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(Front) Sarah Pedigo, Deanna Riley; (Middle Row) Megan Holley, Aimee Young, Kyn-dil Wilson, Precious Marion, Amanda York, Holly Beth Corbin; (Back Row) Mike Mills - GEAR UP, Bryson Keltner, Holly Spradlin, Miranda DeVore, Andrea Glass, Taylor Mc-Murtrey, Micheal Garmon, Adam Bailey & Junior Counselor, Jessica Miles
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Metcalfe County Girls’ Basketball All District Team: L-R: Riley Eskridge, Taylor Noe, Jordan Samuels and Tayler McMurtrey.
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Hundreds of high school juniors from across Ken-tucky earned $1,000 aca-demic scholarships in the “Drive the Dream” pro-gram, sponsored by GEAR UP Kentucky and the Ken-tucky Higher Education Assistance Authority.
A total of 536 students earned the scholarships and were recognized dur-ing a ceremony Friday at Western Kentucky Univer-sity’s Knicely Conference Center in Bowling Green.
To be eligible for the scholarship, students must attend a school in the GEAR UP Kentucky pro-gram, participated in all the EXPLORE and PLAN as-sessments and reached the benchmark in at least two of the subject areas of the 2008 PLAN assessments. They also needed to main-tain at least a 2.5 grade point average, and submit an essay and references. Students will receive the
scholarships when they en-roll in an accredited Ken-tucky college or university.
”These are among our best students, but it is a bittersweet moment for me, because this is the last in this series honoring scholarship winners,” said Yvonne Lovell, executive director of GEAR UP Ken-tucky. “Today represents the culminating event for this GEAR UP program.
Although this program is concluding, another will begin, serving a new group of more than 10,000 stu-dents across the state.”
Scholarship recipients and their parents attended a day-long event that includ-ed informational sessions on topics such as financial aid, tips on succeeding in college, and college appli-cation timelines.
Event attendees also
heard from Ben Whitlock, who served as special guest speaker during lunch. Ben participated in GEAR
UP Kentucky at Green County High School and graduated in May 2011. He is a Drive the Dream
scholarship recipient and is currently a McConnell Scholar at the University of Louisville.
Jordon Kingrey, Des-tiny Frye, Holden White and Dilon Kilgore (L-R) showcase their business cards, business plans, web page layouts and job applications they have constructed while work-ing through the Design Your Own Business Chal-lenge in the A+ Computer Repair and Maintenance
class instructed by Justin Smith at Metcalfe County High School. During the design process the show-cased students have gen-erated business plans and documents for a car audio business, an art supply and gallery, a mobile ice cream and vending ser-vice and a towing/recov-ery business.
GEAR UP Scholarships
A+ Business Design
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L-R Megan Holley, Bryson Keltner, Amanda York & Holly Beth Corbin.
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