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“The class of 2021 is making history in some form from being the first person in their family to graduate from high school, (to going to) college, and to do this in the midst of a pandemic makes it even more historical,” Morgan said
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She ended her address in Spanish by thanking her biggest supporter her mother.
“My mom, my family, my brothers I feel like my whole family is so supportive of me,” she said after the ceremony. “They all love me so much and support me through everything I do and want to do.”
Born in the Dominican Republic, Morgan earned a full-ride scholarship to study business administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She came to the U.S. with her family eight years ago, and said she dreams of attending law school
(The Center Square) â The Tennessee Department of Education is spending $30 million in COVID-19 relief to help 21 school districts create new paths to employment for students through its Innovative High School Models program.
The program features community partnerships in aviation, health care, dual enrollment opportunities, STEM-focused curriculum, automotive learning, manufacturing and virtual and workplace-based learning programs.
The grant process began with the state accepting 61 applications for the program in March. TDOE Chief of Programs Jean Luna said there was so much interest in the program she asked to expand it from the more than $14 million originally set aside.
âThe traditional model doesnât fit for every student, so the idea of the innovative high school is to meet lots of different needs,â Luna said, adding that the ideas came from feedback from employers, schools and students. âItâs to give some of those kids jumpstarts into postseco
Multiple organizations in Cumberland County are helping tell the county’s history through the Freedmen’s Bureau Transcription Project.
The Freedmen’s Bureau Transcription Project is an effort to transcribe the Freedmen’s Bureau records. The bureau was a government department that was in charge of supporting previously enslaved persons in their transition to freedom and citizenship, according to a news release from the Cumberland County library.
The Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has worked with the North Carolina African American Heritage Commission and the State Library of North Carolina to shine a light on a hidden part of history in the Freedmen’s Bureau, formally known as the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, the release said.