MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. – Thirteen Montgomery County Public Schools high school seniorswill receive a collective $250,000 in Broad Prize college scholarships, The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation announced today.
The Montgomery County students received the scholarships because the district was a 2010 finalist for The Broad (pronounced like “road”) Prize, the nation’s largest education award honoring large urban districts that have demonstrated the greatest overall performance and improvement in student achievement while reducing achievement gaps among income and ethnic groups.
Unlike many traditional scholarships that are awarded only to top-tier students, Broad Prize scholarships are awarded to graduating seniors who have a demonstrated record of improving their grades over the course of their high school career and have a financial need.
“We congratulate these students for their academic success but more importantly for improving their performance during high school,” said Eli Broad, founder of The Broad Foundation, a national education philanthropy based in Los Angeles . “Their achievement is also a testament to the support and dedication from their parents, teachers, administrators and the entire Montgomery County community. We look forward to their continued success in college and beyond.”
Broad Prize scholars receive two- or four-year scholarships depending on the type of institution they choose to attend. Scholarship recipients who enroll in four-year institutions receive $20,000 paid out over four years ($5,000 per year). Students who enroll in two-year institutions receive $5,000 scholarships paid out over two years ($2,500 per year). The scholarship selection and disbursement process is managed by Scholarship America.
A full list of Montgomery County scholarship recipients is below. Since the first Broad Prize was awarded in 2002, more than 1,000 students nationwide have received college scholarships.
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation is a national venture philanthropy established by philanthropist Eli Broad to advance entrepreneurship for the public good in education, science and the arts. The Broad Foundation’s education work is focused on dramatically improving K-12 urban public education through better governance, management, labor relations and competition. The foundation’s Internet address iswww.broadeducation.org. For more information about The Broad Prize, please visitwww.broadprize.org.
The following 13 Montgomery County seniors were selected to receive Broad Prize scholarships:
| Student Name | High School |
| Nana Twum Agyire | Bethesda-Chevy Chase High |
| Perfect E. Torkornoo | Clarksburg High |
| Susana Chiang | Colonel Zadok Magruder High |
| Stephanie Abaga | Gaithersburg High |
| Nasra Missana | Gaithersburg High |
| Brittany A. Hamson | James Hubert Blake High |
| Rosa Vicente | John F. Kennedy High |
| Talmo D. Pereira | Quince Orchard High |
| Bereket Mamo | Seneca Valley High |
| Amelia J. Bell-Andrew | Sherwood High |
| Charlotte M. Jackson | Walter Johnson High |
| Jeremiah D. Kober | Watkins Mill High |
| Erma Quimat | Wheaton High |
