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Class Of 2017
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BLOOMINGDALE Principal: Susan Burkett
AGE: 18
PARENT(S): Fonda Jones GPA: 5.0; 123/455 CHURCH: Allen Temple AME Church
AWARDS and HONORS: Turn Around Student Award; African American Achievers Award; National Honor Soci- ety; SGA Mentoring Group; and Girlfriends United Presi- dent
ACTIVITIES: Best Buddies (Volunteer); Helping Hands (Volunteer); and Part Time Job
COLLEGE: Barry University
ALPHANEICE WHITE
REBECCA JEFFERSON AGE: 18
PARENT(S): MeriJayne and Anthony Jefferson
GPA: 6.12
AWARDS and HONORS: Scholastic Art and Writing Gold Key for Poetry; Scholastic Art and Writing American Voices Nominee; Hillsborough County Teachers of English 1st Place Fiction; Achieved Creative Writ- ing Master Certification; and 2017 Tampa Tribune Scholar ACTIVITIES: Leader of Cre- ative Writing Department’s Warrior Poets; Blake Ambassa- dor; Execution of a Poetry Read- ing; Junior Civitan Special Olympics Volunteer; and Street Poets
COLLEGE: University of Iowa, Majoring in English
STACEY LAKE
AGE: 18
GPA: 4.28
AWARDS and HONORS: GPA Over 4.0 (achieved Honor Roll); and Earned Master Certi- fication in Orchestra ACTIVITIES: Performed at the Straz Center with the Piano Guys
COLLEGE: Currently HCC, going into Animation
BRIANA MILLER AGE: 18
PARENT(S): Richard Miller and Gwendolyn Miller
GPA: 4.75
CHURCH: First Baptist Church in Lakeland, FL AWARDS and HONORS: National Honor Society Mem- ber; Honors Scholar; and Ath- letic Booster Scholar Nominee ($250)
ACTIVITIES: Student Govern- ment President; Varsity Volley- ball (Captain); Junior Varsity Flag Football; and All Sports Community Service (volunteer) COLLEGE: Will be attending Allan Hancock College, studying in both Fashion Marketing and Elementary Education
Prom Queen
ARIYON RODGERS
AGE: 18
PARENT(S): Angela Rodgers GPA: 2.8
AWARDS and HONORS: Best Personality of 2017 and Class Clown; Prom Queen; Honor Roll; Captain Flag Foot- ball; and Vice President of American Sign Language ACTIVITIES: Sting Dancers; Flag Football; ASL Club; Flaw- less Diamond Dancer; and Vol- unteer to Teach Dance CAREER: I plan to go to the Navy
DEVIN WATKINS
AGE: 18
PARENT(S): Angela Watkins and David Watkins
GPA: 4.97
AWARDS and HONORS: TOBA Jetie B. Wilds Scholar- ship Award; Florida A & M Uni- versity Scholarship Award; HABSE Award; and Scholastic Honorable Mention Award ACTIVITIES: High School Basketball; High School Foot- ball; and National Art Honor Society
COLLEGE: Florida A & M Uni- versity, Mechanical Engineering
ALEXANDRA WILLIAMS
AGE: 17 PARENT(S):Vincent Willi- ams
GPA: 4.84
CHURCH: First Baptist Church of Progress Village AWARDS and HONORS: Blake Academic Scholarship Re- cipient ($500); Honors Gradu- ate; AP Scholar; and UTA Major ACTIVITIES: Varsity Basket- ball Captain; Varsity Volleyball; and All Sports Community Serv- ice (with Tyrone Keys) volun- teer
COLLEGE: FAMU; Elemen- tary Education
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