit us at http://lawnsidescholarshipclub.org and Facebook.com/Lawnsidescholarshipclub The Lawnside Scholarship Club, Inc., is a tax-exempt organization under I.R.S. Code 501 (c) (3) and incorporated in the State of New Jersey.


A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear Friends and Supporters, We are pleased to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Lawnside Scholarship Club and the 45th Salute to Graduating Seniors. It is with excitement that we celebrate our honored guests, the Graduating Class of 2020. We wish to thank all of their relatives and friends who have supported them during this unprecedented time of the Covid-19 crisis. The Lawnside Scholarship Club offers our deepest thanks to our 2020 donors, especially our Lawnside community award donors. Each year the Club looks for new ways to raise funds in order to encourage our youth to develop their talents. In the past, we have held college fairs with college representatives participating. We have also held No-Show Balls, a No-Show Bar-B-Que, and a No-Show Holiday fundraiser because it is exciting not to have to get dressed up, leave your backyard, or go out in the cold and snow! At our seventh annual Black History Celebration, we honored our founding, former and current club members. We have had many successful annual Jazz Brunches at the Tavistock Country Club in order to celebrate our former graduates. In past years, Club members have sold soft pretzels and homemade lemonade in our keepsake water bottles and participated in the Heritage Day parade with Lawnside’s top four graduating seniors. It is the highlight of each and every year to celebrate Lawnside students’ achievements at our annual Salute to Graduating Seniors Awards Celebration. For 75 years, you have supported the Lawnside Scholarship Club in our endeavors great and small. Thank you for partnering with us as we continue to promote the advancement of Lawnside’s youth. I have been honored to be serving my sixth term as the president of the Club. I am endlessly appreciative of my fellow members’ help and guidance as we strive together to achieve “Excellence Through Education.” We know that when we encircle our community’s young people with love, then we all succeed. That is why we honor the Graduating Class of 2020. To the graduating Class of 2020, you are a unique class who will always be set apart by commencing during an extraordinary time in global history. Your strength, intelligence and courage have already been tested, and you know how to stand up to adversity. I commend you for your commitment to academic excellence, and I know that you will never give up on your dreams. “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6) Sincerely,

Sharon Whitaker President


The Lawnside Scholarship Club, Inc.

2020

Sharon Whitaker Winifred Still Davis Paula Davis Gloria Goodman Theresa Tutt

Chantelle Davis Eboni Goodman Ann Bull Michelle Carter Gina Wardlow-Hill Linda Shockley

OFFICERS AND MEMBERS

Sharon Whitaker, President Winifred Still Davis, Vice President/Education Committee Chair Theresa Tutt, Financial Secretary Gloria Goodman, Treasurer Paula Mitchell Davis, Recording Secretary Eboni Goodman, Hospitality Chair Linda Shockley, Parliamentarian Ann Bull Michelle Carter Chantelle Davis Gina Wardlow-Hill, Esq.

EVENT COMMITTEE

PROGRAM Sharon Whitaker, Gloria Goodman, Paula Mitchell Davis BOOKLET Linda Shockley, Gina Wardlow-Hill, Winifred Still Davis, Theresa Tutt, Ann Bull

VIRTUAL EVENT Ma’isha Aziz, Esq., and NAACP Camden County East Youth Council


Office of The Mayor Borough of Lawnside

P R O C L A M A T I O N THE LAWNSIDE SCHOLARSHIP CLUB

75TH ANNIVERSARY AND

SALUTING THE CLASS OF 2020 GRADUATES

WHEREAS, THE LAWNSIDE SCHOLARSHIP CLUB, was established with the goal to help Lawnside high school graduating seniors to obtain post-secondary education at two and four -year colleges as well as technical schools. The Club issued the first award of $50 to a single student in 1945 and in 2019, the Club presented over $15,000 to nearly 20 Lawnside students with the highest grade point averages as well as those with various academics and athletic talents; and

WHEREAS, THE LAWNSIDE SCHOLARSHIP CLUB has been successful in carrying out

celebrating the Lawnside high school graduates for over 75 years through various sponsorships by a number of community groups and individuals; and

WHEREAS, THE LAWNSIDE SCHOLARSHIP CLUB will celebrate 75 years of service to the

Lawnside community of “Providing Intellectual Encouragement” as they strive to uphold and serve the graduates each and every year; and

WHEREAS, THE LAWNSIDE SCHOLARSHIP CLUB on behalf of all citizens in the Borough of

Lawnside, extend our congratulations to the 2020 Graduates and we are proud and honored to recognize their dedication, achievements and accomplishments.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED by the Mayor and Council of The Borough of Lawnside,

County of Camden, State of New Jersey do hereby applaud the many contributions of THE LAWNSIDE SCHOLARSHIP CLUB for their genuine commitment to the quality of life to those in our community and congratulate the LAWNSIDE SCHOLARSHIP CLUB on its 75th ANNIVERSARY and wish them many more years of continued success.

