INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Forty-four deserving middle and high school students from St. Lucie, Indian River, Martin and Okeechobee counties are earning a valuable incentive for future success this Monday.
At the Take Stock In Children Scholarship awards ceremony held at Indian River State College (IRSC), area students will be named the 2016 recipients of four-year tuition Take Stock in Children Scholarships.
This special award ceremony will be held Monday, May 9 at 7 p.m. in the McAlpin Fine Arts Center on the IRSC Main Campus at 3209 Virginia Avenue in Fort Pierce. In addition to recognizing new recipients, the program will also acknowledge the accomplishments of 49 high school graduates and 28 IRSC graduates who participated in the program.
IRSC has been a Take Stock partner almost since the program’s inception. Since 1996, 959 President’s Challenge/Take Stock in Children scholarships have been awarded by IRSC to students in the four county area, the provision that they meet the challenges and graduate from high school.
The scholarship program is designed to motivate and assist students who show academic promise and might not otherwise have the opportunity to attend college. The scholarship recipients are matched with adult volunteer mentors from the community who provide guidance and encouragement.
All the selected scholarship recipients sign a contract agreeing to maintain good grades, stay out of trouble, stay away from drugs and alcohol and graduate from high school.
Those who meet the challenge will receive a scholarship to attend IRSC for two years, followed by two years at IRSC or another Florida public college or university.
The Take Stock in Children program is coordinated locally by the IRSC Foundation and is offered in cooperation with the Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie County school districts. For more information, to donate scholarship funds or to volunteer as a mentor, contact the IRSC Foundation at (772) 462-4786.
