Local Students Awarded Take Stock In Children Scholarships

September 23, 2014

Recently, 26 students — including several from the North Escambia area — were introduced as new Take Stock in Children scholarship recipients. The Escambia County Public Schools Foundation introduced the students at the annual Take Stock in Children Kick-Off Dinner, bringing the total number of students in the program to 118 in Escambia County.

These students are currently in grades 7-12 and they will receive a college scholarship upon graduation from high school, as long as they maintain program standards. Students sign an agreement to maintain good grades and attendance; to be good citizens; to remain crime and drug free; and to meet weekly with a volunteer community mentor.

Take Stock in Children is a statewide, non-profit organization that provides “scholarships, mentors and hope” to deserving young people selected through a need-based application process. They are identified by their public middle schools at the end of their sixth grade year. Twenty-one of the new students are seventh graders and five others were selected from previous years’ alternate lists.

New students, their mentor and their school include:

  • Mya Acoba, mentor Mari Abbate, Brown Barge Middle
  • Savanna Bowen, mentor Lynne Bates, Ransom Middle
  • Brandon Brantley, mentor Dave Bates, Bellview Middle
  • Sylvia Callihan, mentor Veronica Dias, Warrington Middle
  • Tristan Cravatt, mentor Jack McNulty, Bailey Middle
  • Breona Dean, mentor Fernaundra Ferguson, Ferry Pass Middle
  • Lucas Dinsmore, mentor Pete King, Bailey Middle
  • Lina Foust, mentor Anita Prentiss, Pine Forest High
  • Diamond Franklin, mentor Ruth Jenkins, Escambia High
  • Morgan Garner, mentor Neeltje McNulty, Bailey Middle
  • Ian Gifford, mentor Bob Goforth, Ernest Ward Middle
  • Angel Goldsby, mentor Stephanie Noa, Workman Middle
  • Haley Hennington, mentor Mallory Studer, Bellview Middle
  • Madison Hurston, mentor Cindy Barrington, Ransom Middle
  • Issiah Johnson, mentor Ken Biland, Bailey Middle
  • Lari McCann, mentor Cynthia Worrell-White, Northview High
  • Thinh Pham, mentor John Fromularo, Warrington Middle
  • Annemarie Pigg, mentor Susan Myrick, Bailey Middle
  • Ben Potts, mentor Rusty Branch, Brown Barge Middle
  • Malcolm Pressley, mentor Andy Arnold, Workman Middle
  • Teriana Redmond, mentor Sherri Stallworth, Ernest Ward Middle
  • Ashleigh Smith, mentor Freida Nichols, Ferry Pass Middle
  • Kiplin Smith, mentor Charity Hamilton, Workman Middle
  • Taylor Smith, mentor Sandra Durr, Tate High
  • Austin Witt, mentor Bob Hoyt, Woodham Middle
  • Ashten Wright, mentor Ray Sellers, Ernest Ward Middle

Money for each scholarship is donated locally and a dollar-for-dollar match is received from Florida Prepaid College Foundation when scholarships are purchased.

Comments

One Response to “Local Students Awarded Take Stock In Children Scholarships”

  1. Carrie on September 23rd, 2014 7:21 pm

    Way to go Madison

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