The Buck Foundation honors one Heritage senior every year with the “Pride of Heritage” scholarship. Which is worth $8,000 a year, for four years, students have to score a 25-30 on the ACT, have a 3.5 GPA, complete at least 50 hours of community service to qualify, and submit an electronic creative project and a signed contract. This year’s recipient was Ivan Ramos (12).

The Talon sat down with Ramos to discuss Buck and his future plans.

Q: How do you feel about the scholarship?

“I’m so thankful for it! I’m so grateful! It’s like a golden ticket to be able to pay for my college. $32,000 is no joke. On top of financial aid, it’s a possible full ride. I couldn’t be more excited!”

Q: Can you explain your project to us?

“My project was a short film of me not knowing what to make my project on. I have gone through two projects already and I didn’t think it was up to my standard or their standard so I decided to restart the entire thing and kind of do this introspective kind of deal where it was a film about me discovering what I wanted to write my project about and teleporting through different facets and nooks and crannies of Rogers.”

Q: What are your choices for school?

“I would really like to go to the University of Notre Dame but other than that I’m looking at Purdue, Missouri S&T, and the U of A.”

Q: What do you want to
major in?

“Aeronautical engineering.”