Raton High School Student Chosen for Next Level in Prestigious Scholarship Program
· Donavin M. Mendez a student at Raton High School, has been named a Semifinalist for the 2019 class of the Coca-Cola Scholars Program.
· 1,896 high school seniors were selected as Semifinalists from a pool of 95,715 applications from across the country based on their academic excellence, leadership and service demonstrated in school and community activities. See the full list.
· The Semifinalists are in the running for 150 college scholarships worth $20,000.
Local high school senior Donavin Mendez has been named a Semifinalist for the 2019 class of the Coca‑Cola Scholars Program, moving to the next round of the selection process to become a Coca-Cola Scholar and receive a $20,000 college scholarship. A joint effort of Coca-Cola bottlers across the United States and The Coca‑Cola Company, the Coca-Cola Scholars Program is one of the largest corporate-sponsored, achievement-based scholarship programs of its kind. With the addition of the 2019 class, the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation will have provided more than 6,150 Coke Scholars nationwide with over $69 million in scholarships over the course of 31 years.
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Submission Creit: Lynette M. Simpson, MA Counselor Raton High School
