P.E.O. STAR Scholarship awarded to Sycamore High senior

The P.E.O. STAR Scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year recently was awarded to Tessa Harbecke, a senior at Sycamore High School. The scholarship was presented at the SHS Senior Awards ceremony by Nancy Leifheit, president of Chapter KJ.

Harbecke, the daughter of Mark and Jenny Harbecke, was recommended for this scholarship by Chapter KJ of Sycamore. Harbecke will attend Baylor University in Waco, Texas, this fall, majoring in accounting. She was the valedictorian of her class.

The P.E.O. STAR Scholarship is a $2,500 scholarship based on excellence in leadership, extracurricular activities, community service, academics and potential for future success. The program is open to young women who are citizens or legal permanent residents of the U.S. or Canada and who are graduating high school seniors at the time of application. A student must be recommended by a P.E.O. Chapter.

The P.E.O. Sisterhood, founded in 1969 at Iowa Wesleyan College, is an international philanthropic and educational organization that promotes increased educational opportunities for women. There are about 6,000 local chapters in the U.S. and Canada with about 250,000 initiated members.

For information on the P.E.O. STAR Scholarship, email Patty Poorten at pattypoorten@hotmail.com or visit peointernational.org.