20 APS high school students earn half of Posse Atlanta’s full-tuition scholarships to premier colleges

Twenty of the 40 local high school students awarded four-year, full-tuition scholarships to attend four premier colleges and universities by The Posse Atlanta Foundation are APS students. The students, who attend seven APS high schools, will be honored during a ceremony at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, at the Georgia-Pacific Auditorium (133 Peachtree St., N.E., Atlanta, GA 30303). Students are selected for the program based on academic excellence and outstanding leadership.

The Posse Foundation recruits and trains outstanding young people from urban high schools and sends them in multicultural teams called “posses” to elite colleges and universities with full-tuition scholarships. During a rigorous eight-month training program, the students address team building, cross-cultural communication, leadership and academic excellence. This program puts the students in a position to arrive on campus in the fall well prepared to meet the challenges of college-level academic work and campus life. The scholarship recipients will attend Bard College, Boston University, Brandeis University and the College of Wooster.

Below is a list of the APS students who will be awarded Posse Foundation scholarships at Thursday’s event.

BARD POSSE

First Name	Last Name	High Schools
Bria	Bacon	Benjamin E. Mays HS
Shelby	Garcia	Henry W. Grady HS
Alexander	Page	Henry W. Grady HS
Adelaide	Ruff	Henry W. Grady HS
Christeina	Wade	Carver School of the Arts

 

BOSTON POSSE

First Name	Last Name	High Schools
Jenna	Bhaloo	North Atlanta HS
Asha	Haki-Tyler	Henry W. Grady HS
James	Russell	North Atlanta HS
Taylor	Walker	Henry W. Grady HS
Elise	Yancey	Henry W. Grady HS

 

BRANDEIS POSSE 

First Name	Last Name	High Schools
Stacy	Finley	Washington Senior Academy
Kofi	Hodge	Washington Senior Academy
Jemesh	Hunter	Benjamin E. Mays HS

 

COLLEGE OF WOOSTER POSSE

First Name	Last Name	High Schools
Brittany-Dawn	Baker	Frederick Douglass HS
Adam	Brinson	Therrell Technology HS
Shauntia	Cobb	Carver Early College
Sydney	Jones	North Atlanta HS
Terry	Mathis	Therrell Health HS
Najiyah	McKinney	Washington Senior Academy
Christian	Vinson	Benjamin E. Mays HS

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