Birmingham City Schools
Nine recent high school graduates from Birmingham City Schools were honored earlier this month at a Rotary Club of Birmingham luncheon as recipients of the Jim Hughey Scholarship.
Each spring, the organization awards scholarships of $2,000 per year for four years to select Birmingham City Schools seniors. Students are selected according to their academic achievements, extracurricular activities, community service, personal essay and educator recommendations. More than 90 scholars submitted applications for the scholarship this year.
The scholarship winners were:
Allen, Horn, Patterson and Woods were unable to attend to due to prior commitments.
Mayor Randall Woodfin, the guest speaker for the luncheon, praised the scholarship recipients and their recent graduating classmates. During his mid-year update to the rotarians, he also took the opportunity to highlight the improvements made by Birmingham City Schools over the past school year, including the first increase in enrollment in 30 years.
