Five Broward County Public Schools (BCPS)

Five Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) students are members of an elite class of 2013 Gates Millennium Scholars — Andres Badel of Deerfield Beach High School, Kiona Elliot of Northeast High School, Stephania Novembre of McArthur High School, Anthony Perez of Everglades High School, and Chanique Vassell of Boyd Anderson High School, are among the 1,000 winners throughout the country who were named to this year’s Gates Millennium Scholarship Program. Scholarship recipients all receive good-through-graduation scholarships that can be used to pursue degrees in any undergraduate major at the accredited college or university of their choice. The scholarship program, which provides recipients with leadership development opportunities, mentoring, academic and social support as well as financial assistance, is supported by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the UNCF (United Negro College Fund).  For more information about BCPS, visit (www.browardschools.com). Follow BCPS on Twitter (@Browardschools). Find us on Facebook at (www.facebook.com/browardschools). Learn about “What’s Happening” in BCPS at (www.browardschools.com/happenings).