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2025 Scholarship Recipients

Thank you to the sponsors and donors of the PHCS scholarship program. Congratulations to the recipients and much success in your future endeavors.

Dutra Museum FoundationEdward Dutra memorial scholarship: $3,500.

Rylee Collart, McKinleyville High School

Dutra Museum FoundationDeolinda Dutra memorial scholarship: $3,500.

Delaney Dasilva, Elk Grove High School

Joseph and Emily SouzaJoseph Souza memorial scholarship: $1,000.

Dominic O’Toole, West Campus High, Sacramento

Joseph and Emilly SouzaEmily Souza memorial scholarship: $1,000.

Sofia Lottes, West Park High School, Roseville

PHCS Lionel R. Holmes scholarship: $1,000.

Ella Jones, Rio Americano High School

PHCS general scholarship: $1,000.

Philip Martin, IV, Merrill West High School, Tracy

American Portuguese Club–Bob and Betty Dias Scholarship: $500.

Grace Pimentel, Christian Brothers High School, Sacramento

The third and final installment of the Carnegie Museum of Kings County’s year-long celebration of local Portuguese history and culture opens Friday, Sept. 8. It runs through Sunday, Dec. 17.

This installment highlights individuals and businesses who have made significant contributions in fields as varied as politics, education, the arts, industry, and especially agriculture. 

Curators Michael Semas and Kathi Mendes Gulley said many of the businesses featured have immigrant roots and have been operating for multiple generations.