STRIVE Luncheon and Scholarships with Dick Glover

Our Program on May 17^th was our annual STRIVE Awards Presentation. Our room was filled with the students from the past year, and many of their parents. As Dick Glover said, it takes 4 parts of the equation for the kids to increase their grades; the school, the STRIVE presenters, the parents and of course the students.

After  few introductory remarks, Dick called on each of the students, and asked them to introduce his/her attending parent, and then come forward for the club letter that explains the program and the student’s participation in it. This letter is usually sent by the student to the future college. This year, because of a tie in the amount of grade increase made by two students, our club gave 5 scholarships instead of the usual four.

The actual awards had been presented to the winning students at a school ceremony on the previous Wednesday night at the high school, so there were no surprised students when the scholarship winners were announced.

The general rule is that these scholarships have to be used within two years unless there are special circumstances. Some of the colleges will also match the amount of scholarships received by a student.