FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Date: June 25, 2001
Number: nr 01-09
Contact: Nan Powers Varoga, 713-658-1881, ext. 14
nvaroga@houstonaplus.org
REAGAN STUDENTS CHOSEN AS WALLIS ANNENBERG SCHOLARS
Students Janie Cedillo, Adrian Martinez, and Adriene Whetstone of Reagan High School have been chosen to represent Houston in the first class of the Wallis Annenberg Scholars program to be held at the University of Southern California July 6 through August 4, 2001.
These students will be attending a pre-collegiate program for students completing grades 10 and 11 along with 24 other participants from A+ Challenge sites around the country, including Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco.
“This is a great opportunity for Janie, Adrian and Adrienne, “ said Linda Clarke, executive director of The Houston A+ Challenge. “We are very proud of these students.”
Each student will receive a laptop computer at the beginning of the program along with a $600 stipend and three college credits upon completion. Tuition, fees and travel will be provided for each student. Five seminars are offered to the students: art and architecture; engineering; introduction to film; media and politics; and news in a new media universe.
Wallis Annenberg, daughter of philanthropist and former ambassador Walter Annenberg, developed the program to motivate students involved with A+ Challenge sites to achieve high academic, social and ethical standards.