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THE YEAR 2016 wInnER
Jalesa Jasmine wallace is a 17 year old junior attending Booker T. washington High School where she maintains a 3.2 gPa. Jalesa is the seventh child out of eight children, with four brothers and three sisters. Jalesa enjoys signing, reading, socializing, and playing volleyball. She has attended the Boys & Girls Club for over 12 years. She says the Porter Goodwill Club is her favorite place and second home. After high school she plans to attend MTSU College to become a neonatal nurse.
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Kris’Nesha Wright is a 16 year old junior at Kirby High School where she maintains a 3.5 gPa and is a member of the National Honors Society. She is involved in several extracurricular activities including the Memphis Ambassadors Program, BRIDGES, and Leadership Memphis, a program that was critical to teaching her leadership and how to help the communities of Memphis grow. She has been an exemplary member of the Bernal E. Smith Club for 3 years. At the club, she participates in the Job Seeker program and serves as Vice President of the Keystone Club. After high school, she plans to major in Early Childhood Development at MTSU and aspires to become a Pre-K through 3rd Grade teacher, because of her love for working with children.
shanice White is an active participant at ira samelson Jr. Boys & Girls Club. shanice is a Junior at kingsbury high school where she is an honor student athlete and maintains a 3.2 Gpa. shanice demonstrates leadership skills and hard work on a daily basis when dealing with her peers. she is the oldest of all her siblings and she leads by example when it comes to being a role model in her home and her community. after her junior year is completed, shanice aspires to become the senior class president for the graduation class of 2017 at kingsbury high school.
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