Student success story

                   Part 6

Andrea packer anticipates graduating with a B.A. in education from Catawba in December 2011 and then enrolling in the Master of Arts in Teaching program from Salem College, also offered on the Davidson campus. Packer spends her days on the Davidson campus working 29 hours a week as a teaching assistant for instructors in the DCCC early childhood education program.

“Not only did receiving this scholarship make me study harder and be the best I could be, but it also allowed me to graduate in May2010 with my associate degree totally paid for.” She said “I couldn’t believe I had my first degree, and I was debt free. What a wonderful blessing”.

If students work hard during high school, complete all assignments on time, and demonstrate a bright positive attitude toward school, learning and other people, then they can be highly successful as a high school student and qualify for academic scholarship also. All they need to do is put in the time, study time. All the hard work and effort during high school will definitely pay off. They will be rewarded for their hard work. But if they just mess around during their high school years and neglect their studies, use drugs, mistreat others then they can expect to fall short of what could have been their rewards of scholarships and their opportunities, and they will suffer in the short and long term. Invest in yourself. Give yourself opportunities of a life time by succeeding in high school on a super high note. Then you can:

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