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Cardinal Spellman High
School’s John F. Ward
scholarship winners
John Berenguer and Ciara Felix.
Photo courtesy of Cardinal Spellman High School
Cardinal Spellman High
School announces the recipients
of the John F. Ward
’66 Vietnam Veteran Patriot
Award for 2020.
The $5,000 annual scholarship,
based on an essay
competition, DUTY: God,
Honor and Country, has been
awarded to John Berenguer
and Ciara Felix.
The scholarship has been
made possible from a generous
donor in memory of his
friend, P.F.C. John F. Ward.
After graduating from
Cardinal Spellman in 1966,
John Francis Ward attended
basic training at Fort Jackson,
South Carolina and was
designated ‘11 Bravo 40’ light
weapons infantry. He then
completed Advanced Individual
Training in infantry tactics
and advanced weaponry,
and arrived in Vietnam in
early July 1969. P.F.C. Ward
was killed during nighttime
combat operations in Vietnam
on October 6 of that same
year, 25 days before his 21st
birthday.
John Berenguer graduated
from St. Joseph Elementary
School in the Bronx. At
Spellman, he is a member of
the Gospel Choir and has received
First Honors and the
Diamond S Award for maintaining
a 90 average for three
years. Last year, John was
part of the cast in the Cardinal’s
Players production of
Anything Goes. He plans on
attending Lehman College to
study nursing. John’s interest
in trying for the scholarship
comes partly from the fact
that his father is a veteran.
Ciara Felix attended the
Bronx New School, and is a
member of the Photography
Club, Film Club, Service Society,
Robotics Club and Hellenic
Cultural Society. She
has also participated in the
Drama Monologue and Shakespeare
Monologue Competitions.
Ciara has received both
fi rst and second honors, and
hopes to attend Penn State
and major in Physics. Her
grandfather served in the
military.
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