The Hamilton County’s Class of 2019 was awarded more than $95 million in scholarship offers from colleges and universities this year – an increase from $31 million last year.
Signal Mountain High graduates received more than $11 million in scholarship offers this year; Soddy-Daisy High more than $9 million; East Hamilton High and The Howard School each totaled more than $8 million; and East Ridge High and Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences each had more than $6 million in scholarship offers, according to the district.
Gabe Armstrong, a graduate of Soddy-Daisy High, received a full scholarship to Georgia Tech
“Gabe is like a professor as he often wears a suit to school – even a cane and top hat on occasion,” said Kelly Martin, college and career advisor at Soddy-Daisy High, in a statement. “He marches to his own beat.”
District leaders credit increased access to Advanced Placement, dual-enrollment and International Baccalaureate classes with increasing student success in Hamilton County. More than 900 additional students enrolled in such courses during the 2018-19 school year, or 2,867 students, than were enrolled during the 2017-18 academic year.