The Community Foundation of St. Joseph County is proud to announce that La Lumiere School senior student Emily Beach has been awarded the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship. The Lilly scholarship provides full tuition, required fees, and books for four years of undergraduate study at any accredited public or private college or university in Indiana. Emily will matriculate to Purdue University next fall and plans to study Electrical Engineering. She excels in academics, athletics, and leadership as was demonstrated by her recent recognition as 2015 Indiana Academic All-Star.
During the summer of 2014, Emily was chosen to participate in the QuarkNet Program at the University of Notre Dame. QuarkNet is funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Education, and is a nationally-recognized program designed to bring high school students and faculty together to contribute to the University of Notre Dame’s physics research. Emily is the daughter of Barbara Tenney of South Bend and Douglas Beach of Granger.
About La Lumiere School
La Lumiere School is a premier college preparatory boarding and day school located on a spectacular 190-acre campus 25 miles west of South Bend, 8 miles from La Porte, 7 miles from New Buffalo and about an hour southeast of Chicago. Academic excellence characterizes the entire curriculum and helps to prepare its students to attend some of the best colleges in the country including Stanford University, Northwestern University, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Notre Dame, Wake Forest University, Middlebury College, Georgetown University, Cornell University, Colgate University, University of Michigan, and the University of Chicago. For additional information, go online to lalumiere.org. La Lumiere School is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA).