PROCLAIMED AND APPROVED JULY 2020 BOROUGH OF LAWNSIDE

Mary Ann Wardlow _____________________________________________

MARY ANN WARDLOW MAYOR


“Excellence Through Education”

The Lawnside Scholarship Club is pleased to hold its first Virtual Salute to Graduating Seniors using a combination of Zoom conferencing and Facebook Live. In recent years, we have held our Annual Salute to Seniors and other special events at the Wayne R. Bryant Community Center, Haddon Heights High School and Tavistock Country Club. We owe special thanks this year to our hosts, the members of the NAACP Camden County East Youth Council and their adviser Ma’isha Aziz, Esq., former Club member and top scholarship recipient in 1990.

As we salute the graduates, we look forward to helping them use educational excellence as the key to unlock possibilities and opportunities in their own lives and the lives of others. Join us in encouraging everyone to stay strong and to grow spiritually, emotionally and intellectually.

2020 SPONSORS Our activities and copies of this booklet are available free thanks to the generosity of our sponsors.

Kente Wayne R. Bryant

Silk Zallie’s ShopRite of Lawnside In Memory of Pauline Waller

Cotton Raymond Byard Real Estate

Friends Mr. Raj Kaneria, Dunkin Donuts

Drs. James and Joseph Hewitt, Hewitt Psychiatric

BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION HONOREES

2009 Rev. James A. Benson, Mrs. Alice Smith,

Miss Kitti Smith

2010 Mrs. Helen Jay, Mrs. Dolores Johnson

Mrs. Barbara Turner, Mrs. Louise Wright

2011 Mrs. Norma Boyd, Pastor Reggie Johnson,

Mrs. Thelma Long, Dr. Milton A. Robinson

2012 Mrs. Ellen Benson, Dr. Cassandra Brown,

Mr. Michael Harper, Sr.

2013 Mr. Bryson C. Armstead, Sr.,

Ms. Michelle Y. Carter, Dr. Ronn Johnson, Mrs. Verline Still

2014 Mrs. Ruth Benson, Dr. Wilma J. Farmer,

Dr. Ted Johnson

2015 Former LSC Members


1945 Gloria Wood King 1946 Ethel Cooper Alston (Deceased) 1947 Dolores Bryant Johnson 1948 Odessa Delanie Hayes 1949 Louise Moore Wright 1950 Thomas E. Cullins, M.D. 1951 Morris L. Smith 1952 Ellen Jackson Benson 1953 Albert Miller, Ph.D. 1954 Jon Miller 1955 Beverly Moore Copeland 1956 Patricia Waples Gardrie 1957 Evelyn Cullins (Deceased) 1958 Robert Brown

1959 Azalee Canty Done

1960 Roberta Waples Butler

1961 Anita Colvin LeMone

1962 LaVerne Wood Marsha Bennett-Gainer

1963 Yvonne DeLaine Vermillion

1964 George A. Banks, III (Deceased) 1965 Angela Byrd Winthers

1966 Theresa Still Tutt 1967 James Marcellus Brown (Deceased)

1968 Charles Cooper, III (Deceased)

1969 Donna Kate Rushin Deborah Farmer Mickles

1970 Doreen Epps Poole, Esq. (Deceased) William Jones

1971 Marie Young, M.D. Roberta Troy, Ph.D.

1972 Linda Waller Shockley Lloyd Henderson, Esq.

1973 Valerie Collick Horne Dawn Smithey

1974 Melody Moss Walcott, Esq. Dorothy Atkins

1975 Paula Mitchell Davis Barbara Fisher Arthur

1976 Paul Sanders Alex Picou

1977 Betty Mitchell Patterson, CPT Frederica Rollins Hutchins

1978 Cheryl Rollins, Esq. Morris G. Smith, Esq.

1979 Terrell Jones Nancy Williams Juvennelliano

1980 Comdr. Paul Mitchell, Jr., M.D. Sylvia Picou Browning 1981 James Bell, Jr. Valerie Dawson McKinsey

1982 Michelle Carter Lt. Ronald Higgs, Jr. NFO

1983 JoAnn Williams Walters Eric Bradley

1984 Stephanie Sawyer Christopher Pearson

1985 Judith Asher Greer Richardson 1986 Stacey Oglesby Tracey Harris, M.D. 1987 Marian Bryant Elizabeth Younger-Sevuma

1988 Tonia Farmer Pitts, M.D. Otis Chandler

1989 Gina Wardlow-Hill, Esq. Camille Chandler 1990 Ma’isha Aziz, Esq. Erika Taylor, Ph.D.

1991 Desiree Pollock Ruth Anne Geyer

1992 Marlisa Wilson Paul Codjoe

1993 Natasha Smith Christon Lewis

1994 Katrina Turner Suzette Robinson

TOP SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS


Past Recipients Continued

1995 Raymond Patterson Benjamin Codjoe

1996 Adrienne Horsley Kwesi Stone

1997 Cord Whitaker, Ph.D. Laird Taylor

1998 Gifty Codjoe Ryan Roberts

1999 Akilah Nelson Wilson Alicia Agnew

2000 Kara Crowder Amavi Pitts

2001 Lawrence Henderson James Noble

2002 Maj. Jasmine Walker Motupalli Kim Smith

2003 Lt. Danielle Still, U.S.N. Marquita Smith 2004 Keaira Still Cyara Phillips

2005 Stanley Conaway Afton Williams

2006 Brittany Horne Amber Bean

2007 Janine Bryant Jamie Walker

2008 Erica Bell Thamar Lys

2009 Maryam Aziz Patrick Atis

2010 Jasmyne Harper Latifah Miller 2011 David Kim Julien Atis

2012 Richard Wright Nadirah Jones

2013 LaSheyna Alexander Qwyen Austin

2014 Tyler Raysor Myles Fussell

2015 Dominique Ricks Zainis Bob-Grey

2016 Tanayjah Wyche Mia Dokes

2017 Brooke Pressley Jaquan Solomon

2018 Sydney Davis Savon Taylor 2019 Madison Pressley

Demetrius Holder Adonista Bob-Grey Cameron Kee

Photo by Thomas Hill Members of the Class of 2019 pose after the Salute to Seniors at Tavistock Country Club.


