Almost 470 students from Cabarrus County Schools received 1,074 reported scholarships totaling almost $34 million in 2014.
“It truly is a time of celebration. … I’d like to salute the work of students, parents, school counselors, teachers and funding sources,” said Donna Smith, executive director of student services for the system.
Smith presented the annual scholarship report to the Cabarrus County Board of Education during its work session on Aug. 4. She said the report reflected information counselors had at the time of graduation, adding that because some scholarships are awarded later in the year, the total amount is likely larger.
The majority of the reported scholarships – 1,015 of the 1,074 – were academic ones that totaled around $32.2 million. Forty-four of the scholarships were athletic ones that totaled about $1.8 million; four were military scholarships that totaled $651,500; and 11 were fine arts scholarships that totaled $203,000, according to the report.
“Why do we do what we do? That’s why,” said board member Jeff Phillips. “Because institutions of higher learning value a diploma from Cabarrus County Schools.”
