LEWISTON — The Franco-American Education Foundation announces the award of $57,000 in scholarship funds to the following graduates from Lewiston, Auburn and surrounding area high schools. Receiving scholarships were:

Lewiston High School: Veda Leclerc, Melina Masselli, Jillian Reissfelder, Carolina LaPerriere, Jamie Doucette, Benjamin St Laurent, Nicholas Dionne and Justin Ouellette.

St Dominic Academy: Jaden Webster.

Edward Little High School: Keegan Rodrigue, Lydia Celani, Hanna Roy and Lindsey Adams.

Leavitt Area High School: Alexandra Hawksley and Keegan Melanson.

Lisbon High School: Levi Levesque.

Oak Hill High School: Nico Soucy and Levi Sturtevant.

Home-schooled: Taylor White and Julia White.

Suffolk University: Abigail Hart.

Deerfield Academy: Alex Robert.

Loomis Chaffee School: Bree Bergeron.

Central Maine Community College: Bailey Desrochers.

In addition, the Foundation has awarded $137,950.00 to students presently attending college in their sophomore, junior and senior years.

Initially funded by a generous gift from Georgianna and Lucien Martin, the Foundation was created by attorney Robert Couturier to provide scholarship assistance to area high school graduates of Franco-American heritage to help them further their studies at colleges, universities and vocational schools.