On June 5th, 2014 Detective Chris Winn, Sequoia High School Alum, presented Lisette Espinoza the George Garrett Scholarship for 2014. This award was presented at the Senior Awards Night at Carrington Hall.
The Redwood City Police Officers Association established the Garrett Scholarship to honor slain Police Sergeant George Garrett and help deserving students reach their educational goals by presenting them a $1500 cash award upon graduation to be used to further their higher educational goal. The Garrett Scholarship is awarded in the spring to one graduating student from each of the three public high schools in Redwood City. The qualified schools are Sequoia High School, Redwood High School and Summit Preparatory Charter High School. The scholarship shall consist of a one-time payment of $1,500.00 for the purpose of helping fund higher educational goals. Awardees will demonstrate the following traits and fulfill the following requirements:
1) The student must be enrolling in an accredited college, whether 2-year or 4-year.
2) The student must have demonstrated during their high school career a desire to excel in school. This desire did not necessarily need to have resulted in exceptional grades but instead needed to show that the student worked as hard as possible to excel within their abilities.
3) The student must have demonstrated the desire to lead, either by overt acts or positive example, or demonstrated the ability to overcome adversity or other hardship. 