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Six essential qualities that
are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy,
wisdom, charity. - William Menninger
5/28/08 (7:49 a.m.) A graduating senior from each of
Fayette’s high schools has been selected to receive the nation’s only
federally funded scholarship.
Amy Evans, Fayette County High; Courtney Simmonds, McIntosh
High; Jaimie Little, Sandy Creek High; Kevin Harrell, Starr’s Mill High and
Alyson Pigford, Whitewater High has been selected as 2008 Robert C. Byrd Honors
Scholars.
The Byrd scholarship program is the only federally funded
merit based scholarship program for college undergraduates. The program's
purpose is to recognize outstanding academic achievement among high school
seniors who show promise of continued excellence in postsecondary education.
Byrd Scholars receive a $1,500 yearly stipend, for a maximum
of $6,000 over four years, to pay for college expenses.