Raytheon awards $300K in Middle School scholarships, grants

150 students receive $1,000 scholarships for camp or college; schools receive $1,000 matching grants

WALTHAM, Mass. , April 22, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company celebrated Math Awareness Month by awarding 150 middle school students, including 33 from Massachusetts , each with a $1,000 scholarship they can use toward a math, science or technology camp or program this summer. Additionally, each student's school receives a matching grant from Raytheon.

Each year Raytheon awards $1 million in scholarships and grants as part of its MathMovesU program, an initiative designed to engage middle school students in math and science through a variety of programs including contests, live events, scholarships, tutoring programs and more.

"Raytheon is delighted to recognize these students with scholarships for making math a priority," said Raytheon Chairman and CEO William H. Swanson . "It is our hope that these scholarships, coupled with the support of family and teachers, will encourage these students to continue their passion for math for many more years to come."

The 150 scholarship recipients were chosen from a pool of 1,662 middle school students who created multimedia presentations that illustrated the importance of math in their daily lives and answered the question: "How does math put the action in your passion?" Submissions were judged independently by Scholarship America.

For a complete listing of all 150 scholarship winners, please contact [email protected] or [email protected].

For the latest MathMovesU news and information about available scholarships, please visit www.raytheon.com/stewardship/mmu/