TCU ADDED AN EIGHTH COMMUNITY SCHOLARS RECIPIENT; TOTAL REACHES $2M!
(DESOTO, TX) — When one student at another school accepted a different offer, TCU called DeSoto and DeSoto High School senior Veronica Vine entered the school’s courtroom May 5 to cheers as she was announced as the campus’ eighth TCU Community Scholars recipient this year – bringing the 2016 campus total to $2M.
Veronica cried tears of joy as she entered the room filled with classmates, several of the other seven recipients, her parents, counselors and TCU representative Timeka Gordon. Gordon praised the district for preparing students.
Board Vice President Aubrey C. Hooper congratulated Veronica and encouraged her to make her mark on the world, but remember her roots. He reminded her of the great alumni that have come before her and come back to give to the community and the district, placing the same expectation on her, and the other students in the room.
In just the seventh year of participating in the fifteen-year old program, DeSoto High School students are proving their worth to the Texas Christian University’s Community Scholars program.
On March 24, seven (7) DeSoto students were named to the Community Scholars program at TCU – earning them each a $250,000 scholarship. Fifty (50) DeSoto students have now earned this scholarship over the past seven years.
