Top students receive scholarships at Education Celebration

On April 16, the state's top high school students were honored at the STAR Education Celebration held at the Jackson Convention Complex in conjunction with the Mississippi Economic Council's 60th Annual Meeting.

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Winners were (from left): Third-place - Jackson Academy's Bailey Hansen, second-place - Jackson Prep's Wendong Zhang, and first place - Laura Lindell of Jackson Prep.

Scholarships were entirely funded by the Kelly Gene Cook, Sr. Charitable Foundation, Inc. First place receives $24,000 over four years; second place receives $20,000 over 4 years and third place receives $16,000 over 4 years. All other STAR students at the Education Celebration received a $500 scholarship.

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