Class of 2026 Institute for Enterprise Scholarship Winners

The Institute for Enterprise, Inc. is pleased to announce the 2026 recipients of the Nassau County Annual High School Scholarship Awards:

West Nassau High School recipients : Willis LaRose and Harlyn Purvis with John Elwell

Fernandina Beach High School recipients : Grace Scuderi, Jacob Kovalcik, Passion Roberts and Zoey Gamba with I4E president Bryan Poynter and board member Claudia Watts

The annual I4E scholarships provide a onetime award of $2500 for each student toward the financial cost of each of their educations in pursuing an entrepreneurial degree at any fully accredited college, university, learning institution, or approved vocational/technical school.

All five students studied in the I4E Marketing & Entrepreneurship class at their respective schools, and plan to pursue higher education in order to learn more about owning and operating their own sustainable start up business.

This year’s winners are: West Nassau High School: Willis LaRose, Harlyn Purvis

Fernandina Beach High School: Passion Roberts, Grace Scuderi, Zoey Gamba, Jacob Kovalcik

All of us at the Institute for Enterprise want to congratulate the Scholarship winners and wish them well in their entrepreneurial endeavors.

The Institute for Enterprise, Inc. is a public 501(c)(3) charity founded in 2014 by Douglas M Newton and John Campbell Elwell to promote the growth of entrepreneurship by aiding young people accomplish their educational, business, and economic goals in a free market environment.