Karen Minner Scholarship

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Karen Minner Scholarship The Karen Minner Scholarship is awarded each spring to a student at Highland View Academy, in remembrance of Karen Minner, pastor of the Class of 1996.

Scholarship Information

The Karen Minner Scholarship is awarded each spring to a student at Highland View Academy, in remembrance of Karen Janeen Minner, pastor of the Class of 1996. Criteria

Recipients of this scholarship will exhibit the qualities of Christian character found in Karen's life and will be highly regarded by both his/her peer group and the academy faculty. He/she will also emulate Karen's commitment to academic excellence by maintaining a high grade point average. As a third and less important criterion, financial need may be considered. There will be no artificial methods employed to distribute the scholarship evenly by gender, race, ethnic group, or geographic area. These factors are not to be considered in each year's effort to identify the most deserving individual for the following school year. Indeed, an individual may receive the scholarship more than once if he/she is deemed the best candidate. Selection Procedure

Each year's recipient will be chosen by vote of the academy faculty. Presentation

The scholarship will be presented, beginning in 2002, at Alumni Homecoming by a member of the Minner family. In the event no family member can be present, the family will designate a presenter. Solicitation and Management of Funds

Primary responsibility for management, investment, and disbursement of the moneys in this scholarship will lie with the Treasurer of Highland View Academy, and be subject to the normal auditing procedures of that institution. The Treasurer will consult at regular intervals with the Treasury Department of the Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and/or the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists regarding the prudent investment of these funds. An effort will be made to raise enough money to establish a permanent endowment, with the scholarship award deriving annually from earnings on the principal. This will be accomplished as soon as possible after the establishment of the scholarship. An effort will be made to maintain the annual award at $1,000. Changes in that amount, as necessary or desirable, will be made jointly by the academy Treasurer and the Minner family.

09/11/2026

25 years ago today, September 11, 2001, was a day of tragedy. It was full of chaos, shock, heartbreak, and sadness, and it was a day that utterly changed the world. It was also Karen's last birthday. Karen had just started teaching a few weeks before, at Beltsville SDA School, and we had had plans to meet at the Olive Garden in Frederick that evening to celebrate her 24th birthday. After the events of that fateful morning, we were not sure if we should still meet up. But by evening things seemed to have calmed down a bit and we decided we wanted to see each other. So, we met in Frederick and ate dinner together. What was supposed to be a birthday celebration was instead a somber meal under eerily quiet skies. In addition to the great loss of so many people on that day, I felt a sadness that Karen's birthday would never again be celebrated in a joyful, fun way--her birthday would forever be heavy with the weight of the events of 9/11. We could not know as we sat at the Olive Garden that evening that we were celebrating for the last time. Karen died less than two months later. I will forever be grateful that we met up that night, that we were able to spend those precious moments together. And for every birthday since 2001, in addition to commemorating all those who were lost on 9/11, we have also remembered Karen. Thank you to all of you who knew and loved Karen, or even those who did not but have contributed to the scholarship in her name, for walking this journey with us these last 25 years. Thank you for supporting a cause that was so important to her and to all of us--Adventist education for young people. We have no idea how many more students will receive this scholarship before Christ's second coming, but we offer our deepest, heartfelt thanks to all of you who continue to support it in the hopes that we all will be reunited soon and very soon. --Jennifer

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