The Lawnside Scholarship Club has benefited from a bequest of Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, a former Club member, gifts in memory of Mrs. Eula Waples and a gift from former Senator Wayne R. Bryant. We especially thank community groups, organizations and families who continue to partner with the Club to provide financial support for our youth.

List of Scholarships and Awards

Club AwardsHighest Average – Kennedy Banks

2nd Highest Average – Veronica DeAbreu 3rd Highest Average – Freideliz Perez

4th Highest Average – Ava WilsonAll will receive the Elizabeth Jones Academic Excellence Award

Community Awards Dwight and Yvonne Anderson Award - Rayonna Cooper, D’Layne Peterson Lawnside PTA Awards for Unsung Heroes - Nyla Alston, Anthony Bland, Jr. Edna Jay Sports Award - Te’Sean Pressley Melody Moss Walcott Award - Veronica DeAbreu Madge Mitchell Math Award -Ava Wilson Edna Harper Service Award - Ariyon Bailey Henry Long Memorial Award - Nyla Alston Masjid Freehaven Model Citizen Award - Veronica DeAbreu Raymond G. Davis, Jr. Memorial Award - Isayah Alston Sonia Farmer Character Award - Tammy Nguyen Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wise Award - Tyrone Still Dr. & Mrs. Cecil Still Award - Sillahmusu Kanu I.R. & Anna J. Bryant Award - Freideliz Perez Leon N. Williams Law Award - Te’Sean Pressley Amos & Roxie Rogers Award - Tyrone Still Bryson C. Armstead Award - Nadir Jefferson

Joy M. Harper Award - Janelle Martin Rick Williams Health Services Award – Za’Myah Williams Steven A. Israel Sports Awards - Tammy Nguyen, Unsung Hero; Te’Sean Pressley, Outstanding Athlete Dorothea Carter Memorial Award - Lorenzo Flores Drs. William & Flora Young Award - Kennedy Banks Walter A. Gaines Natural Science Award - Veronica DeAbreu Lawnside Scholarship Club Fine and Performing Arts Award - Nadir Jefferson Curtis & Lula Moss Memorial Award - Janelle Martin William Travis Creative Arts Award - Christopher Gilmore Thomas A. Whitaker Award for Mechanical Advancement - Rayneal Wilson Reach for the Stars Award - Anthony Bland, Jr.

Haddon Heights High School Commencement Awards

Helen Mae Henderson Nursing Award – Za’Myah Williams Helen Mae Henderson Teaching Award – None given Ephraim J. & Mary C. Still Award - D’Layne Peterson

Linese Miller Leadership Award - Ariyon Bailey


Virtual Salute to Graduating Seniors - Class of 2020

Hosted by the NAACP Camden County East Youth Council

Ma’isha Aziz, Esq., Adviser and Coordinator

Mistress of Ceremony Eboni Goodman, Club Hospitality Chair

Welcome Winifred Still Davis, Club Vice President

Opening Remarks Jordan Wilson, Vice President

NAACP Camden County East Youth Council

Blessing of the Class Reverend Christopher Gilmore

New Life in Christ Holistic Ministries

Lift Every Voice and Sing Asiyah Ishmael

NAACP Camden County East Youth Council

Guest Speaker Ray Fisher, Stage and Screen Actor

Congratulations to the Class

Dr. Ronn Johnson, Superintendent, Lawnside School District

Eric Rosen, Principal, Haddon Heights High School

Scholarships & Community Awards Theresa Tutt, Club Financial Secretary

Acknowledgments & Closing Remarks Sharon Whitaker, Club President


2020 Virtual Guest Speaker

Ray Fisher, Stage and Screen Actor Lawnside native Ray Fisher is a stage and screen actor who shot to fame for his

portrayal of Victor Stone, aka Cyborg, in the Warner Bros. films Batman v.

Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League.

Fisher, a graduate of Lawnside Middle School and Haddon Heights High School, has appeared onstage as

Muhammad Ali in the Off-Broadway production of Will Power’s “Fetch

Clay, Make Man.” Although best known for his role as Victor Stone, aka

Cyborg, in Batman v. Superman: Dawn

of Justice and Justice League, Fisher can

be seen most recently as Detective

Henry Hays in the third season of

HBO’s “True Detective” alongside

Academy Award-winner Mahershala

Ali. His Victor Stone character is scheduled to return in 2022 in

“The Flash.”

He offered an inspirational message to

Lawnside School’s 8th grade graduates in

June.

