By Daisha Posey Staff Writer
The Pershing Alumni Board is paving the way for students to achieve success in college.
The Alumni Board offers three $1,000 scholarships to Pershing students for college, while also being mentors and role models to students.
“Pershing students are important to the alumni association,” said Ann Connally, President of the Alumni Board. “Our model is giving back to Pershing. ...We understand that this is the foundation to the students life and we want them to succeed.“
Connally said she wants to see students succeed and she did this by helping to create an Alumni Association and encourage students to go to college.
“The student population was 3,000 when I was in school but it seems like students are dropping out quickly,” Connally said. “The students attitudes have changed towards education no one really wants to learn how we used to want to.”
But Connally and the Alumni Board hope to change that.
The idea for the scholarships came after Connally’s 20th high school class reunion.
“We had money left over and decided to give the money to students for scholarships and we continued in became 501c3,” Connally said.
Besides the scholarships, the Alumni Board sponsors a career day in the fall, bowling events and an alumni picnic in June.
To be eligible for the scholarships, students must have a 2.0 GPA. Interested students should ask their counselors or the principal.
