Cascade Area Students Named Gates Millennium Scholars

Fourteen high school students from Atlanta Public Schools, including five from Cascade Patch schools, were named Gates Millennium Scholars.

The students from the Cascade area named included:

• Ibrahim Carson, Frederick Douglass High School
• Ocquianna Suggs, Benjamin E. Mays High School
• Adrain Artary, D.M. Therrell High School Educational Complex: Law, Government & Public Policy
• Kourtney Mosley and Marionte Poole, Booker T. Washington High School: Banking, Finance & Investment

The Gates Millennium Scholars Program, part of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, picks 1,000 students every year who receive scholarships to use at a university or college of their choice.

The scholarships, good through graduation, also give recipients professional and personal development through Gates leadership programs along with academic support throughout their college careers.

“At a time when the perception of our academic programs has suffered, it is reassuring to see our students compete and achieve some of the most prestigious academic awards offered to high school students,” APS Superintendent Erroll B. Davis Jr. said in a statement.

APS had more Gates Millennium Scholars than any other school district in Georgia.