$15,000 Teen Scholarship Opportunity Offered by "Real Life 101" TV Series.NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com. LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--Sebastian International Entertainment, producers of "Real Life 101," the popular new educational career-guidance television series for teens, has inaugurated an innovative and unprecedented college-scholarship program. The $15,000 Real Life Scholarship affords high school students the opportunity of a lifetime -- to participate in a nationally syndicated television show and earn a chance for a college scholarship. It is one more way in which the series hopes to fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. its mission of informing, educating and encouraging teens. "Real Life 101," hosted by five teen-agers, takes its viewers on an exciting first-person journey into the worlds of working adults. The series is designed to guide young people into making educated choices for their lives by introducing them to some of the world's most colorful and challenging careers. "Real Life 101" presents endless possibilities for teens who need a dream for the future. "It is so much fun to meet all these cool people and find out how many different jobs are out there!" said 19-year-old show host Jeremy Scott Jeremy Scott is a Missouri-born fashion designer. He is homosexual. He attended the prestigious Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Jeremy is best known for his outrageous and sometimes comical designs. . "Other kids should have the chance to do what we're we're Contraction of we are. we're we are doing." The series' executive producer, Jan Sebastian Sebastian, 1554–78, king of Portugal (1557–78), grandson and successor of John III. He was under the regency first of his grandmother (until 1562) and then of his uncle Henry (a cardinal and later king) until declared of age in 1568. , realized that kids across the country should indeed have that chance. The hosts hit the phones, calling schools from coast to coast and inviting them to tape segments for "Real Life 101." Students were asked to produce their own six-minute career-interview segment for submission. Participating schools receive "Real Life 101" crew T-shirts, trophies and/or credit. Three scholarship winners will be chosen from the casts and crews of these segments, and each will receive a $5,000 scholarship to the college of their choice. And, of course, their segment airs as part of the series. Hundreds of tapes have already been submitted, and high school principals and guidance counselors guidance counselor Child psychology A school worker trained to screen, evaluate and advise students on career and academic matters have accepted the program with open arms. "I have been extremely impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: with 'Real Life 101.' It is a fast-paced, MTV-style career exploration that holds the attention of high school students. We are very proud to be recommending `Real Life 101,'" remarked Heidi J. Thompson Thompson, city, Canada Thompson, city (1991 pop. 14,977), central Man., Canada, on the Burntwood River. A mining town, it developed after large nickel deposits were discovered in the area in 1956. , a guidance counselor at Judson B. Walker Middle School, Orlando, Fla. The Real Life 101 Scholarship Program runs through July 1999. |
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