Outstanding Graduates Receive Bounds Scholarships from MASS
Program honors students for leadership and community service
JACKSON ― Eleven recent high school graduates from across the state are receiving $1,000 scholarships from the Mississippi Association of School Superintendents.
Named in honor of the late veteran educator Walter S. Bounds, the Bounds Scholarship for Excellence rewards top-performing students who excel in leadership, community service and extracurricular activities. Recipients also must meet academic requirements and be recommended by their superintendents.
“To ensure that Mississippi has strong, capable leaders to guide us into the future, we must encourage and train those leaders today,” said Dr. Phil Burchfield, MASS executive director. “The Bounds Scholarship program celebrates students who not only demonstrate a clear commitment to excellence but also seek to be responsible leaders in their careers and communities.”
Scholarship winners are Isabella Allison, New Hope High School; Bryan Chandler Bell, Sebastopol Attendance Center; Karlie Biggers, Hickory Flat Attendance Center; Tiffany Clark, Forrest County Agricultural High School; Anna Close, Enterprise Attendance Center in Brookhaven; Dawn Flowers, Cleveland Central High School; Wesley Kate Heath, Madison Central High School; Kelstin J. Holmes, Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science; Zachary Loyd, Noxapater Attendance Center; Lucy Pope, Clinton High School; and Presleigh Rhodes, Biggersville High School in Corinth.
The Mississippi Association of School Superintendents and the Alliance of Educational Leaders of Mississippi is a nonprofit association whose membership is made up of 139 public school superintendents and more than 2,000 public school administrators. Its mission is to provide resources, advocacy, leadership, policy information, training, support, renewal and public relations services that improve the quality of public education.