Congrats to our Gates Millennium Scholars

Atlanta Public Schools is proud to announce 17 students from the class of 2015 have been named Gates Millennium Scholars!

Gates Scholars receive full financial support for the cost of their college education as well as graduate school funding in the areas of mathematics, public health, science, library science, and engineering and computer science education.  It is a rigorous application process that requires students to not only excel academically but also write multiple lengthy essays.  Nationally, more than 50,000 students applied for the scholarship this year and out of 1,000 chosen, seventeen belong to APS!  I am so proud.

The program was established in 1999 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Congratulations to the following students:

B.E.S.T. Academy High School

• Jahre Aquart
• Amadou Bah

Carver Early College High School

• Samuel Evans
• Daniel Minor
• Noren Merritt

Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy

• Katrina Burch

Mays High School

• William Smith
• Imani Taylor
• Mikaela Gay

North Atlanta High School

• Alexis Cohen

South Atlanta HMS

• Diamond Davis
• Precious Blalock
• Jorden Favors

Booker T. Washington High School

• Triquanna Carter
• Breanna Rice
• Antwarn Sanders

Kipp Atlanta Collegiate

• Angelo Matos