2026 SPECIAL SESSION I
ENROLLED
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 2112
Commending Alexandria City Public Schools' scholarship award recipients.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, June 22, 2026
WHEREAS, in the 2025–2026 school year, six students in Alexandria City Public Schools received college scholarships to prestigious institutions of higher education; and
WHEREAS, The Posse Foundation presented scholarships to Christopher Cabrera, who will attend Bucknell University, Isabel Craine, who will attend the University of Virginia, and Mohammad Elyas Noorzai, who will attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison; and
WHEREAS, in addition to their scholarships, The Posse Foundation will also provide these students with comprehensive programmatic support over their next four years in college; and
WHEREAS, Christabel Ellis was selected by the QuestBridge National College Match Program as a QuestBridge Scholar and was awarded a full-ride scholarship, including room and board as well as tuition, to the University of Virginia; and
WHEREAS, Darwin Flores Salazar received the Northern Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award and scholarship and will attend Virginia Commonwealth University; and
WHEREAS, Gaetanina Verhoeven received the Pamplin Leadership Award from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, which includes a one-year, academic merit-based scholarship to the institution; now, therefore, be it