Two Wheeling Park Graduates Awarded $4,000 Clutter Scholarships
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A pair of Wheeling Park High School graduates are the latest recipients of the Patrick A. Clutter Memorial Scholarship.
Harmon Lewis and Trent Thomas both received scholarships totaling $4,000 to use toward their education in the field of communications.
"We are extremely proud of what we have accomplished with this memorial scholarship fund and even happier that Harmon and Trent were chosen as the 2023 recipients," scholarship chair David Flatley said. "Pat touched many lives along the way and launched many careers and we just hope to continue along that road in some fashion as a tribute to Mr. Clutter's memory."
The Patrick A. Clutter Scholarship was established to assist students at Wheeling Park High School with financial resources to attend colleges, universities, or vocational centers of their choice. Pat Clutter, long-time educator at Wheeling Park High School, founded and established the WPHS radio and television curriculum as it is known today.
The purpose of this scholarship is to make it possible for students to continue their education in the fields of radio or television. It is also the purpose of this scholarship to encourage young men and women to become better citizens by giving them the opportunity to further their education.
The fund is invested and managed by WesBanco Bank of Wheeling as trustee under the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley.
The Pat Clutter Scholarship Memorial Golf Scramble -- the proceeds of which go to the scholarship fund -- is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 4, at the Crispin Center at Oglebay Park.
"Our number one fund raiser for the Clutter Scholarship is the annual charity golf scramble," Flatley indicated. "Folks interested in donating or playing in the golf scramble, should log on to ClutterScholarship.org for additional information and the appropriate forms."
Since the inception of the scholarship, we have given away over $105,000 in the form of scholarship monies and essential purchases for the radio and television program at Wheeling Park High School. The scholarship fund was designed so that we can continue to reward students each year that meet eligibility requirements and who choose to continue their education, in the field of communications, at the next level.
The scholarship fund was also designed to grant monies to the current radio and television program based on requested and needed upgrades as indicated by the department instructors.