Palmdale High School senior awarded $50k SoCal Edison scholarship

Palmdale, CA.- The Edison Scholars Program recognizes students who want to be makers of tomorrow the dreamers, inventors, guardians and pioneers — those who dare to be great.

Edison International will award $50,000 college scholarships to 30 high school seniors to help them follow their dreams in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) and empower them to change the world.

This is a chance for students with big dreams to advance their education and take part in shaping a brighter future.

Matthew is planning to study electrical engineering to develop sustainable energy technologies and renewable energy sources. He aims to create energy sources that could be considered more valuable for consumers than current industrial standards.

“My goal is to create more efficient ways of harnessing electrical energy and be at the forefront of advancements in renewable energy technologies.”

- Matthew A.

Planned Major: Electrical Engineering

The Edison Scholars Program recognizes students who want to be makers of tomorrow the dreamers, inventors, guardians and pioneers — those who dare to be great.

Edison International will award $50,000 college scholarships to 30 high school seniors to help them follow their dreams in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) and empower them to change the world.

This is a chance for students with big dreams to advance their education and take part in shaping a brighter future.

Congratulations to Senior Matthew Adeleke on earning a $50,000 Scholarship from Southern California Edison.

Antelope Valley Union High School District

on their social media accounts posted.

“Matthew Adeleke has been a part of the Palmdale High School Engineering Academy as well as the AVID program since his freshman year 2021. Over those four years, Matthew has been a stand out student taking 10 advanced placement (AP) classes, 9 honors classes, and 2 dual enrollment college classes.

Matthew has routinely taken on additional classes, both 0 and 7th period, during his time as a student here at PHS, as well as summer school classes to make sure he has room in his schedule to take the courses he wants. To date, Matthew has taken 39 classes and earned 330 credits, with another 55 expected this semester, bringing his total at graduation to 385 credits.

Of the 490 seniors at Palmdale High School, Matthew is currently ranked third and has a GPA of 4.86. This again is further proof of just how hard Matthew has worked the last 4 years. His goals for the future are admirable, hoping to pursue a career in the engineering field as an Electrical Engineer. In his pursuit to achieve that career goal, Matthew has been accepted into multiple colleges, some offering him scholarships to try and persuade what will be a very successful future engineer. Congrats again Matthew.”

To read more about sce scholarships visit SCE

Photo Courtesy of : SCE