Scholarships for GCS Graduates Rise for 2008-09

$78.9 million in scholarships awarded to the class of 2009

Contact: Laurie Hogan (336) 370-8307
Created: 6/3/2009 2:42:27 PM

The amount of academic and athletic scholarships awarded to this year’s class of graduating Guilford County Schools (GCS) seniors rose by nearly $2 million, jumping to $78.9 million from a little over $77 million last year.

The reported scholarship earnings are based on data submitted by May 29 and are likely to go up as graduating seniors are expected to continue to receive scholarship offers through August. Approximately 4,673 seniors are expected to graduate at the end of this school year. The final figure will be available after June 15.

Scholarship awards to graduating GCS seniors have risen by more than 50 percent in the last five years, soaring from approximately $50.3 million during the 2004-05 school year. Scholarship numbers have skyrocketed since the beginning of this decade. The district’s graduating seniors received $30.9 million in scholarships during the 2000-01 school year.

Dudley High recorded the largest number of scholarship earnings with approximately $9.8 million in academic and athletic scholarships. Dudley was followed closely by Northwest High with $9.3 million in scholarships and Grimsley High with $8.79 million.

The scholarship recipients include students who will be attending military academies, elite private colleges, public universities, community colleges and specialized schools like Gallaudet University.

“I wish to congratulate all of the scholarship winners, their parents, teachers and counselors who worked so hard to make this happen,” said Superintendent Maurice “Mo” Green. “You’ve made your families proud. You’ve made your individual schools proud. You’ve made GCS proud.

“I also want to congratulate all our graduating seniors for their hard work over the last four years, as well as the parents, teachers, counselors, school administrators and other school system employees who assisted these students as they traveled the road to success. This is a wonderful accomplishment.”

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