Scholarships Totaling $12,500 Given to Students from Apex High School and Green Hope High School
RALEIGH, N.C. — WakeEd Partnership (WakeEd), a business-backed nonprofit organization committed to supporting teachers and students in the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), presented $175,000 in college scholarships to 14 students from Apex High School and Green Hope High School. The following students have been named Coach Bob Pittard Scholars and will each receive a $12,500 college scholarship for the 2023-2024 academic school year:
The Coach Bob Pittard Scholarship fund was established in 2018, after former Apex High School teacher and coach Robert Ray Pittard left $2.7 million to WakeEd Partnership to establish a sustainable scholarship fund for student athletes at Apex High School and Green Hope High School. In four years, seventy-one students have been named Coach Bob Pittard Scholars, their awards totaling more than $887,500.
Through a rigorous application and interview process, WakeEd has selected eight exceptional student athletes from the Class of 2023, as well as six Pittard Scholars from the Class of 2022, 2021, and 2020, who reapplied for the scholarship.
About WakeEd Partnership
WakeEd Partnership is an independent, nonprofit organization composed of business and community leaders committed to improving public education. Since 1983, the Partnership has advocated for excellent educational opportunities for all students in the Wake County Public School System. For more information, please visit www.wakeed.org.