News Release: 12 PGCPS Students Awarded Posse Scholarships

January 5, 2022
For Immediate Release

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Posse Scholars receive full four-year college scholarships to select institutions

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — Twelve Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) seniors will receive four-year, full-tuition college scholarships from colleges and universities who partner with The Posse Foundation. 

“We are ‘PGCPS proud’ of our scholars on achieving this honor,” said Dr. Monica Goldson, Chief Executive Officer. “They represent the best of Prince George’s County Public Schools and I am pleased by this reward for their hard work.”

Known as Posse Scholars, students from across the nation will enter partnering colleges and universities this fall in multicultural groups of 10 (“posses”). Throughout their college career, they will support each other and receive ongoing assistance from The Posse Foundation. Students participating in the Posse program have a 90 percent college graduation rate, and have proven to make a difference on campus and in their professions.

The PGCPS Posse Scholars include:

• Michèe Brika, Largo High School – Lewis & Clark College
• Christopher Brown, Bowie High School – University of Rochester
• Realyn Mae Del Campo, Parkdale High School – Bucknell University
• Aaron Dent, Oxon Hill High School – University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Samuel Grace-Conyers, Suitland High School – Sewanee: The University of the South
• Muna Kamara, Chesapeake Math & IT Academy – Bucknell University
• Jasmin Maldonado, Parkdale High School – Sewanee: The University of the South
• Daphne Nwobike, Charles H. Flowers High School – Sewanee: The University of the South
• Christianah Olufade, Eleanor Roosevelt High School – Lewis & Clark College
• Morgan Pringle, Chesapeake Math & IT Academy – Bucknell University
• Jimmi Rios, International High School at Langley Park – Lewis & Clark College
• Jefferson Turcios, Parkdale High School – University of Rochester

For more information on The Posse Foundation and the Posse program, visit www.posse foundation.org.