High school graduates all get scholarships: Alexander City School District / Alabama.A program that benefits high school students and the local economy in Alexander City, Ala ALA aminolevulinic acid. Ala alanine. ala (a´lah) pl. a´lae [L.] a winglike process. ., offers every high school graduate a two-year scholarship to the local community college. The Gateway to Education Scholarship Program, a collaborative effort among the Alexander City Chamber Foundation Inc., the Alexander City School Board and Central Alabama Central Alabama is the region in the state of Alabama that stretches approximately 170 miles (270 km) from the western border with Mississippi to eastern border with Georgia and Community College, resulted in Alexander City School District being named the Alabama Alabama, indigenous people of North America Alabama (ăləbăm`ə), indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). state winner in the 2007 National Civic Star Award competition. The program was initiated by key members of the business community in partnership with the local school and community college administrations. It was part of a combined economic-development and education plan, which was initiated in 2002 as a result of the need for a diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s economic plan for the community and a highly skilled work force. For more than 100 years, Alexander City has been the home of Russell Corp., a leading textile and athletic apparel company employing more than 7,000 people. Over the past five years, however, the company has shifted manufacturing overseas like much of the rest of the textile industry, and the shift left the community searching for a new identity and new economic development opportunities. Through aggressive local efforts, the funding has been acquired and invested to finance the Gateway to Education Scholarship Program in perpetuity Of endless duration; not subject to termination. The phrase in perpetuity is often used in the grant of an Easement to a utility company. in perpetuity adj. forever, as in one's right to keep the profits from the land in perpetuity. . More than $1.6 million has been raised from about 3,000 businesses, civic groups, churches and individuals to support the program. The program also recently celebrated the graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. from the community college of its first scholarship recipients. So far, 160 students have received scholarships. The scholarship program is: * Providing an incentive for high school students to stay in school and improve their academic competency COMPETENCY, evidence. The legal fitness or ability of a witness to be heard on the trial of a cause. This term is also applied to written or other evidence which may be legally given on such trial, as, depositions, letters, account-books, and the like. 2. , particularly in math and science, before graduation. * Making education and work-force development the major focus of community and economic development efforts. * Providing the foundation for a skilled work force. * Building upon the existing partnerships within Alexander City to provide the opportunity for every Benjamin Russell Benjamin Russell may refer to:
* Helping to increase existing-business expansion and to attract new businesses and industries. The economic impact of the program is already emerging. Since the program began, five new businesses employing about 1,000 have moved to the Alexander City area. The program has also given community organizations a common purpose toward which they can direct their energies for the common good. The high school dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human rate over the three years of the program has been reduced by 61 percent, and further improvements are expected. For more information, contact Superintendent Thomas R. Bice at (256) 234-8670 or by e-mail at tbice@alex. k12.al.us. Bice's mailing address is' Alexander City School District, 375 Lee St., Alexander City, AL 35010. |
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