Pottawatomie Garden Club awards St. Charles East High School graduates with scholarships

The Pottawatomie Garden Club recently awarded two scholarships to graduates in District 303.

This year’s recipients were Ellie Clark and Jersey Chytla, both graduates of St. Charles East High School.

Clark is a freshman at Hillsdale College and is majoring in biology. Her aspiration is to use her knowledge as a horticulturist in creating gardens, according to a news release from the club.

Clark runs cross country at Hillsdale College. In high school, she was a two-time state qualifier with a top finish of 94th in her senior year in 2022.

Chytla also competed in cross country at St. Charles East, but has a passion for speed skating, which he competes in at the University of Calgary, according to the release.

Chytla is majoring in environmental science and plans to pursue his graduate degree at the University of Chicago, according to the release.