News and Press Releases
2015
2016
THE POINTE COUPEE TRAILBLAZERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND AWARDS ITS FIRST TWO SCHOLARSHIPS
On May 13, 2015 at the Livonia High School Awards Night, two student scholars were awarded the inaugural scholarship of The Pointe Coupee Trailblazers Scholarship Fund. Ten applications were received in a timely manner and responded to most of the criteria that were evaluated by three isolated blind readers. The scoring was close, but when the tabulations were calculated it was clear who the winners were: Ms. Rekeya Blackmore, who was a Co-Valedictorian, who will attend Louisiana State University while majoring in Allied Health. She is the daughter of Ms. Rena Stewart. Ms. Daijah Cobb, was also an awardee, she will attend the University of Louisiana at Monroe, majoring in nursing. She is the daughter of Ms. Dawn Cobb. The Pointe Coupee Trailblazers Fund was extremely happy to award each of them a $2000 scholarship. The Pointe Coupee Trailblazers Scholarship Fund expects to make this an annual event.
2017
The Pointe Coupee Trailblazers Scholarship Fund Would Like To Say: Thank You!
News Article Wilfred Johnson, Ph.D.
Thank you to the parents who kept our current slate of honorees focused and goal oriented, thank you to the teachers who kept them on task academically, and having them to realize the fruits of achievement, and thanks to the local and other communities for their financial and moral support toward making our mission a reality.
The Pointe Coupee Trailblazers Scholarship Fund (PCTSF) consists of board members who all received their formal education in Pointe Coupee School Systems. Each of them have worked and served public efforts and agencies in the parish as professionals. The mission of the scholarship fund is to provide financial assistance to needs based and academically eligible graduating seniors from the Pointe Coupee Parish Public School System. This scholarship is to support continued study at an accredited post-secondary institution. This financial assistance, in the form of a scholarship, is awarded annually.
The fidelity of this mission is held by each board member always having the desire to serve and give back. “This is our mutual raison d’être”. This board has sponsored college application and scholarship workshops in the local parish library, for the purposes of inspiring and increasing student’s interests in advancement and greater opportunities “available to them”.
The PCTSF will soon be launching its fourth year of needs based scholarship opportunities to the graduating seniors at Pointe Coupee Public High School. They must meet our timed promptness, academic rigor, social community and school participatory activities, and needs based standards to be eligible for selection. The school’s counselor can and will assist these scholars through the process.
The first offering of the Pointe Coupee Trailblazers Scholarship Fund was in2015. The honorees that year were Ms. Rekeya Blackmore and Ms. Daijah LeAnn Cobb. Ms. Blackmore served as co-valedictorian of the class that year. She is currently attending LSU’s School of Health & Allied Sciences in New Orleans. She had earned 30 college credits prior to graduating from L.H.S. As a current junior at LSU, she recently interviewed for an internship in Pre-Dental Hygiene in the School of Dentistry.
Ms. Daijah LeAnn Cobb is attending the University of La., at Monroe in Natchitoches, Louisiana. She earned 30 college credits prior to high school graduation. She’s currently a junior majoring in Pre- Nursing. While in college, she has been most happy about pledging into one of the Devine Nine Greek organizations. Thus far her most difficult course of study has been microbiology, while her least challenging course has been nutrition.
The honorees for the second year of the PCTSF 2016 were Ms. Jada Joseph and Mr. Jeremy DeVold. Mr. Devold is enrolled at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as a sophomore majoring in accounting. His first major college challenge was preparing for two major exams that were going to be administered on the same day. His due diligence was to study six hours for each exam, for which he earned a”B” for each exam. Time management was the key. His most daunting course thus far has been calculus, while the easiest have been geology and sociology. He was recently informed that he has been placed on the President of the University’s Honor Roll for the fall semester of 2017.
Ms. Jada Joseph is enrolled at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. She is a sophomore at Southern majoring in accounting with a minor in criminal justice. Her first challenges in college were all of the walking she had to do during registration and the accents’ of her foreign Instructors. Ms. Joseph’s most difficult course at this point has been economics, while accounting has been a snap. Her most happy campus times have been the opportunity to select her classes when they’re convenient for her, and meeting new people.
The PCTSF awarded one scholarship during the third year 2017. The honoree was Ms. Jaisha LaShonda Victorian. Ms. Victorian is enrolled at L.S.U., Baton Rouge campus. Prior to graduation she had earned 24 college credits through the dual enrollment program. While in high school Ms. Victorian was a member of the Beta Club, Future Farmers of America, Student Council, 4-H and National Society of High School Scholars. She will soon become a sophomore, majoring in architecture, with a minor in African American Studies. Her first challenge was managing the long hours spent in the architecture studio. To date her most difficult course has been math, her easiest, African American Studies.
Each of the honorees intimated their appreciation for receiving the scholarship, and that with this scholarship they were able to take care of registration fees, books supplies and did not have to take out any loans. Given the brief biographies above, it can readily be seen that these honorees are true scholars and are living up to expectations, by continuing to be spiritually and academically motivated.
Again, the Board of Directors expresses heartfelt thanks to the parents, teachers, students and communities for your financial and moral support.
(Additional credits have been earned by honoree since these data were collected.)