Two local high school students won a highly competitive, national college scholarship this week that could amount to more than $250,000.
School officials welcomed the good news in the wake of ongoing storm recovery.
“In life, sometimes terrible things happen, but other times wonderful things happen, and we should stop and celebrate,” said Public Education Foundation President Dan Challener, who announced one winner at Red Bank High School on Wednesday.
Alexandria Oviatt, a junior at Red Bank, and Matthew Heinichen, a junior at Signal Mountain High School, were among just five in the nation chosen to receive the Leonore Annenberg College Scholarship.
“I couldn’t have done it without my friends and family,” Oviatt told the crowd Wednesday that gathered at Red Bank High School to celebrate the announcement. “You kept me sane through all those [Advance Placement] courses.”