葡萄地, Ms. 莉莉Kejzman, Foundation Board member of the 坎伯兰 Foundation, presented a check of $25,000美元 学校的数量! Scholarship Program administered by the 坎伯兰 County Campus Educational Foundation at Rowan College of South Jersey – 坎伯兰 Campus. 的 学校的数量! program is a unique 奖学金 created specifically for 坎伯兰 County residents. It provides two-year tuition 奖学金s to RCSJ-坎伯兰 for students who earn four consecutive 学校的数量! certificates from 9 participating high schools.
“Words cannot express how thankful I am for the 学校的数量! 奖学金. My education has always been important to me and receiving this award is very humbling. With the aid of this 奖学金, I have gotten the chance to do many things such as being able to focus on my journey of achieving my future career of becoming a surgeon, and doing this by concentrating more on my school work,布丽安娜·戴维, 学校的数量! Scholarship recipient.
学校的数量! exemplifies the core values that make the community strong. 的 program encourages and rewards high school students for the development of skills necessary for college success: punctuality, 纪律, 努力工作, and motivation to achieve goals. In order to earn a 学校的数量! certificate in each year of high school, a student must:
- maintain a 95% or better attendance record;
- achieve a higher-than-average GPA;
- successfully complete Algebra I; and
- be scheduled to graduate from high school on time.
“You don't fully realize until you face-to-face see that difference in not only the students, 的家庭. People who believe in you by being a donor care about giving students the opportunity to an education. We (的 Foundation) really do pull through and we have done things that other colleges look to the 坎伯兰 Foundation to do. 的re is a lot of heart here," Foundation Board member, Ms. 莉莉Kejzman.
For more information about the 学校的数量! program, contact Maria LeBlanc, Foundation Director or visit: sdw.caiyo.net/SchoolCounts.