Nine Lakes High School students received incentives. Back row from left: Chelsea Brown, Cameron Boyd, Tristan Pickett and Ty'von Pickett. Front row from left: Tatianna Bryant, Colette Moss, Brit-tani Terry, Ontavia Walls and counselor Bobbie Richardson. Leon Moore is not pictured.
Twelve students from Clover Park and Lakes High Schools earned $350 grants from the Elizabeth Wesley Youth Merit Incentive Award Program for their academic performance, attendance and good citizenship. The students were honored at an awards ceremony in late September in Tacoma.
Three Clover Park High School students earned Elizabeth Wesley Youth Merit Incentives. From left, Jasmine Chatters and Yvonna Peterson. Hana Page is not pictured.
Clover Park senior Yvonna Peterson and Lakes senior Chelsea Brown also received $1,000 college scholarships from Comcast. Lakes senior Cameron Boyd, who also received a $1,000 college scholarship from Comcast, was the student speaker for the event and shared the stage with keynote speaker Michelle Paige Paterson, first lady of New York.
Bobbie Richardson, a guidance counselor at Lakes, earned a Drum Major Recognition Award for her efforts in implementing the Elizabeth Wesley Incentive Award Program at Lakes.
The Elizabeth Wesley Youth Merit Incentive Award Program, established in 1996, recognizes and honors African-American youth in Tacoma-Pierce County for their academic achievement. The program is a community partnership among individuals, businesses and organizations that rewards youth for academic achievement and community service.
Elizabeth Wesley Youth Merit Incentive Recipients
Clover Park
- Jasmine Chatters
- Hana Page
- Yvonna Peterson
Lakes
- Tatianna Bryant
- Cameron Boyd
- Chelsea Brown
- Leon Moore
- Colette Moss
- Tristan Pickett
- Ty’ron Pickett
- Brit-tani Terry
- Ontavia Walls