Seven PAHS Seniors Honored with Scholarships

Six Phoenixville Area High School students who have spent the better part of the last two or three years in a special college-prep program are going to college in the fall, armed with some scholarship money.

The students are part of the Destinations with Direction (DWD) program which is a program that according to its mission statement is "designed to increase awareness and motivate students with hih potential from various economic and diverse backgrounds to pursue opportunities in high education."

The students spend two or three years in high school taking part in DWD programs which include regular visits from college professors who show students what the real academic demands of college are, how to interview for college, and tours of college campuses.

The program was started several years ago by PAHS Principal Dr. Craig Parkinson to help prepare kids who might not consider attending college to continue their educations past high school.

The Senior Scholarship Recipients who are graduating from DWD this year are:

• Corissa Brown (Montgomery County Community College)
• Xavier Knight (Morgan State University)
• Alissa Manion (Harcum College)
• Richard Martin (Philadelphia Institute of Art-Culinary)
• Joey Riccardo (Bloomsburg University)
• Mary Sinnott (Kutztown)
• Casey Williams (Slippery Rock University)

The students were honored at a banquet at the school on Tuesday.

Destinations with Directions is sponsored and supported by the Phoenixville Community Education Foundation. You can read more about Destinations with Direction and make a donation here on the program's website.