Two Newport grads receive scholarships

Emily Dittig and Mandy Sin, both graduates of Bellevue's Newport High School, have been awarded a $2,000 scholarship by the J.C. Bartol Scholarship Foundation.

Emily Dittig and Mandy Sin, both graduates of Newport High School, have been awarded a $2,000 scholarship by the J.C. Bartol Scholarship Foundation.

Dittig graduated with a 3.45 GPA and is going to Gonzaga University for a teaching degree. She was a four-year letterman on the swim team and a three-year letterman on the tennis team. She was a 2013 DECA area top 10 finalist. Her community service of 250 hours consisted of Camp Fire day camps, Youth swimming lessons and peer tutoring.

Sin graduated with a 3.88 GPA and will study international business at the University of Washington. She contributed over 700 hours of community service, from setting up computer labs for underprivileged kids in Jamaica to working with kids in theater camp in Bellevue. The J.C. Bartol Scholarship Foundation has been awarding two students with scholarships for the last 19 years.