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Patriana Jackson is a Senior at white Station High School. She is currently maintaining a 2.9 gPa. Her extracurricular activities include aaU Volleyball, flag football and she is a member of the FBLA club. Patriana has been a member of Sycamore View Club for three years. She has been a member of five clubs total; the former Goodwill Club, the former Southside Club, Porter Goodwill Club and the Bernal E. Smith Club. As an active member of the Sycamore View Club, Patriana serves as Keystone President and participates in the Job Seekers Program. In her spare time, she loves to help the younger club members with homework and arts & crafts projects, play volleyball, dance, text and social media. After graduation, Patriana plans to attend Middle Tennessee State University or Tennessee State University and study Criminal Justice.

Kierra Fields is a 17 year old senior at Oakhaven High School and has been a member of the Oakhaven Boys & Girls Club for over 3 years. Kierra has a cumulative GPA of a 3.88 and ranks sixth in her class for overall GPA. Kierra is highly involved in extracurricular activities in and out of school. Within the Oakhaven Boys & Girls Club she serves as a Job Seeker, is the president of the Keystone Club, and enjoys Money Matters & Street Smarts. Kierra’s favorite thing about the Club is the safe environment provided by staff and peers. She says, “The Club gives future opportunities of growth including striving for success for the future.”

After high school, Kierra plans to enlist in the Army and attend college to major in Mechanical Engineering and minor in Mathematics. She hopes to attend The University of Tennessee at Martin. Kierra states that she lives by the quote “when life knocks you down, that does not mean you have to stop.”

Allison Rae McKinney is 15 years old and attends the Memphis Business Academy Home of the Executives and is a member of the John Dustin Buckman Boys & Girls Club. At school she is a member of the Sophisticated Ladies Dance Team and currently has a 3.6 GPA. At the Buckman Club she is a part of Smart Girls, Keystone Club, and volunteers in the Kid’s Café. Allison first joined the Boys & Girls Club at the age of 8. She attends The Lord’s Tabernacle Holiness Church and volunteers at Hattiloo Theater in their acting 101 class. In her spare time, she enjoys listening to music, dancing, and hanging out with family and friends. In the future she plans to go to LSU to double major in Dance and Obstetrics and gynecology.