35 CPS High School Students Awarded Scholarships From Gates Foundation
(CBS) -- Chicago Public Schools lead the nation in number of Gates Millennium Scholarships from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation this year, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
35 students from 22 high schools were awarded the scholarships, valued at up to $250,000.
The three Urban Prep academies have a total of seven winners, and Lindblom Math and Science Academy had five.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awards 1,000 of the scholarships each year. Since 2000, it has awarded more than $934 million in scholarships for minority students.
Here is the full breakdown of winners by school:
- Benito Juarez Community Academy (2 students)
- Chicago High School For Agricultural Sciences (1)
- Chicago Vocational Career Academy (1)
- Curie Metro High School (1)
- Epic Academy (1)
- Hubbard High School (1)
- Jones College Preparatory High School (1)
- Kenwood Academy High School (4)
- King College Prep High School (1)
- Lincoln Park High School (1)
- Lindblom Math and Science Academy High School (5)
- Northside College Preparatory High School (2)
- Prosser Career Academy High School (1)
- Richards Career Academy High School (1)
- Taft High School (1)
- UIC College Prep (1)
- Urban Prep Academy - West (1)
- Urban Prep Academy - Bronzeville (2)
- Urban Prep Academy - Englewood (4)
- Voise Academy (1)
- Von Steuben High School (1)
- Whitney M. Young Magnet High School (1)
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