Press Release
Eighteen CCOC Students Earn Grove Foundation Scholarships
Eighteen Central County Occupational Center students will receive a Grove Foundation School-to-Career Scholarship valued at up to $4,000 to spend on tuition, books and related educational expenses.
“This Grove Scholarship is opening doors for me. It is my gateway to college,” CCOC Tune-Up & Electrical Systems student and Wilcox High School Senior, Randy Aguilera, said.
CCOC is one of ten high schools in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties that are eligible to participate in the Grove Scholarship program. CCOC--a unit of MetroED--provides career-technical education for more than 35 high schools in six Silicon Valley school districts: Campbell Union High School District, East Side Union High School District, Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District, Milpitas Unified School District, San Jose Unified School District, and Santa Clara Unified School District. Students attend CCOC for half of their school day and the other half of the day; they attend their home high school.
Eleven of the students who received scholarships applied through CCOC while seven other students applied through their home high school. CCOC’s Scholarship winners come from 12 different high schools and represent 13 CCOC programs. An additional 14 students who won a Grove Scholarship take a CCOC ROP class at their home high school.
The Grove Foundation received close to 160 applications from eligible schools in the San Jose and Santa Cruz area. Out of that, 74 students were awarded scholarships Jaime Kemmer, Program Associate for the Grove Foundation, said.
While in college, Grove Scholars must maintain a minimum 2.5 grade point average, take a full course load, attend Grove Scholars events and program offerings, and continue their college career path. The scholarship is for up to $4,000 as determined by the student’s education plan.
The Grove Foundation was founded in 1986 by former Intel Chairman and CEO Andy Grove and his wife Eva. The Groves founded the School-to-Career program in 1998 in order to give students an opportunity to achieve their focused career goal in careers such as automotive technicians, paralegals, nurses, accounting, and medical assisting. The scholarships are limited to students who will attend Cabrillo College, Evergreen Valley College, or San Jose City College to earn their career-focused two-year associates degree or technical certificate.
CCOC Grove Scholars include: Nathan Martinez* from Andrew Hill High School; Olivia Fields from Branham Hill High School; Dalton Mead and Candy Moreno from Leland High School; Aranet Duran*, Zereyna Munoz*, and Abel Padilla* from Milpitas High School; Alheli Lamas* and Alan Romero* from Mt. Pleasant High School, Adrian Reyes from Oak Grove High School; Reyna Moreno* from Overfelt High School; Mario Mazzella and Eric McNeil from Santa Teresa High School; Nicole Walker from Saratoga High School; Karla Barron from Silver Creek High School; Randy Aguilera and Rene Lopez from Wilcox High School; and Ariella Newton from Westmont High School. Those marked with a * applied through their home high school.
MetroED is the largest career-oriented educational organization in
Santa Clara County, comprised of high school and adult occupational,
academic and community programs.
MetroED annually provides 31,000 diverse students with the skills
to help them be productive, income-earning and tax-paying contributors to
Silicon Valley.
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