The New York Times

Sept. 12, 2013

Fetch Clay, Make Man

“Bursts of Ali’s famous rhyming

braggadocio are delivered with flair

and fluency, and Mr. Fisher’s

smooth good looks really do seem to

justify Ali’s boast that he’s as

“pretty as a girl.” His lively, funny

and sympathetic portrait provides the play with a necessary core of authenticity.”


In Memory of Elizabeth Jones

Her elegant spirit and generous bequest have left much

for future generations of Lawnside graduates.

Namesake of the

Elizabeth Jones Academic Excellence Award

My Symphony

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury,

and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy not respectable;

and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly;

to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages with open hearts; to bear all cheerfully,

do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual,

unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common.

This is to be my symphony.


MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2020

Nyla Alston

Haddon Heights High School Activities: I manage the Haddon High School Football Team. I belong to the Multicultural Student Union, Student Diversity Club and Teen P.E.P. I am also a member of the Lawnside Student Volunteer Committee. Special Interests: I enjoy dancing, baking, math, reading and giving back to my community. Career Plans: I have been accepted and will be attending Morgan State University in the fall of 2020. My major will be computer science. I plan to become a computer scientist for NASA. Message to the Class: My favorite quote is, “If you truly pour your heart into what you believe in, even if it makes you vulnerable, amazing things can and will happen.” ~ Emma Watson Patrons Mom, Dad and Bryan Alston Grandparents - Marty and Kathy Stewart Grandparents - Eugene and Frances Alston The McNair family Uncle David Scott Aunt Marteha Stewart Uncle Richard Alston Uncle Tony Alston Antoinette Smith Mr. & Mrs. Starnes

Uncle James Smith Aunt Genie Gordon Aunt Priscilla Walker Aunt Vivian Abdul Aziz The Vance Family Moyenda Alston Uncle Omari & Aunt Nashira Alston Aunt Bibbi Stokes Mrs. Evelyn White Mrs. Sarah Montgomery Keith and Debbie Alston Grandmom Lillian Scott

The Scott Family Tracey Smith Aunt Carolyn Smith The Myles Family The Holman Family Uncle Bob & Aunt Linda Harris

Isayah Alston

Haddon Heights High School Activities: Haddon Heights Football and Basketball Special Interests: Playing Sports, PC and device rebuilding, video production, and gaming. Career Plans: I plan to attend Rutgers University, Camden, and major in computer science to achieve my lifetime goal of becoming a software engineer. I’ve been accepted to Delaware State, Pennsylvania State, Morgan State, Coppin State, Rowan and Kean universities and Gordon College. Message to the Class: “Those who don’t understand true pain can never understand true peace.” Patrons Yakini Alston Frances Alston Eugene Alston


Ariyon Bailey

Haddon Heights High School Activities: I participated as the Girls’ Basketball Captain, Boys’ Track Manager, Student Diversity Panel, Student Ambassador for Board of Education, Garnet and Gold, Student Government President, NAACP Camden County East Youth Council Treasurer and Lawnside Student Volunteer. Special Interests: My special interests and my talents are cooking with my mother. Career Plans: I’ve been accepted by Virginia State University, Coppin State University, Grambling State University, West Virginia State University, Tuskegee University, Winston-Salem State University, Bethune Cookman University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Norfolk State University and Bowie State University. College Decision: I plan to attend Winston-Salem State University and major in nursing. My professional goal is to be a nurse practitioner specializing in pediatric care. Message to the Class: Even though this year didn’t pan out like we expected, we are going to continue to strive and become the successful people we were made to be. Patrons Mom and Dad

Kennedy Banks Haddon Heights High School

Activities: My activities include Ecology Club, French Club, Peer Mediation Club, Main Office aide, Guidance Department, Junior High Office aide, School Store Club, Volunteer Club, Heights Heroes, Diversity Committee, Soccer and Track Special Interests: Alzheimer’s Walk volunteer, Alpha Kappa Alpha Neighborhood Noel Volunteer, NAACP Camden County East Youth Council, Secretary, B-Ball for Life Foundation Breakfast, Lawnside Day Volunteer for NAACP Camden County East Youth Council, Lindenwold Community Center Senior Citizen Luncheon, Urban Promise House Volunteer Career Plans: I will be studying Media Technology at Florida State University in Tallahassee. There is technology in all types of media from interactive media, television media, gaming media, media in communication and digital content. The media has a strong influence on society’s perspective and has the power to

shape society’s views. To be in the forefront steering the content within the media is exciting. Message to the Class: “Regression toward the mean. That is, in any series of random events, an extraordinary event is most likely to be followed, due purely to chance, by a more ordinary one.” ~ Leonard Mlodinow PatronsMom & Dad Jared Hester Jill Hester Cecily Banks Lallie and Charlotte Banks Tyler Bolden DawnMarie Hackett Clemons Yolonda Johnson Nicole Gittens


Anthony Bland, Jr. Haddon Heights High School

Activities: My activities are Indoor Track, Spring Track, Chess Club, Multicultural Student Union, Volunteer Club. I volunteered at the Annual Genesis Masonic Lodge Thanksgiving Community Dinner and the Santa Breakfast Christmas Charity. Special Interests: I like to watch movies, the First 48 and Law & Order. Career Plans: I will be attending Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio to major in political science. I will also be on the track and field team. Message to the Class: I believe everybody controls their own destiny in life.

