Jonathan, a member of that class, was killed in a car accident on Card Sound Road in February, 2002. The accident also killed Blake Fernandez, then 18, and Christina Beemer, 17, who had recently transferred to Key West from Connecticut.

Jonathan’s mother, Kathryn dePoo, established a memorial and scholarship fund honoring her son just days after the accident. She awarded scholarships Wednesday evening to eight graduates who knew Jonathan and remembered his sense of humor and love of hockey. DePoo spent nearly every morning baking cookies she then sold to coworkers during the day to raise money for the fund, said Alice Calleja, a guidance and college counselor at Key West High School.

A Web site dedicated to the Jonathan dePoo-Gorman Memorial and scholarship Fund now makes it possible to donate to the fund online, and anyone donating $11 or more will receive “Good Karma cookies”.

“Jonathan was the youngest of our joined family of six children. Six kids, two dogs and two adults in a small house in Key West is a tight fit, but somehow it worked,” dePoo wrote on the www.cookieskeywest.com site.

DePoo recognized eight graduates Wednesday night in an emotional presentation.
 

Scholarship recipients include: Morgan Ford, Rachael Walterson, DeKariss Barnett, Veronica Herrera, David Spottswood, Nick Formico, Daniel Garcia and Michael Ramirez.