#The Martin Luther King School Dream Foundation will award its scholarships during its banquet on May 18. It will take place from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Mount Zion Baptist Church (1634 19th Ave.).
#This year’s honorees include Cleveland High School: Tayzhon Harris and Lamaria Pope, of Cleveland High School; Jenae Givens, of Foster High School; Amare Brown, of Rainier Beach High School; and Janae Hutchinson, of Renton High School.
#Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Larry Nyland will make the congratulatory remarks, followed by state Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu and Dajeanne Washington, a 2014 scholarship award winner and Seattle University scholar.
#The dinner is complimentary; any donations and proceeds from a raffle at the event will go the scholarship fund.
#Reservations are requested by May 11 via email to lindsher@aol.com or phone to (425) 478-8174 or (425) 778-1847.
#Graduating seniors who once attended the former Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Madison Valley are invited to apply for a $1,500 Martin Luther King School Dream Foundation scholarship each year.
#Jan Lind-Sherman, a former teacher who taught at the school until it closed in 2006, started the foundation with her husband after winning a large lottery.
#The foundation gives post-secondary-education scholarships to students who used to attend the school. Since 1999, it has given out more than 100 awards, ranging from $1,000 to $3,500.