More Meeting Street Schools alumni than ever before will head to college with the support of the Meeting Street Schools Alumni Scholarship, a result of their hard work in high school and the strong academic foundation they received in elementary and middle school.
This year, 20 alumni are eligible to receive the Scholarship, which awards up to $40,000 for college to high-achieving Meeting Street Schools’ alumni with a demonstrated financial need who remain in good standing with alumni services.
“I’m so proud of these students because they worked incredibly hard to earn this Scholarship,” said Meg Fischer, Meeting Street Schools program director for alumni services. “This next step for them has been the goal since they enrolled with us, and we’re looking forward to continuing to support their journey in college and beyond.”
The Alumni Scholarship is administered by the Meeting Street Scholarship, which helps students in 14 South Carolina counties pay for college.
Meg works with students and their families to help make a college degree possible without taking on burdensome debt. This includes encouraging them to apply for the Scholarship and attending an eligible college that has a graduation rate of 50 percent or higher.
“We know that getting into college is just the first step and it’s what students do with the next four years that can really make a difference,” Meg said. “Our goal is to help students make decisions that will allow them to graduate with little to no college debt.”
This milestone can be attributed to the growing number of Meeting Street Schools alumni. This spring, the first alumni from Meeting Street Academy – Spartanburg and Meeting Street Elementary & Middle – Brentwood graduated from high school.
Eight Brentwood alumni and five Meeting Street Academy – Spartanburg alumni earned the Scholarship, along with seven alumni from Meeting Street Academy – Charleston.
“Through our alumni program, we want to be an accountability partner and also a place to encourage them to continue to work hard and pursue their goals,” Meg said.