Rayonna Cooper Haddon Heights High School

Activities: Khaotic Creations Special Interests: I enjoy praise dancing, singing, cooking, basketball, volleyball, and working. Career Plans: My goals are to go to college for biology so I can become a pediatrician and take care of children because I love taking care of people. I have been accepted to Voorhees College, Seton Hall University, Cheney University of Pennsylvania, Liberty University, Neumann University, Mount St. Mary’s University, New Jersey City University, Bloomfield College, Shaw University, Fayetteville State University, Georgian Southern University, Mount Aloysius College and Bowie State University. I decided that I will be attending Livingstone College in North Carolina. Message to the Class: My favorite quote that I would like to share is, “You can

do/be anything you want to be all you have to do is just believe.”

Veronica DeAbreu Haddon Heights High School

Activities: My activities include Garnet Live, The Scribe, Multicultural Student Union Club, Heights Heroes, Diversity Panel, National Honor Society and Garnet and Gold. Special Interests: Girl Scouts, Town Watch, volunteering and dancing are among my special interests. Career Plans: After high school, I will attend college for computer science and/or cybersecurity. Once I have my bachelor’s degree, I will attend law school. Message to the Class: “Never try to be someone else’s definition of beautiful. You have to define beautiful for yourself.” ~ Zendaya


Lorenzo Flores Haddon Heights High School

Activities: I was a member of the Guitar and Art clubs. Special Interests: I love to draw and I am currently learning how to tatoo. I helped paint a mural in HHHS to pay homage to veterans last school year. I volunteered since 7th grade at the National Night Out at Lowe’s. I help out at my grandmother’s church in Camden serving the homeless food, water and basic necessities. Career Plans: My goal is to run a family welding business with my older brother who is already a welder in Philadelphia. My career plan is to attend Camden County College to start the welding program and enter an apprenticeship. Message to the Class: Good luck!

“Education is a passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs

to those who prepare for it today.” - Malcolm X

Christopher Gilmore Haddon Heights High School

Activities: My sports are Winter and Spring Track. I am a member of the NAACP Camden County East Youth Council, Multicultural Student Union and Volunteer Club. Special Interests: I am interested in fine and digital arts and animations. I have been engaged in feeding and providing essentials for those experiencing homelessness. Other service projects included mentoring and volunteering in Lawnside, Magnolia and Camden. I attend New Life in Christ Holistic Ministries and participate in the drama club and the youth group ministry. I also participated in Boys State and helped create a mock government. I enjoy running. Career Plans: After graduation, I plan to pursue a degree in animation and illustration. I have been accepted to Drexel, Rutgers, Morgan State, William Patterson, Mount St. Mary’s, Widener and Montclair State universities and the University of the Arts. I have chosen to become a Montclair State University Red Hawk! Message to the Class: The sky is the limit! When we put God first, all things are possible! Patrons Tiffany and Christopher Gilmore


Nadir Jefferson Haddon Heights High School

Special Interests: I write songs and make music. Career Plans: So far I have been accepted to Lebanon Valley College and my intended major is music production. My chosen profession is to become a business owner. Message to the Class: Even during these times, stay positive and keep moving towards your goals.

Sillahmusu Kanu Haddon Heights High School

Activities: Varsity Fall and Winter cheerleading, Softball, French Club, Mentoring program Special Interests: Working at Taco Bell, boxing, hanging with friends Career Plans: I want to get my bachelor’s degree in nursing and work as a travel nurse for the Air Force. As I’m working, I would like to go back to school to become an obstetrician and gynecologist. Once I become an OBGYN, I would like to go back to my parents’ hometown in Sierra Leone, West Africa, and open a clinic or hospital to help lower the number of women’s deaths during childbirth. Message to the Class: I ask God to give me the knowledge and strength to get through

medical school. Patrons Mom and Dad

Janelle Martin

Haddon Heights High School Activities: I participated in Field Hockey and served as Basketball and Football manager. I was a member of the Multicultural Student Union, Student Diversity Panel and the Lawnside Student Volunteer Committee. Special Interests: I love party hosting, baking, Parkside United Methodist Church Dance and Media ministries. Career Plans: I plan to attend Morgan State University in the fall majoring in clinical psychology. My chosen profession would be to work in a school environment to help counsel kids with psychological issues. Message to the Class: “It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.” ~ William James PatronsMom and Dad Uncle Timmy and Family Shelly and Family Derrick and Family Aunt Joyce and Family Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso Lewis

Aunt Doris Cousin Olivia Ethel Bryant Uncle Carl and Miss Shirley Uncle Preston Aunt Lynda and Uncle Mike

Cousin Jana Cousin Khari Aunt Patty and Family


Tammy Nguyen Haddon Heights High School

Activities: I participated in Ecology Club, the Multicultural Student Union, diversity panel, student government, Garnet and Gold, The Scribe, varsity tennis, theater arts. Special Interests: I love playing tennis. In my senior year, I made the top three on my tennis team. I played third singles. I’m in my community volunteer program for Lawnside. I played violin through middle school. The summer before my junior year I started to work at Wendy’s but I still managed to participate in my extracurricular activities. Career Plans: I want to go to Rowan University and major in communications studies to earn my bachelor’s degree. My career goal is to become a public relations specialist. Message to the Class: Don’t be scared of the future. There’s so much we can’t predict. Just live your life to the fullest.

Freideliz Perez Haddon Heights High School

Activities: Among my activities are football manager, girls’ spring track manager, Yearbook Club, Ecology Club, Student Diversity Committee, Multicultural Student Union, Garnet and Gold, National Honor Society, Teen P.E.P., Lawnside Student Volunteer Program Special Interests: I am a youth worship leader at my church. Career Plans: I plan to attend Rutgers University-Camden majoring in business. I will start or work for a nonprofit organization to get people clean water and food around the country and world. Message to the Class: “To live greatly, we must develop the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness and triumph with humility.” ~ Thomas S. Monson

D’Layne Peterson Haddon Heights High School

Activities: Garnet and Gold, Yearbook committee, Diversity Panel and varsity Basketball. Special Interests: I enjoy dancing, drawing and volunteer work. Career Plans: I want to be successful in life and improve everyone around me. I will attend Delaware State University where I will major in computer science to prepare to become a software engineer. Message to the Class: Everyone doesn’t need to know what you are doing. Patrons Mother Grandparents


Te’Sean Pressley Haddon Heights High School

Activities: My sports include Basketball, Football and Track. I am a youth mentor and serve on the Student Diversity Panel. Special Interests: I am co-chair of the NAACP Camden County East Youth Council and a Junior Deacon at Little Rock Baptist Church. Career Plans: My goal is to major in criminal justice and work for the F.B.I. or D.E.A. I will attend Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, on a football scholarship. Message to the Class: I am responsible for my own happiness, fate and destiny. I model no one’s behavior but my own. Favorite scripture: Philippians 4:13 Patrons Mom and Dad Mom Mom (Mrs. Jacqueline Mosby) Terrill and Leslie Bullock Tjjani Bullock The Pressley Family Pastor Steven T. Mack and the Little Rock Baptist Church Family

Tyrone Still Camden County Technical High School

Activities: Member of Future Business Leaders of America; Family, Career and Community Leaders of America and manager of Boys’ Basketball. Special Interests: I enjoy spending time with friends and family, going to the mall and going to church. I sometimes volunteer at the Ronald McDonald House in Camden, New Jersey. Career Plans: I am planning to go to college to get my nursing degree and become a nurse. Message to the Class: Life is too short. Enjoy it while you can with your loved ones. Patrons Mom Aunt Grandmom Father and Grandfather


Za’Myah Williams Haddon Heights High School

Activities: Multicultural Student Union, Art Club and Urban Promise Volunteer Special Interests: I enjoy painting and consider art one of my talents. Career Plans: I have been accepted by Virginia State University, Coppin State University, Grambling State University, West Virginia State University, Tuskegee University, Winston-Salem State University, Bethune Cookman University, Maryland Eastern Shore, Norfolk State University and Bowie State University. I will attend Winston-Salem State University and major in nursing. My intended profession is to be a pediatric murse practitioner. Message to the Class: Where you are now, doesn’t define where you’ll be later.

Ava Wilson Paul VI High School

Activities: I was active in freshman basketball, junior varsity soccer, varsity lacrosse, TBAA Soccer Club, Deptford Soccer Association Elite Travel Team, Ambassadors Club, Peer Leadership, Italian Club, Italian National Honors Society and African American History Club. Special Interests: My interests include traveling, going to the beach, attending different concerts and festivals with my friends, and spending time with my family. I have also participated in TOPS Soccer, an event that helps mentally challenged children learn how to play and enjoy soccer. I am currently a part of a women's group called Lady Leaders of Color. We focus on empowering young women of color through education and mentorship by different workshops and community opportunities. One of our community service projects included going to the Center for Family Services around Christmas time and helping sort through donated clothes, gifts, etc. Together we helped make the holidays a little more exciting for less fortunate families. Career Plans: I have been accepted to Drexel University, St. Joseph’s University, Temple University, Louisiana State University, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Rowan University, Georgia State University, Kent State, Kean University and Caldwell University. In the fall, I plan to study communications and biology at Temple University in Philadelphia. Message to the Class: Persistence is key. Put your all into everything you do and never give anything less than your best. Remember that God is in control of all things and everything that is meant for you, you shall receive. “With God, ALL things are possible” ~ Matthew 19:26


Rayneal Wilson Haddon Heights High School

Activities: I am a member of the Chess Club. Special Interests: I play instruments and make music for other artists. I also write songs and in my spare time, work on video ideas with friends. Career Plans: I’m attending PennCo Technical School after high school to become a certified electrician. Message to the Class: Something that has always resonated with me since a young age is when one of my youth league basketball coaches taught me that “Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.” Patrons Mother

“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving

your community and world better than you found it. Education is a precondition to survival in America today.” - Marian Wright Edelman

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Saturday, May 29, 2021

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Berlin, New Jersey


Nyla Jade Alston

Nyla, we are so proud of you. You have grown into such a beautiful young lady. Continue to be strong, courageous, humble and kind. Know if your mind can conceive it, and your heart can believe it, you can achieve it! Psalm 105:4 “Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.” Love, Daddy, Mommy & Bryan. We love you so much!




“Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else

says distract you from your goals.” – Michelle Obama

Kennedy – This quote makes us think about you because one of the things

we admire about you is that you always stay true to yourself and never let

anything or anyone stop you from achieving your goals. As you enter this

new phase in your life, make sure you continue that energy. Mom and Dad

will always be here for you no matter what. You are our shining star and

never let anyone dull that light.

Love you !!

Mom, Dad, Parker, Manajah & Paige


CONGRATULATIONS KENNEDY

Words cannot express how proud we are of you. You are a beautiful, smart,

young lady who we know has a big, bright future ahead of herself.

Stay on course and never look back. We love you much!!

Aunt Jill, Uncle Terry and Jared



Congratulations Janelle

Class of 2020 Graduate!

Best wishes in all your future

endeavors. May God continue to

bless you!

With All Our Love,

Mom, Dad, Jaylon & Family



Congratulations Te’Sean Pressley and the seniors of Haddon

Heights High School! Te’Sean, we are so proud of what you

have accomplished thus far. We are even more excited about

your future! As a Benedict Tiger we know you will soar

academically and athletically. Continue to keep God first in all that you do. Always

remember Philippians 4:13, you can do all things through

Christ who gives you strength. We are proud of you!

With love,

Little Rock Baptist Church Rev. Steven T. Mack, Senior Pastor




CONGRATULATIONS

2020 Graduate!

TE’SEAN S. PRESSLEY

“The future belongs to young people with

an education and the imagination to create.” President Barack Obama

Best Wishes,

Ann & Morgan Bull

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To my first best friend,

You have accomplished so much academically and athletically throughout your high school career. From

cheering for you on the football field to yelling “DEFENSE” on the court, it has been a pleasure

watching you grow up! I am so proud of you! I can’t wait to see what God has in store for you as you soar

at Benedict College. Congratulations Te’Sean & the Class of 2020!

Your little BIG SISTER,

Tjjani


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Advice from President Barack Obama’s May 16, 2020 Speech for “Graduate Together: High School Class of 2020 Commencement”

First, don’t be afraid. America’s gone through tough times before — slavery, civil war, famine, disease, the Great Depression and 9/11. And each time we came out stronger, usually because a new generation, young people like you, learned from past mistakes and figured out how to make things better.

Second, do what you think is right. Doing what feels good, what’s convenient, what’s easy — that’s how little kids think. Unfortunately, a lot of so-called grown-ups, including some with fancy titles and important jobs, still think that way — which is why things are so screwed up.

And finally, build a community. No one does big things by themselves. Right now, when people are scared, it’s easy to be cynical and say let me just look out for myself, or my family, or

people who look or think or pray like me. But if we’re going to get through these difficult times; if we’re going to create a world where everybody has the opportunity to find a job, and afford college; if we’re going to save the environment and defeat future pandemics, then we’re going to have to do it together. So be alive to one another’s struggles. Stand up for one another’s rights. Leave behind all the old ways of thinking that divide us — sexism, racial prejudice, status, greed — and set the world on a different path.


The Lawnside Scholarship Club congratulates. . .

LaSheyna Alexander, 2013 top recipient, received her Juris Doctorate from Rutgers University School of Law on May 20. She earned her undergraduate degrees in political science and philosophy from Davidson College, regarded as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the United States. During summers, she interned at the Whatley Griffin Law Firm and the government and finance department of the Congressional Research Service within the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. While in law school, she served as historian for the Black Law Students Association and lead editor for the Nuremberg Project of the Rutgers Journal of Law & Religion. More recent internships were with the AccessLex Institute and Judge Andrew B. Altenburg, Jr. of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. She will be a law clerk for William F. Ziegler, Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey in Cumberland County.

Maj. Jasmine Walker Motupalli, 2002 top scholarship recipient, the first Lawnsider to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, has entered private industry in data analysis for Gusto. During her military career, she led combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and was awarded the Purple Heart Medal. She earned a master’s degree in operations research from the Georgia Institute of Technology and worked as a data scientist in the Department of Systems Engineering at the Pentagon. Major Motupalli also worked in Army intelligence, as an assistant professor and associate director of the Center for Leadership and Diversity in STEM at West Point.

Maryam Aziz, Ph.D., 2009 highest ranking graduate, will be a postdoctoral scholar in African-American History at the Richards Center and Africana Research Center at Penn State University for the 2020-21 year. She earned a doctorate in American Culture at The University of Michigan in May after defending her dissertation, “Built With our Empty Fists: The Rise and Circulation of Black Power Martial Arts.” During her tenure at the Richards Center, she will prepare her book proposal and begin researching her second project on martial arts within 20th century women’s organizing. As a publicly engaged scholar, she served as an assistant curator and research assistant for the 2017 Schomburg Center Exhibit, Black Power!, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the movement. She also serves as one of the assistant directors for the Schomburg Center’s Mellon Summer Humanities Institute for rising seniors. She earned her undergraduate degree from Columbia University.

Cord J. Whitaker, Ph.D., 1997 scholarship recipient, published his first book in 2019, Black Metaphors: How Modern Racism Emerged from Medieval Race-Thinking. He is a professor of literature and the medieval history of race at Wellesley College. He earned his undergraduate degree in literature from Yale University followed by a master’s and doctorate from Duke University. His next book is The Harlem Middle Ages: Color, Time, and Harlem Renaissance Medievalism.

Brandon Chandler, 1999 scholarship recipient, was named associate director of housing at Temple University last year after working as coordinator then director of housing at Rutgers University, Camden, for 14 years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Rutgers and is pursuing an M.B.A. at Temple. He and his wife Dr. Khayriyyah Chandler were emcees at the 2016 Salute to Graduating Seniors and Jazz Brunch at Tavistock Country Club.

In Memoriam

George A. Banks, III, the highest ranking graduate in 1964, died April 1 in Princeton. After Haddon Heights High School, he earned an accounting degree from Hampton University in 1968 and an M.B.A. from Rutgers University in 1973. He spent 50 years in finance and accounting as a certified public accountant and certified management accountant. George was the chief financial officer at Community Council Health Systems in Philadelphia after starting his career at Johnson and Johnson in 1968. Contributions in lieu of flowers were requested to the Hampton University 1968 Endowed Scholarship Fund. A memorial service will be held in the future.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2020

Dear Class of 2020,

Yours is the class that for the first time in the history of the country has seen a complete and

unbelievable upheaval because of the Covid-19 pandemic; including schools closing down and

online classes from home, no proms, no sports, probably no formal graduation. But still we proudly

see you graduating and heading toward college, or technical school, or a job.

As a member of the class of 1960, I say to the class graduating exactly 60 years later carry on

with your heads held high because you are young, gifted and Black and there is a whole world

waiting for you to help make the changes necessary for a more loving, just and greener world.

Remember as a Black in America your heritage is one not just of slavery but of a people of

outstanding achievements because of love, faith, and hope!

On the back of our African heritage as the original people of the earth, the original and best

in architecture, medicine, mathematics through the Egyptian Imhotep, the renaissance man known

and reverence in Greece and Africa and throughout the then know world as the Prince of Peace!

Then in America you have the extraordinary achievements most recently of a Black woman who

was one of the most gifted mathematicians in America; that is, Catherine Johnson, the woman

portrayed in the movie Hidden Figures, who help put a man on the moon while working at NASA.

So, I say Class of 2020 continue your journey. Rise to the challenge of making this a better

world by believing that through Jesus Christ, the Black Messiah, who came to liberate the

oppressed, bring hope and love to the poor, the disenfranchised, and most especially to the children,

you can achieve if you can only believe.

Love and Best Wishes,

Mrs. Roberta W. Butler

Recipient Class of 1960

Photo by Thomas Hill

Mrs. Butler and her sister Patricia Waples Gardrie, recipient Class of 1956, at the 2019 Salute to Seniors.


HATS OFF

TO THE

CLASS

OF

!

BEST WISHES FOR A BRIGHT AND SUCCESSFUL

FUTURE!

Ann Bull & Family

LSC Member Since 2019


Congratulations to the Class of 2020

Linda Waller Shockley

In Memory of Lenwood & Pauline Waller Joseph B. Shockley, Jr.

Akilah Imani Wilson, 1999 Recipient

Tony, Aliyah and Tiana Wilson

Chrissandra, Neil, Nichèt, David and Michelle Butler

Jordan Butler Reid

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Best Wishes

to the

Lawnside Scholarship Club, Inc.

Upon 75 Years of Service And

Congratulations to Honorees

From

National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. Pi CHAPTER P.O. Box 9172

Trenton, New Jersey 08650-9616

Talaya Stoddard Wilson, Basileus

Pi’s “Goldenred” Scholarship Fundraiser Luncheon - Saturday, December 5, 2020


CONGRATULATIONS TO

THE LAWNSIDE SCHOLARSHIP CLUB, INC.

AND TO

THE CLASS OF 2020

FROM

Milton A. Robinson, D.M.D. 2011 Black History Celebration Honoree

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Spotlight on Marsha Bennett-Gainer, 1962 Scholarship Winner

Marsha Bennett-Gainer was the 1962 academic recipient of the Lawnside Scholarship Club’s top award when she graduated from Haddon Heights High School. She is a consistent supporter of the Club.

She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Temple University where she majored in Spanish and French Education. She studied at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, while residing with a Mexican family during the

summer of her junior year. She was inducted into Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish Honor Society.

Marsha earned a Master of Arts degree in counseling from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). Her

post-graduate work includes studies in drug and alcohol counseling. She continues her language studies including Italian and Swahili.

Marsha is a retired high school guidance counselor, having served 39 years in the Pennsauken School District, and

12 years as an adjunct academic advisor at Rowan University at Burlington County College. During this time, she

also provided home instruction for various school districts as a private tutor in Spanish and French.

Mrs. Bennett-Gainer is a faithful member of White Oak Baptist Church in Lindenwold. She has provided academic support to students in the White Oak Baptist Community Developmental Learning Center, and was an

Adult Sunday School Teacher. She and her husband Larry live in Sicklerville with their five cats.


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Documents

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